History of American football - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_American_footballThe history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football.Both games have their origin in multiple varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal or kicked over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school football games descending from medieval ...
Amerikansk fotball – Wikipedia
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikansk_fotballAmerikansk fotball (eller bare football i USA eller gridiron ) er en lagsport mellom to lag med elleve spillere på en rektangulær bane med målstenger i hver ende. Angrepet, laget som holder den ovale ballen, forsøker å flytte ballen ned banen ved å løpe med den eller med pasninger, mens forsvaret, laget uten ballen, prøver å stoppe angrepet og ta kontroll over ballen. Angrepet må flytte ballen minst ti yards i løpet av fire downs eller plays; dersom de ikke klarer det gir de ballen til forsvaret…
American football - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › American_footballAmerican football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada, and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with the ball or ...