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| View Original: | George E. "Pat" Foley's statue, "The Twelfth Man," on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas LCCN2014633927.tif.tiff (4912x7360) | |||
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| Keywords: George E. "Pat" Foley's statue, "The Twelfth Man," on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas LCCN2014633927.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; A gift of the Class of 1980 this sculpture portrays E King Gill an A M student and football player from the 1920s In 1922 during a post-season game Gill was called from the stands to help the football team which was rapidly losing players due to injuries Although he never entered the game by the time it was over he was the only player standing along the sidelines Since that time Aggies as the fans and players are called have stood at football games to symbolize their support for the team It is felt that the crowd's energy has the effect of supplying an additional player to the 11 men competing on the field ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014633927 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/29700/29727a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 29727 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 29727 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||