Alden Knipe (left halfback, Penn) coached at Iowa from 1898 to 1902, won 29 games, and tied for the conference championship in 1900, the first year that Iowa was in the conference. He had a medical degree and was an opera singer, but he quit coaching to write childrens' books with his wife.
The 55 and 25 yard line markings come from rugby, which still has rules related to kicking to touch that vary depending on whether the kicker is inside or outside their own 22-meter line and if inside, whether the ball was taken back from outside the 22.
Alden Knipe (left halfback, Penn) coached at Iowa from 1898 to 1902, won 29 games, and tied for the conference championship in 1900, the first year that Iowa was in the conference. He had a medical degree and was an opera singer, but he quit coaching to write childrens' books with his wife.
Some of those guys were pretty amazing. Win Osgood coached Indiana for one year. I'm sure there were others.
Amazingly that field is still there and I believe still used for cricket. Google maps shows it with 21 lawn tennis courts!
The 55 and 25 yard line markings come from rugby, which still has rules related to kicking to touch that vary depending on whether the kicker is inside or outside their own 22-meter line and if inside, whether the ball was taken back from outside the 22.