The history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football. Both games have their origin in varieties of football played in Britain in the mid-19th century‚ in which a football is kicked at a goal and/or run over a line. American football resulted from several major divergences from rugby‚ most notably the rule changes instituted by Walter Camp‚ considered the "Father of American Football". Among these important changes were the introduction of
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HISTORY OF FOOTBALL The history of football is interesting as well as exciting‚ from the first forms of the game ever played‚ to the multi million dollar organizations of today. The game continues to evolve and change with the times. Football is a sport that evolved from many different games. Football is mainly known as a different form of rugby or soccer‚ but there is more to the origin of the game than just those two sports. Football games were played around the world before the game was
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In 2009‚ it was my first tackle football game. I was 9 years old. I have practiced tremendously hard for the first game. My family would be there and other parents would be there too. I had to do good. After weeks of practice‚ it was the day before the first game. Then‚ I wasn’t really worried about the game. But that night‚ I started to think about it. I was really excited and anxious for the game the next day. At the same time though‚ I was nervous for some reason just thinking about it. I didn’t
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Ben Jonson I. Background The poet‚ essayist‚ and playwright Ben Jonson was born in 1572 in London‚ England. His father‚ a minister‚ died shortly before his birth and his mother remarried a bricklayer. Jonson was raised in Westminster and attended St. Martin’s parish school and Westminster School‚ where he came under the influence of the classical scholar William Camden. He left the Westminster school in 1589‚ worked briefly in his stepfather’s trade as a bricklayer‚ then served
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the door after I took an extra hour in the shower. I hopped into a seat next to my best friend Erin. We talked for the ten minute ride before finally arriving at school. I sat down in homeroom waiting for the bell to ring. Brrriinnngggg! I rushed to Mrs. Gregory’s room for Lit. Everything was fine until gym class. I had forgotten my assignment notebook in Mrs. Saphir’s room so I ran back upstairs to get it from under my chair. As I started to walk back towards the locker room I heard the bell ring…
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This movie shows you the true values of teenage life in the 80’s. Many people don’t understand the concept behind this powerful John Huges film. I agree with many people that this is a deep and powerful movie. This is a classic. It was my first R rated movie. Judd Nelson was astonishingly good looking. I had the biggest crush on him. He was like the perfect bad guy. I cant imagine a better guy for the part. He just made me want to do something really bad. Ally Sheedy had the weirdest buy coolest
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The Breakfast Club (1985) The Breakfast Club was released in February 1985. There is a least six main characters in this film they are known as the “brat pack” we have Molly Ringwald as “Claire Standish” is a pretty‚ popular‚ and a spoiled princess. Judd Nelson as “John Bender” is the bad boy‚ does not have a care in the world‚ and a criminal. Emilio Estevez as “Andrew Clark” he is the stuck up jock‚ the athlete‚ who has a soft side. Then we have Ally Sheedy as “Allison Reynolds” who plays a recluse
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As I woke up to the smell of French Toast and bacon while my mom was yelling for me to get in the shower‚ all I could think about was that days’ game. The moment I got to school‚ I immediately had to rush to the team meeting before class. While every other team meeting was the usual‚ brief‚ “Y’all stay focused today now. We’ve got a ball game to play‚” This one was different. It was homecoming‚ and we had to deal with all the distractions of the homecoming parade‚ pep-rally‚ and all of the alumni
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One of my favorite books is Point Guard‚ by Mike Lupica. This book is about a girl named Cassie who has been the best at sports her whole life. She played softball and girl’s basketball‚ but her team always won. Eventually she got tired of everything being easy‚ so she decided that she was going to play on the boy’s basketball team this year. Her friend Gus Morales doesn’t know what to think of this. He doesn’t know if or why he is against a girl playing with boys. Throughout the season Gus has to
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My cultural artifact is simply a football. For a long time‚ Sports have been a big part of culture all around the world. Football is big in the United States and is mainly an American culture but it is also in Canada and some other countries. Football is made of pig skin and its filled with air. I connect to football because it has brought me to where I’m at now. Being good at football has opened opportunities for me in college and in the future. I picked it because I love it. My dad played football
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