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| Profile | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 4, 1874 Stonington, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | July 31, 1948(1948-07-31) (aged 74) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Yale (1892–1894) |
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George Townsend Adee (January 4, 1874 – July 31, 1948) was an Americanfootball player andtennis player and official. He was thequarterback of the undefeated national champion1894 Yale Bulldogs football team and was selected as the first-team quarterback on the1894 All-America college football team.
Adee was born inStonington, Connecticut, in 1874. Hew was the son of George Augustus Adee, a prominent New York banker, and the former Adelaide Palmer Stanton. His parents were both descendants of colonial settlers. He attended the Harrington School in Westchester.[1]
Adee enrolled atYale University in 1891.[1] He was thequarterback of the1893 and1894 Yale Bulldogs football teams.[2] He led the 1893 team to a 10–1 record and the 1894 team to aperfect 16–0 record. The 1894 team has been recognized as the 1894 national champion by theBillingsley Report, theHelms Athletic Foundation, and theNational Championship Foundation. At the end of the 1894 season, Adee was selected by bothWalter Camp andCaspar Whitney as the first-team quarterback on the1894 All-America college football team.
In the spring of 1895, Adee served as the manager of Yale's varsity crew and was named president of the Yale Navy. Adee received a bachelor of arts degree from Yale in June 1895.[1]
Adee remained active in Yale organizations throughout his life, including service on the Yale Athletic Advisory Committee and as president of the Yale Club of New York. In 1931, Yale honored him with an honorary Master of Arts degree for leadership in connection with Yale athletics.[2]
Adee was also a leader in organizing amateur tennis in the United States. He played six times in the USA singles championship between 1903 and 1909. He also served as president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association from 1916 to 1919. He was also a member of the Davis Cup and Amateur Rules Committees. In 1964, he was inducted into theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame.[3]
Adee served in theU.S. Army in theSpanish–American War andWorld War I. He held the rank of major in the infantry during World War I. He participated in theSt. Mihiel drive and theMeuse–Argonne offensive.[4] He sustained injuries in a German gas attack.[5]
Adee spent his professional career onWall Street. He began with the firm of Cuyler, Morgan & Co with whom he worked for four years. He then formed the firm of Batcheller & Adee with George E. Batcheller. The firm later became Batcheller, Adee & Rawlins. He was later a partner in Reynolds, Fish & Co. from 1928 to 1944.[1] He concluded his career as a partner in theNew York Stock Exchange firm of Mallory, Adee & Co.[2]
Adee was married in 1946 to Katherine Comly Taller.[1] He died at his home at 2 Beekman Place inNew York, New York, in 1948 at age 74.[2]