Walter Chauncey Camp was an American college football player and coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the system of downs. Wikipedia
Born: April 7, 1859, New Britain, CT
Died: March 14, 1925 (age 65 years), New York, NY
Education: Hopkins School and Yale School of Medicine
Children: Janet Camp Troxell and Walter Camp Jr.
Parents: Leverett Camp and Ellen Sophia Cornwell
1876–1881: Yale
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