Item Details

coverage

Wake Forest (N.C.)

creator

Wake Forest University

date

1944

2025-06-30T19:17:50Z

2025-06-30T19:17:50Z

2025-06-30 (issued)

description

This is the official football program for the Wake Forest College Homecoming game held on November 4, 1944, at Groves Stadium, featuring Wake Forest vs. Clemson College. The program provides team rosters with player names, positions, weights, heights, class years, and hometowns. Wake Forest's head coach at the time was D.C. "Peahead" Walker, with assistant Murray Greason. Clemson was coached by Frank Howard. A welcome message by President Thurman D. Kitchin, photos of players, team lineups, and promotional pieces reflecting wartime support and home-front morale are featured prominently. A notable portion of the program is dedicated to the alumni military service roll, listing the names of 71 known Wake Forest casualties, including those killed, missing, or held as prisoners during World War II. The program also highlights the college's ambitious $7 million campus expansion plan and showcases advertisements from businesses across North Carolina supporting the war effort and collegiate athletics. The program reflects a wartime homecoming. It also includes song lyrics, institutional promotions, and local sponsorship.

format

application/pdf

34 pages

programs (documents)

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/111070

language

English

relation

Special Collections and Archives

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Wake Forest University

Vertical Files (Printed Materials) Collection (RG15)

rights

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Rights Statement

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source

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39038

subject

Wake Forest College

College sports--United States

Homecoming

Advertising

College athletes

Football players--United States

Football coaches--United States

World War, 1939-1945--Participation

War memorials

Clemson University

title

Homecoming 1944 football program [Wake Forest vs Clemson College]

type

Text