Camp was a sportsman and prominent polo player. He was an original director of Madison Square Garden. His father, Walter Sr., was known as the 'Father of Football,' originating the practice of selecting All-America football teams. His mother was Mrs. Alice Sumner Camp, sister of William Graham Sumner, Yale University economist.
He graduated from Yale in 1913. Served in WWI as a Captain of the 28th Infantry division. He worked for a banking firm in New York, and was a member of the board of Madison Square Garden.
"Walter Camp, Jr., Dead; Once Movie Producer
LOS ANGELES, Dec 31.
Walter Camp, Jr., 49, son of the man who popularized selection of all-America football teams, died today.
The younger Camp retired in 1935 as president of Inspirational Pictures, which produced such movies as Resurrection with Dolores Del Rio and The White Sister with Lillian Gish.
Survivors include Camp's third wife, Mrs. Margaret J. Camp. formerly associated with the Mary Harriman Galleries in New York City. They married in 1939, four years after his divorce from the forme Mrs. Gladys Smith, whom he married in 1933. His first wife was Aviatrix Ruth Elder. They were divorced in 1932."
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He graduated from Yale in 1913. Served in WWI as a Captain of the 28th Infantry division. He worked for a banking firm in New York, and was a member of the board of Madison Square Garden.
"Walter Camp, Jr., Dead; Once Movie Producer
LOS ANGELES, Dec 31.
Walter Camp, Jr., 49, son of the man who popularized selection of all-America football teams, died today.
The younger Camp retired in 1935 as president of Inspirational Pictures, which produced such movies as Resurrection with Dolores Del Rio and The White Sister with Lillian Gish.
Survivors include Camp's third wife, Mrs. Margaret J. Camp. formerly associated with the Mary Harriman Galleries in New York City. They married in 1939, four years after his divorce from the forme Mrs. Gladys Smith, whom he married in 1933. His first wife was Aviatrix Ruth Elder. They were divorced in 1932."
[Transcribed newspaper clipping, unknown newspaper]
Camp was a sportsman and prominent polo player. He was an original director of Madison Square Garden. His father, Walter Sr., was known as the 'Father of Football,' originating the practice of selecting All-America football teams. His mother was Mrs. Alice Sumner Camp, sister of William Graham Sumner, Yale University economist.
He graduated from Yale in 1913. Served in WWI as a Captain of the 28th Infantry division. He worked for a banking firm in New York, and was a member of the board of Madison Square Garden.
"Walter Camp, Jr., Dead; Once Movie Producer
LOS ANGELES, Dec 31.
Walter Camp, Jr., 49, son of the man who popularized selection of all-America football teams, died today.
The younger Camp retired in 1935 as president of Inspirational Pictures, which produced such movies as Resurrection with Dolores Del Rio and The White Sister with Lillian Gish.
Survivors include Camp's third wife, Mrs. Margaret J. Camp. formerly associated with the Mary Harriman Galleries in New York City. They married in 1939, four years after his divorce from the forme Mrs. Gladys Smith, whom he married in 1933. His first wife was Aviatrix Ruth Elder. They were divorced in 1932."
[Transcribed newspaper clipping, unknown newspaper]
He graduated from Yale in 1913. Served in WWI as a Captain of the 28th Infantry division. He worked for a banking firm in New York, and was a member of the board of Madison Square Garden.
"Walter Camp, Jr., Dead; Once Movie Producer
LOS ANGELES, Dec 31.
Walter Camp, Jr., 49, son of the man who popularized selection of all-America football teams, died today.
The younger Camp retired in 1935 as president of Inspirational Pictures, which produced such movies as Resurrection with Dolores Del Rio and The White Sister with Lillian Gish.
Survivors include Camp's third wife, Mrs. Margaret J. Camp. formerly associated with the Mary Harriman Galleries in New York City. They married in 1939, four years after his divorce from the forme Mrs. Gladys Smith, whom he married in 1933. His first wife was Aviatrix Ruth Elder. They were divorced in 1932."
[Transcribed newspaper clipping, unknown newspaper]
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