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223. on the sport in later years: Watterson, 182.
224. “. . . give up the gate receipts.”: Robert M. Hutchins, “Gate Receipts and Glory,” Saturday Evening Post, December 3, 1938, 23.
224. upon his departure: Henry McCormick, “No Foolin’ Now,” Wisconsin State Journal Sports, January 7, 1936, 1.
224. Stanford hired a new coach: “Stuhldreher Has Revived Badgers for Grid Games,” Freeport Journal-Standard, October 22, 1936, 17.
225. “. . . standing by, awaiting orders.”: Prescott Sullivan, “The Low Down,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 7, 1948.
225. “. . . fun for anything,” O’Dea said: “Legendary Pat O’Dea to Attend Rose Bowl,” Wisconsin State Journal, November 30, 1952, 1.
225. while at his alma mater: “Pat O’Dea Returns As Hall of Famers Are Saluted,” Wisconsin Alumnus (November 1959), 25; Letter from Mrs. E. Wynona Hauser to Wynona Hauser Murray, September 30, 1959, from the files of Michael D. Shutko.
225. in Pasadena for the game: Frank Finch, “Bruhn Predicts Tight Game, Badger Victory,” Los Angeles Times, December 31, 1959, C1.
225. Wisconsin’s Athletic Hall of Fame: Dave Lewis, “Once Over Lightly,” (Long Beach, California) Independent, July 30, 1950, 22-A.
225. at a gathering in 1957: Warner note is from “Warner Takes Dim View of Platoon System,” Los Angeles Times, November 8, 1952, B2; Stagg note is from “Stagg Tells Grid Story,” Baltimore Sun, November 6, 1957, S26; Hope note is from Neil Kearney, “Kangaroo Kicker,” Melbourne (Australia) Herald-Sun, December 1, 2007, 94.
225. “the patron saint of all kickers.”: Jim Day, “Pipefuls,” Bakersfield Californian, January 6, 1953, 15.
225. “. . . game of football has ever known.”: Dave Lewis, “Once Over Lightly,” (Long Beach, California) Independent, July 30, 1950, 22-A.
225. “. . . most trying of circumstances.”: Monte McCormick, “The Legend of Pat O’Dea,” Wisconsin State Journal, April 6, 1962, Section 3, 1.
226. have ever been located: Dick Nolan, San Francisco Chronicle, June 17, 1958.
226. he was recovering well: Bonnie Ryan, “O’Dea Shelved by Taxi,” Wisconsin Capital Times, January 24, 1961, S1.
226. so many years before: Wendy Bolz, “The ‘Kicking Kangaroo’ and the ‘Kangaroo Stroker,’ ” (unpublished family history), 15.
226. “. . . will be on your feet again.”: “Wrote JFK to Pat O’Dea,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 23, 1962.
226. might call to wish him well: Lew Cornelius, “Lew Cornelius’ Scorebook,” Capital Times, April 3, 1962, 15.
226. “brightened his final days.”: “O’Dea Disappeared For 17 Long Years,” Capital Times, April 5, 1962, S1.
226. “he was hard to find.”: “O’Dea Mystery Deepens,” Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, April 9, 1962, 7.
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228. student body as a whole: Graduation success rates are published on the NCAA website NCAA.org.
229. came with plenty of controversy: “Texas, ESPN Announce New Network,” espn.com, January 19, 2011; http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6037857.
229. onset dementia, and depression: Mark Fainaru-Wada, Jim Avila, and Steve Fainaru, “Doctors: Junior Seau’s Brain Had CTE,” espn.com, January 11, 2013; http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/8830344/study-junior-seau-brain-shows-chronic-brain -damage-found-other-nfl-football-players.
Index
Adams, Charles Kendall, 49, 125, 127, 146, 157, 164
and player eligibility, 63–64, 65, 67
adult specials, 65, 67, 70
advancing wedges, 39
African Americans, 179
Alexander, Walter, 91
All-Americans, 17, 20, 136
Allen, Phillip, 85–86, 121
amateurism, xiv, 52–61, 63, 126. See also eligibility, player
American School of Osteopathy, 180, 183, 210
Ammerman, R. R., 53
Anderson, “Slam,” 18
Army, 203, 206–8
Australian Rules Football, 36–37, 48, 65, 112
Babbitt, James, 197
Badgers. See Wisconsin, University of
Baird, Charles, 54
Baker, Eugene V., 25
Balliet, David, 6, 7, 10–11
Bangs, Francis, 190–91
Bascom, John, 49
Beard, Anson, 8, 9
Beebe, William, 191
Beloit College, 108, 140, 165
Bennett, James Gordon, 75–77
Berwanger, Jay, 223
betting, 2, 12
Big 12 conference, 229
Big Ten, 13, 52. See also Western Conference
Big Three, 30, 188–93, 223
Blair, Edwin, 165
Blake, J. R., 8–9
Bliss, Laurie, 163
block games, 27
Brennan, J. F., 211
Brooks, W. A., 11, 41
Brown, Mack, 227
Brown University, 138, 158
Bruhn, Milt, 213, 226
Bryant, Dean, 135
Buckley, George, 177
Bullock, Matthew, 179
Burnett, Orville, 130, 131
Burr, Francis, 193
Bush, Reggie, 227, 228–29
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 174, 190–91
Byrne, Eugene, 203
California, University of, 117
Camp, Walter Chauncey, 31, 50, 58, 98, 203, 209
blamed for football’s problems, 195–201
as captain of Yale team, 25–28
as coach at Stanford, 117–19
and football injuries, 100
and Hadley, 198–99
helps develop football rules, 38
helps Yale prepare to play Wisconsin, 142–43
opposes rule changes, 205
and player recruitment, 30
and rules committee, 115, 188–91, 193, 197–98
and violence in football, 99
writes about Eastern vs. Western Conference, 138
as Yale’s coach, 56–57
Carlisle College, 138
Carlisle Indian School, 67–70
Carroll, Pete, 227, 228–29
Cash, Walter “Monte,” 53
Cavanagh, Walter, 131, 133
Chadwick, George, 146
Chamberlain, Roy, 13
Chamberlain, Thomas, 49
“Champagne Kick,” 135–36, 151
championship games, 2–3, 27, 112, 227
Chicago, 105–8
Chicago, University of, xiv, 138
athlete inducements, 175–78
beginning of football at, 30, 57–58, 60–61
boycotted, 157
criticism of game, 194
dictates how game revenues are divided, 122–24
eliminates football, 223–24
football’s place in the university, 121–22
and nonstudent players, 60–61
and player eligibility, 124–25, 130–32
player recruitment, 121–22
plays Michigan, 14–15, 60–61, 67, 113, 160–64, 224
plays Northwestern, 60–61
plays Stanford, 119
plays Wisconsin, 66, 105–11, 120, 128–36, 165–66
president’s thoughts about criticism of football, 99–100
renews relations with Wisconsin, 164–65
severs athletic relations with Wisconsin, 124–26
and six-month residence rule, 62
takes postseason trip to Pacific Coast schools, 117–19
uses football as PR tool, 116–17
withdraws from WIAA, 124–25
Chicago Press Association, 67–68
Chicago
Tribune, 106–7
Christian, Archer, 203
Clarke, Gordon, 132
class, economic, 55, 78–79
coaching, 56–57
Cochems, Edward, 151, 152, 204
Cochems, Henry, 113, 124, 126–27, 152
Cochran, Garrett, 101
Collier’s Magazine, 175–80
Colorado, University of, 120
Colorado College, 120
Columbia University, 2, 25, 167–70, 174, 190–91, 195
Comstock, Nathan, 142, 144
Corbin, Bill “Pa,” 30, 50
Cornell University, 28, 138, 158
corruption. See scandals
crew team, 43–48
Cumnock, Arthur, 80
Curtis, Arthur, 165
Dana, Charles, 78
Danzig, Allison, 151
Dartmouth College, 179
Dashiell, Paul, 97
Davie, Bob, 227–28
Davis, Parke, 8, 11, 30, 50
Davis, Richard Harding, 3, 31, 79–80
Day, Benjamin H., 75, 77
Day, John, 43, 45–48
deaths, 95–96, 103, 107, 193–201, 203, 208
Deland, Lorin, 39
Deming, Clarence, 197–98
Dobie, Gil, 159–60
Dorais, Gus, 207
downs, 8, 27, 28, 196
dropkicks, 16, 17, 18–19, 51, 69, 135–36, 149, 151
Eastern Conference, 114–15, 204
vs. Western Conference, 17, 137–55
Eckersall, Walter, xiii, 176–78, 206
Edwards, Billy, 1–2, 6, 12
eligibility, player, 52–61, 62–70, 122, 124–27, 130–31, 169, 199–200. See also amateurism
Eliot, Charles, 190–91, 195, 203
Elis. See Yale
elitism, social, 3, 55, 78–79
Elliott, Joe, 76–77
Erickson, Oscar, 160
Ewing, Joseph, 130, 131
field goals, 8, 10, 16, 37
fight songs, 85–86
Fine, John, 188
Finlay, J. Ralph, 96
first downs, 196, 199
Fish, Hamilton, 203
Fisher, John, 130–31, 154–55, 157
Fisher, Robert, 203
flying wedge play, 8, 10, 39–40
football
and African Americans, 179
betting on, 2
Chicago attempts to ban playing in city, 105–8
criticism of, 41–42, 96–99, 120–22, 184, 194, 204
deaths (See deaths)
early history, 21–28
equipment, 6–7
evolution of, 208
games between Eastern and Western teams, 17, 137–55
gate receipts, 3, 56
injuries (See injuries)
and media, 31, 71–81
new rules, 199–208
player eligibility (See eligibility, player)
player recruitment, 30
public perception of, 193–94
as public relations tool, 116–17
residency requirement, 62–70
revenues from, 3, 30, 56, 116–25, 161–62, 200
Roosevelt wants reforms, 189
rules (See rules; rules committee)
scandals, xiii, 167–86, 222
scoring system, 8, 27–28
violence, xiv (See violence)
forward pass, 8, 15, 38, 196, 199, 204, 205, 207, 221
foul play, 196, 199
free kicks, 24
fullbacks, 38
fumbles, 8, 10
Gammon, Richard Vonalbade, 93–95, 103, 107
Gammon, Rosalind, 94, 95–96
gate receipts. See revenues, football
Georgia, University of, 93–95
Gill, David, 162
goals, 17, 28, 37
Godkin, Edwin, 121
Gophers. See Minnesota, University of
Gorn, Elliott, 99
Grange, Red, 216, 219, 221–22
Greene, Edward, 175
guards back attack, 38
Hadley, Arthur, 144, 191, 198–99
halfbacks, 18, 38
Hanley, Frank, 54
Harper, Jess, 206, 207
Harper, William Rainey, 125, 127–28, 157, 166, 177
beginning of football at Chicago, 57–58, 59–60
thoughts about criticism of football, 99–100
uses football to raise school’s profile, 116–17, 120
Harrison, Walter, 185
Hart, Edward, 175
Harvard University, 2, 17, 21, 26, 138
bans football, 29
criticism of football, 96–99, 204
helps develop early football rules, 25
hires Bill Reid as coach, 184–86
moves to eliminate football, 191–92
and player eligibility controversy, 52–54
plays Army, 203
plays Michigan, 137
plays Penn, 192–93
plays Yale, 26, 40–41, 71–74, 80, 97–98, 116, 187, 193
refuses to play Princeton, 54
refuses to play Yale, 41
role in establishing intercollegiate football, 30
and rules reform, 196–97, 199
Hearst, William Randolph, 78, 79–80, 101–3
Heffelfinger, William “Pudge,” 39, 101, 179
Herschberger, Clarence, 66, 109, 110, 126, 133, 134
Heston, Willie, 178
Hill, Julien, 93
Hillenbrand, Arthur, 188
Hinkey, Frank, 8–9, 11, 40–41
Hogan, James J., xiii, 170–72, 197–98, 222
Hollister, John, 165–66
Holmes, Harvey, 109, 130–31
Hoover, Herbert, 117
Huff, George, 175
Hutchins, Robert, 223–24
Hyland, Dick, 89
Hyman, Frank, 163
Illinois, University of, 175, 204, 221
boycotts Chicago, 157
and player eligibility, 54, 61
plays Wisconsin, 158–59, 217–21
renews relations with Chicago, 164
withdraws from WIAA, 124–25
injuries, 8–9, 10–11, 40–41, 93–95, 100–101, 107, 143–44, 180, 193, 196, 203, 229
Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IAA), 196
intercollegiate athletics, 21–25, 61
Intercollegiate Conference, 61
Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives, 52
interference, 38
Iowa, University of, 204
Iowa State University, 85
Irwin, Arthur, 143
Irwin, Will, 75, 76, 102
Johnson, Elmer, 23
Jordan, David Starr, 178
Jordan, Edward S., 175–78
Judson, Henry Pratt, 177
Juneau, William, 158
Kangaroo Kicker. See O’Dea, Patrick
Kansas, University of, 30
Karel, John “Ikey,” 44–45, 158
Kennedy, Walter, 131
kickers, 14, 16, 37–38
Kimmel, Michael, 22
King, Phil
and 1897 season, 83
coaches at Wisconsin, 48–49, 51, 68, 86, 110, 111, 112, 129, 134, 139, 142
and O’Dea, 48–49, 148, 156–57
plays at Princeton, 7, 9, 10
Thanksgiving games, 13–15, 163–64
Kirchwey, George, 174
La Follette, Robert, Sr., 213
Lake Forest College, 50–51, 62, 83, 85, 140
Lardner, John, 152
Larendon, R. E., 169
Laughlin, James Laurence, 116
Leiser, Bill, 215–16
LeMoyne, Harry, 185–86
Lester, Robin, 58, 119, 177
Lewis, Guy M., 193
line of scrimmage, 8, 27, 28, 205
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 98, 99
Loomis, H. C., 88
Lord, H. G., 195
Ludolph, Henry, 106
MacCracken, Henry, 195–96
magazines, 31, 80
Maroons. See Chicago, University of
mass plays, 33–42, 114, 180, 196, 205
Matthews, Shailer, 194
maul-in-goal, 29
Maybury, James, 124, 126–27
Mayer, Milton, 120
McBride, Malcolm, 142, 147, 152–53, 154
McClean, John, 163
McClure’s Magazine, 172–75, 188
McConville, Curran, 43, 46, 47
McCormick, Henry, 217, 219
McLean, Malcolm, 150
McMahon, Mary, 117–18
Meanwell, Walter, 218
media, 31, 71–81, 101–4, 204
Melba, Nellie, 139–40, 213
Merriwell, Frank, 71–75, 80
Michigan, University of, 138
boycotts Chicago, 157
and player eligibility, 54, 61, 62
plays Chicago, 15, 60–61, 67, 113, 160–64, 224
plays Cornell, 28
plays Harvard, 137
plays Minnesota, 66
plays Stanford, 119
plays Wisconsin, 157–58
renews relations with Chicago, 164
scandal, 178
withdraws from WIAA, 124–25
Miller, G. H., 169
Minds, John, 101, 130
Minnesota, University of, 30, 61, 125, 223
plays Michigan, 66
plays Wisconsin, 85–92, 108, 129–30, 159–60
Minot, Wayland, 203
Missouri, University of, 182–83
Mitchell, Charles, 211–12, 216
Mitchell, William, 168, 169, 174
momentum play, 39–40
money. See revenues, football
Moore, William, 193–94
Morgan, Dade, 73–74
Morris, James McGrath, 102
Morrissey, Andrew, 182
Morse, Frank, 9
Mortimer, Theron, 135
Moulton, Edward “Dad,” 89
muckrakers, 172–73, 175–80, 188, 197–98
Murphy, Fred, 8, 9, 41
Murphy, Michael, 199
Muscular Christianity, 22–23, 59, 98