[Ads-l] Earlier U.S. Citation for "Soccer" / "Socker"

[Stephen Goranson]

My only question about this thread is whether Americans thought the word an
American invention. Not so for me. YMMV.

On Sat, Jun 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> This slightly earlier usage is found in a US newspaper, but is quoting a
> British one.
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> 1893 Buffalo Courier 1 Dec 8/3
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> London Truth gives a few brief definitions of the distinguishing features
> of football.  In England the Rugby game is known as the "Rugger" and the
> Association game as the "Socker."
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> https://www.newspapers.com/image/354442995/?match=1&terms=%22association%20football%22%20socker
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