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- Century Football Team, Hoosick Falls, New York, circa 1910 - During the late 19th century, colleges, high schools, and local amateur athletic clubs formed football teams to battle rivals on the field. The first football game was played in 1869 and resembled a soccer or rugby match. In the following decades, new rules formalized play and transformed the game into a more recognizable version of today's American sport.
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Century Football Team, Hoosick Falls, New York, circa 1910
During the late 19th century, colleges, high schools, and local amateur athletic clubs formed football teams to battle rivals on the field. The first football game was played in 1869 and resembled a soccer or rugby match. In the following decades, new rules formalized play and transformed the game into a more recognizable version of today's American sport.
- Mattel "Football" Pocket Electronic Game Packaging, 1978 - <i>Football</i>, produced by Mattel in 1977, was one of the first handheld video games. It was a simulation of American football with red LED lights representing player positions. To play <i>Football</i>, gamers used arrows to direct their light across the football field screen, evade opponents, and score field goals and touchdowns.
- 1978
- Collections - Artifact
Mattel "Football" Pocket Electronic Game Packaging, 1978
Football, produced by Mattel in 1977, was one of the first handheld video games. It was a simulation of American football with red LED lights representing player positions. To play Football, gamers used arrows to direct their light across the football field screen, evade opponents, and score field goals and touchdowns.
- Dowagiac, Michigan High School Football Team, 1896 - During the late 19th century, colleges, high schools, and local amateur athletic clubs formed football teams to battle rivals on the field. The first football game was played in 1869 and resembled a soccer or rugby match. In the following decades, new rules formalized play and transformed the game into a more recognizable version of today's American sport.
- 1896
- Collections - Artifact
Dowagiac, Michigan High School Football Team, 1896
During the late 19th century, colleges, high schools, and local amateur athletic clubs formed football teams to battle rivals on the field. The first football game was played in 1869 and resembled a soccer or rugby match. In the following decades, new rules formalized play and transformed the game into a more recognizable version of today's American sport.
- Hand-Held Electronic Football Game, 1977-1978 - <i>Football</i>, produced by Mattel in 1977, was one of the first handheld video games. It was a simulation of American football with red LED lights representing player positions. To play <i>Football</i>, gamers used arrows to direct their light across the football field screen, evade opponents, and score field goals and touchdowns.
- 1977-1978
- Collections - Artifact
Hand-Held Electronic Football Game, 1977-1978
Football, produced by Mattel in 1977, was one of the first handheld video games. It was a simulation of American football with red LED lights representing player positions. To play Football, gamers used arrows to direct their light across the football field screen, evade opponents, and score field goals and touchdowns.
- Football, 1938-1950 -
- 1938-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Football, 1938-1950
- Herbert Spencer Allen White at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 1906 -
- 1906
- Collections - Artifact
Herbert Spencer Allen White at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 1906
- High School or College Football Players on Sidelines, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1916 -
- 1916
- Collections - Artifact
High School or College Football Players on Sidelines, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1916
- Pocket Schedule of 1983 AFC/NFC Football Games - The National Football League (NFL) has been divided into two conferences, the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC), since 1970 -- the result of a merger of two competing professional football leagues. After a regular season of conference and inter-conference play, the winners of each conference battle for the NFL championship in the Super Bowl.
- 1983
- Collections - Artifact
Pocket Schedule of 1983 AFC/NFC Football Games
The National Football League (NFL) has been divided into two conferences, the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC), since 1970 -- the result of a merger of two competing professional football leagues. After a regular season of conference and inter-conference play, the winners of each conference battle for the NFL championship in the Super Bowl.
- Postcard, "The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California," 1936 - Spence Air Photos, an aerial survey company, documented the rapid urbanization of Southern California during the 1920s and 1930s. This Spence Air Photos image shows the Rose Bowl, an outdoor athletic stadium that opened in Pasadena, ten miles outside of Los Angeles, in 1922. The Rose Bowl is best known as the site of the eponymous annual postseason college football game.
- 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California," 1936
Spence Air Photos, an aerial survey company, documented the rapid urbanization of Southern California during the 1920s and 1930s. This Spence Air Photos image shows the Rose Bowl, an outdoor athletic stadium that opened in Pasadena, ten miles outside of Los Angeles, in 1922. The Rose Bowl is best known as the site of the eponymous annual postseason college football game.
- Football Player Posing as if Running with the Ball, circa 1900 - During the late 19th century, colleges, high schools, and local amateur athletic clubs formed football teams to battle rivals on the field. The first football game was played in 1869 and resembled a soccer or rugby match. In the following decades, new rules formalized play and transformed the game into a more recognizable version of today's American sport.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Football Player Posing as if Running with the Ball, circa 1900
During the late 19th century, colleges, high schools, and local amateur athletic clubs formed football teams to battle rivals on the field. The first football game was played in 1869 and resembled a soccer or rugby match. In the following decades, new rules formalized play and transformed the game into a more recognizable version of today's American sport.