History of the Football

Friends do you know the history of the football?

The origin of the game ‘Football’ predates the recorded history. Documented evidence, a manual of Chinese military during the Han Dynasty in about 2nd century BC, describes an organized activity resembling football. It was known as ‘Cuju’ (Tsu Chu), which involved kicking a leather ball through a hole in a piece of silk cloth strung between two 30 foot poles.


One side retained undisputed possession of the ball, until that side gives up the ball as a result of its own violations.
The line of scrimmage.
11 on a team instead of 15.
Created the quarter-back and center positions.
Forward pass.
Standardized the scoring system, numerical scoring.
Created the safety, interference, penalties, and the neutral zone.
Tackling as low as the knee was permitted - 1888.
A touchdown increased in value to six points and field goals went down to three points - 1912..