Walter Eckersall
circa 1905
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| Chicago Maroons | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Career history | |
| College | Chicago (1904–1906) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | June 17, 1886 |
| Place of birth | Chicago, Illinois |
| Date of death | March 24, 1930 (aged 43) |
| Place of death | Chicago, Illinois |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 141 lb (64 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1951) | |
Walter Herbert "Eckie" Eckersall (June 17, 1886 – March 24, 1930) was an American college football player, official, and sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune.
He played for the Maroons of the University of Chicago, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. Eckersall was selected as the quarterback for Walter Camp's "All-Time All-America Team" honoring the greatest college football players during the sport's formative years. He was selected to Camp's All-American teams in 1904, 1905, and 1906.
Born in Chicago in 1886, Eckersall grew up in its Woodlawn neighborhood just south of the University of Chicago. His talent emerged at Hyde Park High School, where he dashed 100 yards (91 m) in 10.0 seconds, an Illinois record for 25 years, and excelled on the football field. In 1903, he quarterbacked Hyde Park to an undefeated season and then led the squad to a 105–0 trouncing of Brooklyn Polytechnic at Marshall Field on December 5 to claim the unofficial national high school football championship.
Eckersall later wrote about his years at Hyde Park in a column picked up for national syndication in 1918. Much of the article was about African American player and World War I veteran Lieutenant Samuel Ransom.
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