Did Teddy Roosevelt Invent Football?

Did Teddy Roosevelt Invent Football? Roosevelt made his first initiative to clean up football on October 9, 1905 by summoning the coaches and administrators of Harvard, Yale and Princeton – the big three collegiate powers – to Washington for a summit. He admonished his guests to “set an example of fair play” for gridiron behavior

How Did Walter Camp Start Football?

How Did Walter Camp Start Football? As an undergraduate and then as a medical student at Yale (1876–81), Camp played halfback, served as team captain (at that time equivalent to head coach), and became a member of the Intercollegiate Football Association. Who invented football Walter Camp? Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14,