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as a sophomore. Davis was selected as a consensus All-American at the end position in 1901. He was also the captain of
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Princeton. Davis was able to preserve his eligibility and served as the captain of Princeton's 1902 football team. In December 1902, a banquet honoring Davis was held at the Tiger Inn. Princeton's president
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championship in 1902 with a throw of 164 feet, 10 inches. He also finished in third place in the shot put at the 1902 intercollegiate championship. Upon graduation in 1904, Davis was voted the "best all-around athlete" by his classmates.
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and was a consensus All-American in 1901. He also played for
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team from 1900 to 1902. While attending
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454:"Class of 1904 Gives Davis Scholarship: Terms of Gift Limit Annual Award to Graduates of Andover Entering as Freshmen"
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Davis was born in approximately 1880. Davis grew up in
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474:. The Princeton Alumni Weekly. 1919. p. 258.
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417:"Corrupt College Sport"
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262:"Next Year's Captains"
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361:"People Talked About"
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648:consensus selections
405:. December 19, 1902.
332:. November 13, 1902.
191:Princeton University
155:Princeton University
50:Personal information
663:Charles Dudley Daly
460:. January 25, 1939.
193:and played for the
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730:Ralph Tipton Davis
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486:"Among the Alumni"
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572:John DeWitt
226:Later years
169:Early years
22:Ralph Davis
826:Categories
810:Henry Holt
778:George Lee
604:Johnny Poe
589:Head coach
582:Dana Kafer
161:and set a
114:Consensus
738:Neil Snow
654:Backfield
185:Princeton
90:Princeton
45:Graduate
32:Position
179:Andover
86:College
58:c. 1880
440:Outing
199:tackle
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