1877 Tecumseh, London ON (Tecumsehs)

This rendering is based on visual documentation for uniform style only. Color information is unknown and the uniform is rendered in values of gray. Minor details may also be undocumented or difficult to determine and an educated guess is made to complete the rendering.

Rendering accuracy:

Year: documented    Team: documented

Visual documentation on this uniform:

Photo A

Dated 1877. Date confirmed by players Knowdell, Sommerville and Southam. Top from left: J Knowdell (77), J Hornung (76-78), W Spence and E Sommerville (77). Front: F Goldsmith (76-78), R Southam (77), P Powers (76-78), M Dinnen (76,77) and H Doescher (77,78). Years played with team from various sources. 1875 info from Bryce’s Canadian Base Ball Guide (1876). 1876 info from New York Clipper box scores from Sept 1876. 1877 and 1878 info from baseball-reference.com. Additional info came from Preston D. Orem, Baseball 1845-1881 From Newspaper Accounts (1961), and from wikipedia.

Photo B

Dated 1876-1878. J Hornung (76-78). Photo most likely taken at same time as 1877 team photo, see Hornung in back row of photo A, compare position of collar.

Written documentation on this uniform:
Late 1860s/early 1870s: “Sartorial splendor…with the Woodstonians (Woodstock, ON) giving out prizes for the neatest uniforms, like the London Tecumseh’s smart outfits of cricketing flannels and scarlet hose.” From Nancy B Bouchier, For The Love Of The Game: Amateur Sport in Small-Town Ontario, 1838-1895 (2003).

Team genealogy: Coming soon