How did American football start? Detailed answer

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How did American football start?

From September to November, every Saturday at noon is American football time. In thousands of stadiums across the country, millions of people gather to watch high school or college students play. Indeed, American football is the leading college sport across the country, although the game is only a little over 100 years old.

The first American football game in the United States took place on November 6, 1869 in New Brunswick, New Jersey between Princeton and Rugers Universities.

The game first spread among the oldest eastern universities, such as Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and only later was adopted by the whole nation. Ironically enough, the game of football has been around since Sparta and Rome. That kind of football was played to train soldiers for combat. When the Romans took over England, they brought this game with them.

It gradually developed, and by the XNUMXth century this type of kicking game had become so popular in Britain that King Richard II banned the sport because it took the players too long at the expense of shooting skills.

American football, as it is played today, was invented by accident one day in 1823. By this time, the game played in England by kicking the ball resembled the modern game of football. On that day, one of the team's players was William Webb Ellis, a Rugby student. In the middle of the game, instead of kicking the ball as required by the rules, he grabbed the ball and ran across the field with it. This violation of the rules led to significant criticism of Ellis, and the captain of his team was forced to apologize to the captain of the opposing team. But this illegal act was the birth of modern American football!

The traditional game has developed into ordinary football. Ellis' variant of the game became the British game, rugby. A variation of rugby in the United States is called American football.

Author: Likum A.

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