Looking up the 1905 football season to refresh my memory for a comment on another thread, I came accross a small factoid I hadn't know.
So, in a football season as violent as that one was (23 deaths on the field that year), it wouldn't at all be surprising if there was one more...
What would happen?
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2005/11/18/100-years-of-modern-football/But in early October, Camp -- along with five others from Harvard and Princeton -- was summoned to the White House. In the wake of public outcry, Roosevelt, whose son, Theodore Jr., was playing on the freshman team at Harvard, asked for help cleaning up the game.
So, in a football season as violent as that one was (23 deaths on the field that year), it wouldn't at all be surprising if there was one more...
What would happen?