Today's Tidbit... Wabash and Kent Lambert's Forward Pass Innovations

You never know where an innovation might arise, but football's history is filled with players and coaches who identified gaps in the rules and used them to their advantage. Two innovations came at the hand of Kent "Skeet" Lambert, who played for the Wabash College Little Giants, finishing his career in 1912.

Kent .C. "Skeet" Lambert in 1911. (1912 Wabash yearbook,)

Lambert played under Jess Harper, the former Chicago player who left Wabash after the 1912 season to take over at Notre Dame. His firs...