Why do we call American Football "Football" when most of the sport uses no foot???????

Question

IM STUMPED

Answer 1

because Americans do things our way regardless of other countries

Answer 2

This question comes up pretty regularly, it appears. American Football can be traced directly back to the sport of soccer, which the rest of the world calls "football" (in their language, ie. Fussball in German). Americans took the original game of "football" and bastardized it by adding "scrimmage lines" (related to rugby) and forward passes (mostly for excitement), among other things. Still, America never changed the name -- they kept calling it "football", even though it wasn't the same as the original sport any longer. The term "soccer" was coined by the British and is a shortening of the word "Association" football.

Answer 3

The origin of football goes way back as an open-air game between two teams using an inflated ball. Mainly the ball was kicked, thereby football. A football game was played in China as early as 206 BC, and by 500 AD round footballs stuffed with hair were in use. In ancient Greece, a game with elements of football — episkuros or harpaston — was played. It migrated to Rome as harpastum by the 2nd century BC. Football has been associated with violence ever since 13th century England. The original form of the game, most often played on Shrove Tuesdays and other Holy Days, involved battles between neighboring villages and towns.

Answer 4

this sight might be able to help...question number 4 maybe.



4. Who invented football?



A. No one person invented football. The Professional game played today by the NFL and the other spin-off leagues was a direct child of college football. College football dates back to the late 1800s when it was developed mainly from rugby rules. I don't know if anyone knows why it came about. But it borrowed from rugby and soccer and introduced many new ideas to sports. The name itself is similar to the German name for soccer "fußball" (foosball) - which literally translates into football.

Answer 5

The games starts with kicking the ball. Not to mention it's done after every score, and before every (non-turnover) change of possession. While soccer is more worthy of the title football, American football is just all around better so it shouldn't have to change it's name.

Answer 6

The foot is used quite often in football, punting, kickoff, field goals, onside kicks, etc. And to tell you thr truth, there isn't much else that is used as much as the foot besides the hands, and handball was already used I believe.

Answer 7

In the beginning the ball was advanced by kicking the ball

until the foward pass was used in colledge foot ball I don't

know exactly who invented the foward pass or when.

Can somebody help me out?

Answer 8

i know it sounds stupid but...the ball is shaped sort of like a foot so they CALLED IT FOOTBALL

Answer 9

Well, we DO use our foot at SOME times.

Answer 10

cuz ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm maybe hand ball was a weird name for a game

Answer 11

You use your foot when you kick-off.