NFL Football History

American football is actually a game that was played by the ancient Greeks, and was called Harpaston. However, the game was a bit different during those ancient times where there was no limit on the number of players. The main aim of the game was to move a ball so that it crossed the goal line. This could be done by kicking, throwing, or running with the ball.

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Classical literature points out some detailed description of the game, where it indicates the players getting rough and getting involved in ferocious activities during the course of a game.

However, evidence points out that most of the modern versions of football started in England. This is where the first form of the game was discovered in the 12th century. As time passed, football became popular and many English monarchs, like Edward II and Henry VI, started taking offense to the game because it was violent and also diverted the people’s interest from the army sport of archery. In the mid 19th century, football was split into two major sports sections. They are popular even today as soccer and rugby.

American football is a combination of soccer and rugby; though this is something a diehard football fan will not agree to. What the rest of the world calls football is known as soccer in America.

The first football game to be played professionally in the United States was in 1895 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It was played between a team from Latrobe and a team from Jeannette, Pennsylvania. After that many professional teams started forming like the Duquesnes of Pittsburgh, the Olympics of McKeesport, the Bulldogs of Canton, and the team of Massillon from Ohio. They were all from different states but started competing with each other. Gradually the popularity of the sport increased and more and more teams joined the fray.

Some of the popular colleges players who took up the game professionally even during its early years were Willie Heston, Fritz Pollard, and Jim Thorpe.

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