Posted 10 years ago
opticaljim
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Apparently, each Ivy League school had their own individual cheers in 1905.
In 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt's son was badly injured playing football for Harvard. Many schools shut down their programs as a result of injury and frequent deaths. President Roosevelt spearheaded sweeping changes in unsportsmanlike conduct rules which were adopted in 1906.
1906 also marked the birth of the forward pass. The first one was thrown by St. Louis University, completely shocking their rival in a scoreless game. It took a while longer for the forward pass to become popular in the East.
