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Birth of Walter Chauncey Camp
Walter Camp was born in the city of New Britain, Connecticut, the son of Everett Lee and Ellen Sophia (Cornwell) Camp -
Local Schooling
He attended Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven. -
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Yale College
He attended Yale College in 1875, and graduated in 1880 -
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Playing Career
He played as a halfback at Yale -
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Yale Medical School
He attended Yale Medical School from 1880 to 1883, where his studies were interrupted first by an outbreak of typhoid fever and then by work for the Manhattan Watch Company. -
Marriage
Walter Camp married Alice Graham Sumner, sister of sociologist William Graham Sumner. -
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Head Coach at Yale
Camp served as the head football coach at Yale -
Birth of Walter Camp Jr.
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Head Coach at Stanford
He was the head coach at Stanford University -
Birth of Janet Camp
Birth of his daughter Janet Camp -
Death of Walter Camp