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In 1879 American Football was inveted with rules made by Walter Camp.
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The first nighttime football game was played in Mansfield, Pennsylvania. Wyoming Seminary vs. Mansfield Normal
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William "Pudge" Walter Helffelfinger is the first professional football player ever getting paid $500 to play for Alleghecy.
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On September 3, 1895 the first wholly professional game was played at Latrobe, pennsylvania
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The first known professional football league was the National Football League (not the same league as the moden one ).
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American Professinal Football Association was formed in a cardealership in Canton, Ohio
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Jimp Thrope was elected the leagues first president.
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several new teams join the league in those two names are the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.
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In the end of the 1932 season both the Chicago Bears and Porthsmouht Spartens werre tied for first place so the league decided to hold the first playoff game in the NFL.
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During World War ll , a player shorage accur and many tems folded but some merged were like the Steagles (Pittsburgh and Phillidephia).
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In this year is when the league integrated, the Los Angeles Rams signned two Africans Americans playes that made a huge impact in the league.
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The 1958 NFL Championship between the Baltimore Colts vs. the New York Giants. Is consider to be 'the Greatest Game Ever Played'.
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The AFL-NFL Championship was changed to the Super Bowl
