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Walter Chauncey Camp
Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- Born New Britain, Connecticut
- The undisputed “Father of American Football,” Walter Camp introduced the innovative rule changes that transformed English rugby into a uniquely American game. Camp was a stellar player on the Yale football squad (1876–82), but his off-the-field contributions to the emerging sport were of even greater importance. A member of the Intercollegiate Football Association’s rules committee for forty-eight years beginning in 1877, Camp spearheaded the initiatives that reduced teams from fifteen to eleven players and created the key position of quarterback. He instituted the line of scrimmage, suggested a system of downs to govern possession of the ball, devised the present-day point system, and is credited with developing the distinctive gridiron pattern of the playing field. In short, no one proved more influential than Walter Camp in shaping the structure of the modern game.
- Provenance
- The artist; his son Ted Hampson, Lake Forest, Ill.; gift 1991 to NPG
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Theodore M. Hampson
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Date
- c. 1960
- Object number
- NPG.91.151
- Artist
- Albert W. Hampson, 1910 - 21 Feb 1990
- Copy after
- Unidentified Artist (Photographer)
- Sitter
- Walter Chauncey Camp, 7 Apr 1859 - 14 Mar 1925
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 71.1 x 91.4 x 2.5cm (28 x 36 x 1")
- Frame: 95.6 x 115.9 x 6cm (37 5/8 x 45 5/8 x 2 3/8")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Champions
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 341 Mezzanine
- Topic
- Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap
- Exterior\Sports arena
- Walter Chauncey Camp: Male
- Walter Chauncey Camp: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer
- Walter Chauncey Camp: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer\Magazine article writer
- Walter Chauncey Camp: Sports and Recreation\Athletic director
- Walter Chauncey Camp: Sports and Recreation\Coach\Football
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.91.151
- Usage
- Not determined
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