# Gerrit Smith Miller

> Gerrit Smith Miller, commonly called Gat, was an American businessman, farmer, sportsman and politician regarded as "the father of football in the United States" as the founder of Oneida Football Club, considered the first organized team to play any form of football in the country. The Oneida Club established informal rules which came to be known as the "Boston game" and are considered the first step to the codification of rules for association football, rugby football, or American football.

*American farmer and sportsman*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/gerrit-smith-miller

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Born:** 1845-01-30
- **Died:** 1937-03-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 54.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Gerrit Smith Miller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Smith_Miller)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113518756)

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