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Has an Australian created a sport?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

In 1857, Tom Wills, one of the founders of Australian Football, returned to Australia after schooling in England where he was football captain of Rugby School and a brilliant cricketer. Initially, he advocated the winter game of football as a way of keeping cricketers fit during off-season. The new game was devised by Wills, his cousin H.C.A. Harrison, W.J. Hammersley and J.B. Thompson. http://www.afl.com.au/History/tabid/10296/default.aspx

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