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The Thanksgiving Day Disaster took place in San Francisco on November 29, 1900, at the annual college football game between the California Golden Bears and the Stanford Cardinal, also known as The Big Game. A large crowd of people who did not want to pay the $1 (equivalent of $40 today [1]) admission fee gathered upon the roof of a glass ...
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 ...
2. –. 0. The 1900 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1900 college football season. The team competed as an independent under head coach Addison Kelly and compiled a record of 4–2–1. [1]
1900 Carlisle Indians football. The 1900 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1900 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Pop Warner, the Indians compiled a record of 6–4–1 and outscored opponents 207 to 92. Carlisle defeated Southern champion Virginia.
The 1900 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1900 Western Conference football season. In their first and only season under head coach Langdon Lea, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished fourth in the Western Conference ...
The Football League – Newcastle United 48 points, Everton 47, Manchester City 46, Aston Villa 42, Sunderland 40, Sheffield United 40. 1905 FA Cup final – Aston Villa 2–0 Newcastle United at Crystal Palace, London. 14 March — foundation of Chelsea F.C.
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, [ nb 1 ] is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running ...