1869 |
The teams of Princeton and Rutgers played a soccer football game on November 6th, using modified London Football Association rules. Rugby was being favored with major eastern schools over soccer duruing the next several years. After modern American football began to devlope from rugby. |
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1876 |
Walter Camp attended the Massasoit convention where he would write the first rules for American Football. He is known as the father of the NFL |
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1893 |
The Pittsburgh Athletic club signs one of its first players. Grant Dibert is thought to be the first player to ever sign a contract in the game of American Football. |
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1895 |
John Brallier is the first player to turn pro with accepting $10 and expenses. He played for the Latrobe YMCA. |
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1896 |
The Allegheny Athletic Association is the first team to field and complete a professional 2-game season. |
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1898 |
A touchdown was changed from 4 points to 5 points |
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1899 |
Small neighborhood team was formed from the Morgan Athletic Club. This team went through a series of names until 1994 when it was officially named the Arizona Cardinals. |
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1904 |
A field goal was set from 5 points down to 4. |
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1906 |
Forward pass is legalized. |
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1909 |
Field goal dropped from 4 points to 3. |
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1912 |
Touchdown is incraesed from 5 points to 6. |
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1941 |
NFL headquarters are moved. |
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1947 |
A new official is added to the number of refs called the back judge. |
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1954 |
Joe Perry becmomes the first in the leagues history to gain 1,000 rushing yards in consecutive seasons. |
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1955 |
Sudden-death overtime rule is used for the time. It was a pre-season game between the Rams and Giants at Portland. |
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1960 |
A new NFL Commissioner is selected named Pete Rozelle on January 26. |
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1965 |
NFL pledges to not accept college seniors until they have completed all of their games. |
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