Cal Hubbard is the only member of the football and basketball hall of fame.
View moreFootball is a word which could mean one of several sports.
View moreThe best-known type of football is association football.
View moreThis is called "soccer" in North America, South Africa, and Australia to avoid confusion with other types of football that are commonly played there.
View moreThe first football game played in 1869 when McGill University played Yale.
View moreThe name football comes from the two words 'foot' and 'ball'.
View moreIt is named football because the players of the game walk and often run (on their feet) while playing, as opposed to (for example) polo where the players ride horses.
View moreFootball is played using a ball, also called a 'football', that is usually shaped like a sphere or an ellipsoid.
View moreFootball balls are made from layers of synthetic leather while the bladders inside the ball are made from latex or butyl.
View moreThe ball is often kicked with the foot, but depending on the game, it can also be hit using other parts of the body (in association football) and handling the ball is a part of some other sports known as 'football'.
View moreThe total length of the football field is 100 yards.
View moreThe maximum number of players on a football team is 11.
View moreDuring every game, football players run an average of 9.65 km.
View moreSome elements of football have been seen in many countries, dating back to the second and third century AD in China.
View moreThe modern games of both rugby football and association football comes from 19th-century England.
View moreAssociation football spread to many other parts of Europe, and was brought to the rest of the world with colonization.
View moreAn international football game is 90 minutes long and those 90 minutes are distributed in two 45 minute halves.
View moreThe North Korean Rungrado May Day Stadium is the largest football stadium in the world.
View moreGreenland cannot join the FIFA because not enough grass grows for a football field.
View moreIn 1937, the first live coverage of a football match was shown on television.
View moreBarcelona is home to football team FC Barcelona.
View moreHong Kong International Airport is the size of 20 football fields combined.
View moreThe top five most followed brands on Instagram, in order of popularity, are National Geographic, Nike, Victoria's Secret, 9GAG, and Nike Football.
View moreAdidas is currently the number one brand in the soccer world with over $2.7 billion in football revenue in 2014.
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