Walter Eckersall in action, ca. 1905. A legendary figure on the collegiate gridiron, Walter Eckersall was a three-time All-American. Many of his greatest performances as a Maroon quarterback took place on the athletic grounds north of 57th Street which students named Marshall Field. The field was renamed in 1913 for Amos Alonzo Stagg.

Football team, 1905. The fabled 1905 football team won the University of Chicago's first sole conference championship. Chicago had been co-champs in 1899, but won the championship outright in 1905 by going undefeated and untied and capping the season with a 2-0 victory over perennial power Michigan. Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the "Grand Old Man," is seated at the top center. Photograph by Martyn.