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🏟️ Meet Walter Camp—the “Father of American Football.” In 1876, this Yale student transformed rugby’s chaos into a tactical American sport, shaping every kickoff, touchdown, and Super Bowl we watch today.
🔑 Key innovations you’ll learn in this video:
• Line of Scrimmage – the invisible chessboard that splits offense and defense.
• Four-Down System – 10 yards or turn the ball over, making every play a cliff-hanger.
• 11-Man Teams – streamlined squads that unlocked speed and strategy.
• All-America Team (1889) – the first nationwide honor roll of college football stars.
📚 Over three decades, Camp penned 30+ books, 250+ articles, coached at Yale, and advised rule-makers—his fingerprints cover every hash mark on the modern gridiron.
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