Saturday 12 January 2013

The Murky History Of Foosball

image credit: Luke Rathbone cc

In the best tradition of skulduggery, claim and counterclaim, foosball (or table football), that simple game of bouncing little wooden soccer players back and forth on springy metal bars across something that looks like a mini pool table, has the roots of its conception mired in confusion.

How did the tabletop game get from parlor halls in 19th-century Europe to the basements of American homes?

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