Robert Boyers (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert E. Boyers is a former head coach of the Army college football program from 1904-1905. College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges and military academies. It was through college play that American football first gained popularity in the United States. Modern American football has its origins in various games, all known as "football," played at public schools in England in the mid-19th century. By the 1840s, students at Rugby School were playing a game in which players were able to pick up the ball and run with it, a sport later known as Rugby football. The game was taken to Canada by British soldiers stationed there and was soon being played at Canadian colleges.