Ebenezer Cobb Morley (16 August 1831 – 20 November 1924) was an English sportsman. He is regarded as one of the fathers of the Football Association (FA)...

there were no universally accepted rules for playing football. Ebenezer Cobb Morley, as captain of Barnes, in 1862 wrote to Bell's Life newspaper proposing...

formed Football Association (FA) and written by its first secretary, Ebenezer Cobb Morley. Over time, the Laws have been amended, and since 1886 they have...

tripping and holding. Eleven clubs, under the charge of FA secretary Ebenezer Cobb Morley, ratified the original thirteen laws of the game. The sticking point...

Ebenezer Mattoon (1755–1843), American politician Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831–1924), English sportsman Ebenezer Moseley (1813–1903), American-Canadian shipbuilder...

Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. Barnes was also home to Ebenezer Cobb Morley, who in 1862 was a founding member of the Football Association. In...

eventually spread to other parts of the county after Hull local Ebenezer Cobb Morley wrote The Football Association's Laws of the Game, which are still...

Sandygate Road. The Laws of the Game, used worldwide, were drafted by Ebenezer Cobb Morley from Hull. Huddersfield were the first club to win three consecutive...

Footballer Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831–1924), English sportsman regarded as the father of the Football Association and modern football Edith Morley (1875–1964)...

Londoner Ebenezer Cobb Morley who was a founding member of the Football Association, the oldest football organisation in the world. Morley wrote to the...

of its kind, with the rules of football first drafted in 1863 by Ebenezer Cobb Morley. Each of the Home Nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern...

Londoner Ebenezer Cobb Morley who was a founding member of The Football Association, the oldest football organisation in the world. Morley wrote to Bell's...

Westminster. Ebenezer Cobb Morley, a solicitor from Hull, wrote to Bell's Life newspaper in 1863, proposing a governing body for football. Morley was to become...

website, does not claim to have been founded earlier than the 1920s. Ebenezer Cobb Morley was the club's first Captain. The first known rules of the club,...

Blavatsky, Russian-born author, theosophist (d. 1891) August 16 – Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman and the father of modern football (d. 1924) August...

worldwide standard code for the game and happened to be drafted by Ebenezer Cobb Morley from Hull. In 1961 Rotherham United played in the first League Cup...

– Thomas H. Ince, American film producer (b. 1880) November 20 – Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman and the father of the Football Association and...

official formation of the Football Association in 1863. Secondly, to Ebenezer Cobb Morley, the first secretary of the Football Association and often considered...

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original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2006. Marindin, Francis. "Ebenezer Cobb Morley". Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008...

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Morel, journalist and politician (born 1873 in France) 20 November – Ebenezer Cobb Morley, sportsman, "father" of the Football Association (born 1831) 24 November...

Name Dates Description Notes Refs Images Ebenezer Cobb Morley 1831–1924 A solicitor and sportsman, Morley is regarded as the father of The Football Association...

football games. The rules were first drafted in England in 1863 by Ebenezer Cobb Morley, and the UK has the oldest football clubs in the world. England is...

ever in the UK. The rules of football were first drafted in 1863 by Ebenezer Cobb Morley, and England has the oldest football clubs in the world. At club...

associated with the City firm of Messrs Morley, a firm of solicitors whose partners included Ebenezer Cobb Morley, one of the founding fathers of the Football...

parish church Augustus Mayhew (1826–1875), journalist and author Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831–1924), regarded as the father of The Football Association and...

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Kedward, cricketer Julia Lee, first female rugby league referee Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831–1924), sportsman regarded as the "father" of The Football Association...