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American football at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Index American football at the 1932 Summer Olympics

American football was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [1]

52 relations: Adam Walsh (American football), Albie Booth, All-star, American football, American football at the Summer Olympics, Americas, Barry Wood (American football), Big Three (colleges), Bill Ingram, California Golden Bears football, Century of Progress, Chicago College All-Star Game, College football, College Football Hall of Fame, College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, Conversion (gridiron football), Demonstration sport, End zone, Erny Pinckert, Field goal, Gaius Shaver, Goal line (gridiron football), Harvard Crimson football, Henry W. Clark, Hollywood, Howard Jones (American football coach), International Federation of American Football, International Olympic Committee, James Rowland Angell, Johnny Baker (guard), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Times, Mal Stevens, Oceania, Official (American football), Olympic sports, Olympic Village, Pop Warner, Princeton Tigers football, Professional football (gridiron), Stanford Cardinal football, Tackle (gridiron football position), Tad Jones (American football), United States, USC Trojans football, Walter H. Gahagan, William May Garland, World War II, Yale Bulldogs football, ..., 1931 College Football All-America Team, 1932 Summer Olympics. Expand index (2 more) »

Adam Walsh (American football)

Adam Walsh (December 4, 1901 – January 13, 1985) was an American football player and coach.

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Albie Booth

Albie Booth (February 1, 1908 – March 1, 1959) was an American football player.

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All-star

An all-star (also stylized as All-Star) team is a group of people all having a high level of performance in their field.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American football at the Summer Olympics

American football was featured in the Summer Olympic Games demonstration programme in 1904 and 1932.

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Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Barry Wood (American football)

William Barry Wood, Jr. (May 4, 1910 – March 9, 1971) was an American football player and medical educator.

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Big Three (colleges)

The Big Three is a historical term used in the United States to refer to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

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Bill Ingram

William A. "Bill" Ingram (June 14, 1898 – June 2, 1943) was an American football player and coach.

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California Golden Bears football

The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California, Berkeley.

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Century of Progress

A Century of Progress International Exposition was a World's Fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), which was held in Chicago, as The Chicago World's Fair, from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate the city's centennial.

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Chicago College All-Star Game

The Chicago Charities College All-Star Game was a preseason American football game played from 1934 to 1976 between the National Football League (NFL) champions and a team of star college seniors from the previous year.

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College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities.

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College Football Hall of Fame

The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football.

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College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS

A national championship in the highest level of college football in the United States, currently the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), is a designation awarded annually by various organizations to their selection of the best college football team.

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Conversion (gridiron football)

The conversion, try (American football, also known as a point(s) after touchdown, PAT, or extra point), or convert (Canadian football) occurs immediately after a touchdown during which the scoring team is allowed to attempt to score one extra point by kicking the ball through the uprights in the manner of a field goal, or two points by bringing the ball into the end zone in the manner of a touchdown; depending on league rules, one point may also be scored by manner of a safety.

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Demonstration sport

A demonstration sport is a sport which is played to promote it, most commonly during the Olympic Games, but also at other sporting events.

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End zone

The end zone is the scoring area on the field, according to gridiron-based codes of football.

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Erny Pinckert

William Ernest "Erny" Pinckert (May 1, 1908 – August 30, 1977), was an American football halfback at Southern California for coach Howard Jones.

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Field goal

A field goal (FG) is a means of scoring in American football and Canadian football.

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Gaius Shaver

Gaius Ray "Gus" Shaver (August 14, 1910 – October 11, 1998) was an All-American football player.

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Goal line (gridiron football)

The goal line is the chalked or painted line dividing the end zone from the field of play in American football and Canadian football.

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Harvard Crimson football

The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA).

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Henry W. Clark

Henry Wadsworth "Eskie" Clark (born April 11, 1899) was an American college football player and coach.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Howard Jones (American football coach)

Howard Harding Jones (August 23, 1885 – July 27, 1941) was an American football player and coach who served as the head coach at Syracuse University (1908), Yale University (1909, 1913), Ohio State University (1910), the University of Iowa (1916–1923), Duke University (1924) and the University of Southern California (1925–1940), compiling a career record of 194–64–21.

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International Federation of American Football

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is the international governing body of American football associations.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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James Rowland Angell

James Rowland Angell (May 8, 1869 – March 4, 1949) was an American psychologist and educator.

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Johnny Baker (guard)

John W. "Johnny" "Bake" Baker (August 14, 1907 – February 6, 1979) was an American football player and coach.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is an American outdoor sports stadium located in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Mal Stevens

Marvin Allen "Mal" Stevens (April 14, 1900 – December 6, 1979) was an American football player, coach, naval officer, and orthopedic surgeon.

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Oceania

Oceania is a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia.

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Official (American football)

In American football, an official is a person who has responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game.

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Olympic sports

Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.

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Olympic Village

An Olympic Village is an accommodation center built for the Olympic Games, usually within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city.

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Pop Warner

Glenn Scobey Warner (April 5, 1871 – September 7, 1954), most commonly known as Pop Warner, was an American football coach at various institutions who is responsible for several key aspects of the modern game.

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Princeton Tigers football

The Princeton Tigers football program represents Princeton University and competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level as a member of the Ivy League.

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Professional football (gridiron)

In the United States and Canada, the term professional football includes the professional forms of American and Canadian gridiron football.

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Stanford Cardinal football

The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division.

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Tackle (gridiron football position)

Tackle is a playing position in American and Canadian football.

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Tad Jones (American football)

Thomas Albert Dwight "Tad" Jones (February 22, 1887 – June 19, 1957) was an American football player and coach in the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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USC Trojans football

The USC Trojans football program, established in 1888, represents the University of Southern California in college football.

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Walter H. Gahagan

Walter H. Gahagan (ca. 1869-1931) was an engineer and general contractor who owned a construction business based in Brooklyn, New York, and a shipyard in Arverne, Queens.

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William May Garland

William May Garland (31 March 1866 Westport, Maine - 26 Sep 1948 Monterey County, California) was the son of Jonathan May Garland and Rebecca Heagan Jewett.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yale Bulldogs football

The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA).

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1931 College Football All-America Team

The 1931 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1931.

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1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Redirects here:

American football at the Olympics.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics

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