The Rise of the Umpire for Football...
June 5, 1887- Walter Camp suggested a rule change at a Rules Convention meeting that the 2nd Referee...
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"The Rise of the Umpire for Football by Walter Camp"
Last updated 📅 2025-06-04
June 5, 1887- Walter Camp suggested a rule change at a Rules Convention meeting that the 2nd Referee on the field (who was charged with the ball) should be called the Umpire.
Camp also established a method for requesting and revising rules through a graduate committee that represented each member school, as well as the team captains.
Walter Camp provided numerous innovative ideas to the burgeoning game, which we still utilize a century and a half later.
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