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Vorwort:
American Football ist der US-Amerikanische Nationalsport, der während der Saison hunderttausende Fans in die im ganzen Land verteilten Stadien zieht.
Nahezu jeder Junge wächst mit diesem Sport heran, für einige wenige wird er zum lebenslangen Begleiter.
Football ist aufregend, temporeich und unberechenbar, athletisch und ästhetisch ...
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Vorwort:
American Football ist der US-Amerikanische Nationalsport, der während der Saison hunderttausende Fans in die im ganzen Land verteilten Stadien zieht.
Nahezu jeder Junge wächst mit diesem Sport heran, für einige wenige wird er zum lebenslangen Begleiter.
Football ist aufregend, temporeich und unberechenbar, athletisch und ...
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The early steps of his Career
Diego Armando Maradona was born in Buenos Aires in 1960. He was the fifth of the eight children of Diego Maradona, who is his father and a native Indian, and Dalma Salvadora Franco. He was nicknamed \"El pibe de oro\" (the golden boy). Diego lived in Villa Fiorito, a small village outside Buenos Aires. His uncle Cir ...
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The principal competitions in England are the FA Premier League, the Football League, the FA Cup, and the Football League Cup (both cup competitions are knockout events).
The Premier League was formed in 1993 and comprises 20 teams. The Football League is made up of three divisions with promotion and relegation between them. Promotion and ...
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Knute Rockne gilt als Paradebeispiel für die Entstehungszeit des Collegefootballs, er musste sechs Jahre bei der Eisenbahn arbeiten um sich die Universitätsgebühren zusammenzusparen. Sein einziger Zweck diente den Football-Spielen am College, nicht eine gute Ausbildung zum Chemiker. Er steckte seine Ziele hoch, obwohl er für sich selbst wenig C ...
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The ancestry of the game can be traced to 200 BC during the Han dynasty in China. Their game was called Tsu Chu (Tsu means roughly "to kick", while Chu denotes a ball made of stuffed leather). Chinese emperors themselves took part. The Greeks and Romans had a variety of ball games (such as episkuros and harpastum) and some of them were probably ...
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The Author
Jimmy Burns was born in Madrid in 1953 and educated at Stonyhurst College , Lancashire, and the London School of Economics . His early days in journalism were with Yorkshire Television and the BBC and as a correspondent for the Economist and the Observer . He has worked as a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times and on the ...
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Football war bereits in den späten 60ern in Deutschland bekannt, stand aber absolut am Anfang seiner Entwicklung. Es wurden einige wenige Vereine gegründet die jahrelang unter schwierigsten Bedingungen und mit geringen finanziellen Mitteln weitergeführt wurden. Als schließlich 1978 Football auch in Österreich bekannter wurde, gründeten einige fan ...
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Liverpool can thank arch rivals Everton for their creation. In 1892, Everton failed to strike a deal with John Houlding, the owner of Anfield, and left for Goodison Park instead. As a result, the Anfield landlord decided to form his own team - which was also briefly named Everton.
Playing its first Football League game in 1893, the team ...
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Bobby Charlton, born in 1937, was one of the most famous of all English players. Born in Ashington, Northumberland, he was signed by Manchester United when aged 17. Initially an inside-right, he switched to outside-left with England and finally became a deep-lying centre-forward renowned for his powerful shot. His total of 49 goals for England ...
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