13 June Quote in Football History

The great gridiron innovator and coach Amos Alonzo Stagg was a wise man of football. He shared this knowledge as a sage of football with his players, opponents, the media, and anyone else that would listem We sure are glad that he did when he said:

"To me, the coaching profession is one of the noblest and most far-reaching in building manhood." - Amos Alonzo Stagg, University of Chicago Head Coach (1892-1932)

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Amos Alonzo Stagg

Born August 16, 1862, in West Orange, New Jersey, was College Football Hall of Fame Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg. Stagg was a great innovator of many items we know in football such as the huddle, man in motion, and more. Most of his career was as the head man for the University of Chicago Maroons. Biographer Jennifer Taylor Hall discusses the great Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg and his many contributions to football and sports in general.

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The banner image is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and is of a game between the Northwestern Purple and Chicago Maroons on October 28, 1905, at Northwestern Field in Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern quarterback James E. Johnson (center) is running with the ball. Chicago won the game 32–0.