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The Shared Origins of Football, Rugby, and Soccer
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By Christopher Rowley
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9781442246188 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, September 10, 2015, cover price $36.00

The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game
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By John Fox
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9780061881794 | Perennial, May 15, 2012, cover price $14.99

The Secret History of Balls: The Stories Behind the Things We Love to Catch, Whack, Throw, Kick, Bounce, and Bat
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Product Description: You may fancy yourself a sports fan, but chances are you don't know: A fish eyeball was used as the center of some nineteenth-century baseballs The race to make better billiard balls led to the invention of plastics The Nerf ball was originally created to be part of a board game featuring cavemen Balls are the unsung heroes of sports...read more
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9780399536748 | 1 edition (J P Tarcher, May 3, 2011), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: You may fancy yourself a sports fan, but chances are you don't know: A fish eyeball was used as the center of some nineteenth-century baseballs The race to make better billiard balls led to the invention of plastics The Nerf ball was originally created to be part of a board game featuring cavemen Balls are the unsung heroes of sports.

Ball, Bat and Bishop: The Origin of Ball Games
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By Robert W. Henderson
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9780252069925 | Univ of Illinois Pr, April 1, 2001, cover price $29.00

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