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=American Football History = = Important People =

**Waltor Camp**
Football started being seen played in America in colleges in the earlier part of the 19th century record: 79-5-3
 * When football began it looked like rugby but Walter Camp who is considered the father of football introduced the line of scrimmage and the down and distance[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Walter_Camp_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_18048.jpg/220px-Walter_Camp_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_18048.jpg width="88" height="145" align="left" caption="Walter Camp"]]

John Heisman

 * Played football, baseball, and basketball in the US
 * His football career ended in 1891
 * He began coaching in 1892 and ended in 1927
 * His record was 186-70-18 (186-70-18

**Equipment**

 * Equipment worn is made out of rubber,
 * Elastics
 * Durable shock resistant molded plastic such as helmets and shoulder pads
 * Athletic supporter
 * Elbow pads
 * Knee pads
 * Thigh pads


 * Types of football**


 * The NFL is the highest form of football in america the avg. pay is any where for $1 million to $2million now this is only for 1 season of football
 * College football is where the NFL get most of the players but they have there own season which end with there own bowl games like the rose bowl and the fiestia bowl etc. but there is many more
 * tTe only teams in the sprint football league is Army, Cornell, Princeton, and Penn
 * CSFL rules require that players must meet a 172-pound weight, that they also must have a minimum body fat content of 5.0%. Players with a body fat of under 5% must weigh no more than 165 pounds. League rules specify official weigh-ins four days and two days before each game with players allowed to gain back weight after meeting the weight limit. Body fat and urine are tested once during the preseason.


 * Penalties**
 * Penalties are when one of the teams that break a rule which most of the penalties results in the ball moving towards the opposite teams endzone if the penalty goes more than half way to the endzone its yardage is cut in half for example if you are 10 yard away for the endzone and the is a facemasking which is a penalty for 15 yards it only goes half the distance which is 5 yards

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