1878 by Willie Tidwell
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At the Football Association, Crozier met with controversy as he successfully began modernizing and reorganizing the institution
The University of Southern California Trojans began the chant when their football program was established...
The Canton Bulldogs were a charter team in the National Football League (then known as the American Professional Football Association) when it began play in 1920.
Because it's one of the world's many football codes: association football (soccer), rugby football, Gaelic football, Australian rules football, and American/gridiron football. All of them except soccer allow use of the hands in open play. American football began as a kicking-oriented game. It wasn't until the first American colleges to play football met and standardized their rules, based on the English rugby code, that kicking played less of a role in the game. In fact, kicking remained a primary strategy until the forward pass was legalized in the early 20th century.
The Raiders were a charter member of the American Football League, which began play in 1960. They joined the NFL when the two leagues merged in 1970.