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Old-School Football
Submitted by Ken on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:54pm.
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College and high-school football a century ago, when the helmets were leather and sportsmanship was the name of the game. For maximum impact, use Full-Screen mode at 1080p resolution (click "Play," select 1080p, then click the 
icon).
The Missing Link
Submitted by Call me Lennie on Sun, 09/12/2010 - 10:31am.
mwernst, Ya beat me to it. The similarity between what they're doing in 1903 and rugby is so startling it's like seeing a photo of the missing link between man and ape.
Which makes you wonder, why did they modify the game in the first damn place. Why not just play rugby?
The Old Cliche
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 09/04/2010 - 10:59pm.
You can definitely see where the expression "three yards and a cloud of dust" came from.
Re: Unknown Teams c: 1920
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 09/04/2010 - 4:22pm.
The building in the background of the last clip is Bancroft Hall, the Midshipmens dormitory at the U. S. Naval Academy, so one of the teams is presumably Navy.
Evolution
Submitted by mwernst on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 2:42pm.
You can really see the evolution of modern football from rugby in these pics. The forward pass wouldn't be around for a few more years. Just a whole lot of rucking and mauling. Good fun!
Brutal game!
Submitted by Todd on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 2:03pm.
Football was brutal before the forward pass. I read just recently that 18 players died in 1905 before it was finally allowed.
Loved the video!
Just Great
Submitted by cribsie on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 1:34pm.
Ha! That's fantastic, well done Ken, love it! 100 years is nothing, I'm nearly half that (though I stil think I'm young) but that seems like light years away.
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