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The Poe brothers were six celebrated American football players who played football at Princeton University from 1882 until 1901. They were sons of John P. Poe, Sr., an 1854 Princeton graduate and the Attorney General of Maryland from 1891 until 1895. They were also second cousins, twice removed (see below), of the celebrated poet and short story writer Edgar Allan Poe, who died in 1849. ==The brothers== * Samuel Johnson Poe, Class of 1884, who played halfback in 1882-83. *Edgar Allan Poe, Class of 1891, who was an All-American quarterback from 1887–90 and captained the team in his junior and senior years. *John Prentiss Poe, Jr., Class of 1895, who played halfback in 1891-92, left school for academic reasons, and returned afterwards to coach. *Neilson (Net) Poe, Class of 1897, who played in the backfield in 1895-96 and later returned to coach. *Arthur Poe, Class of 1900, who as an All-American end who made the decisive scores that beat rivial Yale in two successive years. *Gresham Poe, Class of 1902, who played as a substitute on the varsity in 1901.〔("The Poe Brothers" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Poe brothers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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