Scramble Squares - Football

Football is the most popular spectator sport in the United States, and football fans of all ages love this Scramble Squares® puzzle, which depicts football played outdoors and in the mud! Fascinating Facts American football is much more than a sport. It has become a spectacle. Modern gladiators– huge, powerful, fleet footed and graceful– advance strategies with precision team coordination of individual responsibilities in a struggle to capture their opponent’s turf. Autumn’s arenas fill with virtual cities of screaming, cheering and chanting fans of all ages, accompanied by marching bands, mascots, cheerleaders, baton twirlers and tailgate parties. Even more than a spectacle, the fall weekend football ritual has become a frenzied celebration of social renewal after a summer away from school or vacationing from work. All of this excitement had its start in the mid 1800s when Webb Ellis of England’s Rugby School scored a goal in a game of English soccer football by picking up the ball an