Walter camp

Walter Camp: The Father of Modern Day Football

By straydawg93

  • Birth of Walter Chauncey Camp

    Walter Camp was born in the city of New Britain, Connecticut, the son of Everett Lee and Ellen Sophia (Cornwell) Camp

  • Local Schooling

    He attended Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven.
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    Yale College

    He attended Yale College in 1875, and graduated in 1880
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    Playing Career

    He played as a halfback at Yale
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    Yale Medical School

    He attended Yale Medical School from 1880 to 1883, where his studies were interrupted first by an outbreak of typhoid fever and then by work for the Manhattan Watch Company.

  • Marriage

    Walter Camp married Alice Graham Sumner, sister of sociologist William Graham Sumner.
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    Head Coach at Yale

    Camp served as the head football coach at Yale

  • Birth of Walter Camp Jr.

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    Head Coach at Stanford

    He was the head coach at Stanford University

  • Birth of Janet Camp

    Birth of his daughter Janet Camp

  • Death of Walter Camp