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These wikipedia topics have paragraphs that talk about the evolution of the sport and its relationship to rugby and other "football" games. https://en.wikipedi
by thwarted 11y ago
These wikipedia topics have paragraphs that talk about the evolution of the sport and its relationship to rugby and other "football" games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_football
These were found by typing "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football" into the browser's address bar and reading and browsing around to find the history and etymology.
- mamon 11y agoOk, so basically, what I learned from those entries: in 1876 someone changed the rules of the game, but forgot to change the name.
- riyadparvez 11y agoBut also remembered to change the name of the original game.