沃尔特·坎普（Walter Camp，1859年4月7日－1925年3月14日）, 誉为「美式足球之父」, 耶鲁大学教练, 进一步改变美式足球规则，包括采用攻防线和记档距离的比赛方式，以及可以向前传球，使得美式足球真正开始成形。

Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the system of downs. With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football. He attended Yale College, where he played and coached college football. Camp's Yale teams of 1888, 1891, and 1892 have been recognized as national champions. Camp was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951.