American football has its historical roots in the latter part of the 19th century as a merge of rugby and soccer played at American colleges. The very first official game occurred in 1869 between ...

Kinney Holbrook joined the Hawkeye football team in 1895, becoming the first African-American athlete in the history of the University of Iowa and the first documented black college athlete in the ...

The Origins of football tells the story of football from its remotest origins The documentary is a faithful reflection of the evolution of this sport from its beginnings until it became the ...

Such were the golden years for the members of the Oneida Football Club, which made an important contribution to American sports history—or, as others have suggested, perpetrated a myth-making hoax. A ...