1871 Yale University

This rendering is based on visual documentation for uniform style only. An educated guess is made on uniform color based on a documentation from a related year and also on minor details that may be missing or difficult to determine.

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Visual documentation on this uniform:

Photo A

Dated 1871. Full view of team photo at left, detail view at right. This photo was hand-dated as 1870-1871. However, an 1871 photo date can be determined based on the appearance of players Nevin, Maxwell and Barnes in combination with player Wheeler. Players wore a uniform in a mid-tone color, possibly middle gray. The traditional colors of the school were gray and light blue.

Top row, from left: W Wheeler (69-71), A Nevin (71-74), Strong, C Day (70-72) and C Maxwell (71-74). Front: P Barnes (71,72), G Richards (69-72), C/H Deming (68-72) and G Benchley (70-73). Player IDs from photo. Years with team from Richard Hurd, A History Of Yale Athletics, 1840-1888 (1888). Research from David Arcidiacono.

Written documentation on this uniform:
My 20,1871, Yale v. Mutual, New York, at the Union Grounds, L.I.: “The collegians […] attire was quite plain, but neat and appropriate.” From the New York Clipper, May 27, 1871.

Team genealogy:
Yale University was founded in Connecticut in 1701 and has been located in New Haven, Connecticut, since 1716. The Yale baseball team was first organized in 1868. Info from wikipedia.com.