Football is a group of team sports that involve kicking a ball to score a goal to varying degrees. Unqualified, the term football usually refers to the most popular type of football in the area where the term is used. On August 20, 1920, seven men, including legendary all-around athlete and football star Jim Thorpe, gather at the Jordan and Hupmobile Auto Showroom in Canton, Ohio, to organize a professional football league.
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