The 1922 version of the Kansas State Wildcats enhanced their agility by weaving through wooden boxes. Only after Joe Paupa patented his Runner Training Apparatus in 1944, did football players switch to running the ropes.
Illustration from Paupa’s U.S. Patent #2,354,050
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