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 Walter Camp - New Haven, CT Posted by:  neoc1
N 41° 18.892 W 072° 55.684
18T E 673425 N 4575782
The grave of Walter Camp, "The Father of American Football" and a prolific writer, is located in Grove Street Cemetery at 227 Grove Street, New Haven, CT.
Waymark Code: WM10CY3
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2019
Views: 2
The grave of Walter Camp is marked by both a headstone and a polished black granite memorial placed by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. The granite headstone has a semicircular top with a ringed cross and pilasters on each side. The monument is inscribed:
WALTER CAMP
1859 - 1923
AND HIS WIFE
ALICE SUMMER
-1934-
The memorial at the foot of the grave contains the laser etched image of Walter Camp and his signature and the following inscription:
WALTER CAMP
"THE FATHER OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL"
WALTER CAMP OUTSTANDING YALE ATHLETE AND COACH BECAME
THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
AMERICAN FOOTBALL. RECOGNIZED AS THE PRIMARY AUTHORITY
ON FOOTBALL RULES IN HIS LIFETIME. HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESSMAN, DEDICATED FAMILY MAN, AND PROMINENT NEW
HAVEN CIVIC LADER. HE SELECTED HIS FIRST ALL-AMERICAN
TEAM IN 1889. A TRADITION WE ARE PROUD TO CONTINUE TODAY.
THE WALTER CAMP FOOTBALL FOUNDATION
MAY 1992
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