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All About The History of Football
The History of Football in its present day form has a long and storied history. Football ( American football) is a very distinct type of football that was developed in the United States in the 19th century from soccer (association football) and rugby football. Football, played by professionals and amateurs (generally male college or high school teams), is one of the most popular American sports, attracting thousands of participants and millions of spectators annually. The forerunner of American football may have been a game played by the ancient Greeks, called harpaston. In this game there was no limit to the number of football players. The object was to move a ball across a goal line by kicking, throwing, or running with it. Classical literature contains detailed accounts of this game, including its rougher elements, such as rough and tumble tackling. Most modern versions of football, however, originated in England, where a form of the game of fowas known in the 12th century. In subsequent centuries football became so popular that various English monarchs, including Edward II and Henry VI, forbade the game because it took interest away from the military sport of archery. By the middle of the 19th century football had split into two distinct entities. Still popular today, these two sports included the football association game, or soccer (the word being a slang adaptation of the three letters, s-o-c, in Association), and rugby, in which players ran with the ball and tackled. Modern football evolved out of these two sports.