Burnside rules
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Burnside rules
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The Burnside rules were a set of rules that transformed Canadian football from a rugby-style game to the gridiron-style game it has remained ever since. The rules were first adopted by the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1903, and were named after John Thrift Meldrum Burnside, captain of the University of Toronto football team. The Burnside rules introduced sweeping changes to the way football was played. The rules included: a reduction from 15 to 12 players per side
a reduction from 8 to 6 men
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2024-04-08T21:43:39Z
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