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The Evolution of Football: From Ancient Times to Modern Variations
TLDR Football has a long history dating back to ancient times and has evolved into various forms today. From the establishment of the Football Association in the 19th century to the development of American football with major rule changes, different variations of the game have emerged, including Australian football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, and international rules football.
Timestamped Summary
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The word football describes a broad family of sports with a similar origin that have evolved into very different forms today.
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Football is a broad category of team sports played with a ball on a field, with the objective of getting into the opponent's goal, and it has a long history dating back to ancient times.
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Football originally referred to games played on foot, as opposed to on horseback, and throughout the Middle Ages, there were various ball games with no universal rules, leading to the development of different variations of the game in different towns, but it was in the 19th century that the rules of football began to be codified.
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In the 19th century, the Football Association was established and created rules for association football, while the Rugby School developed rules for rugby football, leading to the split between the two games.
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Australian football, which developed its own unique ball, field, and rule sets, is mostly popular in Southern Australia and is the only type of football that still has hand passing.
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In the late 1800s, American universities were playing different variations of football, with some following the Football Association rules and others following the Rugby School rules, but it was Harvard's game against McGill in 1874 that led to the adoption of rugby in American universities and eventually the development of American football with major rule changes by Yale coach Walter Camp in 1880.
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American football still retains some rules from rugby, such as the drop kick and the lateral pass, while Canadian football and Gaelic football have their own variations of the game, and international rules football combines elements of Gaelic football and Australian football.
