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Frank Villa
Giovanni Raphael Frank Villa (January 29, 1873 – November 12, 1933), also known as "Count Villa" or "the Count," was an American football player, judge, and consular official. He played college football for Whitman College in 1893 and for the University of Michigan from 1893 to 1896. He was selected as a first-team All-Western player in 1895. He later became a consular official for Italy, a judge and gold prospector in Alaska, and a representative of the Great Northern Railroad. He also served in the U. S. Army during World War I. ==Early years== Villa was born in Oregon in 1873.〔 His father, Frank Villa, Sr., was an immigrant from Genoa, Italy. His mother, Mary (Reible) Villa was an immigrant from Switzerland. Villa had four sisters, Mamie, Amelia, Harriet and Eleanor. In November 1878, the family relocated to 35-acre farm in Walla Walla, Washington. The family raised fruits and vegetables on the farm, selling their produce to local markets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Nick Tomassi )〕 Villa enrolled at Whitman College in Walla Walla. While attending Whitman, he played on the college's first football team. The college's first football game took place on February 22, 1893, against a team of locals from Walla Walla. Whitman won the game, 16-0. An account of the game written years later emphasized Villa's imact: "The notable player on this team was Frank Villa, or Count Villa, as he was popularly known."
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