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American Football Players

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Lieutenant General Charles T. Myers (1900 - 1975)
Lieutenant General Garrison H. Davidson (1904 - 1992)
Garrison Holt Davidson (April 24, 1904 – December 25, 1992) was a United States Army officer, combat engineer, commander, and military educator from the 1920s through World War II and into the Cold W...
Lieutenant General Daniel Isom Sultan (1885 - 1947)
Daniel Isom Sultan (December 9, 1885 – January 14, 1947) was an American general. Sultan was born in Oxford, Mississippi, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1907. He entered the...
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FOUNDERS & CONTRIBUTERS

Walter Camp, known as the "Father of American Football" is the person who founded the rules for what we know as American Football.
Fielding Yost invented the position of linebacker, co-created the first ever bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl, with then legendary UM athletic director Charles Baird, invented the fieldhouse concept that bears his name, and supervised the building of the first on-campus building dedicated to intramural sports.
John Outland conceived the idea of the Outland Trophy because of his belief that interior lineman were not given enough recognition in college football. The trophy is the third oldest college football trophy. Selection of the winner is made by the Football Writers Association of America.
Lamar Hunt was one of the founders of the American Football League (AFL), also the founder and owner of the National Football League's Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, and the Chicago Bulls.
Curly Lambeau and promoter of the Green Bay Packers.