Football

American football started out as a form of rugby; the game of rugby is a game where you have a ball, and you have to get it to the other end of the field to score. The game of football is like rugby. The first difference of the two sports is that in football you always stop and start playing, in rugby you play straight through. The next difference is the equipment, football you get a lot more pads and a different ball. The last difference between the sports is the plays they run.

American football could not be how it is today without one person, his name is Walter Camp. He was born in a small town in Connecticut. For 50 years of his life he spent his time perfecting the rules. He is known as the father of football. Another big person in football history is Glen Scobey Warner. What he did for football is he made many new plays like the screen pass, the punt, the single and double-wing formation, and the use of shoulder pads. Today a kid football program is named after him. The last person who made football how it is today is George Halas. In late 1919 he bought a company football team that he later turned into the Chicago Bears. Halas is the man who started up the NFL as it is today.

In late 1919 he bought a company football team form Decatur ILL. Then in 1921 Halas moved the team to Chicago were he changed the name to the Chicago Bears, and started up the NFL. The bears played in nearby Wrigley Field till 1970, then they moved into their present home Soldier Field. They have won many League championships, They one them in1921, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, and 1963. Then when the Super bowl was put in place, they won Super Bowl XX. Lastly they got the most players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with 31 team members in it.