Walter Camp
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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 sc
Camp in 1910
Walter Camp, standing with arms crossed, as a freshman on the 1876 Yale football team.
Camp as Yale's captain in 1878
American football book by wcamp cover
History of American football
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The history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football. Both games have their origin in multiple varieties of football played in the United Kingdom
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…started with uncontested possession and with each team fielding eleven players. This change effectively created the evolution of the modern game of American football from its rugby football origins, and was on display in the first game of football between two American colleges played with this format, Harvard and…
A Native American college football team
One of the two Harvard vs. McGill games played in 1874
A moment of the second game between Tufts and Harvard at College Hill, October 1875