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The first football game, played on November 6, 1869 betweenRut gers and Princeto n, was played with a round ball with 25-men on each team and resembled a combination of rugby andsoccer in its rules
The evolution of baseball from older batand-ball games is difficult to trace with precision. A French manuscript from 1344 contains an illustration of clerics playing a game, possibly la soule, with similarities to baseball.
American football is played between two teams of 11 players each , tries to advance the ball towards the end zone.
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