Hargrove Van de Graaff
1893–1938 (age 45)
college football player
Biography
Hargrove Van de Graaff was a college football player who made his mark on the athletic landscape of American higher education in the early twentieth century. His athletic achievements and participation in the developing sport of college football reflected the growing importance of athletics in American universities.
Van de Graaff lived from 1893 to 1938, a relatively brief life cut short at age 45. He was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, where his memory is preserved as part of the sporting heritage of his era.