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Ebenezer Cobb Morley was an English sportsman and is regarded as the father of The Football Association and modern Association Football and, to a certain extent, of all organised football. Image File history File links Ecmorley. ... Image File history File links Ecmorley. ... Look up English, english in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The following alphabetical lists includes men and women commonly known as the father or mother of something. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Morley was born in Hull but moved to Barnes in 1858 forming the Barnes Club, a founding member of the FA, in 1862. In 1863, as captain of the Mortlake-based club, he wrote to Bell's Life newspaper proposing a governing body for the sport that led to the first meeting at the Freemason's Tavern that created the FA. Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... Barnes is a suburb in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Barnes Rugby Football Club, a rugby union club from Barnes, is one of the oldest in the country. ... Mortlake is a part of south west London between Sheen and Barnes and bounded by the river Thames to the north. ...

He was the FA's first secretary (1863-6) and its second president (1867-74) and drafted the first Laws of the Game at his home in Barnes. As a player, he played in the first ever match, against Richmond in 1863, and scored in the first representative match, between the clubs of London and Sheffield on 31st March 1866. (see Sheffield F.C.). The Laws of the Game (also known as the Laws of Football) are the rules governing a game of association football (soccer). ... Richmond Football Club is a rugby union team from Richmond, London. ... Sheffield F.C. was one of the worlds first football clubs and is the oldest still-existing club to now play football (soccer), having been founded in 1857. ...

A solicitor by profession, Morley was a keen oarman, founding the Barnes and Mortlake Regatta for which he was also secretary (1862-80). He served on the Surrey County Council for Barnes (1903-19) and was a Justice of the Peace. Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ...