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The Stockholm Mean Machines is a Swedish American football team based in Stockholm. Founded in 1982, the Mean Machines is the oldest American football team in the country, and also the most successful with a total of 15 national titles.
The early history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football.Both games have their origin in varieties of football played in Britain in the mid–19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal or run over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school football games.
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 ...
The oldest football clubs trace their origins to the mid-19th century, a period when football evolved from being a casual pastime to an organised mainstream sport. The identity of the oldest football clubs in the world, or even in a particular country, is often disputed or claimed by several clubs, across several codes of football.
The first football team in South America is founded, Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, Argentina. British introduce football to Russia. Hamburger SV is founded. Hibernian F.C. wins the Football World Championship against Preston North End, 2–1 in Edinburgh. 1888 in football
The team started as the "Boston Patriots" in 1959 and was part of the old American Football League, or AFL, before joining the NFL in 1970. They became the New England Patriots when they moved to ...
The 32-team National Football League (NFL) is currently the only major professional American football league in the United States. There have been numerous attempts over the past several decades to create a second major or high-level professional league, most of which failed within a few years or, in the cases of the All-America Football ...
Major hint alert: M&Ms creator Forrest Mars, Sr. created the candy just before the start of World War II and, after the war started, the candies were made exclusively for soldiers' rations for a time.