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+ | Similar games first came about in the 1890's, but the game as we know it today was invented in 1922 in the UK. It was patented in the UK in 1923, and in the US in 1927. Other than billiards and tables tennis, it is one of the oldest table games still played today. | ||
- | + | Foosball was inspired by a Tottenham Hotspur Football Club football (soccer) game. Known as the Spurs, they are based in Tottenham, North London. Harold Searles Thornton was an avid supporter of the Spurs and of soccer in general. After attending a match, he got to thinking that it would be fun to replicate the game of football so that it could be enjoyed by anybody in the home. He formed the basis of the game by laying out matches across the top of the match box. Thornton patented the game in the UK, and his Uncle, who lived in Portland, Oregon, patented the game in the US. | |
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Similar games first came about in the 1890's, but the game as we know it today was invented in 1922 in the UK. It was patented in the UK in 1923, and in the US in 1927. Other than billiards and tables tennis, it is one of the oldest table games still played today.
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The popularity of the game spread rapidly. Organized competition first came about in Europe in the 1940's. Big money competition was not seen until 1975 when Lee Peppard, from Seattle, Washington, organized the "quarter million dollar tour". Lee's organization went out of business in 1981, after awarding millions of dollars in prize money. Though other organizations have also held large purse foosball events worldwide, the International Table Soccer Federation (ITFS) was not established until 2002 in France. The ITFS now regulates many international events, including an annual World Cup.
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