American Football is One of the most Popular and Favorite Sports in Many Countries
Words: 1531 Pages: 5 2159So, how was football invented in the first place? The sport of American football, originally new in 1892, has roots in two other sports, soccer and rugby, both of which have enjoyed long-time popularity worldwide. It was not until the 1880s that a great rugby player from Yale University, Walter Camp, started working on rules changes that slowly transformed rugby into a new game called American football. Walter Camp, known as the "Father of American Football," was an American football […]