FOUNDERS & CONTRIBUTERS
- Walter Camp, known as the "Father of American Football" is the person who founded the rules for what we know as American Football.
- Fielding Yost invented the position of linebacker, co-created the first ever bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl, with then legendary UM athletic director Charles Baird, invented the fieldhouse concept that bears his name, and supervised the building of the first on-campus building dedicated to intramural sports.
- John Outland conceived the idea of the Outland Trophy because of his belief that interior lineman were not given enough recognition in college football. The trophy is the third oldest college football trophy. Selection of the winner is made by the Football Writers Association of America.
- Lamar Hunt was one of the founders of the American Football League (AFL), also the founder and owner of the National Football League's Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, and the Chicago Bulls.
- Curly Lambeau and promoter of the Green Bay Packers.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
CLEVELAND INDIANS / CLEVELAND BULLDOGS
- Bo McMillin 1923 (Cleveland Indians)
DALLAS COWBOYS
- Tom Landry 1950-1955
DETROIT LIONS
- Ed Frutig 1945-1946
GREEN BAY PACKERS
- Curly Lambeau (founder, coach and player of Green Bay Packers) 1919-1929
- Ed Frutig 1941, 1945
- Aaron Rodgers
MILWAUKEE BADGERS
- Bo McMillin 1922-1923
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BROWN UNIVERSITY
- Wallace Wade 1914-1916
DUKE UNIVERSITY
- Wallace Wade 1931-1941 & 1946-1950
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
- Fielding Yost 1896
PENN UNIVERSITY
- John Outland 1891-1892
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
- John Outland 1895-1896
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Ed Frutig 1938-1940
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
- Curly Lambeau 1918
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- John Outland 1897-1899
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
- Fielding Yost 1894-1896
YALE UNIVERSITY
- Walter Camp 1876-1882