Jack Schneider

Jack Schneider was a college football player for the Saint Louis University Billikens.[1] He is credited with receiving the first legal forward pass in American football, thrown by Bradbury Robinson in a game against Carroll College on on September 5, 1906.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Football's Forward Pass Turns 100 Years Old". Saint Louis University. September 1, 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Morrison, Jim (December 28, 2010). "The Early History of Football's Forward Pass". smithsonianmag. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 13 August 2016.


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