Research Paper for American Football America has a lot of sports but the most popular one has to be football. Football goes way back to the late 1800’s and mid-1900’s. It was said to have come from old English games like rugby and soccer. “The man most responsible for the transition from this rugby-like game to the sport of football we know today was Walter Camp known as the ‘Father of American Football’” (“Who Invented Football” 3). American Football is one of the most competitive,violent sports in the world. How the game is played is similar to how rugby is played. The ball moves down the field by running or throwing it until the other team tackles,or brings the player with the ball to the ground. Football is a team sport. There are eleven