JOE MONTANA

Rebeca Sicilia Zuazo1ºA

BIOGRAPHY• Joseph Clifford Montana Jr. was born on

11th June 1956 in Pennsylvania. He was an American football player at 1980s.

• He is one of the best quarterbacks in the history.

• He began to play rugby when he was 8. His first team was Ringgold High School.

• The most of his sport career he made it with San Francisco 49ers team, which he won 4 of the 5 titles of Super Bowl.

• When he was 38, he got tired of American football and he stopped doing this sport.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL RULES

• The time is controlled by the referee and he must stop it when some players is injured.

• Two teams of 15 players.• Two 40 minutes with 5 minutes break.• You can move the ball by carrying it in your

hands or you can kick the ball.

• The person who is carrying the ball mustn´t pass or go forward with the ball but that person can kick it.

• You can catch the person who is carrying the ball, but only by below the shoulders.

• At the end of the match the players shake their hands as a symbol of respect.

EQUIPMENTHELMET

MOUTH PROTECTIVE

BOOTS

SHOULDER PAD

BANDAGE

FIELD• 100m long and 69m wide. • There are two in-goal areas at each end of the

field. • At each end of the field there are goal posts with

shape of the letter H. The height of the goal posts can vary. (5.6m)

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