![]() ![]() It was part of football to be rough, to use the hands, elbows and knees to batter the opponent. It was common in each game to slug your opponent in the face if the referee wasn’t paying attention.Īlmost anything went. The origins of American Football was very brutal and rough. That is why American Football plays 11 a-side and uses red flags and yellow flags, kickoffs and punts and goalposts and goal lines and tackles and offsides and on and on. That means that soccer is the grandfather of American Football. Which, it still is.įrom the game of football sprang up the game of rugby, whose rules are labeled “Rugby Football.” Other football rules games were subsequently invented such as Gaelic Football, Australian Rules Football, Canadian Football and American Football.īut American Football was birthed specifically from rugby. And in every corner of the earth it is known as that – except the United States and Canada. Young boys who would inquire if they wanted to play football or “association”, would shortened the name down to “assoccer” and then later just “soccer.”īut the game was called football. ![]() In 1863 they devised “The Laws of the Game” by “The Football Association,” commonly called Association Football. In fact, North America is the only portion of the globe that calls football “soccer.” It is supposed that the Roman army invented this game in order to keep their soldiers in top shape as football is not only a running game, but one that allows few substitutes per game and is very competitive.īut it was the English who took football to heart. The answer is: it has always been called football. Have you ever wondered why Europeans, in South America and well, just about every other portion of the globe they call soccer “football”? Why is that? We call it “football” but its true heading is “American Football.” American Football is the game we follow today in the United States. ![]()
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