USAs ja Kanadas mängitav ragbile lähedane pallimäng, mida mängivad kaks võistkonda
a game similar to rugby that is played by two teams of eleven players using an oval-shaped ball
an American game that is played between two teams of 11 players each and in which the ball is moved forward by running or passing
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Eesmärk on teenida vastasest rohkem punkte, viies palli üle tema väravajoone või lüües läbi värava. Väljaku mõõtmed on 109,7 x 48,8 m. Ovaalne pall on nahaga kaetud.
Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents' end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts.
... it differs from soccer chiefly in allowing players to touch, throw, and carry the ball with their hands, and it differs from rugby in allowing each side to control the ball in alternating possessions.
American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of association football and rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6, 1869, between two college teams ...
