Concept information
Preferred term
football
Definition
- 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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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/football
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