12 Exciting Moments Captured in Early Football History
Story by Yinzer Crazy Contributor Charlotte Hopkins
Walter Camp was a student at Yale University in 1879 when the school brought football in for their students. A year later, Camp put the wheels in motion to change football to what we know it today. At the time, teams were made up of a large number of players who all played on the field at the same time. Because of this, and a lack of rules and organization, the games often turned violent. He started revising the rules and over the next few years, he made a variety of changes to the game. Among them were the addition of a quarterback, the line of scrimmage, eleven-player teams, the forward pass, the neutral zone, the use of downs, and the point system.
From 1896-1923, Camp wrote 42 books and over 200 articles educating the world about the game of football. With all of his achievements, Walter Camp grew to be known as the Father of American Football. Since then, football has come a long way. Here are 12 memorable moments all football fans can enjoy.
1. The 1879 Yale football team, with team captain Walter Camp in the middle holding the ball.
2. George Halas played for Indiana’s Hammond Pros. He would later go on to own the Chicago Bears football team. The team was founded in 1920 by A.E. Staley as the Decatur Staleys (Illinois). Halas was a coach for the Staleys. A year later, he bought the franchise and moved the team to Ohio.
3. Red Grange making his debut for the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving Day, 1925.
4. August 15, 1939, Turk Edwards, Captain of the Washington Redskins was made an honorary member of the Spokane tribe by Chief Black Spirit with the name "Chief Red Feathers".
5. During the 1960s, the Steelerettes were the one and only cheerleading squad the Steelers ever had.
6. Lamar Hunt created the name Super Bowl for the Championship game. He got the idea for the name in 1965 as he watched his daughter playing with her new toy – a super ball.
7. Terry Bradshaw taking a tour of the Three Rivers Stadium as it was in construction. This was during Bradshaw's inaugural visit to Pittsburgh as a Steelers rookie on February 13, 1970.
8. Myron Cope introduced the Terrible Towel on December 27, 1975.
9. Future Hall of Famer, Dan Marino, of Pittsburgh's Central Catholic High School, signing his letter of intent to attend the University of Pittsburgh in 1979. He played for Pitt for four years before being drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
10. Willie Stargell and Terry Bradshaw with Pittsburgh steel workers in 1979.
11. Kenny Rogers dropped by to spend the day with, Rocky Bleier, Mean Joe Green, Lynn Swan, and Terry Bradshaw
12. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears played in a game on December 31, 1988, that became known as the Fog Bowl. Cold air blown in from Lake Michigan caused a fog so thick that the players could not see the sidelines and the fans could not see the field. The referees had to announce every play so they would know what happened after every play.
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