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Canadian football

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Canadian football, game played between two 12-member teams on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. It originated in English rugby, but changes in rules over the years have caused the sport to more closely resemble American football. Football in the form of rugby was taken to Canada by British immigrants not long after 1823—the year in which legend has it that William Webb Ellis ran with a soccer ball on the playing fields...

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