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5 unusual facts about 1880 Michigan Wolverines football team


1880 Michigan Wolverines football team

The team arrived in Toronto on Friday night and stayed at the Rossin House Hotel in the city center.

On October 16, 1880, The Chronicle wrote that the Athletic Association's corresponding secretary was in correspondence with the football association at the University of Toronto concerning a game between the two schools.

Chase later became a general and commander of the Colorado National Guard in two of the most significant confrontations between American military forces and organized labor – the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903–1904 and the Ludlow Massacre of April 1914.

They played one game, defeating the team from the University of Toronto, 13 to 6, at the Toronto Lacrosse Club.

On November 6, 1880, the Michigan football team played its only game of the season against the team from the University of Toronto.



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