Flag football has grown considerably in recent years and its origin is one that involves the U.S. military.

During World War II, flag football was born at Fort Meade, the Army base in Maryland , as service members decided it was best not to play tackle football in order to stay safer in advance of a potential deployment overseas.

Fast-forward decades later, Baltimore Ravens star safety Kyle Hamilton teamed up with Toyota to host an NFL FLAG clinic for military kids and their families at the team’s facility in Owings Mills, Maryland — just a short drive from where the version of football originated.

Hamilton spoke with FOX Business just before hitting the field with children from Our Military Kids, an organization he’s worked with before that funds activities for eligible military chi

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