When did football become a global spectator sport?

The pastime of kicking around a ball pre-dates recorded history. Ancient savage tribes played a form of primitive football. About 2500 years ago, Corinthians, ... Jun 1, 2017 ... Thus, professional football started with the Y. That same year, William Morgan, an instructor at the Holyoke YMCA invented volleyball because he ... As far back as two thousand years ago, the Chinese were engaging in 'cuju', a sport whose name translates as 'kickball.' The ancient Greeks, too, enjoyed a ... Nov 22, 2019 ... Cox, who still ranks as the Vikings' all-time leading scorer with 1,365 points from 1963-77, invented the Nerf football. More than 50 million ... The 12 founder members of the Football League are Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, ... Jan 8, 2015 ... it had first been used in the 1890s when Paul Hubbard, the quarterback for Gallaudet — a deaf college in Washington, D.C., and now a university ... Charterhouse football is regarded as a major influence in the development of the global game. Indeed Charles Wreford Brown an OC, Oxford Blue and international ... Let's go back to ancient civilizations such as the Chinese, who in 3000 BC, are believed to have played some version of football (not soccer) and thus invented ... Sep 4, 2024 ... The transition from rugby-style play to the game we know today kicked into gear around 1876 thanks to a man named Walter Camp, known as the ... Apr 10, 2019 ... The football helmet is regarded as the key piece of gear in making the sport safer to play. For that reason, advancements and innovations in headgear are being ...