Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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With the 2017 NFL season underway, find out how the sport of football got its start in the United States.

We'll learn where the first American football game was played and who won, who helped to create some of the rules of modern football, how pro football got its start, and where the National Football League was created.

Read more about the history of American football:
nfl.com/history/chronology/1869-1910
scarletknights.com/sports/2017/6/11/sports-m-footbl-archive-first-game-html.aspx
history.com/news/ask-history/who-invented-football

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