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Preferred Citation:

Kenneth Stuart Mink, Sr. Football Playbook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2008.107, gift of Eric J. Mink was received on 10/1/2008. Accession 2025.045 donated by Eric J. Mink.

Biographical Information:

Kenneth Stuart Mink, Sr. was born on July 14, 1937 in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. Mink attended William & Mary where he played football, and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications in 1959. After graduation, Mink served in the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel from 1961-1989, and was stationed in Germany, Vietnam, and the United States. After retiring from the Army in 1989 as Deputy Installation Commander of Fort Ritchie, Mink worked as a facilities director for JDS Uniphase Corporation in Germantown, Maryland for 13 years. He was a member of the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Lions Club and an avid Civil War and World War I reenactor. Kenneth Stuart Mink died on February 14, 2007. He was married to Ruth Decosta Mink and had two sons, Kenneth Mink, Jr. and Eric Mink.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains multiple William and Mary Football playbooks and a sports jacket. Included in the playbook are numerous offensive and defensive plays, William and Mary practice schedules, and scouting reports of opposing teams with team rosters.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Athletics--Football
• Football--Virginia--Williamsburg
• Notebooks