Walter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football".
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Walter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football".
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Walter Camp attended Yale College, where he played and coached college football.
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Walter Camp was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach during 1951.
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Walter Camp wrote articles and books on the gridiron and sports in general, annually publishing an "All-American" team.
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Walter Camp worked for the New Haven Clock Company beginning in 1883, working his way up to chairman of the board of directors.
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Walter Camp is buried with his wife and children in Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven.
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Walter Camp served as the head football coach at Yale from 1888 to 1892.
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Walter Camp then moved on to Stanford University, where he coached in December 1892 and in 1894 and 1895.
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Walter Camp was on the various collegiate football rules committees that developed the American game from his time as a player at Yale until his death.
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Walter Camp is credited with innovations such as the snap-back from center, the system of downs, and the points system as well as the introduction of what became a standard offensive arrangement of players—a seven-man line and a four-man backfield consisting of a quarterback, two halfbacks, and a fullback.
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Walter Camp was responsible for introducing the "safety, " the awarding of two points to the defensive side for tackling a ball carrier in his own end zone followed by a free kick by the offense from its own 20-yard line to restart play.
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Walter Camp's stories appeared in major daily newspapers throughout the United States.
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Walter Camp was editor for several sports books published by the Spalding Athletic Library.
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Walter Camp was a proponent of exercise, and not just for the athletes he coached.
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Walter Camp has just developed for the Naval of setting up exercises that seems to fill the bill; a system designed to give a man a running jump start for the serious work of the day.
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