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The captain of a football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, [1] is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities.
Luke Hodge, three-time premiership captain of Hawthorn.. A captain of an Australian rules football team, sometimes known as a skipper, is a player who, during the course of a match and off the field, has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player.
Another name for a team's manager (baseball), captain (association football), or captain (cricket) One who skips using a skipping rope; Houston Skippers, a minor league ice hockey team based in Houston, Texas, that played in the 1946 season; Skipper (cannon), the game cannon used by the Virginia Tech Hokies football team
Iker Casillas, as captain of the Spain national football team, wearing a captaincy armband on his left arm Connor McDavid, as captain of the Edmonton Oilers, wearing a captaincy patch on the chest of his jersey. In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may ...
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence.
In the National Football League (NFL), the team captain designation is a team-appointed position that designates certain players as leaders on and off the field. The captains program was implemented by the NFL Player Advisory Council established by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in conjunction with the NFL Players Association .
In contrast, in the American league NASL, players have always worn permanent numbers since its inception in 1967. [2] Moreover, Pelé's #10 was retired by the New York Cosmos during the farewell of the Brazilian star on 1 October 1977, [3] probably becoming the first number ever retired in association football. [4]