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  2. Harpastum - Wikipedia

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    Harpastum, which used to be called phaininda, is the game I like most of all. Great are the exertion and fatigue attendant upon contests of ball-playing, and violent twisting and turning of the neck. Great are the exertion and fatigue attendant upon contests of ball-playing, and violent twisting and turning of the neck.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Episkyros - Wikipedia

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    The game is comparable to rugby, American football, or calcio storico fiorentino, at least in concept. The two teams would attempt to throw the ball over the heads of the other team. There was a white line called the skŷros (σκῦρος) [4] between the teams, and another white line behind each team. The teams would change possession of the ...

  5. Calcio storico fiorentino - Wikipedia

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    A calcio storico fiorentino game played at Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Italy. According to the legend, playing violent games was a way to train young soldiers, and calcio was born out of this rugby-like military training when the aristocrats turned it into a fully-fledged sport.

  6. 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

  7. William McCrum - Wikipedia

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    Milford finished bottom of the league with 0 points from 14 games, having conceded 62 goals and scored only 10. "Master Willie" as he was known to the villagers also spent his spare time taking part in amateur theatrics in the Milford village hall , called the McCrum Institute.

  8. Table football - Wikipedia

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    Table football, known as foosball [a] or table soccer in North America, is a tabletop game loosely based on association football. [1] Its objective is to move the ball into the opponent's goal by manipulating rods which have figures attached resembling football players of two opposing teams.

  9. Camogie - Wikipedia

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    A camogie team pictured in Waterford in October 1915 A camogie game in 1934. The name was invented by Tadhg Ua Donnchadha (Tórna) at meetings in 1903 in advance of the first matches in 1904. [12] The term camogie is derived from the name of the stick used in the game. Men play hurling using a curved stick called a camán in Irish.