Football
What sport was football most alike originally?
Soccer
What is the "father" of football's name?
Walter C. Camp
What country does rowing originate from?
England
When was the first intercollegiate football game?
November 6 1869
What kind of team did he create?
All-american team
Who won the first regatta? Harvard vs Yale
Harvard
When were the rules of football created?
1876
Why did the critics dislike collegiate sports/recruiting?
They believed it took away from academics
When was the first rowing regatta?
August 3 1852
What two sports was Football originally a hybrid of?
Soccer and Rugby
What rules in football did he create?
Line of scrimmage and downs system
True or False, Rowing was the first intercollegiate sport in the U.S.
True
What teams were in the first collegiate football game?
Princeton and Rutgers
What did he want to keep from the game of rugby?
The physical roughness
When did the U.S. rowing team win their first Gold Medal at the Olympics?
1960