Charles Luther Kirtley collection, 1893; 1895

Charles Luther Kirtley was born in 1873.

He joined the first University of Idaho football team (1893) as a half-back, and continued playing football throughout his education. Charles also participated in track and field. He placed first and second during the 1893 Intercollegiate Field Day event.

Charles graduated from the university in 1896, a member of the first ever graduating class. Following his graduation from U of I, he enrolled in Rush Medical school where he finished in 1901. He then completed an internship in Portland, Oregon before eventually settling in Challis, Idaho. Here he was a practicing physician and for most of his life was one of the only doctors serving the rural community. He revisited the U of I campus in 1934.

Charles Luther Kirtley died in 1938 in Challis, Idaho.