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Originally Posted by cinemaodyssey
My understanding is that the photo is the 1881 Troy team due to the presence of Hankinson. I also remember reading Mark Fimoff had ruled out Keefe being pictured. For my professional opinion, I believe that Cogswell is the player on the far left.
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Cogswell is only listed as being 5'8 though. The player on the far left is the tallest one of any of them, and looks to be slightly taller than Ewing who was 5'10. I'm not sure about the nose comparison to Cogswell either as they look a bit different but it could also just be the angle. Tobin's height and weight are unknown so we don't have anything for comparison. I had seen this same player misidentified as Buttercup Dickerson a lot too which is clearly not true. Tobin also spent the second half of 1880 with Troy so it's possible he could have left the team after this photo was taken in 1881, as that would also need to be the case for Cogswell too since he was only with them in 1880.