the main figure in this movement to ban football was charles eliot, president of harvard. he was the single most important person in the history of higher education in the united states. we think of harvard as a great american university. a lot of that goes back to charles eliot and what he did over the course of four years while he was president of the college. he was to harvard what ed fulmer was to the heritage foundation. he was president for four years, longer than anybody before or since and radically rearranged the way harvard educate young people. he introduced elective courses, started professional school, eliminated compulsory worship. the list of his reforms is long. he also headed team sports. what bothered him most was competition and how motivated players conduct themselves in ways he considered unbecoming of gentlemen. if baseball and football were honorable past times, why did they require umpires and directories? a game that needs to be watched did not fit genuine sportsmen he once said. he thought a baseball pitcher throws a curve ball engage in the act o

the main figure in the movement to ban football was charles w. eliot the president of harvard, he was probably the single most important person in the history of higher education in the united states. we think of harvard is a great american university a lot of that goes back to charles eliot and what he did over the course of 40 years when he was president of the college. he was to harvard what ed former has been to the heritage foundation, you might say. .. >> football disstressed him even more. he believed it was improper for a running back to attack an opposing team's line and the proper thing to do was to protect the strongest part. that's what a gentleman would do. he liked almost nothing about the game. most of all, he dispiased its violence. time and again, he condemned football as evil. one of the main adversaries was walter camp, the guy who played in the game teddy watched. it was a good football player, but made his mark as a coach and rules maker, the closest thing football has to a founding father. he invented quarterback, the concept of p