mcnair's

Updated: May 3, 2025

McNair's estate made the titles valueless, and this, with the fall of his real estate in Pittsburg, reduced father to poverty, from which he never recovered. My parents were members of the Covenanter Congregation, of which Dr. John Black was pastor for forty-five years. He was a man of power, a profound logician, with great facility in conveying ideas.

Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm - Half a Century

McNair was of large frame and fleet of foot. He was especially clever in handling and passing the ball, which in those days was more of an art than at present. It was not unusual for the ball to be passed from player to player after a scrimmage until a touchdown or a field goal was made. "Walter Camp was one of McNair's Yale adversaries. They had many punting duels in the big games at St.

William H. (William Hanford) Edwards - Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball