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The DNA of Rugby Football : A Short History of the Origin of Rugby Football
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Overview
This book is about how football was played in ancient times and worlds, from Australia and South America to China and Europe. It tells the story of how towns and parishes competed against each other. During the Industrial Revolution football moved from the streets to the schools. The book describes how rugby football started at Rugby School and how the schoolboys wrote the first laws in their schoolbooks. From there it grew into the modern international game we play and watch today. It also tells the story of other football games and how it happened that Rugby football and Association football (soccer) became two different sports.
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- ISBN-13: 9781482808278
- ISBN-10: 1482808277
- Publisher: Partridge Publishing
- Publish Date: August 2015
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.64 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.92 pounds
- Page Count: 284
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