This Record Sub-Group contains University of Missouri-Columbia athletic memorabilia relating to the football program. Many of the materials were collected by participants and donated by alumni, family members, and supporters of the University of Missouri-Columbia athletics. Other materials were sponsored by area businesses and collected by Archives staff and friends of the University Archives.
Series 2. - C:31/4/2 (A01-08)
This Series consists of football memorabilia donated to the University by Ronald Freiburghaus. It contains the only known uniform from the first MU football team, (1890), collected by Charles A. Keith, co-founder and member of the first team.
(1 OSB, B3A, B4, 8)
Series 3. - C:31/4/3 (A01-07)
This Series contains two wool M Men's Club sweaters and a wool stadium blanket collected by Townsend Hader, member of the 1932-1935 MU football squads.
(1 OSB, B3A, B2, 4; 1 OSB, B3A, B4, 8)
Series 4. - C:31/4/4
This Series contains materials relating to the University of Missouri-Columbia Intercollegiate Athletic Department's football program, (1978-1979, 1985, 1988-2001). Included in this Series are metal buttons/pins, (1988-2004), a round plastic luggage tag labeled "Missouri vs L.S.U. - Liberty Bowl," (12/23/1978), 3 coins imprinted with football schedules, (1978-1979, 1985), magnet football schedules, (1997-2001), Tail-gate passes (1999-2001), a photo booth pass for the Missouri-Clemson football game, (1950), and felt game pennants (2001). Sponsors for these materials are: Boone County National Bank, Citizens Savings Association, Kansas City Life Insurance Co., KCMQ, Schnucks, Edward D. Jones Investments, and UMB Bank.
(1/3 c.f., 109, 5)
Note to Researcher: For more information on University of Missouri football, see Sub-Group 1 of this Record Group. For information about an article entitled "The Kicks that Count," by Hugh E. Stephenson, Jr. (regarding MU kickers such as Greg Hill and Pat O'Dea), see Sub-Group 3 of Record Group 2 C. For a November 1912 issue of Missouri Alumnus, see Series 1 of Sub-Group 15 of Record Group 0 C. Original program cover artwork by "Amadee" (1968-1970) can be found in Series 2, Sub-Group 6 of Record Group 0 C. For a full inventory of Football Game Programs, see Record Group 31 C, Sub-Group 16.
Note to Archivist: The Kardex number for this collection was changed from C:31/00/2 to C:31/4/4 in 12/2001.
Series 5. - C:31/4/5 (A02-144)
This Series contains memorabilia collected by Paul R. Brayton, a 1931 UMC Agriculture
graduate and member of the football team, (1927-1930, 1957, 1964). Included
in this Series are: an alumni UMC decal; Honor Banquet Program for Missouri
Football Squad, (1929); letters and poems concerning football; Football Season
Ticket Advertisement with Brayton's photograph on the front, (1930); varsity
songs; handwritten football play diagrams; newsclippings about the UMC football
team, (1929); non-university related items (letter and newsclipping related
to automobile accident and a 1957 Harvard College transcript for Paul Richard
Brayton, Jr.); two black-and-white photographs of a Brayton family member, (1964);
and various black-and-white team, individual, and action photographs concerning
baseball, basketball, football, and track with coaches and players, (1927-1929).
Hugo A. Tringali of Palm Springs, California donated this collection.
(1 Env, B23, 4, 2)
Series 6. - C:31/4/6 (A05-36)
This Series contains memorabilia of the University of Missouri football team, (1941), consisting of a newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Pictures edition featuring an image of the 1941 team prior to the 1942 Sugar Bowl.
(1 OSF, 703, MC)
Series 7. - C:31/4/7 (A06-34)
This Series contains audio and video recordings relating to the University of Missouri football team, (1938-1940, 1963), donated by Shepard Cooper, a 1978 graduate of the University. The video is a DVD recording of films from the Archives featuring players and staff from the 1938 through 1940 seasons as well as a travelogue of the 1940 Orange Bowl trip to Miami, Florida. Period music and captions identifying players and personnel have been added to the film footage. The audio recordings consist of two 7 1/2 inch reel to reel recordings of the 4th quarter and post game interviews from a KMOX broadcast of the September 18, 1963 football game against Arkansas, featuring play by play by Harry Caray.
(1/3 c.f., 106, 2)
Note to Researcher: The Board of Curators of the University of Missouri does not hold copyrights to the KMOX broadcast. A digital recording of the audio tapes has been made by the Archives. For a complete audio cassette tape recording of the Arkansas game, see Record Group 31 C, Sub-Group 2.
Series 8. - C:31/4/8 (A07-34)
This Series contains an item of memorabilia of the University of Missouri football team, (1939-1940). The Series consists of one football signed by the members of the 1939 football team and its coaching staff. The football is inscribed with "1939 Big Six Champs" and "1940 Orange Bowl." Names on the football include Paul Christman, Bob Waldorf, Bill Cunningham, and Don Faurot.
(1 c.f., B3A, 6, top)
Note to Researcher: The football was donated by University of Missouri alumnus William Sappington.
