History of Football

Football (as well as rugby and soccer) are believed to have descended from the ancient Greek game of harpaston.  Harpaston is mentioned frequently in classical literature, where it is often referred to as a “very rough and brutal game“.  The rules of this ancient sport were quite simple:  Points were awarded when a player would cross a goal line by kicking the ball, running with it across the goal line, or throwing it across the line to another player. The other team’s objective was simply to stop them by any means possible.  There was no specific field length, no side line boundaries, no specified number of players per team, only a glaring lack of rules. The birth date of football was in November 6, 1869 by a team of rugby players of Princeton University. After a decade of increasing brutality, the game was banned by many colleges. This later on brought on paddings and helmets so the players wouldn’t get injured or hurt in a game. Now football is a big sport in the U.S and all over the world, now with teams in San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Etc. All the games In the NFL now leads up to the Super Bowl.