Walter Camp and the Creation of American Football / Roger R Tamte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tamte, Roger R., 1935- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Camp, Walter, 1859-1925.

Camp, Walter.

Football players--United States--Biography.

Football players.

United States.

Football coaches--United States--Biography.

Football coaches.

Sportswriters--United States--Biography.

Sportswriters.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2018]

Summary:

"No person was more responsible for converting English rugby into American football than Walter Camp (1859-1925). As a player at Yale, then a coach at Yale and Stanford, a sportswriter for Harper's Weekly and other major magazines, and an influential member of rules committees, he patiently and gradually transformed the sport into the football we recognize today. In this freshly researched biography, Roger Tamte follows Camp from infancy to the meeting of the rules committee in 1903. That meeting established the modern game, including scoring, play ending after a tackle, resuming on opposite sides of a line of scrimmage, plays beginning with a snap to the quarterback, and a system of downs and yardage goals for retaining or losing possession. The incremental changes that Camp introduced and championed did not come easily. In addition to the usual resistance to change, he had to confront academic, press, and governmental complaints about the brutality of the game. As the popularity of college football drew more spectators, games needed larger stadiums. Camp had to address questions of eligibility, officiating, and scheduling. And he had a personal life and a professional business career to maintain. His was a busy life, and one worth telling"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Students' Game

Beginnings, Known and Unknown

Given a New Era

Officially Under Way

"You Must Do Something"

Making It Their Own

Captain

The Extracurriculum and Beyond

Fourth Year

Moving on, Ready or Not

Still under Construction

The Main Invention

Birth Year

Getting Noticed

Impossible to Ignore

Besides Medical School

Career Realities

Not So Easy After All

Writer, Teacher . . . Director?

"Having Waited in Vain"

Father of Football

The Game Established

An "American" Game of Football

Headquarters on Gill Street

Rivalry Demands Rules

Why American Football Grew

All-Americans

Author for an Expanding Game

Second Most Important Man in New Haven?

Whose Game Now?

It's Official: We Want to Win

"A Chief Charm of the Game"

"What Does Walter Think?"

The End of Student Rule Making

New Voices

Bigger and . . . ?

Critics and Defenders

Breakup

Failure Achieved

The Future Foreseen

Pax Intercollegiata

Striving for More

More than a Game

Officially a Yale Official

Not Done Yet

The New Game

"The Game I Have Worked So Hard For"

A President Involved

Tipping Point

Democracy in Action

Starting from Scratch

Football as We Know It

Besides Rule Making

Away with the Old

"I Will Give It Up"

Keeping the Nation Fit

Alternative Service

The Frankenstein of College Athletics

Unrecognized Legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252041617

0252041615

OCLC:

1007091271