The YMCA had an underappreciated role in football's development. The organization developed out of the same Muscular Christianity stream that promoted the need to exercise the mind and body, with some, like Teddy Roosevelt, considering it vital to ensuring the right sort of people dominated the world.
Today's Tidbit... The YMCA And Football's Growth
Today's Tidbit... The YMCA And Football's…
Today's Tidbit... The YMCA And Football's Growth
The YMCA had an underappreciated role in football's development. The organization developed out of the same Muscular Christianity stream that promoted the need to exercise the mind and body, with some, like Teddy Roosevelt, considering it vital to ensuring the right sort of people dominated the world.