Football: Quick Facts

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High school football player in a green helmet and camouflage jersey is tackled headfirst at the goal line by an opponent in white and orange, with the ball extended for a touchdown.

Group portrait of the Rutgers College 1891 football team

Walter Camp in the 1910s

Wood engraving of a late 19th-century football game between Yale and Princeton shows players in striped uniforms running and tackling on a grassy field with a grandstand in the background.

Football game in Washington, D.C., c. 1920–30

Movie star Ronald Reagan

Sepia-toned group photo of a high school football team with boys in vintage uniforms and leather helmets, including John F. Kennedy, posing in front of a brick building.

Black-and-white photo of a group of young men in football positions on a grassy yard, with Dwight D. Eisenhower in the front row, second from the right, houses and bare trees in the background.

The science behind CTE in athletes and veterans

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