Charles Nourse

Charles Joseph Nourse (February 24, 1888 – April 25, 1974) was an American football player and lawyer. He played college football at Harvard University and was a consensus first-team selection to the 1908 College Football All-America Team.

Early life Nourse was born in 1888, a son of Charles J. Nourse of New York. He attended preparatory school at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He was six feet tall and weighed 197 pounds while at Harvard. He played on the freshman football team in 1906 and on the Harvard Crimson football team in 1907 and 1908. After the 1908 season, he was selected as a consensus first-team center on the 1908 College Football All-America Team.

Career After receiving his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1909, Nourse spent three years at Columbia Law School]. and later with the firm of Prince & Burlingame.

During World War I, Nourse served in the 31st Field Artillery, attaining the rank of captain, and serving under Henry L. Stimson, who later became the U.S. Secretary of State and Secretary of War. Margaret, a daughter of James Remsen Strong, was attended by her sister, the former Charlotte Remsen Strong, wife of banker Schuyler Van Vechten. In his later years, Nourse lived on East 67th Street in Manhattan and also at Oyster Bay, Long Island.