Union High School Most Valuable Player medal awarded to Eulace Peacock
date: label: Date
content: 1932
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Issued by
content: Union High School, American
label: Received by
content: Eulace Peacock, American, 1914 - 1996
notes: label: Description
content: Union High School Most Valuable Player medal awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1932. The medal is clover shaped, bronze colored, and has a round bezel attached to a jump ring. In the center of the obverse of the medal is a relief depiction of a male football player in full length and facing the viewer. The football player is depicted mid-run with his proper right arm extended at his side and a football tucked under his proper left arm. He is wearing a football uniform and helmet with ear guards and a chin strap. In the background is a goal post and a grassy field. A relief banner above the football player’s head is inscribed with the text [U.H.S.]. On the reverse of the medal, engraved in the center, is text that reads [E. PEACOCK / L.H.B. / CHOSEN / MOST VAUABLE PLAYER / TO HIS TEAM / 1932 / CLASS B CHAMPS]. Along the bottom edge is a stamped maker’s mark that reads, [BRONZE / W [o inside a larger O]].
place: label: Place used
content: Union, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Football
label: Topic
content: Sports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2014.63.105.1.93
objectType: label: Type
content: medals
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 1 1/4 × 1 × 1/4 in. (3.2 × 2.6 × 0.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (medal): 1 1/8 × 1 × 1/16 in. (2.8 × 2.6 × 0.2 cm)