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09-27-2005, 12:01 PM
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Why is it called football?
Just curious to hear your explanations for why football is called football. Soccer obviously is based around using your feet, and rugby involves a lot of kicking as well. I just never understood who decided to call it football.
You barely use your foot in football. By that logic, soccer should be called throwball for the throwins, which happen more than kicks in football.
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09-27-2005, 12:04 PM
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Maybe because the game begins with a kickoff.
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09-27-2005, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jwinslow
Just curious to hear your explanations for why football is called football. Soccer obviously is based around using your feet, and rugby involves a lot of kicking as well. I just never understood who decided to call it football.
You barely use your foot in football. By that logic, soccer should be called throwball for the throwins, which happen more than kicks in football.
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09-27-2005, 12:06 PM
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American football is a distinct type of football that developed in the United States in the 19th century. It developed from soccer (association football) and rugby football. American football differs slightly in rules and field size from a style of football played mostly in Canada, called Canadian football.
http://www.thehistoryoffootball.com/american.htm
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09-27-2005, 12:06 PM
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Because "The Best Sport in the History of the Planet Earth" was too long.
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09-27-2005, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jwinslow
Just curious to hear your explanations for why football is called football. Soccer obviously is based around using your feet, and rugby involves a lot of kicking as well. I just never understood who decided to call it football.
You barely use your foot in football. By that logic, soccer should be called throwball for the throwins, which happen more than kicks in football.
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Maybe because they all evolved (provided I didn't miss soemthing in the book of Genesis) from the same game... and are all commonly called Football? (The "soccer" and "Rugby" merely being Precursors to "football"... throw in Aussie Rules as well if you like...and "American" if you're not in America)
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09-27-2005, 12:07 PM
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just seems weird to name a sport football when there is an established sport named that already.
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