The Wilkes University Colonels compete in NCAA Division III
athletics, and is a member of the Middle Atlantic
Corporation. Wilkes has 14 different intercollegiate athletic teams.
In the 1905 college football season, 18 men were killed and 159 more permanently injured during regular U.S. collegiate football games. The NCAA was subsequently formed to establish rules and require protective equipment.
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