Aaron's Football Highlights
Football was first played in Australia in the mid 19th century, based on rugby, soccer, and Gaelic football. Australian Rules football (as it is officially called) is a fast-paced game, played on an oval field with teams of 18 players.
American football is a distinct type of football that developed in the United States in the 19th century. The first game ever played was between Harvard and the Canadian university, McGill, in Montreal, Quebec.
The National Football League (NFL) was born in 1920 when the official League documents were signed in a Hupmobile showroom in Canton, Ohio. In 1960, the American Football League (AFL) was born, and in 1966, the AFL and NFL signed an agreement for the two leagues to merge and begin play as one league for the 1970 season. In 1967, the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game was played in Los Angeles. In 1969, the game commonly was referred to as the Super Bowl.
Some of today's greatest football players include Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, and Dan Marino.
