Show Knute I Rockne Tops Gridiron Roll of Honor Gould Honors Honors' Thorpe t Red Grange Clark By ALAN GOULD Third in a series of six articles NEW YORK Our P Our gridiron Hall Hail of Fame is a composite of the best creative minds the finest leadership the best influences and the greatest playing ability manifested manifested manifested mani mani- over the last half Obviously there must be a blend of these factors if we are to have a truly representative roll of honor in ina ina ina a sport cov covering ring so much activity territory and variety As to relative e value alue or stature of individual exploits there al always always al- al ways will be argument As to the contributions of lasting renown by such figures as Knute Rockne Lonnie Stagg Walter Valter Camp and Pop Warner Varner there can be no dis dis- dis- dis The very ery names are synonymous Inous with the development de of college football and are an inspiration inspiration ration to all Rockne was in his prime when he took off on his last flight This descendant of the Vikings is our choice for the No 1 role because as player and coach as moulder of men and thought he left the biggest biggest biggest big big- gest impression of any anyone one individual individual indi indi- vidual in the games game's history Rock while not so ingenious as i Warner nor so guileless as Stagg I combined resourcefulness with a highly skilled technique He was wasa a judge of manpower as well as a student of tactics Camp and Stagg as well as Hinkey Hinkey Hinkey Hin- Hin key and spring from that fountain of football knowledge Yale Camp rightfully won the sobriquet of Father of American Football He was not only a good coach and fine Une organizer but a great administrator His leadership leadership leadership leader leader- ship was conspicuous in crucial pe pe- pe nods He originated the Amer all ica teams and rewrote early rule- rule books Stagg like Camp was a star player at Yale but won renown chiefly as a coach He built his teaching fame at Chicago where he ruled for for 40 40 years and glorified the highest precepts of sportsmanship He yielded reluctantly to retirement retirement retirement retire retire- ment from the Midway at 70 but has been coaching subsequently on the west coast Rivaling Stagg as an influential figure from viewpoints of coaching and leadership in the midwest is Michigan's famous Fielding Hurry- Hurry Up Yost Warner brought to the coaching profession a rare spirit of resource and invention He does not claim to have originated all the fundamentals fundamentals fundamentals funda funda- of the wingback system that bears his name but his grasp of tactics and perfection of power plays are as famous as his coaching coaching coaching coach coach- ing exploits with the old Carlisle Indians Warners Warner's name is indelibly linked with the tise individual indi prowess of the man generally considered the greatest of all nil players Jim Thorpe Warner Varner himself has often expressed partiality for his hili star Stanford product Ernie Nevers Ne on the tise grounds of greater dependability dependability depend depend- ability yet et the records as well as firmly rooted convictions cOIl of eyewitnesses eyewitnesses eye eye- witnesses favor or Thorpe's selce- selce tion If our Hall HaIl of Fame backfield comprising Thorpe Walter Eckersall Ecker- Ecker saIl sall of Chicago Red Grange of Illinois Illinois Illi Illi- nois foil and Dutch Clark of Colorado isn't the time all-time quartet it will do until further evidence is posted Eckie e was Stagg's prize pupil a time three America all-America choice in the days when a westerner had to be superlative to achieve that tion ion Grange starred tarred for a decade in n pro football after three electrifying electrify- electrify ing ng college years under Bob |