I kid you not, Walter Camp died less than two months after this promo was published 
And yes, observers in 1925 noticed the irony as well. It led to a referendum of sorts on the benefits of exercise.
The headline above is from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They compiled a bunch of responses to Camp’s death and began their story this way:
The responses were basically just a bunch of older men gloating about how they didn’t need that newfangled exercise routine nonsense to stay healthy
The @ChristianCent chimed in with an editorial about Camp’s death as well
@nataliapetrzela, do you write about this Walter Camp hubbub in your current project?
