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It was 1981 when the first American Football Clubs were formed in New Zealand, and the first official competition began in 1982 post the formation of the NZGFA with a 4 team league in Auckland.
American Football has been played in New Zealand in an organised form since 1982. Early scrimmages reportedly taking place as far back as 1971 at Kelston Boys High school and run by "The Godfather" of NZ football, George O'Scanlon.
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Jan 24, 2024 · 1900s – 1910s. The early 20th century marked the emergence of professional football teams. In 1920, the American Professional Football Association (APFA) was founded, which two years later became the National Football League (NFL). The NFL started modestly but quickly began to overshadow college football in terms of popularity.
American football is the version of the sport of football that evolved from English rugby and soccer (association football). American football, played with 11 on each side, originated in North America, primarily in the United States, where it eventually became the country’s leading spectator sport.
- Michael Oriard
The history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football.Both games have their origin in multiple varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal or kicked over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school football games descending from medieval ...
This article examines the position of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in the context of 1990s Canada, the popular discourses surrounding it of a nostalgia for an idealized Canada, and the crisis of Canadian identity as the Continent became increasingly integrated after the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
1940's exhibition football was played in wartime New Zealand, with games put on by US serviceman during WW2. Reported games were played in both Auckland and Wellington between rival US warships. 1949 sees the first reported NZ football player to make a US college team.
