September 17, 1897, Ed Travis was a tackle from Tarkeo College, and then the University of Missouri. Ed grew up in Tarkeo, Missouri, which is a small college town in the northern part of the state. Ed Travis was a star lineman at his local high school and had one ambition: he wanted to play football at the University of Missouri.
Missouri’s coaches seemed unimpressed with the youngster out of high school, so Ed stayed at home and attended Tarkeo College. After an impressive season at Tarkeo, the brass at Missouri recruited Travis, and the following fall, he was playing football for the Tigers. Football at the University of Missouri was suspended during World War I, and Ed served his country overseas.
In 1919, he returned home and donned the Tiger uniform once again. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
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