At the beginning of the 19th century several types of the game, all permitting players to kick the ball but not carry it, were being played at various English schools, including Eton, Harrow, and Rugby(Magoun p9) . The modern version of football originated in England, where a form of the game was known in the 12th century. In centuries football became so popular that various English monarchs, including Edward II and Henry VI, forbade the game on the theory that it took interest away from the military sport of archery. Nevertheless, football grew steadily in popularity. The modification of the game that permits carrying the ball was first introduced at Rugby in 1823 when one schoolboy disregarded the established rules, tucked the ball under his arm, and dashed across the goal of the opponents. Thereafter numerous football clubs sprang up in England, some playing the kicking game, others the ball carrying game. .
In 1863 a number of clubs devoted to the kicking game met in London, organized the London Football Association, and adopted a code of uniform rules; this was known as association football, and later soccer, a word derived from association. In 1871 a group devoted to the ball carrying game organized the Rugby Football Union and adopted the rules then in vogue at Rugby School: that form of the game thereafter was known as rugby football. The two organizations still exist, and each exercise control over its respective game. In the United States, a form of football using a blown up bladder as played in the colony of Virginia in 1609(Neff p20). In 1820 students at the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, participated in a soccer like game, called ballown, in which they advanced the ball by punching it with their fists. Intercollegiate competition began on November 6, 1869, with a game between Rutgers and Princeton. The game, however, resembled soccer more than modern-day American football.