What type of details about clarence alcott can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: clarence f. alcott -lrb- c. 1885 -- october 1957 -rrb- was an american football player , coach and investment banker . he was selected as an all-american end in both 1906 and 1907 . alcott attended yale university where he played at the end position from 1905 to 1907 . during the 1906 and 1907 seasons , the first in which the forward pass was legal , alcott developed a reputation as one of the sport 's best pass receivers . in 1916 , '' the new york times '' wrote that he '' was one of yale 's most spectacular ends , especially in handling the forward pass . '' in yale 's 6-0 victory over harvard in november 1906 , alcott scored the game 's only points on a touchdown pass from paul veeder . though it was neither the first nor the longest pass of the 1906 season , the veeder-to-alcott pass in the harvard game was the most publicized pass in the first season of forward passing . some publications refer to the touchdown pass from veeder to alcott in the 1906 harvard game as the '' first forward pass in a major game . '' in his book , '' a century of the game : yale-harvard is a matter of pride , ' al morganti claimed that '' the first significant use of the forward pass in a major game , a 20-yard gain on a paul veeder-to-clarence alcoft pass in the game of 190 . '' writing in '' the washington post '' , sally jenkins called it one of the few significant forward passes thrown in the first season of the forward pass . in fact , eddie cochems 's 1906 st. louis university team built its offense around the forward pass in 1906 . one of the top football officials in the country , west point 's lt. horatio b. hackett officiated at harvard , yale and st. louis university games in 1906 . after watching st. louis play , hackett told a reporter , '' it was the most perfect exhibition ... of the new rules ... that i have seen all season and much better than that of yale and harvard . st. louis ' style of pass differs entirely from that in use in the east . ... the st. louis university players shoot the ball hard and...
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