History of Football

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  • First Rules

    First Rules
    The first rules for football were created by Walter Camp at the Massasoit convention.

  • First Pro Football Contract

    First Pro Football Contract
    The Pittsburgh Athletic Club signed Grant Dibert as their first pro football player. He covered all the PAC's games for that year.

  • First Pro Games

    First Pro Games
    The Allegheny Athletic Association (AKA: AAA) fielded the first pro teams. Only two games were played.

  • First Entirely Pro Team

    First Entirely Pro Team
    The Latrobe Athletic Association were the first football team to play games in a season with an all professional team.

  • Touchdown Point Change

    Touchdown Point Change
    The amount of points in a touch down were changed from 4 points to 5.

  • First Individual Club Owner

    First Individual Club Owner
    William C. Temple started to pay for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club, becoming the first known individual club owner.

  • Franklin Athletic Club

    Franklin Athletic Club
    The Franklin Athletic Club won the second and last World Series of pro football over the Oreos AC of Asbury Park.

  • Field Goal Point Change

    A field goal point amount is changed from 5 to 4.

  • Bulldog Pros

    Bulldog Pros
    The Canton AC, later called the Bulldogs, become a professional team.

  • Field Goal Points

    Field Goal Points
    A Field goal point range dropped from 4 points to 3.