P. A. Porter

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P. A. Porter
Yale Bulldogs
Class1874
Career history
CollegeYale (1872–1873)
Career highlights and awards
  • National championship (1872)

Peter A. Porter was a college football player for the Yale Bulldogs' early teams.[1][2] He presided over the meeting in which Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers adopted the first standardized rules.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly. Vol. 24. Princeton University Press. 1923. p. 101. ISSN 0149-9270. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  2. ^ Welch, Lewis Sheldon; Camp, Walter (1899). "Yale, her campus, class-rooms, and athletics". google.com.
  3. ^ Yale Alumni Publications, Inc. "Yale Alumni Magazine: Great Moments in Yale Sports (March 2001)". yalealumnimagazine.com.