Joseph Gilman (tackle)

Joseph Atherton Gilman was an All-American football player at Harvard University.[1][2] A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Gilman attended Exeter before enrolling at Harvard.[3] As a freshman, Gilman played on Harvard's freshman football team in 1912, and varsity in 1913.[4] In his third year at Harvard, he was declared ineligible due to poor academic performance.[5] He returned to Harvard in 1915 and "came through in a marvelously gritty manner, winning his old position at tackle back and eventually winning the choice on all the leading selections for All-American tackles."[5] Gilman was the first football player from Hawaii to be named as an All-American.[6] In December 1915, as a reward for his "plucky comeback,"[5] Gilman was voted by his teammates as captain of Harvard's 1916 football team.[7][8] In March 1916, after being selected as captain, Gilman was expelled by Harvard's Administrative Board due to poor academic performance.[9] He died in Honolulu in 1983.

Joseph Gilman
Harvard Crimson
PositionTackle
Personal information
Born:Honolulu, Hawaii in 1891
Career history
CollegeHarvard (1915)
Career highlights and awards
  • All-American (1915)
For others named Joseph Gilman, see Joseph Gilman.

Ancestry

His grandfather was Henry D Gilman of Connecticut. His grandmother, Sarah Atherton[10] was the sister of Joseph Ballard Atherton, who relocated to Honolulu from Readville, Massachusetts in 1875. His father, Joseph A. Gilman (1864-1936) was a Honolulu shipping and commission merchant [11] who was active in the real estate business in Honolulu, and who died in Berkeley, California.

References
  1. "High Praise for Atherton Gilman". Honolulu Star Bulletin, November 25. 1913.
  2. "Gilman elected Harvard Captain (portrait)". Boston Post, December 11. 1915.
  3. "Atherton Gilman Home for Visit". Honolulu Star Bulletin, December 21. 1916.
  4. "Gilman elected Harvard Captain (bio)". Boston Post, December 11. 1915.
  5. "Harvard Drops Capt. Gilman and Two Other Football Stars Because of Poor Standing". The Evening Times (Pawtucket). 1916-03-08.
  6. Lyle Brown (1952-08-04). "Sports Quiz". Fresno Bee Republican.
  7. "Gilman Harvard Captain". New York Times, December 11. 1915.
  8. "Chosen Crimson Chief: Gilman Elected Captain of Harvard Football Team". The State. 1915-12-11.
  9. "Harvard Drops Football Stars, Down in Studies: Capt.-Elect Gilman, Enwright and Boles Must Quit College". Boston Morning Journal. 1916-03-08.
  10. "One Name Study".
  11. "Joseph A. Gilman Snr".


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