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David Perlmutter's avatar

I notice they spelt football as two separate words then.

Football Archaeology's avatar

The separate word style continued into the 1920s for some. The NCAA's official rule book continued using "Foot Ball" in the title until 1940 and beyond.

David Perlmutter's avatar

It wasn't the only "ball" game that got spelled like that- baseball did it as well.

Jon Crowley's avatar

Wow…what great research to find this, Tim!