When you mention the word "football", depending on your position, you may think of two completely different games. In North America, people will imagine a big man wearing a pad and helmet playing a mouth-smashing game on a court with goalposts at both ends. The ball moves on the court by running and passing. In most parts of the world, "football" refers to the sport played by men and women in shorts on the court, with a goal at each end. This is a sport mainly involving feet, because the ball is kicked around on the court. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on the history of American football, which is the first type we mentioned. Football Association, usually called soccer, is on another page of this website.

Has football always been so confusing? In short, yes.

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American football (let's simply call it ordinary "football") originated from soccer and rugby. As early as the Han Dynasty in China in 206 BC, people began to play a kind of football. At that time, teams held a game called Cuju to celebrate the emperor's birthday. The origin of rugby games can be traced back to Britain in the 20th century, when young boys played a tackle game with an inflatable cow bladder. This child's play turned into a violent conflict between men in opposing villages. Hundreds of players from every city to Washington will try to run the bladder to the center of their opponent's town. Injury and even death are so common in this sport that the king of England finally outlawed it.

1623, football (legally) reappeared in England. As a kind of football game, it was played on the court instead of on the town streets. Players are not allowed to touch the ball with anything except their feet. At about the same time, the Irish team adopted a form of football that allowed players to hit the ball with their fists.

1823 one of the biggest changes in the football academy has taken place. According to legend, William Ellis suddenly stopped playing football, picked up the ball and ran to the court, crossing the goal line. Of course, Ellis broke one of the basic rules of the game, but the audience liked it. The football academy realized that Ellis had a good idea and began to allow players to run with the ball. This is the official beginning of football and the catalyst of football as we know it today.