To keep things neutral, I'd like to share some football images from the Lake County History Archives, Bess Bower Dunn Museum.
Lake Forest College football team, circa 1899. Dunn Museum
"Illinois Foot Ball Eleven - 1899." Dunn Museum
"6th Corps Area Championship Game, November 29, 1925." Fort Sheridan-41, Jefferson Barracks-0. Dunn Museum 92.24.566
A great view of the sidelines at the Fort Sheridan game, 1925. Dunn Museum 92.24.560
Deerfield High School football schedule for 1932. Dunn Museum 2007.17.61
Women's Army Corps member, Technician 5th Grade, Mary Boyd, with Fort Sheridan football team members, 1944. Dunn Museum 92.24.1884
Lake County Rifles, circa 1965. Bob Amann is seated front row far right. Dunn Museum 2010.28.202
Bob Amann, a lifelong Lake County resident and newspaperman, co-founded the Lake County Rifles, a semi-professional Central States Football League that played from 1965 to 1972. Thanks to a generous donation by Amann's children, the museum now has an extensive collection of Lake County Rifles photographs, programs, news clippings, trophies, and memorabilia.
You may have seen the Rifles play at Weiss Field in Waukegan or Carmel High School in Mundelein. Rifles' program, 1973. Dunn Museum 2010.28.14
