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

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    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 ...

  3. Alejandro Finisterre - Wikipedia

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    He was born Alejandro Campos Ramírez in 1919 to the radio-telegraphist at the lighthouse in Fisterra. He was injured when Franco's fascist forces bombed Madrid in November 1936 and had the idea for a football game while in Barcelona recovering. [6]

  4. History of association football - Wikipedia

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    The history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back to at least medieval times. [1] [2] [3] FIFA cites Cuju in ancient China is the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is scientific evidence, a military manual from the Han dynasty, and it closely

  5. List of world association football records - Wikipedia

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    Longest penalty shootout in history: 56 – Dimona 22 Shimshon Tel Aviv (23–22 p), Israeli third division, 20 May 2024 [190] [191] Most red cards given in a match: 36 – Claypole – Victoriano Arenas, 2010–11 Primera D Metropolitana, 3 March 2011 [192] [193] Oldest football association: 1863 – The Football Association [194]

  6. Viktor Maslov (footballer, born 1910) - Wikipedia

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    He is often seen as being one of the most innovative and influential football managers of all time. He was the first to experiment with players' nutrition, and invented the 4-4-2 formation , along with the notion of pressing , which, in the words of Jonathan Wilson "may be seen as the birth of modern football". [ 4 ]

  7. William McCrum - Wikipedia

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    Another grandson, Mark McCrum, an English journalist and travel writer, made references to William McCrum in his book, The Craic – A Journey through Ireland. [ 6 ] Today, William McCrum and Milford House are world famous as the home of penalty kick and appear in some form of media somewhere in the world every five minutes.

  8. 'I didn't want to be a bad person.' Soccer gave Cal ... - AOL

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  9. Johan Cruyff - Wikipedia

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    IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team: 2021 [259] Manager. World Soccer Awards Manager of the Year: 1987; Don Balón Award for Coach of the Year: 1991, 1992; Onze d'Or for Coach of the Year: 1991, 1992; El País Manager of the Year: 1992, 1993, 1994; World Soccer Greatest Manager of All Time: #28 (2013) France Football Greatest Manager of All Time ...