Gridiron football, also known as North American football or, in North America, simply football, is a family of football team sports primarily played in the United States and Canada.

Why do they call it the gridiron?

The two sports are also sometimes known as "gridiron football." The name originated with the sport's once-characteristic playing field: the original American football and Canadian football fields were marked by a series of parallel lines along both the width and length of the field, which produced a checkerboard ...

Whats the meaning of gridiron?

1 : a grate for broiling food Put the steaks on the gridiron. 2 : something consisting of or covered with a network a gridiron of streets. 3 : a football field The two teams will face each other on the gridiron.