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.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

CLEVELAND INDIANS / CLEVELAND BULLDOGS

• Bo McMillin 1923 (Cleveland Indians)

DALLAS COWBOYS

• Tom Landry 1950-1955

DETROIT LIONS

• Ed Frutig 1945-1946

GREEN BAY PACKERS

• Curly Lambeau (founder, coach and player of Green Bay Packers) 1919-1929
• Ed Frutig 1941, 1945
• Aaron Rodgers

MILWAUKEE BADGERS

• Bo McMillin 1922-1923

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

• Ben Roethlisberger

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

BROWN UNIVERSITY

• Wallace Wade 1914-1916

DUKE UNIVERSITY

• Wallace Wade 1931-1941 & 1946-1950

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE

• Fielding Yost 1896

PENN UNIVERSITY

• John Outland 1891-1892

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

• John Outland 1895-1896

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

• Ed Frutig 1938-1940

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

• Curly Lambeau 1918

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

• John Outland 1897-1899

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

• Fielding Yost 1894-1896

YALE UNIVERSITY

• Walter Camp 1876-1882