Pioneering Yale football halfback (class of 1880) and coach (Yale 1888-92, Stanford 1892, 1894-95), Walter Camp helped differentiate the sport from rugby during the earliest days of intercollegiate competition. Camp is often credited as the inventor of American football and was responsible for several innovations familiar to modern fans of the game, including: the line of scrimmage (as opposed to a rugby scrum), snapping the ball backwards from a center, a system of downs, the standard offensive formation of players, and the concept of a safety awarding two points to the defense followed by a free kick. Camp wrote and expounded upon the sport of football passionately until his death in 1925 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. 

A studio portrait of Walter Camp form the 1910's, the offered photograph measures 4" x 6" with a small chip to the lower-left corner. Verso includes four unique Brown Brothers agency stampings along with scattered pencil notations throughout. Authenticated as a Type 1 photo by PSA/DNA.