CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 ORGANIZED FooTBALL 1ol CHAPTER 2 PLAYING THE GAME CHAPTER 3 THE COLLEGE GAME 37 CHAPTER 4 THE PROFESSIONAL GAME 52 CHAPTER 5 NoTABLE PLAYERS CoNCLUSION GosSARY 83 85 For MORE INFORMATION BILIOGRAPHY INDEX 92
INTRODUCTION fAmericans were to think of their brand of football as a product it might be hard to decide if the sport is an import or an export As evidence of the former consider how modern gridiron football came to be The game s roots reach back to 19th century England where rugby originated and became a popular pastime Rugby which can be described as a full contact version of soccer that hinges on players carrying rather than kicking a ball was imported to the United States in the late 1800s Many East Coast col leges including Yale and Princeton formed teams that played a rugby style game The game underwent a few changes once it came to the United States Two of the most important early rule changes dating from the 1880s made the game more orderly The first established a scrimmage which awarded pos session of the ball to one of the two teams and the second created the system of downs which required a team to advance the ball or
Football and Its Greatest Players
This volume outlines the history and rules of American football and illustrates how the game has become such a beloved cultural phenomenon.
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By: Michael Anderson
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