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I had two fascinating interviews during the past 12 hours with Peter Lupson, author of the new book entitled Thank God For Football -- and Andy Sloan, author
A Complete and Attractive Guide to the History of Football. One legend has it that the football game rugby, American football's ancestor, was invented when an Englishman grew tired of the no hands restriction, picked the ball up, and ran.