where did the expression "hat trick" when scoring 3 goals come from?

Answer 1

hat trick

A hat trick was originally performed by a conjurer at a circus or variety show. The conjurer or magician pulled rabbits or other impossible items out of a top hat as if by magic.

In a sporting context, it was first used in the game of cricket in 1887 to describe an unlikely situation where a bowler takes three wickets with three successive balls. This entitled the bowler to pass his hat around the ground for a collection of cash, or he might have been presented with a new hat or cap by the club he represented.

This usage quickly spread to the game of football to describe three goals scored by the same person in a football match

Answer 2

As with many sports traditions, the true origins of the hat trick are a mystery. A likely explanation is that fans celebrating a three-goal performance were literally interpreting the phrase, "I take my hat off to him."

But a favorite theory is that hockey borrowed the hat trick from cricket. The story is that sometime in the 19th century, a bowler for an English team took three wickets with consecutive balls - a rare and remarkable "trick" - and was awarded a new hat by the team in honour of the accomplishment.

Answer 3

In the Victorian era, the term "hat trick" referred to a common trick by magicians, where the magician used a top hat. At first, they would appear before the audience wearing the hat, which they would remove from the head and put upside down on a nearby table (on stage). Later in the show, the magician would take out 3 rabbits, one after another, from the hat. In modern times, this phenomenon has largely referred to any three consecutive feats, goals, wickets etc. by the same player.

The term is now very commonly used in cricket, and was connected with the custom of giving a hat or cap to a bowler who achieved the feat of taking three wickets in a row. It may be connected with the concept of giving someone their "cap", i.e. acknowledging them as a regular member of a representative team. Another school of thought mentions that a bowler was challenged if he could take three in three. Hats were passed around to collect the odds. The bowler succeeded and collected the large amount of cash. Thus the term hat-trick could have been also derived from this event.

Answer 4

Well,Back in the mid seventies there was a really famous competition in LOS ANGELES.so ppl did breake dance and stuff like that and took points but what they didn't know was that the Judges gave each contestant who wears a nice hat and creates tricks in his dancing using the hat,he Judges gave him 3 point!That's why in 1977 the Fifa made this an official sentence for every three goals for a single player!

Answer 5

my guess is , that many yrs ago when football players had different shaped helmets, a player fooled the opposing team into thinking HE had the ball because he put his helmet under his arm and ran for the goal . they chased him instead of the guy with the ball. the helmet looked like a football under his arm. i may not have it completely correct but that was the dist of the whole thing. this is ONE explanation.