trenchbuff Posted August 5, 2008 Share #1 Posted August 5, 2008 This is a little group came from that period following the Armistice when soldiers of the AEF waited to return home. Football was one of the more popular sports of the AEF games and the teams came from the armies and units of the AEF. The play-offs featured teams representing the 1st Army (36th Division), 2nd Army (7th Division), 3rd Army (89th Division) and the SOS (St. Nazaire). The championship was played on 29 March 1919 in Paris and matched up the 89th and 36th Division. The game was close but the 89th came out victorious. I've always been facinated with the memorabilia that was generated during the period following the Armistice since it represents the Doughboy at his most creative, i.e. painted helmets and gasmasks and shoulder patches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted August 5, 2008 77th Division vs 81st Division Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted August 5, 2008 Reverse of football showing score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted August 5, 2008 Championship membal to Sgt. H. Flanagan, 341st Machine Gun Bat., 89th Division. He played right guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted August 5, 2008 Unknown team photo. Also, that should be championship medal in the previous photo. (I'm not sure what a membal is???) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted August 5, 2008 Share #6 Posted August 5, 2008 AWESOME! Great stuff! I love that stuff! The post Armistice period must've been interesting because like you said a whole lot of great memorobilia came out of that time period. Keep it coming! 77th Division football! Man that is cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted August 5, 2008 Share #7 Posted August 5, 2008 GREAT STUFF! I love AEF sports! I hope you don't mind me adding this! These are closeups from a 10th Aero Squadron roll photo. And from the same image, their baseball pennant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share #8 Posted August 5, 2008 Cool photos! Thanks Beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODA021 Posted August 5, 2008 Share #9 Posted August 5, 2008 Thought I would add this photo of the 320th MG Bn (82nd Div) football team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share #10 Posted August 6, 2008 AWESOME! Great stuff! I love that stuff! The post Armistice period must've been interesting because like you said a whole lot of great memorobilia came out of that time period. Keep it coming! 77th Division football! Man that is cool! Croix, Thanks. The ball came out of a garage sale in Seattle about 25 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custermen Posted August 12, 2008 Share #11 Posted August 12, 2008 Interesting info. I became interested in sports when I received a photo from a WW2 veteran. Then I found references to games played while at Rest Camps and was curious about how well organized these teams and games were. The Monthly Operational Reports made mention of games. WW2 Photo of a team. May have been taken in the States but not sure. I have obtained a brochure of the Spaghetti Bowl that was played between the 5th Army and 15th Air Force in Florence on 1st January 1945. Would like to know more about these games. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted August 12, 2008 Share #12 Posted August 12, 2008 Great stuff Mark! Kurt Barickman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Military Engineer Posted December 11, 2009 Share #13 Posted December 11, 2009 What a great topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicjoy1945 Posted December 11, 2009 Share #14 Posted December 11, 2009 hey !! Neat stuff !! :thumbsup: Vic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars&thunder Posted December 12, 2009 Share #15 Posted December 12, 2009 Here is the baseball trophy for the AEF 320th Infantry (80th Division) Baseball League won by Company C in 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manchu Warrior Posted December 12, 2009 Share #16 Posted December 12, 2009 WWII Football program I also have one played between the 101st Airborne and another division in Germany right after the end of the war and I will see if I can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted December 12, 2009 Share #17 Posted December 12, 2009 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share #18 Posted December 12, 2009 Thanks to everyone who added the neat new items to the post. Some really fantastic additions. The trophy is quite an amazing piece! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars&thunder Posted December 13, 2009 Share #19 Posted December 13, 2009 Here is a sterling silver 4 inch table medal for the winners of the LeMans AEF City League in 1919. The winners were the Repair Unit, 309th Motor Transport Corps. The sport is not identified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share #20 Posted December 13, 2009 Neat piece! Sure would be curious to know what they were competing in. Wonder if it could be auto related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siege1863 Posted December 13, 2009 Share #21 Posted December 13, 2009 USS MISSISSIPPI baseball team for the 1921-22 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted September 28, 2012 Share #22 Posted September 28, 2012 I just found this thread while searching for other remotely related content. I had to add this photo, taken by my uncle when his unit was in France (1918-19). I am wondering if there is any connection to these pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEB Posted September 28, 2012 Share #23 Posted September 28, 2012 The National WWI Museum '"Liberty Memorial" in Kansas City, Missouri is currently hosting through March of 1913, a special exhibit titled "World War I All-Stars: Sports & the Inter-Allied Games" The focus is on the games that were held in Paris in June of 1919 between teems from the allied nations. It is a very impressive display. http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index...1&pgid=1233 (Heck, it is a very impressive museum. Well worth a trip to KC. I go probably twice a year as the collection is so extensive they rotate some exhibits.) Gary Bachman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthomas Posted September 30, 2012 Share #24 Posted September 30, 2012 Mark- Here's a picture from the sidelines of that football game! Note the football players in the background... Note also the specialized armband being worn by the Inter-Allied Games personnel at far right (M.P. with German Shepherd). This neat picture was featured in Al Barnes' book on the 3rd Army. Enjoy! ''67rally" - Your photo reminds me of a football game held at Colombey-les-Belles on Thanksgiving Day 1918. I need to research that one further... -Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot12 Posted September 30, 2012 Share #25 Posted September 30, 2012 I really love the pictures. The old leather helmets are really great to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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