Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16, 1862 – March 17, 1965) was a renowned American collegiate coach in multiple sports, primarily football, and an overall athletic pioneer. He was born in West Orange, New Jersey, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy. Playing at Yale, where he was a divinity student, and a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity and the secret Skull and Bones society^[1][2], he was an end on the first All-America team, selected in 1889. The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about 1862 . ... Map of West Orange Township in Essex County West Orange is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Yale redirects here. ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... The Williston Northampton School, or Williston, is a private co-educational preparatory school in Easthampton, Massachusetts for boarding and day students from grades seven through twelve. ... Springfield College is a college located in Springfield, Massachusetts. ... For other uses, see University of Chicago (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with Pacific University. ... College Football Hall of Fame front. ... See also: 1950 in sports, other events of 1951, 1952 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing NASCAR Championship - Herb Thomas AAA Racing: Tony Bettenhausen won the series championship Lee Wallard won the Indianapolis 500 Formula One Championship - Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina 24 hours of... is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about 1862 . ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Map of West Orange Township in Essex County West Orange is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. ... , Phillips Exeter Academy (most commonly called Exeter, Phillips Exeter or PEA) is a co-educational independent boarding school for grades 9–12, located on 619 acres in Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S., fifty miles north of Boston [1]. In over two centuries of its existence, Phillips Exeter Academy has played... Yale redirects here. ... Divinity is the academic study of Christian and other theology and religious ministry at a school, divinity school, university, or seminary. ... Psi Upsilon (ΨΥ, Psi U) is the fifth oldest college fraternity, founded at Union College in 1833. ... For the pirate flag, see Jolly Roger. ... An All-America team is a sports team composed of star players. ... See also: 1888 in sports, other events of 1889, 1890 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Baseball World Series - New York NL defeats Brooklyn AA 6 games to 3. ...

Stagg became the first paid football coach at Williston Seminary, a secondary school, in 1890 and 1891. This was also Stagg's first time receiving pay to coach football. He would coach there one day a week while also coaching full time at Springfield College. He moved on to coach at the University of Chicago (1892-1932), and the College of the Pacific (1932-46), after he was forced to retire from Chicago at the age of 70. During his career, he developed numerous basic tactics for the game (including the man in motion and the lateral pass), as well as some equipment. From 1947 to 1958 he served as an assistant coach under his son at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. In 1924, he served as a coach with the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team in Paris. The Williston Northampton School, or Williston, is a private co-educational preparatory school in Easthampton, Massachusetts for boarding and day students from grades seven through twelve. ... Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ... See also: 1889 in sports, other events of 1890, 1891 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Baseball World Series - Brooklyn NL ties Louisville AA 3 games to 3 with one tie. ... See also: 1890 in sports, 1892 in sports and the list of years in sports. Basketball James Naismith invents basketball Boat race Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford Cricket County Cricket Championship - Surrey Tennis First French Open held Births Casey Stengel, U.S. baseball manager Deaths Categories: 1891 ... Springfield College is a college located in Springfield, Massachusetts. ... For other uses, see University of Chicago (disambiguation). ... See also: 1891 in sports, 1893 in sports and the list of years in sports. Athletics C. B. Fry equals the world record for the long jump of 23 ft. ... // Brooklyns major league baseball team, known informally until now as the Superbas, the Robins, or the Trolley Dodgers, officially selects the name Brooklyn Dodgers. ... Not to be confused with Pacific University. ... // August 22 — European Championships Marathon, Oslo, Norway Mens Winner: Mikko Hietanen (FIN) 2:24:55 January 23: Hall of Fame election: The writers vote again fails to select an inductee, despite a newly revamped voting process. ... See also: 1946 in sports, other events of 1947, 1948 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto racing Wally Parks founds the Southern California Timing Association, to better organize drag racing. ... See also: 1957 in sports, other events of 1958, 1959 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing NASCAR Championship - Lee Petty Indianapolis 500 - Jimmy Bryan USAC Racing - Tony Bettenhausen won the season championship Formula One Championship - Mike Hawthorn of Great Britain February 23 - Cuban rebels kidnap... Susquehanna University is a national liberal arts college in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, 50 miles north of the state capital, Harrisburg. ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ...

He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach in the charter class of 1951 and was the only individual honored in both areas until the 1990s. Influential in other sports, he developed basketball as a five-player sport and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in its first group of inductees in 1959. A pitcher on his college baseball team, he declined an opportunity to play professional baseball but nonetheless impacted the game through his invention of the batting cage. College Football Hall of Fame front. ... See also: 1950 in sports, other events of 1951, 1952 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing NASCAR Championship - Herb Thomas AAA Racing: Tony Bettenhausen won the series championship Lee Wallard won the Indianapolis 500 Formula One Championship - Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina 24 hours of... This article is about the sport. ... Basketball Hall of Fame Logo The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game. ... See also: 1958 in sports, other events of 1959, 1960 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Lee Petty won the inaugural Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship — Lee Petty Indianapolis 500 — Rodger Ward USAC Racing — Rodger Ward Formula One Champion — Jack Brabham of Australia... This article is about the player in baseball. ... This article is about the sport. ...

On March 11, 1892, Stagg, still an instructor at the YMCA School, played in the first public game of basketball at the Springfield (Mass.) YMCA. A crowd of 200 watched as the student team crushed the faculty, 5-1. Stagg scored the only basket for the losing side. is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Known as the "grand old man" of college football, Stagg died in Stockton, California, at 102 years old. Nickname: Motto: Stocktons Great, Take A Look! Location in San Joaquin County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County San Joaquin Incorporated 1850 Government  - Mayor Edward J. Chavez  - City Manager J. Gordon Palmer, Jr. ...

In 1952, Barbara Stagg, Amos' granddaughter, started coaching the high school girls basketball team for Slatington High School in Slatington, Pennsylvania. Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the sport. ... Slatington is a borough located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. ...

Two high schools in the United States - one in Palos Hills, Illinois, and the other in Stockton, California - and an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, were named after him. The NCAA Division III national football championship game, played in Salem, Virginia, is named after him. And he was the namesake of the University of Chicago's old Stagg Field where, on December 2, 1942, a team of Manhattan Project scientists led by Enrico Fermi created the world's first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction under the west stands of the abandoned stadium, as well as Stagg Memorial Stadium, Pacific's football and soccer stadium. Phillips Exeter also has a field named for him. Palos Hills is a city located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Nickname: Motto: Stocktons Great, Take A Look! Location in San Joaquin County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County San Joaquin Incorporated 1850 Government  - Mayor Edward J. Chavez  - City Manager J. Gordon Palmer, Jr. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... NCAA redirects here. ... Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Salem is an independent city located in Virginia, bordered by the city of Roanoke and Roanoke County. ... Stagg Field was a stadium in Chicago, Illinois. ... is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the World War II nuclear project. ... Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 – November 28, 1954) was an Italian physicist most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics and statistical mechanics. ... A schematic nuclear fission chain reaction. ... Stagg Memorial Stadium is a 28,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Stockton, California. ...

The Amos Alonzo Stagg Collection is held at the University of the Pacific Library, Holt Atherton Department of Special Collections. The Amos Alonzo Stagg Foundation Inc. exists but I am unable to find a website or information about it's history. I know it existed pre-1962. When President John Fitzgerald Kennedy issued his famous 50 mile hike [1] challenge the foundation gave awards, in the form of a bronz medallion, to those who completed the hike in less than 12 hours. Not to be confused with Pacific University. ...

Innovations in football

• putting players' names on the backs of their uniforms
• lateral pass
• man in motion
• numbering plays and playing
• tackling dummy
• helmets
• Statue of Liberty play

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References

1. ^ Alexandra Robbins, Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power, Little, Brown and Company, 2002, page 126
2. ^ Robin Lester, Stagg's University: The Rise, Decline, and Fall of Big-time Football at Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1995, page 9.

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External links

• College Football Hall of Fame - biography as coach
• College Football Hall of Fame - biographer as player
• Basketball Hall of Fame
• Stagg Bowl - Division III
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• Amos Alonzo Stagg at Find A Grave