A. A. Stagg and the Origin of Wind Sprints

The recent Tidbit about the 1919 Army-Boston College game told the story of the origins of grass drills, and it led Jon Crowley, a paid subscriber, to ask about the origins of gassers and similar conditioning drills. I attempted to identify when and where gassers were born, but it proved rather tricky since the search for "gassers' brings up a slew of athletes named Gasser and a few schools with Gassers as the team nickname.

More success came from searching for the origin of "wind sprints." As I ...