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Over a lifetime that had taken him from Germany to Georgia to the fringes of the N.F.L., Williams was used to adapting. But NASCAR had come into the picture when both he and the sport were looking to change. Now, nearly 20 years later, Williams’s imprint is all over the sport through dozens of minority pit-crew members whom he helped bring in and a fresh perspective on who belongs in NASCAR. Indeed, by 1870 all handling of the ball except by the goalkeeper was prohibited by the FA. There are conflicting explanations of the origin of the word "football". It is widely assumed that the word "football" (or the phrase "foot ball") refers to the action of the foot kicking a ball. There is an alternative explanation, which is that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot. There is no conclusive evidence for either explanation. For specific codes of football and other uses of the term, see Football . Why