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David Perlmutter's avatar

I notice they spelt football as two separate words then.

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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.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

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

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Jon Crowley's avatar

Wow…what great research to find this, Tim!

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