Snow on the Gridiron: A Brief History of Canadian Football

• Authors: Curtis Fogel
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Football is played throughout the far regions of the world. There is no other sport that brings so many people together locally, nationally, and internationally. Football is not, however, a unified sport with shared rules, customs and histories across time and space. In contrast, football is largely a different sport depending on where it is being played. This paper traces the development of Canadian football as a unique sport with strong similarities to and subtle differences from American football, as well as clear distinctions from forms of football played outside of North America.

Keywords

EN

football; sport; history; Canada

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 49-54

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2012

online

21 - 6 - 2012

Contributors

author

Curtis Fogel

• Lakehead University-Orillia, Canada

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10141-012-0006-3