Shared Origins of Football, Rugby, and Soccer

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.

Christopher Rowley

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Ancient Games Chapter Two: From Greece to the Cradle Chapter Three: The Cradle of Football Chapter Four: The Middle Ages Chapter Five: The End of the Middle Ages Chapter Six: The Age of Rules, Part I Chapter Seven: The Age of Rules, Part II Chapter Eight: Around the World Chapter Nine: The Football Association and Football League Chapter Ten: Rugby Union - Rugby League - Gaelic Football Chapter Eleven: Soccer Goes Global Chapter Twelve: America-The Exception and the Rule Chapter Thirteen: On to the Modern World Bibliography Index About the Author