When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football Summary

In the informative article, When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football, (2011) Bruce Watson, analyzed the role and contributions of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, and his successful upcoming of saving a popular sport- football. President Roosevelt attended Harvard University although he did not play football, he respected the sport and even the players the sport consisted of. By the fall of 1905, President Roosevelt realized that football was a brutal sport and later became involved by taking action at the request of prep school headmasters. President Roosevelt held meetings at the White House, present were coaches and athletic directors from Harvard, Yale and Princeton. This was a long journey for the late President but, as the article