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NFL, American football history: The “center” isn’t really, rules for snap are dynamic

For one, the word “center” does not appear in the NFL rules handbook. That is what we all call the position, but the league ...
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Was the 1869 Rutgers-Princeton clash the birth of American football?

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The first American football game, played on November 6, 1869, was a far cry from the sport we know today. It was more akin to a chaotic soccer match, with 50 grown men chasing a ...
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This Day in History: October 23, 1869, American football icon born in Georgia

ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) - On this day in October 23, 1869, American football icon John Heisman was born. He launched a career that would leave an indelible mark on college football and Georgia sports ...
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When Was the First College Football Game? A Look at the Start of a Fall Institution

Anyone who's taken Latin (or Latin-adjacent subjects like philosophy and logic) in an American college in the past 156 years knows that ex nihilo nihil fit—nothing comes from nothing. Fans watching ...