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3 unusual facts about William Caley


William Caley

He was selected as a first-team All-Western player by both Caspar Whitney and the Chicago Daily Tribune.

His father operated a hotel and engaged in the mining, cattle, and butcher businesses at Alma, Colorado.

At the end of the 1898 season Caspar Whitney (the originator of the practice of naming All-American teams) and the Chicago Daily Tribune both selected Caley as a first-team member of their All-Western teams.


1898 Michigan Wolverines football team

All-Western: William Caley (Whitney), William Cunningham (Whitney), Allen Steckle (Whitney), Neil Snow (Whitney), and John W. F. Bennett (Whitney), Charles Widman (Whitney substitute), John McLean (Whitney substitute)


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