Joseph Atherton Gilman was an All-American football player at Harvard University.
[1][2] A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Gilman attended Exeter before enrolling at Harvard.
[4] In his third year at Harvard, he was declared ineligible due to poor academic performance.
[6] In December 1915, as a reward for his "plucky comeback,"[5] Gilman was voted by his teammates as captain of Harvard's 1916 football team.
[7][8] In March 1916, after being selected as captain, Gilman was expelled by Harvard's Administrative Board due to poor academic performance.