Chuck would have been 60 in 1869 when Princeton and Rutgers played the first American Football game, for him to both know what a punt was, and traveled back to the Galapagos Islands at such an advanced age to kick animals, while possible, is highly unlikely
Charles Darwin experienced every moment of his life, past, present, and future, simultaneously. This is how he discovered evolution and knew what punting was.
Chuck would have been 60 in 1869 when Princeton and Rutgers played the first American Football game, for him to both know what a punt was, and traveled back to the Galapagos Islands at such an advanced age to kick animals, while possible, is highly unlikely
I suspect the ever bastardly act of animal kicking predates Football by a good margin.
That said, there is no evidence that Darwin was an avid animal kicker, though he did have a passion for hunting.
Charles Darwin experienced every moment of his life, past, present, and future, simultaneously. This is how he discovered evolution and knew what punting was.