Hale Blue Devils European Theater of Operations Football Championship Team in Ireland Box-Scores and Roster Autumn 1942

Enda Mulcahy

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Hale Blue Devils at Ravenhill November 14, 1942.

Season Recap

Hale Blue Devils were one of three teams of United States Servicemen stationed in Northern Ireland during Autumn 1942 while the Allies were at war with the Axis. Hale were the Service Unit and played Yarvard Crimson Tide (the Artillery Unit) at Ravenhill, the home of Ulster Rugby on November 14, 1942, winning 9-7. The game is the earliest verified game of American Football in Ireland. For a full report on the match including Hale rosters and Scoring Summary please click on the game in the schedule to be brought to the game in question’s page.

Schedule 1942

Hale Blue Devils European Theater of Operations Football Championship Autumn 1942


Match Day Game 1
November 14, 1942 (Game 1) 9 - 7 N/A Hale Blue Devils vs Yarvard Crimson Tide

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Hale Blue Devils Roster at Ravenhill 1942

Hale Blue Devils at Ravenhill 1942

#	Player	Team	Position	TD	FG	Weight
1	Arnold Carpenter	Hale Blue Devils		0	1	175
2	Raymond Chandler	Hale Blue Devils	Left Halfback	1	0	145
3	Frank Beck	Hale Blue Devils	Left Halfback	0	0	175
4	Byron St. Peter	Hale Blue Devils	Fullback	0	0	160
5	David Zywicki	Hale Blue Devils	Quarterback	0	0	180
6	Charles Kacena	Hale Blue Devils	Quarterback	0	0	165
7	John Urban	Hale Blue Devils	Right Halfback	0	0	178
8	Edward Dix	Hale Blue Devils	Right Halfback	0	0	165
9	Homer Cooke	Hale Blue Devils	Center	0	0	190
10	Robert Cummings	Hale Blue Devils	Center	0	0	180
11	Leo Dunham	Hale Blue Devils	Right Guard	0	0	180
12	Thomas Richardson	Hale Blue Devils	Left Guard	0	0	165
13	Frederick Stobaeus	Hale Blue Devils	Right Guard	0	0	175
14	Anthony Fabrizio	Hale Blue Devils	Left Guard	0	0	165
15	Erving Crosch	Hale Blue Devils	Left Tackle	0	0	230
16	Norman Rosenberg	Hale Blue Devils	Right Tackle	0	0	230
18	Edmund Forczek	Hale Blue Devils	Left Tackle	0	0	175
18	Woodrow Laurie	Hale Blue Devils	Right Tackle	0	0	185
19	Stephen Lochman	Hale Blue Devils	Left End	0	0	200
20	John Gallagher	Hale Blue Devils	Right End	0	0	180
21	Eugene Bolton	Hale Blue Devils	Right End	0	0	160
22	Madison Rich	Hale Blue Devils	Left End	0	0	175
23	Saul Solow	Hale Blue Devils	Right End	0	0	190
24	Edward Kuderna	Hale Blue Devils	Left End	0	0	150
25	Theodore Rix	Hale Blue Devils	Right End	0	0	190

References

BIBLIOGRAPHY

[1] Massimo Foglio with Mark L. Ford (2015) “Second World War Part One: Americans on the British Isles 1942-1943 – November 14 1942 – Ravenhill, Belfast, Northern Ireland – Hale 9 Yarvard 7” Touchdown in Europe: How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 49-51.

[2] Massimo Foglio with Mark L. Ford (2015) “Second World War Part One: Americans on the British Isles 1942-1943 – November 21 1942 – Inver Park, Larne, Northern Ireland – Yarvard 14 Tech 0” Touchdown in Europe: How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 51-52.

WEBSITES

[3] Edgar, Scott | Wartime NI (2019) Hale Team at Ravenhill [Internet] Available from: https://wartimeni.com/wwiini-story-american-football-ravenhill-programme-06/ [Accessed 17 November 2019]

[4] Irish American Football Association (2016) Journey to Thirty [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/journeyto-thirty/ [Accessed 08 August 2016]

[5] Irish American Football Association (2016) History of US Teams playing in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/history-of-us-teams-playing-in-ireland/ [Accessed 22 November 2016]

[6] Irish American Football Association (2016) History [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/history.htm [Accessed 26 October 2016]

[7] Lucky Show (2016) American Football in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.luckyshow.org/football/Shamrock%20Bowl.htm [Accessed 5 June 2017]

[8] Dublin Town – Article by Gerry Farrell (2016) College Football Classic Ireland’s Relationship with American Football [Internet] Available from: http://www.dublintown.ie/irelands-relationship-with-american-football/ [Accessed 7 May 2018]

NEWSPAPERS

[9] Anon. (1942) . “Photo caption: American Football at Ravenhill”. Belfast News-Letter. Monday, 16 November 1942. pg. 6.

[10] Anon. (1942) “American Football: Large Attendance expected at Ravenhill” Belfast News-Letter. Saturday, 14 November 1942. pg. 4

ACADEMIC ARTICLES

[11] Magee, Damian. “English Beer and American Football: Exporting American Football as a Cultural Commodity to the British Isles.” Irish Journal of American Studies, vol. 7, 1998, pp. 121–148. JSTOR, JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30002410.

SOCIAL MEDIA

[13] Belfast Blitzers | Facebook (2019) Post 22 August 2019: “ So this is the last of the photos in the archive, it’s of the Yarvard team at Sandy Bay, Larne Harbour on the 21st November 1942. “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/photos/pcb.2260513057393170/2260507127393763/?type=3&theater [Accessed 23 August 2019]

[14] Belfast Blitzers | Faacebook (2019) Post 22 August 2019: “So this is the last of the photos in the archive, it’s of the Yarvard team at Sandy Bay, Larne Harbour on the 21st November 1942. “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/photos/rpp.454643317980162/2260507354060407/?type=3&theater[Accessed 23 August 2019]

IMAGES

[15] Belfast Blitzers | Facebook (2019) Photo 22 August 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/photos/pcb.2260513057393170/2260507127393763/?type=3&theater [Accessed 23 August 2019]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Tim Leadingham (Tallaght Outlaws).

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Last Updated: 3 September 2021

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