"Sixman football was invented in 1934, by a high school coach from Chester, Nebraska named Stephen Epler, who wanted to find a way for his limited number of players to have the opportunity to play the game of football. Four years later, the game made it’s way to Texas where it flourished as an option allowed for small Texas public & private schools.

In the first year of Texas sixman, 1938, only 55 schools participated in six-man football. A year later, the number grew to 112 schools. At one time as many as 160 teams participated. In the early 1940’s, towns that sixty years later still play sixman football, such as Harrold, Trent, Novice, Groom and Oglesby, were playing. But also appearing on those early charts were the then tiny towns of Katy, Friendswood, Dripping Springs, Copperas Cove and Pearland. Of course many long forgotten towns that no longer exist or have schools were represented. Towns like Darrouzett, Oklaunion, Flat, Pecan Gap and Stuart Place fielded teams in those early seasons.

Today, as we enter the twenty-first century, a time of consolidation and migration to the city, the game of sixman football is still alive and well around the United States and Canada. In 2005, there were over 100 public schools and as many as 50-60 private schools participating in the state of Texas alone!

Sixman football is played in other states which include:  Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida, Maine and now Ohio.  New Hampshire and Vermont are also considering starting sixman leagues.  Sixman football is not just an American sport, it is also played in Canada.  There is even a High School international all-star game called the CanAm Bowl which pits the Canadian all-stars vs. the American all-stars!

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