My husband & I are having a disagreement about who created the game; was it a white man or a black man? I know sometimes in the history books they don't give credit where credit is due, can anyone give an accurate account of its origins?
2007-01-22 02:49:27 · 4 answers · asked by thefourks2001us 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
it was a white guy Walter Camp a Yale "football" player, changed the rules of "football" - the american modified version of rugby, to the football rules as we know it today
2007-01-22 02:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by edew 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I am not sure invented but since the first major college games were played in 1889, just a quarter century after the civil war, less than a decade after the horrible lynchings of 1880 and a nearly 80 years before Dr. King's brave work....you can pretty much guarantee it was a white man.
2007-01-22 02:58:38 · answer #2 · answered by nagurski3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it was created by a the Chinese people in ancient times for fun.
2007-01-22 03:19:57 · answer #3 · answered by Weezie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a bunch of white guys from europe. football is a cousin of rugby
2007-01-22 02:53:51 · answer #4 · answered by D-TOWN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋