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4 unusual facts about Wilbur Wade Card


Wilbur Wade Card

He attended Trinity College in Durham in 1895, becoming one of the school's best athletes as an outfielder and batter, breaking a number of baseball records and eventually earning his nickname "Cap." Card was team captain in 1899.

Card was born in Franklinton, North Carolina on October 29, 1873 to Sabert Henry Card and Cecilia Bennett Fuller.

In 1902, he was invited by President John Carlisle Kilgo to return to Trinity College and become director of the new physical education program there.

After graduating from Harvard in 1901, Card worked as director at the YMCA in Mobile, Alabama.



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