Hamilton Corbett
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| Position | Fullback, Halfback |
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| College | Harvard (1908–1910) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | December 13, 1888 |
| Place of birth | Portland, Oregon |
| Date of death | May 7, 1966 (aged 77) |
| Place of death | Portland, Oregon |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Consensus All-American (1908)
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Hamilton Forbush "Ham" Corbett (December 13, 1888 – May 7, 1966) was an American football player. He played college football for Harvard University and was a consensus first-team selection to the 1908 College Football All-America Team.
Corbett was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1888, the son of Henry J. Corbett and Helen Ladd Corbett. The Corbett family was one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Oregon at that time. One of Corbett's grandfathers was Henry W. Corbett, a successful businessman and United States senator from Oregon. His other grandfather, William S. Ladd, was the mayor of Portland and founder the Ladd and Tilton Bank, the first bank established in the state of Oregon.
Corbett grew up in Portland, where he attended the Portland Academy. His father died in 1895, when he was 7 years old. Since his father was already dead when his grandfather, Henry W. Corbett, died in 1903, Corbett and his two older brothers (Henry L. Corbett and Elliott R. Corbett) inherited the bulk of the Corbett family fortune. His grandfather's estate was valued at approximately $5,000,000, making all three young men very wealthy.
Corbett attended Harvard College from 1907 to 1911 and played on the freshman football team in 1907. He was five feet, eleven inches tall and weighed 167 pounds while at Harvard. From 1908 to 1910, he played on the Harvard Crimson football team. He was selected as a consensus first-team fullback on the 1908 College Football All-America Team. In 1909, Walter Camp selected him as a third-team All-American at the halfback position. In 1910, he was selected as a first-team All-American halfback by sports writer, W.S. Farnsworth, of the New York Evening Journal, and a second-team All-American by The New York Times.
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