This is #22 in a series covering football’s original 61 rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Football Association in 1876. We review one rule each Friday. The concepts of onside and offside are fundamental to gridiron football, rugby, soccer, and Gaelic football that emerged from a stew of nineteenth-century English games. Each grew from one version or another of those games before taking its shape due to preferences and political or geographic separation.
Today’s Tidbit… 1876 IFA Rule #22: Onside
Today’s Tidbit… 1876 IFA Rule #22: Onside
Today’s Tidbit… 1876 IFA Rule #22: Onside
This is #22 in a series covering football’s original 61 rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Football Association in 1876. We review one rule each Friday. The concepts of onside and offside are fundamental to gridiron football, rugby, soccer, and Gaelic football that emerged from a stew of nineteenth-century English games. Each grew from one version or another of those games before taking its shape due to preferences and political or geographic separation.