Athletes who competed in one of the goal-line or in-goal team sports descended from historical football codes: American football, association football (soccer), rugby league and rugby union. Belongs here: quarterbacks, forwards, midfielders, halfbacks and every other position in these four codes. Does not belong here: athletes of court or bat-and-ball team sports, grouped elsewhere in this tree.
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Era of Origin Defining CharacteristicFootball is a family of team sports in which the object is to get the ball over a goal line, into a goal, or between goalposts using merely the body. 2 Browse By
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1. Wikipedia: History of association football
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culminating in the formation of The Football Association (The FA) in London, England, in 1863, and their issuing of the Laws of the Game in the same year.
2. Wikipedia: Football
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Football is a family of team sports in which the object is to get the ball over a goal line, into a goal, or between goalposts using merely the body.
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Do rugby players belong in the same athlete category as American football players?
Yes. Rugby league and rugby union players share this category with American football and association football players, by shared lineage.
This Football Codes subcategory groups athletes who competed in one of the goal-line or in-goal team sports descended from historical football codes: American football, association football, rugby league and rugby union. Quarterbacks, forwards, midfielders, halfbacks and every other position in these four codes belong here together, while athletes of court or bat-and-ball team sports are grouped elsewhere in this tree.