Talk:Charles Wreford-Brown

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I was recently told that Charles Wreford Brown was the one who invented the word soccer for football. If there is any confirmation this would be a nice thing to add I think.

Soccer with a sock ball
When I was a kid in primary school, proper footballs were not allowed because they were too big and hard and either caused injury or broke windows (according to the headmaster, anyway). We played Soccer with a 'ball' made of long school socks bundled together 'over and over' to form a ball. I always assumed that this was the root of 'soccer'. Am I misguided? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.85.216.48 (talk • contribs)


 * Definitely. Jooler 20:32, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Notability?
So his primary claim to notability is he invented the word soccer. Except he didn't? Paulbrock (talk) 21:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * He is definately notable as a first-class cricketer and as a player for one of the top soccer teams of his time. &mdash; Gasheadsteve Talk to me 08:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, works for me! Paulbrock (talk) 12:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Although it's only a guess I wouldn't mind betting that this Wreford-Brown is related to the Captain of the submarine that sank the ARA General Belgrano in 1982, the HMS Conqueror. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.112.86.117 (talk) 14:08, 16 March 2010 (UTC)