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Who invetend American football?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

There was no single person who invented American football. It slowly evolved away from the game of Rugby, after American colleges sat down to draw up a set of standardized rules in the late 19th century.

Walter Camp is often called the father of American football, for inventing the down-and-distance system, developing the first scoring system, and replacing the rugby scrum with the line of scrimmage. He was also one of the early proponents of the forward pass.

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14y ago

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