He went to high school at Claverack and attended college at Rutgers University as well as New Brunswick Theological Seminary.
[2] In 1869, he organized a football team of Rutgers classmates to play against Princeton University.
Shortly before the game started, Leggett and William S. Gummere, the Princeton captain, developed the rules of play.
[3] Under the guidance of Leggett, Rutgers won the first game in football history 6 to 4.
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