American football is derived from rugby football, which is where it is called football. Your feet are part of your body, and the ball is what the players use to play with. Looking at the gameplay of American Rugby, we can see that using the foot to kick an egg is not common. So why is it not called American rugby? Some parts of history say that the name football is derived from European football, which Americans call football and they have left it that way because of tradition.
Another highlight is that Americans want to distinguish their football from European football. It is called the word soccer association football — Europe , American football America. Hence change the name of Europe to football to overcome the difference between the two. Another reason is a bit more analysis. This establishes that the name is due to the division of two roots, the foot and the shadow.
The foot this time refers to the measurement rule used in the United States and its length is about 1 foot. The word ball refers to the thing they play with, the ball and its length are approximately one foot. But of course, unlike other balls in other sports, the foot ball is not rounded.
It is egg shaped. But the length of an ovoid is approximately one foot. As a result, American football is called football not only because of its European roots. But more analytically because of the combination of the length of the football and the football itself.
The rugby football become more and more popular now. Back in the 19th century, British public schools played many of the same ball games as football and rugby today. Because of this, there is no uniform set of rules by which one rugby school can play against another. Several major public schools in England met in to make this right. The majority of the participating schools agreed to a standard of regulation and these set of rules and regulations formed the basis of what is now known as the Football Association, also known as football.
However, a small number of schools present did not like the agreed rules, mainly because the new game lacked harsh measures.
For whatever reason, the name soccer stuck for association football and football for the gridiron sport. How many football fans know the origins of the terms used in the American sport? Learn about quarterback and more, here. Many in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland call association football soccer , likely as a way to distinguish it from Australian rules football and Gaelic football, which are commonly referred to just as football in those places—just as Americans call American football simply football.
So, the next time a British person thumbs their nose at you for calling football soccer , you can let them know that soccer was a UK original! Feedback Tired of Typos? I was just about to start writing about why they call it Ovaltine instead of Roundtine, when I came across a comment by GGN member sanchise6, who asked: "Why do they call it football?
First of all, actual football which is now referred to as soccer , was used before the NFL came along. Second of all, they actually have a reason to call it football, because they use their feet to play. Not being able to come up with some smart-ass answer on the spot, I actually decided to look it up. I realized that I actually don't know why they call it football.
I've wondered it myself for all these years, and kinda just figured, because we're Americans and that's what we wanted to call it. So how did the original football get its name anyway? Well, according to Wikipedia , no one is sure:.
Its actual name is "Gridiron". Even though the Link has the information saying that rugby is "Rugby Football", if you check the international rugby board website, the name "football" seems to have been dropped considering how the game has evolved to its present form.
Is there any reason for American Football association not to remove "football" and keep it just "griridion". Great answer, will just add a minor correction. Association football soccer is the oldest form of football to have its own written down rules, so it cannot be traced down to Rugby.
Rugby football code was drafted later. All forms of football Am, soccer, Rugby, aussie rules originated from the football games that used to be played in boarding schools. Each school had its own rules. Often, when two schools played a game, rules for the specific game were agreed beforehead. Sometimes,rules of school A were used for half the game, and of school B for the other. Thats the origin of halt time. How does your answer relate to the question?
Why football and not handball? There is already a sport called 'handball', although that uses the wrist — Oldcat. There are already two completely different sports called handball. What I have been told by my American friends is this It is called football because the ball with which it is played is at least one foot long and can't be shorter than one foot.
I could not find any article about this but yes the ball is
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