why is american football called football whenever they rarely use their feet to control the ball?

Answer 1

There is only one kind of "football".........American football .

Why is soccer called soccer and what exactly is a soccer?

American football was started in 1879 with rules instituted by Walter Camp.
Derived from the English game of rugby, American football was started in 1879 with rules instituted by Walter Camp, player and coach at Yale University. He was general athletic director and head advisory football coach at Yale University from 1888-1914, and chairman of the Yale football committee from 1888-1912. Camp played football at Yale and helped evolve the rules of the game away from Rugby and Soccer rules into the rules of American Football as we know them today.

One precursor to Walter Camp's influence was William Ebb Ellis, a student at the Rugby School in England. In 1823, Ellis was the first person noted for picking up the ball during the soccer game and running with it, thereby breaking and changing the rules. In 1876, at the Massosoit convention, the the first attempts at writing down the rules of American football were made. Walter Camp edited every American Football rulebook until his death in 1925.

Walter Camp contibuted the following changes from Rugby and Soccer to American football:

one side retained undisputed possession of the ball, until that side gives up the ball as a result of its own violations
the line of scrimmage
11 on a team instead of 15
created the quarter-back and center positions
forward pass
standardized the scoring system, numerical scoring
created the safety, interference, penalties, and the neutral zone
tackling as low as the knee was permitted - 1888
a touchdown increased in value to six points and field goals went down to three points - 1912

Answer 2

Because of all the "American" sports (basketball, baseball and football) football is the only sport where the foot meets the ball.

Answer 3

Because there is a need of a real sport to be called football.

Answer 4

The ball is 12inches (1 foot long)

Answer 5

u answered your own question, american football thats just it . thats what its called. in mexico its futbol.. its the same word whatever, but the american way to play futbol. football...derrrrr

Answer 6

what do you think .any things there have the took from an other country,the side to football(sucker) and you know that what a but!

Answer 7

because it evolved from soccer..the original football...theres room for both...

Answer 8

its because the game is started with the foot...a kick

Answer 9

It starts with a kick..

Answer 10

may be they used to walk with their hands