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  • William Wilson Talcott
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  • Talcott played college football for the University of Michigan in 1897 and 1898 and was the starting quarterback for the undefeated 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team. After graduating from Michigan, he worked as a school teacher in Illinois and Michigan. He entered the newspaper publishing business in 1905 and published The Englewood Economist from September 1906 to January 1918. From 1918 to 1920, he was the business manager of the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune. He later went into the ice cream business in Chicago.
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Name
  • Talcott, William Wilson
  • William Wilson Talcott
Caption
  • William Wilson Talcott, 1901
Alternative Names
  • W. W. Talcott
Date of Death
  • 1922-08-24
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Birth Place
death date
  • 1922-08-24
Image size
  • 180
Citizenship
  • United States
Place of Birth
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Known For
  • Football player, teacher, newspaper publisher, manufacturer
Date of Birth
  • 1878-12-04
Short Description
  • Newspaper publisher and University of Michigan quarterback
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  • Talcott played college football for the University of Michigan in 1897 and 1898 and was the starting quarterback for the undefeated 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team. After graduating from Michigan, he worked as a school teacher in Illinois and Michigan. He entered the newspaper publishing business in 1905 and published The Englewood Economist from September 1906 to January 1918. From 1918 to 1920, he was the business manager of the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune. He later went into the ice cream business in Chicago. In August 1922, Talcott led a legal battle with the head of a so-called "love cult" with which his wife had become involved. The legal battle received national newspaper coverage. When his wife refused to part ways with the cult, Talcott committed suicide by jumping from an excursion boat off the shore of Chicago with rocks in his pockets.