played rugby instead of American football from 1906 to 1917
... that Stanford University played rugby instead of American football from 1906 to 1917 and had as its first coach a man who had never before played or coached the sport?
... that <a href="./Stanford_University" id="mwBko" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> <b id="mwBks"><a href="./1906–1917_Stanford_rugby_teams" id="mwBkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1906–1917 Stanford rugby teams">played rugby instead of American football from 1906 to 1917</a></b> and had as its first coach a man who had never before played or coached the sport?