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[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That doesn't make sense because most forms of football (rugby and american etc) use mostly the hands to carry the ball. The name was never about kicking, it was about playing on foot, until John Cleese made a joke about it. There's sources going back to the middle ages about it.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The word "football" precedes all those modern sports you are referring to.

As I said, from the wikipedia article, it seems there is a bit of both

[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

"As with pre-codified mob football, the antecedent of all modern football codes, these medieval games involved more handling of the ball than kicking it.[39][3]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football