History of Football: Walter Camp

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Football can be traced by rugby and soccer. Walter Camp is the “Father of Football” (Bennett).The first American football game played in the 1860’s (Bennett). Football has a lot of history in the game. The rules are important to the game. The beginning of the National Football League is still going strong today. Strategies and formations of the game are important to study. Football is an aggressive sport and is one of the most played sports in the United States.
How football began, the first American football game was played on November 6, 1869. The Rutgers vs. Princeton played the first game (Bennett). Walter Camp introduced the line of scrimmage and down and distance (Bennett). The first professional “league” was the Ohio League (Bennett). The American Football League (AFL) started in 1960 (Bennett). The first Super Bowl was in 1967 and the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chief (Brooks and King). The Houston Oilers defeated the Los Angles Charges in the first AFL championship (Brooks and King). Considered one of the greatest coaches, Vince Lombardi, died from cancer on September 3, 1970 at the age of 57 (Brooks and King). Seven days after Lombardi’s death, the National Football League honored him with the name of the Super Bowl trophy (Brooks and King). Franco Harris made the “Immaculate Reception” which lead to the first Pittsburgh Steelers victory for them (Brooks and King). In the 1970’s the Pittsburgh Steelers won four Super Bowls (Brooks and King). In 1978 the National Football League moved from 14 games a season to 16 games (Brooks and King). O.J. Simpson is the first player to rush over 2,000 yards (Brooks and King). In 1981 Ronald Regan said “Football is the last thing left in civilization where men can lite...

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... day it is multiple years to get good at it and study the game. Many people enjoy playing it, watching it and coaching it. People say it is the best sport in the world. It has come a lot from the 1860’s with better equipment, more knowledge of the game, people lift to get them stronger. Many people expect football to go on forever, It is very popular and some hope for it to get more popular around the world.

Works Cited
Bennett, Tom. History of American Football. http://www.factualworld.com. 2014. Web. 5 May 2014.
Brooks, Bucky. Peter, King. History by Decades. http://www.nfl.com. 2014. Web. 30 April 2014.
Camerer, Dave. Winning Football Plays by American Foremost Coaches. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1962. Print.
Goldman, Bruce T. http://www.todayinsport.com. 2004-2014. Web. 30 April 2014.
Miers, Earl S. Football. New York: Grosser and Dunlap, 1967. Print.

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