| LC control no. | n 2016042649 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | DeWitt, John, 1881-1930 |
| Variant(s) | De Witt, John, 1881-1930 De Witt, J. R., 1881-1930 |
| Birth date | 1881-10-29 |
| Death date | 1930-07-28 |
| Place of birth | Phillipsburg (N.J.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Business Football Hammer throwing |
| Profession or occupation | Businessmen College athletes Olympic athletes |
| Found in | Princeton and Yale football game, 1903 (John DeWitt; name not given) American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, c1995: p. 865 (Princeton and Yale football game; appearing: Captain DeWitt, of Princeton) College Football Hall of Fame WWW site, viewed August 5, 2016: (John De Witt; born, October 29, 1881 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey; died, July 28, 1930 in New York, N.Y.; football player at Princeton University, 1901-1903) Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 16, no. 9, viewed online via Google books, August 5, 2016 p. 260 (John Riegel DeWitt and Helen Elise Casey were married in November, 1915 in New York City) Wikipedia WWW site, viewed August 5, 2016: (John Riegel DeWitt; born, October 29, 1881; died, July 28, 1930; American athlete; competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics in the hammer throw, won the silver medal; inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954) New York times, July 29, 1930, viewed online via ProQuest Historical Newspapers, August 5, 2016 p. 15 (J. R. De Witt; John R. De Witt; businessman; died of heart disease on July 28; served as president of the National Bag Corporation, and as director of a number of southern manufacturing companies; former captain of Princeton football team) |
| Associated language | eng |
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