Other variety of ball games had been known from Ancient Greece. The rules are mostly unknown, but as with many other early versions of the game keeping the ball in the air was probably a chief feature. The ball was made by encased leaves or roots. Perhaps even older cuju was Marn Gook, played by Aboriginal Australians and according to white emigrants in the 1800s a ball game primarily involving kicking. A modified form of this game later spread to Japan and was by the name of kemari practiced under ceremonial forms. Cuju was played with a round ball (stitched leather with fur or feathers inside) on an area of a square. The first known ball game which also involved kicking took place In China in the 3rd and 2nd century BC under the name cuju. A unique feature of the Mesoamerican ball game versions was a bouncing ball made of rubber – no other early culture had access to rubber.
In some ritual occasions, the ball would symbolize the sun and the captain of the losing team would be sacrificed to the gods. It was by the Aztecs called Tchatali, although various versions of the game were spread over large regions. The first known examples of a team game involving a ball, which was made out of a rock, occurred in old Mesoamerican cultures for over 3,000 years ago. Early history and the precursors of football
But alternative versions of the game existed much earlier and are a part of the football history. Football in its current form arose in England in the middle of the 19th century. Welcome to, a website about football history including competitions, teams and players.įootball (or soccer as the game is called in some parts of the world) has a long history.
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