The shape of the football was changed from the shape used in Rugby to a prolate spheroid in 1897. Cllick on the 'History of the Football' link below to read about the evolution of the ball used in American football.
Modern Football was officially invented in England. The Football Association was established in 1863 writing the rules for the game... with league and cup competitions following years later. England is referred to as the "Home of Football"
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It has a curved surface.
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Explain why the shape of a football in not a polygon
The West Tigers were established in 2000.
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All the modern football games in the world would have originated from various games played in the middle ages, with balls of different shape. Out of these have come sports like Soccer, Rugby, Gaelic Football, Australian Rules Football, American Football and others. Many of these games share similar rules and have obvious similarities.
The man credited for designing the football shape we know today is a man named Walter Camp who enrolled at Yale University in 1876 and joined the IFA rules committee. He is also credited with proposing a number of rules that were established in the following years.
In 1863 the English Football Association was established. It was the world's first Football Association.
The ball used in Gaelic Football is round.