enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Fred Bednarski - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Bednarski

    In contrast to the traditional football place kick in universal use at the time, in which the kicker would approach the placement from directly behind and strike the ball with his toe, Bednarski approached the placement from roughly a 45-degree angle and struck the ball with the instep of his foot, swinging his leg in a "golf club"-like motion.

  3. Michael Hardcastle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hardcastle

    Michael Hardcastle MBE (6 February 1933 – 17 January 2019) was a British author of sports fiction for children.He has written more than one hundred and forty books on a range of sporting subjects but is probably best known for his books about association football.

  4. List of people considered father or mother of a sport

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_considered...

    Subject Father/mother Reason 1:8 radio-controlled off-road buggy: Yuichi Kanai (godfather) [1] [2]: Kyosho's lead designer and lifelong employee; best known for the Inferno series of cars, credited for redefining the class from being unreliable and fragile to being tough and user friendlier that helped his employer to lead the 1/8 buggy renaissance from the 1990s, becoming one of the most ...

  5. Ebenezer Cobb Morley - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Cobb_Morley

    Commemorative plaque at Freemasons' Tavern, London. Morley founded Barnes Football Club in 1862, [5] and served as its captain until 1867. [7] [8] [9]The Barnes club played its first recorded game, a 2–0 victory, against Richmond F.C., on 29 November 1862. [10]

  6. Supa Strikas - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supa_Strikas

    FC All-Star is an all-star team consisting of lead players from the teams faced by Supa Strikas. The team captain is Skarra. This team only appeared in the final episode of Season 2, 'Bringing Down the House'. It consists of all the best players on super league. There team consist of 11 players which include:

  7. Matchbook - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbook

    Matchbook cover, World War II, Uncle Sam. A "matchcover", or "matchbook cover", is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a "book" or "pack" of matches. Covers have been used as a form of advertising since 1894, two years after they were patented, and since then, have attracted people who enjoy the hobby of collecting. Many ...

  8. History of association football - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_association...

    Cricket and Foot-Ball, one of the earliest books about association football, published by Beadle & Co. in New York in 1866. It contained the rules and laws of the game. The history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back to at least medieval times.

  9. Johan Cruyff - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Cruyff

    Winning is an important thing, but to have your own style, to have people copy you, to admire you, that is the greatest gift. — Johan Cruyff [ 122 ] Cruyff always considered the aesthetic and moral aspects of the game; it was not just about winning, but about winning with the ‘right’ style and in the ‘right’ way.