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	History of American football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The history of American football is an important part of both the culture of the United States and the broader history of various football games around the world, in which a ball is kicked at a goal and/or or carried over a line.
		Football caught on among the general population and began to be the subject of intense competition and rivalry, albeit of a localised nature.
		American football became popular in various countries after World War II, especially those in which there were large numbers of U.S. military personnel, who often formed a substantial proportion of the players and spectators.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_American_football (3202 words)

	American football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The American football field is often called the gridiron because the markings on the field resemble a grill.
		American football is indeed quite physical in comparison to sports like basketball and soccer (which is itself known as "football" outside the U.S.) as well as other major American team sports.
		Both American football and soccer have their origins in varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, and American football is directly descended from rugby football.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_football (5193 words)

	American Football League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The American Football League (AFL) was a professional league of American football that operated from 1960 to 1969.
		In contrast to such entities as the All-America Football Conference, baseball's Federal League, the American Basketball Association and the World Hockey Association, the American Football League is the only league in North American pro sports ever to have merged with a major league and have all its teams continue to exist.
		The American Football League took advantage of the burgeoning popularity of football by locating teams in major cities that lacked NFL franchises, and by using the growing power of televised football games (bolstered with the help of major network contracts, first with ABC and later with NBC).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Football_League (3947 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/American football
		Outside of the United States and Canada, the sport is referred to as 'American football' or sometimes 'Grid-iron' football to differentiate it from association football (soccer), a sport that it does not resemble.
		American football evolved as a separate sport from Rugby football in the early 20th century.
		Game play in American football consists of a series of individual plays of short duration, outside of which the ball is not in play.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/American_football (5636 words)

	Walter Camp History Page
		As the leader of the American Football Rules Committee, Camp played a leading role in adoption of far reaching changes that opened up the game, including introduction of the forward pass that brought about a revolutionary change in the pattern of play that was to add immensely to its popularity, and so saved the game.
		For almost half a century, from 1876 until his death on March 14, 1925, this noble character was a prominent figure on the football scene and for most of the years he led in giving the game shape and character, and in setting and enforcing standards of fair play and sportsmanship.
		It is for his qualities as a human being, his unselfishness, his sincerity, his leadership in the interests of sportsmanship and fair play---these are the facets of Walter Camp that made him respected and admired in whatever group he gathered.
	www.waltercamp.org /history5.htm (864 words)

	History and development of American Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The goals were the same width as football (soccer), 7.3 metres (24 feet) and the pitch measured 110 metres by 69 metres (360 feet by 225 feet).
		In Italy, the first American football team, the Milan Rhinos, was formed in 1976, and in Finland the first team was formed in 1979.
		In Germany, the first American football team, the Dusseldorf Panthers, was formed in 1979, and the German league was organised in 1980.
	www.sportsrules.50g.com /americanfootball/history-am.htm (1373 words)

	American football history
		Football historians, those who have studied the game and its origins, place the game’s beginnings in rugby, an English game played with many similarities to football.
		In nineteen twenty, the American Professional Football Association was formed; one year later it was reorganized and in nineteen twenty-two was renamed the National Football League.
		Among the number of competitive leagues that have folded in failure are the All-American Football conference, nineteen forty-six to forty-nine and the World Football League, nineteen seventy-four to seventy-five.
	wiwi.essortment.com /americanfootbal_rwff.htm (1329 words)

	Reader's Companion to American History - -FOOTBALL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		American football descends from a rowdy medieval game in which, typically, the men, women, and children of one village attempted to kick, throw, or carry a ball across fields and streams to the fiercely defended portals of another village's parish church.
		Americans had occasionally played some forms of the premodern game, but the first intercollegiate contests occurred November 6, 1869, when Rutgers defeated Princeton in soccer by a score of 6-4, and May 15, 1874, when Harvard and McGill played to a scoreless tie in rugby.
		Professional football, born in the 1890s, came to maturity under the leadership of George Halas, principal founder of the National Football League (nfl; 1920).
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_032000_football.htm (1022 words)

	NFL.com: NFL Insider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1924, a college football league was formed and there are 30 universities in the country with football programs.
		"Football for me is a passion, a philosophy, a way of life," says Troncoso, who from 1959 to 1964 played offensive guard and linebacker for Mexico University, which annually traveled to California to face several small-college teams.
		Among the first visitors to the Mexico American Football Hall of Fame was Joe Horrigan, vice president of communications and exhibits for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
	www.nfl.com /insider/2001/mexicanhof082501.html (588 words)

	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Some historians have gone so far as to call the Oneidas' victories the first games of American football, maintaining the hybrid Boston Game was neither soccer nor rugby and, therefore, was what Americans recognize as their favorite autumn sport.
		To call the Oneidas the inventors of American football is surely giving the little devils more than their due.
		Although the Boston Game can't be placed any higher on football's evolutionary ladder, it seems fair to say that the Oneidas themselves exerted an important influence on the eventual course of American football, particularly because several of the boys grew up and took their game with them to Harvard.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=c-to1870 (3807 words)

	American football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		American football, known in the United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic.
		American football does not much resemble soccer, the sport which most people outside the U.S. call "football"; consequently, the sport is commonly known internationally as "American football" or "gridiron".
		High school football is popular in many parts of the US, notably Texas, with games sometimes attracting tens of thousands of fans.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/american_football (4902 words)

	African American Registry: American college football is rich with Black history. . .
		American college football is rich with Black history.
		College football is in the air and African-American involvement at the collegiate level is rich with tradition.
		African-American football players were not welcome on White campuses until the late 1950 and 1960s in the Deep South although there were a few exceptions to this White only rule.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/466/American_college_football_is_rich_with_Black_history (481 words)

	History of American Football - Origin of Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The American Professional Football Conference was in formed in 1920.
		The teams were from four states:Akron, Canton, Cleveland, and Dayton from Ohio, the Hammond Pros and Muncie Flyers from Indiana, the Rochester Jeffersons from New York, and the Rock Island Independents, Decatur Staleys, and Racine Cardinals from Illinois.
		Scheduling was left up to the teams, and there were wide variations, both in the overall number of games played and in the number played against APFA member teams.
	www.nfl-rumors.com /history.htm (607 words)

	SportsKnowHow.com - History of American Football - Page 1 of 4
		Mention the term “football” and depending on just where you are one of two entirely different games might come to mind.
		In most of the rest of the world “football” means a sport played by shorts-clad men and women on a pitch, or field, with netted goals at each end.
		American Football (let’s make it simple and just call it plain ol’ “football”) has it roots in both soccer and rugby.
	www.sportsknowhow.com /football/history/football-history.shtml (547 words)

	History of American Football - Origin of Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1876, the first rules for American football were written during the Massasoit convention.
		Walter Camp, who would become known as the father of American football, f irst became involved with the game.
		The American Professional Football Association, founded in 1920, officially changed its name to the National Football League on June 24, 1922.
	www.pro-football-weekly-betting.com /nflhistory.htm (1855 words)

	AYF - American Youth Football & Cheer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		American Youth Football and Cheer is delighted to introduce the Official Tournament design for the AYF National Championships, Tucson 2005; "The Duel in the Desert".
		American Youth Football with the help of Nike Go, is pleased to announce the donation of football equipment, valued at $200,000, a check for $100,000,was also presented by the Cincinnati Bengals, the Marvin Lewis Community Foundation and the Hatton Foundation.
		American Youth Football and Cheer is pleased to introduce the National Honey Board as its newest sponsor, and the Honey Hydrator as the "Official Beverage" of American Youth Football and Cheer.
	www.americanyouthfootball.com (1805 words)

	Football (American) [encyclopedia]
		American football is played at several levels in the United States: from Pop Warner youth leagues to teams from high schools to teams from colleges and universities (popularly known as College Football) to teams of professional players.
		In the 1960s, American football replaced baseball as the most popular spectator sport in the United States.
		Although a football play never begins in an end zone, it is possible for a play to take place there after the ball is snapped.
	artzia.com /Recreation/Sport/Football (2265 words)

	American Football History Europe
		American football has been played on European soil for more than 30 years.
		At approximately the same time, American football began to spread northward to Germany.
		Frankfurt Lions held their first game in 1977, and in 1979, the first German League was established.
	www.athleticenterprises.com /footballhistory.html (328 words)

	History of the American Football League - 1959
		He was rebuffed in his efforts to establish an NFL franchise there, and in 1959, decided to form a new professional football league, which he called the American Football League.
		Joe Foss, a WWII Marine flying ace and former governor of South Dakota, was named American Football League Commissioner.
		You have the permission of the American Football League Hall of Fame.
	www.remembertheafl.com /AFLhistory1959.htm (653 words)

	American Football
		The first world championship in American football, organised by IFAF, took place in Palermo (Italy) from June 24th until July 4th, 1999, with 6 teams participating Japan again won in 2003 and are bidding to host the next World Cup in 2007.
		Continental Football League one of the premier football leagues in the Nation, with teams in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
		The British Collegiate American Football League have Northern and Southern Conferences with a total of 37 university teams in 8 geographic Divisions.
	sportsvl.com /ball/gridiron.htm (2894 words)

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	Articles - History of American football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Codes based on the Rugby School rules began to be played at other Canadian universities in the late 1860s and these games were the basis of Canadian football.[4]; [5] and [6] They would also prove to have a major influence on American football.
		In 1892, although payments to players were considered unsporting and dishonorable at the time, a Pittsburgh area club, the Allegheny Athletic Association, surreptitiously hired former Yale All-American guard William (Pudge) Heffelfinger.[20] On November 12, Heffelfinger became the first known professional football player.
		The Japan American Football Association was founded in 1934 with three collegiate teams: Rikkyo, Meiji and Waseda.[21] By 1937, an allstar game involving teams representing eastern and western Japan, attracted over 25,000 spectators.
	www.nflfootballmania.com /articles/History_of_American_football (3053 words)

	Open Directory - Sports: Football: American: College and University: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		History of conferences, scores, coaching records, polls, and bowls.
		College Football Data Warehouse - Coaching records, win/loss records, conference history, and a myriad of compiled data.
		The Football Graveyard - Football history at Division I schools that no longer have the sport, and efforts to bring football back at these schools.
	dmoz.org /Sports/Football/American/College_and_University/History (213 words)

	BritballNow - the Uk's fastest growing American Football website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		hester Romans American Football Club are commencing their training for the 2006 season, from this Sunday at Blacon High School.
		The British American Football League is delighted to announce the addition of two new teams to the fold for the 2006 season which will start on the last weekend in April and culminates with BritBowl Weekend on the 23/24 September at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield.
		Hull Hornets Recruitment Days and New Venue With American Footballs Annual extravaganza, Superbowl XL (40) fast approaching, It is time for football players, rookies or past players to approach the line.
	www.britballnow.co.uk (674 words)

	TSN.ca - NFL - Canada's Sports Leader
		Kraft, in Jerusalem on Wednesday to attend the reopening of a stadium he funded for an Israeli flag football league, focused on the ailing Bruschi during a tour of the Old City.
		"This is the first time in the history of American football that the trophy has ever been outside of America," Kraft said.
		Kraft's initial $120,000 US donation in 1999 helped pay for the Kraft Family Stadium, a former soccer field that was converted into the home of the American Football League in Israel (AFI).
	www.tsn.ca /headlines/news_story.asp?ID=115851&hubName= (306 words)

	history of american football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1857, the founder of Australian Football, Tom Wills, returned from England fo his home country of Australia.
		Within a year, the Melbourne Football Club was formed by his cousin H.C.A. Harrison, W.J. Hamersley and J.B. Thompson.
		In 1896 the Victorian Football League was established begining with eight teams.
	australia.jrn.msu.edu /2003/AUsports/AFLhist.html (145 words)

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