The great ingenious in the development of college football

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Amos Alonzo Stagg

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)

Amos Alonzo Stagg