:Roswell Tripp

{{Short description|American football player (1884–1962)}}

{{For|the politician|Roswell H. Tripp}}

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| birth_date = January 1884

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = December 1962

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| player_years1 = 1902

| player_team1 = Chicago

| player_years2 = 1904-1905

| player_team2 = Yale

| player_positions = Guard

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• Consensus All-American (1905)
• Second-team All-American (1904)

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Roswell Tripp (January 1884 – December 1962) was an American football player.

Tripp attended The Hill School at Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where he drew his attention for his talent as a football player. Tripp enrolled at the University of Chicago and played at the tackle for Amos Alonzo Stagg's 1902 football team. In January 1903, Tripp transferred to Yale University,{{cite news|title=Chicago Player to Enter Yale; Tackle Tripp of Football Team Will Play in the East Next Season|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=1903-01-10}} where he played guard for Yale University's football teams in 1904 and 1905 after sitting out the 1903 season. He was captain of Yale's championship team of 1905,{{cite news|title=Tripp for Captain: Chicago Lad to be Next Leader of Yale Eleven|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=1904-11-16|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VRIbAAAAIBAJ&pg=1896,1254179&dq=roswell+tripp&hl=en}} and was selected by Walter Camp as a first-team All-American in 1905.{{cite news|title=All-American Eleven: Walter Camp Selects the Best Football Team; West Figures Prominently|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=1905-12-20}} He later worked as a stockbroker. He died in December 1962, at the age of 78.{{cite news|title=R. C. Tripp, 78, Dies; Yale Star|newspaper=Hartford Courant|date=1962-12-11|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/929480362.html?dids=929480362:929480362&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+11,+1962&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Obituary+8+--+No+Title&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026110159/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/929480362.html?dids=929480362:929480362&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+11,+1962&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Obituary+8+--+No+Title&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2012}}