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The history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football.Both games have their origin in multiple varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal or kicked over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school football games descending from medieval ...
During his three years at St. Louis, he was the first American football coach to build an offense around the forward pass, which became a legal play in the 1906 college football season. Using the forward pass, Cochems' 1906 team compiled an undefeated 11–0 record, led the nation in scoring, and outscored opponents by a combined score of 407 ...
This category is designed to hold historical material about the sport of American football, which forms part of the wider study of sports history.. There is a great deal of historical material in general American football articles which are not included here, such as articles about individual teams and competitions.
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a pioneering women's baseball league established during World War II. The league, which inspired the 1992 film A League of Their Own , began in 1943 under the direction of Philip K. Wrigley , owner of the Chicago Cubs .
The first association football team in South America, Buenos Aires Football Club was created in Argentina that same year. The first country's league was the "Association of Argentine Football" (AAF), founded in 1891 by F.L. Wooley.
Rugby, like American football, is a sport in which two competing teams vie for control of a ball, which can be kicked through a set of goalposts or run into the opponent's goal area to score points. [11] What is considered to be the first American football game was played on November 6, 1869, between Rutgers and Princeton, two college teams ...
In September 1939, shortly after World War II was declared, most football competitions were abandoned as the country's attention turned to the war effort. [1] Regional league competitions were set up instead as there was a 50-mile limit for travelling implemented by the government during this time. [ 2 ]
American football teams by year of establishment (156 C) 0–9. 1869 in American football (2 C) 1870 in American football (2 C) 1871 in American football (1 P)