One of the main symbols of the United States is the team game, which is called "American football". His story began with a teenager who violated the rules of an ordinary European match. William Webb Ellis from the city of Rugby grabbed the ball with his hands during the football championship and rushed with it to the opponent's goal. So in 1823 the game of rugby was born. And almost fifty years later, players from the universities of Princeton and Rutgers met on the New Brunswick football field to play either rugby or football. The legendary match took place on November 6, 1869. This day became the birthday of the American football game.