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FOOS: History of American Foosball (Table Soccer)

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The Fall of Foos

By Tobias Peterson

Though it is an endangered spectacle in today's taverns, foosball was once king among bar games, attracting hustlers and spawning tournaments that paid out hundreds of thousands in prize winnings. [4 June 2007]

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