In the beginning of the 19th century, some students at Princeton played a game that became known as "ballown", where they get their fists and their feet used to the ball. during that time, there were no hard and fast rules laid down; the goal is just to get the ball past the other team. At Harvard, freshman and sophomore took part in a game that was called "Bloody Monday," a football-like game that was played on the first Monday of each school year. Around 1860, the game quickly popularity among the Boston Common caught and had several variations.
The first Intercollegiate Football Game
Around 1865, started organizing colleges football matches, which is still no clear rules and gameplay.Princeton set up with a number of basic rules for some time in 1867 and in that year, American football for the first time was patented.In addition to the rules of Princeton, Rutgers College contributed a set of rules in the same year. on 6 november 1869 played Princeton and Rutgers, combine their set of rules, the first peer football. Rutgers won six goals to four.
The Intercollegiate Football Association
In 1873, representatives of Princeton, Rutgers, Columbia and Yale meet in New York City and the first peer football rules formulated and where he is established, the Intercollegiate Football Association (IFA), the number of players in a team to the 15 Member States.
The Final Evolution of American Football
Walter Camp, a football coach at Yale and a member of the International Fluency Association (IFA), was a great dissenter of the football team of 15 player and wanted an eleven-player team Institute. considered the "father of the American soccer", Walter Camp helped Institute of the last evolution of the American soccer Rugby-style games. Under the leadership of Camp, the International Fluency Association (IFA) Commission the number of players at eleven of the fifteen original cut and adjust the size of the football playing field to 110 meters. It was also Walter Camp that the systems of downs in 1882 and the line of scrimmage rules. He also standardized scoring system and security, sanctions, interference and neutral zone.In time, further developments were made to the rules of the game, with the help of college football coaches like Amos Alonzo Stagg, Knute Rockne, Glenn, "Pop" Warner and Eddie Cochems.
Reforms and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
By the early 20th century led to the escalation of violence of the game some schools to ban of the sport.On record was close to 180 players who play football, serious injury and eighteen years of age who died of injuries or of the cruel mass plays that was customary at that time.In 1905, when President Theodor Roosevelt called at Princeton, Yale and Harvard to help rescue American Football die. reforms in a meeting between schools, attended by more than 60 schools.The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has been set up in order enforcement of the new reforms.
One of the most popular sport in the USA
American Football grew to be one of the most popular sport in the United States, in particular in the universities. Fierce contests between universities made it an exciting game that became a national pastime. because of its popularity, a professional League was founded, and which is today known as the National Football League (NFL). each Member State in the United States is represented by a football team. some of the top clubs in recent history include the San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons.
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