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football  

Definition(s)

  • Football, or American football, as it is called outside the United States, was initially a combination of European football (soccer) and rugby. It emerged as an intercollegiate sport in the 1870s in northeastern Ivy League schools. [Source: American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia; Football]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DR4485H1-Z

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