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- See also changes related to Canadian football, or pages that link to Canadian football or to this page or whose text contains "Canadian football".
Parent Topics
Sport: Activity that involves skill and physical exertion, and is governed by a generally accepted set of rules and guidelines. [e]- Football (general): Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
Canadian Football League: A major, professional Canadian sports league founded in 1958 whose rules are roughly similar to, but differ in some respects from (American) football rules. [e]
Related topics
- American football: A high-contact sport played by two teams of 11 players on a 100-yard field that originated in the United States of America. [e]
- Australian rules football: A form of football involving two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field. Players can kick or handle the ball. [e]
- Football to 1900: A history of football's development through the 19th century from a folk activity into its modern variants. [e]
- Gaelic football: An outdoor sport played by two teams of 15 players a side. It is a form of football using a round ball which the players may both handle and kick, with the object of kicking or punching the ball into the goal. [e]
- Rugby league: A form of rugby football played in teams of thirteen. It began in 1895 as a breakaway sport from rugby union on the issue of professionalism. [e]
- Rugby union: The original form of rugby football played in teams of fifteen. It was strictly amateur until 1995 when it opened up to professionalism. [e]