Stagg, Amos Alonzo

WALTER CAMP (1859-1925) was the first football coach and literally wrote the football rule book. He was Yale's best player and captain in the 1870's when the sport was played under Rugby rules. As the most prominent member of the football rules committee in the 1880's, Camp introduced the line of scrimmage, the scoring system, the series of downs to retain the ball, and other fundamental features of the game. He was widely-known as "the Father of American Football" by the time these books were published. Many of his former players became pioneering coaches at colleges nationwide. Camp was a pr...