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	American football - Wikipedia
		American football, known in the United States as simply football is a competitive team sport related to, derived from, and somewhat similar to, other forms of football, but differing from most of them in significant ways.
		Play in American football consists of a series of individual plays of short duration, between which the ball is not in play.
		American football in its current form grew out of a series of three games between Harvard University and McGill University of Montreal in 1874.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /am/American_football.html (3004 words)

	Football, American - ninemsn Encarta
		Football, American, distinct type of football that developed in the United States in the 19th century from association football and rugby football.
		In subsequent centuries football became so popular that various English monarchs, including Edward II and Henry VI, forbade the game because it took interest away from the military sport of archery.
		During a football game the teams are designated as the offensive team (the team in possession of the ball) and the defensive team (the team defending a goal line against the offensive team).
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557873/Football_American.html (971 words)

	football. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Football, amateur and professional, is perhaps the most popular spectator sport in the United States, attracting a total attendance of over 40 million and watched by many more millions on television each year.
		Among standard offensive formations, the basic T formation (a balanced line with the quarterback behind the center and the other backs behind the quarterback) is, with modern variations, the most popular in both amateur and professional football.
		Although professional football was played as early as 1895 in Pennsylvania, it was not until 1920 that national organization began, with the formation of the American Professional Football Association at Canton, Ohio.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fo/football.html (1814 words)

	American football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		American football known in the United States as simply football is a competitive team sport that rewards players' speed agility tactics brute strength as they push block tackle and outrun each other trying to force ball further into their opponent's territory for hour of game time which translates into to four hours of real time.
		The minor Arena Football League (1987-present) plays an indoor adaptation of football at a faster pace on a field with no built-in sidelines -- the of the grid are coincident with padded similar to those found in a baseball Flag football and touch football are non-tackle of American football.
		In 1910 after further deaths interlocking formations were outlawed; and in 1912 the field was changed to its size the value of a touchdown increased 6 points and a fourth down added each possession.
	www.freeglossary.com /American_football (5089 words)

	Wikinfo \| Football
		Football is a competitive team sport that rewards players' speed, agility, tactics, and brute strength as they push, block, tackle, chase, and outrun each other, trying to force a ball further into enemy territory for one hour of game time, which translates into three to four hours of real time.
		American football does not much resemble soccer, the sport which most of the rest of the world, except Canada, calls "football".
		The Arena Football League (AFL, 1987-present) plays an indoor adaptation of American football, at a faster pace, on a smaller pitch with no built in sidelines -- the edges of the grid are coincident with padded walls similar to those found in a baseball outfield.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=football (3802 words)

	Wikinfo \| American football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		American football, known in the United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that rewards players' speed, agility, skill, tactics, and brute strength as they run and throw a ball, and block, tackle, and outrun each other, trying to force the ball further into their opponent's territory and ultimately into the endzone.
		Football is also occasionally used by followers of the sports of Rugby Union, Rugby League, Gaelic Football and Australian Rules Football to refer to their sport.
		The minor Arena Football League (1987-present) plays an indoor adaptation of American football, at a faster pace, on a smaller field with no built-in sidelines -- the edges of the grid are coincident with padded walls similar to those found in a baseball outfield.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=American_Football (7904 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		FOOTBALL, AMERICAN, type of football that developed in the U.S. in the 19th century from association football, or soccer, and Rugby football (principally the latter).
		American football is played on a rectangular-shape field of natural grass or artificial turf, marked with white lines.
		American football is played by two teams, each made up of 11 players, with an oval ball consisting of an inflated rubber bladder encased in a leather cover.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/football.html (4059 words)

	MILO Football - The Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Football, outdoor game, played by two opposing teams with a ball of various types, usually an inflated bladder or rubber bag in a leather or rubber cover, spherical or ellipsoidal in shape.
		Football was first played in Australia about the middle of the 19th century, based on rugby, soccer, and Gaelic football.
		The Intercollegiate Football Association was dissolved in 1894, and in the same year a rules committee, dominated by the Yale graduate and football pioneer Walter Chauncey Camp, was formed by the influential eastern schools.
	www.nestle.com.ph /milo/football/history.htm (805 words)

	Formation (American football) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The formation was originally designed as a brute-force running formation (since it had 6 players to one side of the center and only 3 on the other), Rockne's innovations with this formation were using complicated backfield shifts and motion to confuse defenses, and adapting it as a passing formation.
		It is essentially the precursor to most modern formations, in that it places the quarterback directly under center (in contrast to its main competitor of its day, the single wing, which had the quarterback receiving the ball on the fly).
		This formation is becoming more popular in the NFL and college football, with recent successes at Texas Tech University and by the New England Patriots in their 3 Super Bowl winning seasons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Formation_(American_football) (3767 words)

	Glossary of American football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At all levels of football players line up at the ends of the of scrimmage plus backfield players except for quarterback are eligible.
		In college and high school football a safety also awarded if the team defending a attempt gains possession of the ball (via fumble interception or blocked kick) and runs back into the scoring team's end zone.
		This album by American Football is one of the most remarkable things that I have ever heard.
	www.freeglossary.com /Glossary_of_American_football (1682 words)

	Why soccer?
		This was to maintain a distinction from the other football game being organised in England at the same time based on the handling codes, whilst Association Football conformed to the dribbling codes.
		The other football came to be known as "rugby" football, named after the Rugby School in England, where it is said that a certain young student, William Webb Ellis, picked up the ball in his hands during an association football match and ran with it over the goal line.
		Finally, it must be remembered that British football, both association and rugby, had been organised in the 19th century by people in the upper echelons of the English educational system, from "exotic" schools, colleges and universities as Harrow, Eton, Oxford and Cambridge, just for starters.
	www-2.cs.cmu.edu /~pstone/why.html (821 words)

	Formation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Formation (American Football), a set-up before the snap in American football
		Back-formation, a word formed from an erroneous reconstruction an original linguistic form from a form mistakenly thought to be derived from it.
		Class formation, an axiomatization of class field theory in mathematics
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Formation (153 words)

	STADIUM 64 - Manuals Archive: Touchdown Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		If you are playing offense, you will be asked to select a formation for your team, a pass pattern for each of your receivers, and a blocking direction for your blockers.
		The selected formation will not be visible on the screen, but you will know what it is by the position of the controller.
		Selecting a blocking formation for a punt will increase your chances of blocking a punt, but it eliminates any chance of a runback (if one is possible).
	s64.emuunlim.com /manuals/touchdownfootball.htm (1329 words)

	NZAFA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After 24 years of American Football in Auckland we are seeing a strenthening of the senior men's competition and the future being secured in the U19 competition.
		A new concept introduced has been the formation of a Women's Football in Auckland where we have a dedicated group of women who are spearheading the sport in NZ.
		American Football Wellington, AFW governs the sport of American Football in the Southern regions of the North Island.
	eteamz.active.com /nz-american-football (575 words)

	Football
		Football was first played at Princeton on crisp fall afternoons in the 1840s when students gathered behind Nassau Hall for impromptu games.
		Kazmaier was a unanimous choice for all-American in both his junior and senior years, and he was voted the Heisman Trophy as the player of the year in 1951 by the biggest margin in the seventeen-year history of the award.
		Although Princeton's football fortunes suffered a slump through the mid-seventies, autumn afternoons in Palmer Stadium were brightened periodically by fine individual performances that brought new records and awards.
	etcweb.princeton.edu /CampusWWW/Companion/football.html (3518 words)

	Rugby League History - RL1908.com - Origins of Football
		As football spread around the globe, club and "scratch" matches began to be played under their favoured rules and local variations.
		In Sydney and Brisbane it is Rugby League, in Melbourne it is Australian Rules, in Auckland it is Rugby Union, in New York it is American Football.
		All football codes vary the balance between kicking and handling - from soccer at one end of the spectrum, to American Football at the other.
	www.rl1908.com /History/football.htm (464 words)

	Pro Football Hall of Fame
		The "pro football" hall of fame was formed as a Canton, Ohio community effort and needed the support of the NFL to prosper and grow.
		Although there were eight American Football League cities at the time of formation of the hall, no AFL teams were represented.
		Even after American Football League writers were added to the hall’s selectors (only after the leagues merged), the majority of selectors were from NFL cities.
	www.conigliofamily.com /ProFootballHOF.htm (819 words)

	Football Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		An American football field (high school or college) is 160 feet wide (53 1/3 yards).
		This exceptionally effective formation led to very serious injuries and even a number of deaths on the field in the early 20th century.
		Association Football And an Association Football field is 120 yd by 75 yd or 110 m by 70 m.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?FootballField (588 words)

	American Football
		Although football had been played in one form or another for centuries, the American version of the sport originated, for the most part, in Northeastern high schools and matured during the late nineteenth century in the Ivy League universities of the Northeast.
		Amos Alonzo Stagg, a Yale All-American in 1889 and later one of the game's greatest coaches, recalled that "the subterfuge was conceived of inch-kicking," whereby the kicker made an "inch kick" to himself, thus retaining possession of the ball.
		In 1901 football was added to the program of events associated with Pasadena, California's twelve-year-old Tournament of Roses; on New Year's Day of 1902, the tradition of the Rose Bowl was born.
	wesclark.com /rrr/yank_fb.html (3262 words)

	Brief History Of Flag Football
		Flag football was developed on military bases in the early 1940's as a recreational sport for military personal.
		The annual National Collegiate Flag Football Championships are played each December at the University of New Orleans.
		The USFTL National Flag Football Tournament in Orlando is the largest non college tournament in the nation.
	www.flagfootball.org /sitefootballhistory.htm (880 words)

	Football Glossary
		a violation of football’s rules by a team or player, punishable by a penalty.
		the major professional football league in the U.S. with 32 teams; its headquarters are in New York.
		to be holding or in control of the football.
	www.firstbasesports.com /football_glossary.html (1945 words)

	SportsKnowHow.com - History of Football - Page 2 of 4
		American football was truly off and running, so to speak.
		Stagg created a plethora of football firsts including the huddle, putting numbers on uniforms, the T formation, the punt formation and the end around.
		After 18 players died and 159 were critically injured in 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt gave football leagues a choice—make the game safer or have it outlawed.
	www.sportsknowhow.com /football/history/football-history-2.shtml (531 words)

	All American Football League
		The All American Football League announced its formation at a press conference on Wednesday, July 26th at The New York Athletic Club.
		For some players, the All American Football League™ will be a stepping-stone into, or back into the NFL.
		For many, it will be a chance to continue playing football on the campus of their alma mater in front of the loyal and enthusiastic fan base that has grown to love them.
	www.allamericanfootballleague.com (568 words)

	How to Play Tennis Doubles - I-Formation: A Variation of Australian Doubles - strategy guide, tips and free instruction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In tennis, the I-Formation is a diabolical variation of Australian Doubles.
		But in the I-Formation the server's partner doesn't hide behind the receiver's partner to use him or her as a block and blind.
		The I-Formation is a variation of Australian Doubles that loses no effectiveness when used repeatedly.
	www.operationdoubles.com /i_formationofausdoubs.htm (335 words)

	Decade by Decade: 1960s - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Shotgun Formation - 49ers head coach Red Hickey introduced the shotgun formation in the early '60s and shocked opponents' defenses.
		Brown walks away - the sports world was rocked during the summer of 1966 when Hall of Fame fullback Jim Brown announced his retirement.
		The AFL - the American Football League flourished for 10 seasons, 1960-1969, before merging into the NFL in 1970.
	www.profootballhof.com /history/Decade_by_Decade_1960s.jsp (219 words)

	The American Indoor Football Association - Home
		December 4, 2006 - The American Indoor Football Association announced today the formation of the AIFA Television Network…we felt there was a strong need to find the best way to reach out to our fans across this great nation.
		In a time when most indoor football leagues are just working for the present time, the AIFA is working on long term relationships to assure the success of its league and member teams for many years to come.
		The American Indoor Football Association is pleased to announce that Pepsi has signed on as the title sponsor for its 2007 Inaugural All-Star and Championship Games.
	www.aifaprofootball.com (925 words)

	formation - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Formation (f), formation, formation (f) : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include formation: back formation, heat of formation, i formation, capital formation, geological formation, more...
		Words similar to formation: constitution, establishment, geology, organisation, organization, shaping, geological formation, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=formation (354 words)

	NFL American Football Sports
		NFL question mark lies with linebacker Dan Connor after the junior finished second on the team with 103 tackles and was a second-team All-American...
		Is there a double standard in pro sports?commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN - 8 hours agoThe NFL has a similar proportion of African American players (66 percent last year, according to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport),...
		Port Orchard's Olson remains a big factorSeattle Times, WA - 6 hours agoOlson became the first UW offensive lineman to be named an All-American twice, and he was drafted in the fifth round in 1998, one of 10 Washington players...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Sports/Football/American/NFL (372 words)

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