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Anonymous
its called Rugby Football because the new code of the game was invented at Rugby School in Warwickshire, England. William Webb Ellis picked up a football (soccer ball) and ran with it during a game. During the begining of the 19th century there wasnt really a codified set of rules, and it is from these beginings that the sport of rugby was brought to the masses.
And as such, American football is preceded by both codes of football.
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