Walter Chauncey Camp was an American college football player and coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the system of downs. With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football. He attended Yale College, where he played and coached college football. Camp's Yale teams of 1888, 1891, and 1892 have been recognized as national champions. Camp was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach during 1951.
Camp in 1910
Camp as Yale's captain in 1878
College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football first gained popularity in the United States.
Navy fullback Adam Ballard (#22) rushes while being pursued by Army defenders Cason Shrode (#54) and Taylor Justice (#42) in the 2005 Army–Navy Game, a college football rivalry in the U.S.
The McGill vs. Harvard football game in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1874; Harvard won 3–0.
Walter Camp, the "Father of American Football", then the captain of the Yale University football team, in 1878
A 1902 football game between the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan
