All the modern football games in the world would have originated from various games played in the middle ages, with balls of different shape. Out of these have come sports like Soccer, Rugby, Gaelic Football, Australian Rules Football, American Football and others. Many of these games share similar rules and have obvious similarities.
Its called Football, not Soccer. Football was developed in Britain, not America. Spain developed football after we introduced it to them.
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In the streets. Football as we know it today developed from street football.
Rugby
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They are lighter to go faster
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The NFL began in 1920 in Canton, Ohio, as the American Professional Football Association. The name changed to the National Football League in 1922.
Rugby football developed from a version of football played at Rugby School and was originally one of several versions of football played at English public schools during the 19th century.
The person generally credited with the game that developed into the North American Football is William Webb Ellis.