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A football game between Thames and Townsend clubs, played at Kingston upon Thames, London, 1846. As the 19th century began, football became increasingly significant in the public schools because it was well suited to the ideals of the "Muscular Christianity" cult. It was, like cricket, perceived to be a "character-building" sport. [12]
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 ...
British soldiers and emigrants to Canada and the United States played their stick-and-ball games on the winter ice and snow; in 1825, John Franklin (1786–1847) wrote during one of his Arctic expeditions: "The game of hockey played on the ice was the morning sport" on Great Bear Lake. [191] William Webb Ellis at Rugby School, 1823-4
The first organized football game in territory that would become New Mexico involving a college occurred October 10, 1892 when Albuquerque High School defeated New Mexico 5–0 in Albuquerque. [95] TX October 19, 1894 Texas: Texas A&M: Hyde Park Racetrack, Austin, Texas: 38–0 First organized intercollegiate football game in Texas. [96] [97]
Pages in category "Sports originating in England" ... Walking football; Water polo This page was last edited on 1 October 2018, at 18:37 (UTC). ...
Football was played in England as far back as medieval times. The first written evidence of a football match came in about 1170, when William Fitzstephen wrote of his visit to London, "After dinner all the youths of the city goes out into the fields for the very popular game of ball." He also went on to mention that each trade had their own ...
Early football leagues in the U.S. mostly used the name football leagues: for example, the American Football Association (founded in 1884), the American Amateur Football Association (1893), the American League of Professional Football (1894), the National Association Foot Ball League (1895), and the Southern New England Football League (1914).