Paul Lansing Veeder (June 5, 1884 – March 10, 1942) was an All-American football player for Yale University.
Veeder played halfback, fullback, quarterback and punter for the Yale Bulldogs from 1904–1906 and was selected as an All-American in 1906.
He left Chicago to enroll at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where he was quarterback of the school's 1903 football team.
[5] He was also considered an excellent defensive back, with coaches rating him as "a capital man to bore through an opposing line.
"[6] In April 1905, The Washington Post reported that Veeder won the first prize for punting at the annual Yale kicking contest with a total of 175 points.
He went to Yale at the conclusion of his prep course, and after two years of hard work finally managed to make the team.
His idea is to make a drop kick, booting the top instead of the bottom of the ball, driving the oval low over or into the line, and putting every one on side.