![]() “The lore is he did it all himself the first several years,” says Al Carbone, volunteer publicity chairperson for the Walter Camp Football Foundation, which is charged today with naming college football’s All-Americans. sponsored byĬamp was involved in choosing the first All-America team in 1889. The man who became known as “the father of American football” spent most of his life in the Elm City and left a lasting impact on his favorite game, including the creation of rules that established “the play from scrimmage, the numerical assessment of goals and tries, the restriction of play to 11 men per side, set plays, sequences and strategy features” of today’s game, as the Walter Camp Football Foundation, based in New Haven, puts it. But before New Havener Walter Camp, the sport was missing all of those elements and more. ![]() I t’s hard to imagine the game of football without yard lines and fourth downs and organized teams of 11. ![]()
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