American football has been played in the United States for over a hundred years, evolving from English rugby. There is a longstanding tradition of the Detroit Lions playing a football game on Thanksgiving Day, which began in 1934 when they played the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving and won, inspiring their owner to make an annual Thanksgiving game a tradition. Playing football on Thanksgiving has become one of the oldest traditions associated with the holiday, pre-dating traditional foods like pumpkin pie. An award called the Turkey Leg or Galloping Gobbler is given to the most valuable player of the Thanksgiving Day football games.