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Why is american football called football?

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American football is called that because of it's similarity to rugby football, and we do actually kick the ball, we have kickoffs, punts, safety punts, field goals, pats, and its legal to drop kick a field goal.

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American football is called that because of it's similarity to rugby football.
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