Knowlton Ames

Portrait of Knowlton L. from Walter Camp's 1894 book, "American Football"
Date of birth:	May 27, 1868
Place of birth:	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death:	December 23, 1931
Career information
Position(s):	Fullback
College:	Princeton
Organizations
Career highlights and awards
Honors:	All-American, 1889
College Football Hall of Fame

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. The achievement of scoring 730 points is an unofficial college football career record, 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.

After retiring from football, Ames had a career in finance and publishing. He founded the Chicago Journal of Commerce and served as its publisher until shortly before his death.^[1] Ames also served as chairman of the board of the Booth Fisheries Company and had other business interests as well.^[1]

In 1931, Ames committed suicide, shooting himself with a .38 caliber revolver as he sat is his car. Ames was age 63 at the time of his death and had recently suffered business losses.^[1]

[edit] External links

• Snake Ames bio in College Football Hall of Fame

[edit] References

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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