Post by Coach Campbell on Nov 4, 2010 9:01:47 GMT
American football
Though seemingly random, huddles can have several forms. In American Football, the huddle originated prior to the first collegiate football game in 1869. Prior to the 1890s, football players didn't form huddles, they instead discussed the play far enough from the other team that they could not be overheard. As American Football became more organized and formalized, so too did the huddle. Bill Hargiss is often credited with one of the first uses of the huddle while coaching the Oregon State Beavers against the Washington Huskies in a 1918 game in Seattle. Another instance of its use was when the huddle was formed by Paul Hubbard, a deaf player who went to Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. To avoid having the other team see his sign language between plays, he and his team huddled together to conceal the signs.
Though seemingly random, huddles can have several forms. In American Football, the huddle originated prior to the first collegiate football game in 1869. Prior to the 1890s, football players didn't form huddles, they instead discussed the play far enough from the other team that they could not be overheard. As American Football became more organized and formalized, so too did the huddle. Bill Hargiss is often credited with one of the first uses of the huddle while coaching the Oregon State Beavers against the Washington Huskies in a 1918 game in Seattle. Another instance of its use was when the huddle was formed by Paul Hubbard, a deaf player who went to Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. To avoid having the other team see his sign language between plays, he and his team huddled together to conceal the signs.