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The first American football games were played by the Ivy League schools Yale, Harvard and Princeton. By the early 20th century, there were many deaths, and the president, Teddy Roosevelt. was going to outlaw the game unless some chaneges were made. The schools formed the NCAA and made rules and regulations. These rules also introduced the first forward pass in American football. The rest is history.
American football and Canadian football were both based on Rugby football introduced to North America by emigrants. All codes of football can trace their origins back to a medieval ball game actually called 'football' traditionally played at Shrovetide in England. Similar games were also played under different names in Scotland (Ba' game), Wales (Cnapan), Ireland (Caid) and Northern France (La Soule). Theses game may have been based on the Roman ball game Harpastum but there is no hard evidence to support this assertion. The bladder inflated ball was invented by the Ancient Greeks.
1920 the American Professional Football Association was formed. 1892 was the first recorded wager and profit to gained that began the major boom to follow that next century.
History books have it that during the mid 1800's Universities began to play games similar to what is today American football. As early as 1820 Princeton started a game called ballown. All of these games, and others, shared certain commonalities. They remained largely "mob" style games, with huge numbers of players attempting to advance the ball into a goal area, often by any means necessary.
North American football is derived from the game of Rugby, which was an offshoot of the game known in Canada and the US as "soccer," and in the rest of the world as football. Rugby itself is actually called "rugby football."
Walter Camp is the man generally credited with standardizing the rules under which the game is played in the US.
The game developed independently along slightly different lines in Canada than it did in the US, but the two brands are quite similar.
The man responsible for the creation of the first American football is Walter Camp. He brought about the changes from the original game called rugby.The football shape came from the rugby ball shape which came from the shape of a pigs bladder. The pigs bladder would be blown up and inserted into a leather casing. The slits at the top of the ball came from the players positioning of their hands as they were about to pass the ball to their opponent. In the 1880's the ball was much bigger than it is today.
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Gridiron football (not futbol or soccer) was actually born in Canada by British soldiers against civilians in a game in Toronto on November 9, 1861. It has been modified since then.
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Which was invented first American football or English Football?
English Football
Who invented or made the first football for the game of football?
depends what football you're referring to: soccer or American football? depends what football you're referring to: soccer or American football?
Is the person who invented football the same person who invented American football?
No they are two persons who made it possible.
What problem were there when they were invented American football?
It was to rough
Where was football discovered?
The first form of the football was the English Rugby's ball.
Who invented football and played it first?
me and........me
What sport was invented first football or basketball?
Football was invented in the early 1800's. Basketball was invented in 1891.
What was football called at first?
American football was first known as association football. The world knows soccer by the name "football," rather than American football.
Who invented American foot ball?
Walter Camp was a pioneer of American football, though it was not invented, but derived from Europe's rugby
Who invented the first football sled?
Crowthers
Which college professor came up with football?
The game of American Football was not invented by any college professor. It is a derivative of the game that became the inspiration for American Football, Rugby, and Soccer.
When was Canadian football invented?
Canadian (not just CFL) football was not 'invented.' It developed over many years, just like American football did. Countless numbers of people were involved in the development of both the Canadian and American games.
