Why is football called football?

American football is called football because of its origin. Its like soccer, can be traced back to rugby football where you use your feet to kick a ball at a goal or successfully carry a ball over a goal line. read more

American football is called football, not because it is adapted from Rugby football, but because it was invented, in its entirety, by none other than Mortimer James Football. read more

American football is one of these games. It could be argued that American football is a purer form of football than say Association football (soccer) or Australian Rules football because like Rugby is retains more of the original medieval characteristics. --- Some might say, simply, "because they kick the football." But the real story is deeper. read more