2011年10月19日星期三
the first intercollegiate football.
In November 6, 1869, Princeton and Rutgers, combining their set of rules, played the first intercollegiate football. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was established to uphold the new reforms.One of the Most Popular Sports in the U.S.American Football grew to be one of the most popular sports in the U.S., especially in Universities. In addition to Princeton's Air Max France,rules, Rutgers College contributed a set of rules in that same year. Rutgers won six goals to four.The Intercollegiate Football AssociationIn 1873, representatives from Princeton, Rutgers, Columbia, and Yale met in New York City and formulated the first intercollegiate footballNike Air Max 90 Femme rules and established the Intercollegiate Football Association (IFA), setting the number of players allowed in a team to fifteen.The Final Evolution of American FootballWalter Camp, a football coach at Yale and member of the IFA, was a big dissenter of the fifteen-player football team and wanted to institute an eleven-player team. On record was close to 180 players who suffered serious injuries from playing football and eighteen who died from injuries or from the brutal mass plays that was common practice during that time. Because of its popularity, a Professional league was established, and which is today known as the National Football League (NFL). In time, further developments were made to the rules of the game, with the help of college football coaches such as Amos Alonzo Stagg, Knute Rockne, Glenn "Pop" Warner, and Eddie Cochems.Reforms and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)By the early 20th century, the increasing brutality of the game led some colleges to ban the sport. Considered as the "Father of American Football," Walter Camp helped institute the final evolution of the American Football from the rugby-style of playing. is represented by a football team. He also standardized the scoring system and created the safety, penalties, interference,Nike Air Max 2010 Femme and neutral zone. In the early 19th century, some students at Princeton played a game that was known as "ballown," where they used their fists and their feet to advance the ball. Princeton established some rudimentary rules some time in 1867 and in that year, American football was patented for the first time. In 1905, then President Theodor Roosevelt called on Princeton, Yale, and Harvard to help save American Football from dying. Many articles are related to baseball memorabilia [http://www.booyahvillage.com/mlb.html] and other sports related topics. Led by Camp, the IFA committee soon cut the number of football players to eleven from the original fifteen and instated the size of the football playing field at 110 yards. Reforms were made in a meeting between schools, attended by more than 60 schools. Each state in the U.S. Fierce competitions among colleges made it an exciting game that became a national pastime. During that time, there were no hard and fast established rules; the goal was simply to advance the ball past the opposing team. Some of the top ranking football teams in recent history include the San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, and Atlanta Falcons.Rick Grantham is an avid sports fan. At Harvard, freshmen and sophomores competed in a game that was called "Bloody Monday," a football-like game that was played on the first Monday of every school year. It was also Walter Camp who introduced the systems of downs in 1882 and the line of scrimmage rules. Around 1860, the game soon caught popularity among the Boston Common and had several variations.The First Intercollegiate Football GameAround 1865, colleges began organizing football games, which still did not have clearly instituted rules and gameplay. Most of Rick's articles focus on sports memorabilia [http://www.BooYahVillage.com]. Rick is a contributing author to BooYah Village.
订阅：
博文评论 (Atom)
没有评论:
发表评论