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American Football was derived from early versions of soccer and rugby, both from the United Kingdom, the mid-1800. Both soccer and rugby, American football and therefore, the aim is to kick the ball to a goal or on a line. Similar to soccer, American football also contains twenty-two players on the field. Terms of football as "the fullback" and half ", which refer to positions, have also been derived from the sport of football. American football is the result of a significant change from the rules of rugby, instituted by Walter Camp, considered the "Father of American Football."

The father of American football

Walter Camp introduced the rules of American football in 1879. Born April 17, 1859 in New Haven, Conn., Walter Camp and studied medicine at Yale from 1976 to 1882 cases. He was a man of many talents, being a writer, director of the Company Pecks Brother, and the chairman of the board of directors of the New Haven Clock Company. He was also head coach of football and Managing Director of Athletics at Yale from 1888 to 1914 and Chairman of the Committee of Yale football. He had a major role in the evolution of American football game of football and rugby, the sport we know today. Chef Walter Camp to influence by changing the rules of the game was William Ebb Ellis, a student at an English school rugby which was the first person known to pick up the ball during a match and running with it towards the goal. He was in the Convention Massosoit in 1876 when the first attempt to establish rules for American football was made. Walter Camp published the book of rules of American football until his death in 1925.

New Rules Established

The important changes that were made by Walter Camp to establish American Football as a sport are the bottom and the distance and the line of scrimmage rules. He also standardized the scoring system using a numerical score and created the interference, security, sanctions and the neutral zone. He also established the rule that one side was in undisputed possession of the ball until the ball is dropped because of that team violations. He also created the center and the quarter-back position, the forward pass, and eleven on a team instead of fifteen. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the changing rules of football were made by coaches like Knute Rockne college, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Eddie Cochems, and Glenn "Pop" Warner.

Going Pro

In the first half of the 20th century, college football became more popular than rugby and soccer. boules, an inter-college has attracted a national audience, thus strengthening the fierce rivalries between the teams in college football. The American Professional Football Association was formed in 1920 when two years later was changed to the National Football League (NFL), which became the major league of American football. Today, there are many pro football teams representing different American states such as the Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants.