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Football

Football. BY Lawrence Robinson. What is a football?. Football is the name of several similar team sports, all with similar origins which involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football.

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Football

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  1. Football BY Lawrence Robinson

  2. What is a football? Football is the name of several similar team sports, all with similar origins which involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football

  3. What is football? In the mid-1800s, a game similar to soccer began to become popular in the eastern United States. Players tried to kick a round ball across an opponent’s goal line. Throwing the ball or running with it was not allowed. A team might have as many as several dozen players. Schools began to organize teams and adopt uniform rules. In 1869 the first college game was played between two bitter rivals, Rutgers University and the College of New Jersey (now called Princeton University).

  4. Walter C. Camp • Walter Camp was born April 17, 1859, in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Yale from 1876 to 1882, where he studied medicine and business. Walter Camp was an author, athletic director, chairman of the board of the New Haven Clock Company, and director of the Peck Brothers Company. 

  5. How Walter invented football • Camp attended Yale in the late 1870s, where he played on the varsity squads from 1877 to 1882. He also captained the team in 1878, '79 and '81. Yale's record during his time on the team was an impressive 25-1-6. But it was his vision and innovation off the field, organizing the game from a brutal scrum to an orderly game of skill, strength and finesse, that really gives Camp the distinction of the Father of the Modern Game of Football.

  6. Where you find a football • You can find a football at Wal-Mart, target, sports authority, dun hams. Those are the placed you can find a football from.

  7. Positive and negative effects • Some positive effects are felling good about your self from scoring. You can run over people. • Some negative ways are you can get really hurt. You could never play outside again if you get hurt. And you will have to go to rehab every day to get your legs better and stronger.

  8. Size and shape When you play football you use different kinds of football. When you buy a football it has to be the right size for your finger. If it is to small it will be hard for them to throw it. The people that people that made the football though about it that the size and shape of the football. They made different sizes of football so other can play football to not just any person.

  9. How does football work? • When you get to 4th down you are most likely going to punt the ball away to the other team or make a field goal. Both of the team's goal is to score what you call a "Touchdown." To do this you must get into the end zone.There is a yellow goal post at each end zone. If the kicker kicks the ball into those goal posts, that's worth 3 points.

  10. Who is the president of football? • Adidas AG FWB: ADS, ADR:Pink Sheets: ADDYY) is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, golf company (including Ashworth), and Rockport. Besides sports footwear, the company also produces other products such as bags, shirts, watches, eyewear and other sports and clothing-related goods. The company is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe and the second biggest sportswear manufacturer in the world, after its American rival Nike

  11. Where is the headquarters of football • National Football League is a professional sports league in the United States. It acts as a trade association for franchise owners to promote the sport, license team names and logos, collect dues and royalties, and develop new programs. The company provides comprehensive National Football League. 280 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 United States.

  12. Where I got my information from? • http://www.linkedin.com/company/national-football-league • http://www.jsonline.com/newswatch/105520538.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA

  13. Can anybody operate a football? • Yes anyone can operate a football because they are bulit all kings of size and shape. When I was little my dad all ways was playing football I tried to play but my fingers were to small. So my dad bought a football for me.

  14. How many years where a football bult for? Jan 22, 2011 ... Originally the other buildings of the exposition were built... The base of the tower covers a square area of 100 metres (the length of an American football field) on a side. .... 1889, so it took two years, two months, and five days. ... The best time to try is in August, when many Parisians are on ...

  15. How much does a football cost? • How much does it cost to play and what can I win? A: There are different versions of CBSSports.com Fantasy Football 2010. The Gold version costs $39.99. But t depends on what type of football your are looking for.

  16. Interesting facts about football? • A football is fun to play with. When you are bored of something you can play with your friends or play catch with your little brother. • Some times when the football goes into the water the ball flows around the pool. Sometimes when it is flowing I play jump on the ball and I float.

  17. Is the football still around? • Yes, a football is still around and the kids can play football just like the NFL football teams. We hit hard and play in real games. The team I play i

  18. Question • Why did you make t he football and did you make the pads? • How did you invent football was it hard

  19. Web adress • http://www.linkedin.com/company/national-football-league • http://www.jsonline.com/newswatch/105520538.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA

  20. Thank Yo u

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