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1876 Columbus Buckeyes
I'm fairly certain this is a photo of Samuel Dodds, who played the entire 1876 season for the Buckeyes. Dodds also finished the 1875 season with the club, joining in August (I think). At the start of the 1877 season, it was reported that he was working in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Samuel P. Dodds started working for his brother John in Yellow Springs in 1872 in the railroad office. There are also references to his playing baseball in the Springfield newspaper after he started working there. While his obituary doesn't mention his baseball activities, I'm still pretty sure this is the Samuel Dodds who played for Columbus, based on his connection to Yellow Springs.
Dodds should be in the photo if it is the 1876 club, but not in the photo if it is the 1877 club.
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