15 окт. 2020 г. · Because it traces its roots back to a game that was played on foot and primarily with your feet.

16 июн. 2023 г. · Because back in antiquity any game played on foot rather than horse back was known as football. American football in particular also has history ...

29 авг. 2021 г. · They were called this because they were played on foot, and with a ball, as opposed to the more popular games that were played on horseback.

26 дек. 2020 г. · All the footballs (American football, Association football, Rugby football, etc) are called so because they're played on foot rather than on horseback.

28 авг. 2024 г. · The etymology is unclear, but one suggestion is that this is a category of ball games played on foot, as opposed to on horseback such as polo.

5 сент. 2021 г. · Originally in the UK, the term 'football' was used for any game played on foot, to distinguish it from sports played on horse back such as polo, ...

26 мар. 2014 г. · Football (soccer) is modeled after polo, and is called football because it's played ON foot, unlike polo, which is played on horseback. Soccer ...

11 дек. 2022 г. · The ball is 11.25 inches in length which is almost 12inch. Aka a "feet". Feetball sounded weird. So they called it football.

19 окт. 2021 г. · There's actually a reasonable suggestion that "football" comes from "ball game played on foot", as opposed to on horseback.

12 сент. 2022 г. · It stems from the history of football type games. There was a game called football, which loosely involved kicking the ball with your feet, but ...