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In francophone Quebec, where Canadian football is more popular, the Canadian code is known as le football while American football is known as le football américain and association football is known as le soccer. However, many of them are still played at the schools which created them (see Surviving UK school games below). American football still however remained a violent sport where collisions often led to serious injuries and sometimes even death. King Henry IV of England also presented one of the earliest documented uses of the English word "football", in 1409, when he issued a proclamation forbidding the levying of money for "foteball".

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The first game of American football is widely cited as a game played on 6 November 1869, between two college teams, Rutgers and Princeton. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as " football codes". THE SURREY CLUB Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle (London, England), Sunday, 7 October 1849; pg. Each match began with two teams facing each other in parallel lines, before attempting to kick the ball through each other team's line and then at a goal. The need for a single body to oversee association football had become apparent by the beginning of the 20th century, with the increasing popularity of international fixtures.In each of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, one football code is known solely as "football", while the others generally require a qualifier. However, the motion to ban running with the ball in hand and hacking was carried and Blackheath withdrew from the FA.

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Miller: "Yes, that's just you to a T; you'd make it so that no lad whose father wasn't a millionaire could play at all in a really good team. There is evidence for schoolboys playing a "football" ball game in Aberdeen in 1633 (some references cite 1636) which is notable as an early allusion to what some have considered to be passing the ball. So why is it that Americans (not to mention Canadians, Australians, and others) are likelier to use the word than Brits are?In 1903, Burnside rules were introduced to Ontario Rugby Football Union, which transformed Canadian football from a rugby-style game to the gridiron-style game.