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Leadership in training
Amos Alonzo Stagg born in West Orange, New Jersey, United States at August 16, 1862 – and died in Stockton, California, at March 17, 1965)
Stagg played football defender Center at Yale University and was chosen to be among the first U.S. team to college football in 1889. It was the inclusion of his name in the Hall of Fame football at the college level as a player and coach
He also singled in honor in both roles in the twentieth century
Stagg had a 71-year career as a football coach,
And even though Walter Camp was responsible for the rules that changed football from a rugby-soccer inverted into a uniquely American sport, Stagg -- in his long career as player, coach, creator, spokesman, and pronoun of the game
attended Phillips Exeter Academy. Playing at Yale University, where he was a divinity student
(Divinity is the study of Christian and other theology)
He was a defender in the first U.S. team, which was selected in 1889.
he was offered a professional contract by baseball's New York Giants, but refused on principle, because he believed that amateur athletics was more honorable than professional sports. Later, he attended the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College)
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| George Halas George Stanley Halas, Sr. who is born in February 2, 1895 and died in October 31, 1983) nicknamed Mr.Everything . Halas was born in Chicago in 1895, and learned self-discipline, business smarts and frugality through his family. After saving his money carefully, he attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign he attended the University of Illinois, playing football for coach Bob Zuppke, as well as baseball and basketball, and earning a degree in civil engineering. He also became a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He helped Illinois win the 1918 Big Ten Conference football title. playing football, baseball and basketball and joining Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity with his older brother. A very interesting and notable story about Halas from this era is a legend eventually earning a promotion to the New York Yankees, where he played 12 games as an outfielder in 1919 Prior to his final semester at Illinois, the United States entered the Great War (World War 1), and Halas enlisted in the United States Navy Halas was assigned to Great Lakes Naval Base and ordered to organize great US Service teams in football and basketball. |
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| American football player and coach
Glenn Scobey Warner (April 5, 1871 – September 7, 1954), most commonly known as Pop Warner
Glenn Scobey Warner was born in Springville, New York, on April 5, 1871. At the age of 21, Warner attended Cornell University and graduated with a degree in law Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
Warner began playing football, due to an unexpected meeting with the coach,
where he captained the football team
and he earned his nickname “Pop” for being the oldest player on the team. After graduating
Although Warner played football for Cornell from 1892 to 1894,
Warner married Lorraine Tibb, 1888 graduate of Ten Broeck Academy in the Town of Franklinville. In 1902, Warner played pro football for the Syracuse Athletic Club during the first World Series of Football, held at Madison Square Garden
He also played for the Syracuse Athletic Club
that Warner played in the very first professional indoor football game as his Syracuse squad upset the heavily favored "New York" team. During the Series, Warner was cut badly on the side of his head. While he laughed it off at the time,
he was replaced for the rest of the Series
The football its not just game
Coaching careerPop Warner  Pop Warner head coach
Warner was hired by the University of Georgia as its new head football coach in 1895
his team lost four out of seven games during the first year. The second year turned out much better for Warner as he led his team to an undefeated season
He returned to Cornell in 1897 to coach, leading them to a 15-5-1 record for two years in a row
The following year, Georgia rehired Warner and the team had an undefeated season. While at Georgia, Warner also served as a head coach and then co-coach at Iowa State
He coached teams from two schools simultaneously on three occasions: Iowa State and Georgia during the 1895 and 1896 seasons, Iowa State and Cornell in 1897 and 1898,
Pop Warner
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| 1920 APFA season
By the late 1910s, the regional circuits had organized into more or less leagues of varying degrees of organization. One of the most prominent at the time was the Ohio League, which boasted the services of legendary American Indian athlete Jim Thorpe, among other stars 1920
Lyons' vision of a national league of existing football clubs (which, at the time, was competing with another proposed league, again backed by baseball) was cut short by the United States' entry into World War I and further hampered by a flu pandemic in 1918
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