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History Of Football

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  • The Birthdate Of Football

    The Birthdate Of Football
    The Birth Date of Football when teams from Rutgers and Princeton met for the first intercollegiate football game

  • First Intercollegiate Football Rules

    First Intercollegiate Football Rules
    In 1873, representatives from Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton, and Yale Universities met in New York City to formulate the first intercollegiate football rules for the increasingly popular game. These four teams established the Intercollegiate Football Association (IFA) and set 15 as the number of players allowed on each team.

  • Walter Camps Impact on Football

    Walter Camps Impact on Football
    The IFA’s rules committee, led by Camp, soon cut the number of players from fifteen to eleven, and also instituted the size of the playing field, at one hundred ten yards. In 1882 Camp also introduced the system of downs.

  • The Start of Professional Football

    The Start of Professional Football
    The origin of professional football can be traced back to 1892, with William "Pudge" Heffelfinger's $500 contract to play in a game for the Allegheny Athletic Association against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.This Marks the start for professional football as eventually players will come under pay contracts.

  • Paying teams to play

    Paying teams to play
    The Pittsburgh Press on October 30, 1892 reported that Heffelfinger and Knowlton "Snake" Ames of the Chicago team had been offered $250 to play for the PAC against the Allegheny Athletic Association in the upcoming November 12 game.
    This professional pay for football soon became natural and was soon to be many more teazms being paid to play.

  • The Start of Pay Contracts

    The Start of Pay Contracts
    Peter Wright – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh – $50 per game (under contract) for the entire 1893 season. James Van Cleve – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh – $50 per game (under contract) for the entire 1893 season. Oliver W. Rafferty – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh – $50 per game (under contract) for the entire 1893 season.
    The Start of Football Pay today.Contracts then and contracts now.

  • Saved from Demise

    Saved from Demise
    Within a decade, concern over the increasing brutality of the game led to its ban by some colleges.
    Footballs had many brutalities such as serious injuries and even deaths.With bans of this sport at some colleges it became less and less popular.Theodore Roosevelt called upon Harvard, Princeton, and Yale to help save the sport from demise.A Meeting For the sport was arranged and rules and changes were applied aswell as the creation of the NCAA.Football had become more redesigned and safe.

  • The Beginning Of The NFL

    The Beginning Of The NFL
    The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
    The NFL Is a main event for most who watch modern day football and the NFL is what arranges and competes the teams against eachother to determine a winner.
    The NFL is one of the most watched Sports in Amercia

  • The Start of the Superbowl

    The Start of the Superbowl
    Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967
    The super bowl is a national championship between football teams to determine a winning team.
    A competetive football championship.