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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #221

Locals were root-root-rooting for the home team way back in the 1890s. Here a strapping young group of football players pose on the tattered grass floor mat at the Newell Studios downtown. Four of Portsmouth’s famed Wood brothers are visible here. (Coninued below)

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The Fabulous Wood Brothers of Portsmouth

Three, wearing a large black "P" emblem, are seated toward the right center, while the fourth lounges up front. There were eight Wood brothers and sisters, plus seven half-siblings, all top athletes of their era. (From "Historic Portsmouth" by James L. Garvin)

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