초창기 Y.M.C.A.의 미식축구 발전사 -The Triangle의 기사내용을 중심으로-

Physical education movement led by the YMCA can be summed up in two things: inventing various sport cultures and spreading them. This study aimed to investigate the process through which American football permeated through the YMCA and ideologies beyond it to understand the link the North American YMCA and sports. This study looked at this issue from a micro-perspective and drew a conclusion as follows. First, evangelical movement and triangle were the direct background of accepting the American football and muscular christianity was foundational to the growth of the YMCA American football. Second, the acceptance of American football was to express the willingness that the YMCA officially would accept sports, and the birth of American football teams derived from the perception that American football could cultivate the whole christians. Third, Stagg’s remarkable leadership and confidence and the voluntary passion of people who wished evangelization through physical activities gave an impetus to the YMCA American football team’s rapid growth despite players’ poor physical condition and their short period time of exercise. This ideological affiliation played a significant role in American football functioning as a mould which shaped the YMCA members’ Christian manliness. The trace the YMCA American football team left in the 19th century were an opportunity to make the YMCA aware of the value of sport as a mechanism for evangelization through physical activities, and this implies the starting point of YMCA's physical activity promotion.