Camp, WC (English spelling) CampWC

Japanese: Camp,W.C.(英語表記)CampWC
Camp, WC (English spelling) CampWC

…Unlike the traditional football style, in which the ball was carried only by the feet, Eastern schools, attracted by the excitement and intensity of using hands to slam opponents, switched one after another to the rugby style, and based it on which they created their own rules for American football. Walter Chauncey Camp (1859-1925), who is today known as the “father of American football,” played a major role in this reform. Camp, who served as captain at Yale University, stayed with the organization after graduation and participated in creating more rational rules as a rules committee member. …

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Japanese:

…足だけでボールを運ぶそれまでのフットボールと違って,手を使い相手に体当りするおもしろさ,激しさに魅力を見いだした東部の諸校は,次々とラグビースタイルに切り替え,それを基にアメリカン・フットボール独自のルールを編み出した。この改革に際して,今日〈アメリカン・フットボールの父〉といわれるウォルター・キャンプWalter Chauncey Camp(1859‐1925)が大きな役割を果たした。イェール大学の主将を務めたキャンプは,卒業後も組織にとどまりルール委員として,より合理的な規則の作成に参画。…

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