Knowlton Ames

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Knowlton Ames
Sport	American football
Born	May 27, 1868
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Died	December 23, 1931
Career highlights
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Playing career
1886-1889	Princeton
Position	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1891-1892	Purdue
College Football Hall of Fame, 1969

Knowlton Lyman "Snake" Ames (May 27, 1868 - December 23, 1931) was an American football player. He scored 730 points for Princeton from 1886 to 1889, including 62 touchdowns. Both achievements are unofficially college football career records, although only records set since the NCAA began keeping records in 1937 are considered official.

Ames was named to the first-ever All-America list in 1889.

After graduation Ames became the head coach for Purdue University, where he led the Boilermakers to a 12-0 record over two years.

Ames father, Miner Thomas Ames, was a Chicago coal magnate. Ames' son, Knowlton Lyman Ames, Jr., also played for Princeton.

[edit] External links

• Snake Ames bio in College Football Hall of Fame

v • d • e First College Football All-America Selections (1889) * Backfield: QB Edgar Allan Poe • HB - Snake Ames; Roscoe Channing • FB - James Lee Line: C - William George • G - Pudge Heffelfinger; John Cranston • T - Hector Cowan; Charles O. Gill • E - Amos Alonzo Stagg; Arthur Cumnock

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