Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Russ Saunders (left) running with a football as Ernie Nevers approaches from behind, at Wrigley Field. Ernie Nevers, former All-American player from Stanford, formed the Ernie Nevers National Collegiate professional football team that played Nate Barranger's Trojan All-Stars at Wrigley field on January 17, 1932. Russ Saunders, a former Trojan player, was in the game and featured in a photograph in the article "Nevers Eleven Captures Game," Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 1932: 5. Nevers, All-American at StanfordRuss Saunders, USC After his football career, Russ Saunders went on to a career in Hollywood as a film director and actor. Text from negative sleeve: Saunders, Rush [sic]. Football. Handwritten on negative: Rush [sic] Saunders, Ernie Nevers
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11536 ark:/21198/zz002h9kxh
Subject
Football players--California--Los Angeles Saunders, Russell, 1906-1987 Nevers, Ernie, 1903- Wrigley Field (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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