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The shared origins of football, rugby, and soccer / Christopher Rowley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowley, Christopher, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ball games--History.
- Ball games.
- Sports--History.
- Sports.
- Football.
- Rugby football.
- Soccer.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, [Maryland] : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What are the origins of all the modern day contact sports, from grid iron football to Aussie Rules, rugby, and soccer? In this book, Christopher Rowley reveals how ball games arose and took shape into what we know today as football, soccer, rugby, and others.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Ancient Games; 2 From Greece to the Cradle; 3 The Cradle of Football; 4 The Middle Ages; 5 The End of the Middle Ages; 6 The Age of Rules; 7 The Age of Rules; 8 Throughout the World; 9 The Football Association and Football League; 10 Rugby Union, Rugby League, and Gaelic Football; 11 Soccer Goes Global; 12 The United States; 13 On to the Modern World; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4422-4619-7
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