Abstract
As the head physician of the German American Football Association (AFVD) and team physician of the German national team in American Football I am treating the sports medicine aspects of this sport that is one of the main topics in the 2011 annual meeting of the GOTS. A reason to explain the history of this violent sport in its home country as well as in Germany. This review includes a short chapter about the rules of American Football, a glance at the epidemiology of injuries, and my own experiences from the NFL, College football and the German national team.
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