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Shakespeare was born on Staten Island, New York. [1] His father, Valentine Shakespeare, was a New York City firefighter and the captain of Fire Company 163. [2] The family claimed to be direct descendants of the famed writer William Shakespeare. [3] The younger Shakespeare became a star football player at Staten Island's Port Richmond High ...
He is regarded as one of the fathers of the Football Association (FA) and modern football. The 1863 laws written by Morley, the first secretary of the FA, includes the rule: "No player shall carry the ball." In 2013, marking the 150th anniversary of the FA, the rule book was displayed at the British Library alongside Magna Carta and works of ...
14 December – An article in The Field called for a common code of football. [4] It inspired Charles Thring, an Uppingham School teacher, in his efforts to create such a code. He was strongly opposed to the Rugby School version of football and championed a strict offside law. [5]
In 1866, the Football Association introduces a 'cross tape' between goalposts as a precedent to the 'crossbar'. The first ever football tournament, the Youdan Cup, is played by twelve Sheffield clubs in 1867; the Cromwell Cup, the second oldest football tournament in the world, takes place in 1868 with Sheffield Rules. Goal kicks are introduced ...
A sculpture of the Atherstone Ball Game created by Michael Disley, which stands outside the town's Tesco supermarket. The original medieval football game honoured by the annual event was held in Atherstone in 1199, during which teams from Warwickshire and Leicestershire competed to win a bag of gold offered as a prize by King John. [8]
Thomas Nash (relative of Shakespeare) (1593–1647), a relative of William Shakespeare's; Thomas Nash (RAF officer) (1891–1918), World War I flying ace; Thomas Nash (Newfoundland) (1730–1810), fisherman and settler in Newfoundland; Tom Nash (American football) (1905–1972), American football player
The earliest reference to football is in a 1314 decree issued by the Lord Mayor of London, Nicholas de Farndone, on behalf of King Edward II.Originally written in Norman French, a translation of the decree includes: "for as much as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large footballs in the fields of the public, from which many evils might arise that God forbid: we command ...