Information on Foosball

I had a question from my previous post from mtn asking why the game was called foosball.  I had no idea so I looked it up and decided to share the information.

Foosball is the American interpretation of 'fussball' - the German word for soccer. The formal name of the game is table soccer, but the most amusing name is babyfoot, its original name.  A Frenchman named Lucien Rosengart (1880-1976) is believed to be the inventor of the first foosball table.  He is also accredited with the invention of the minicar, frontwheel drive, and the seat belt.  Foosball has more uses other than recreation.  It has been used in rehabilitation of hand-eye coordination and social rehabiliation (federal correctional institutions).

Foosball Table

Another project that I have is a foosball table.

I received this foosball table for my birthday many years ago.  It was used when I got it, and some of the bars were bent (they still are).  The game can still be played with them bent, but it becomes annoying.  I can either try to straighten out the bars or buy new ones.  Also, there are no legs for the table, so I'll have to make some.  To be honest, I'm not in a big hurry to start this project because I have no place to put it.  I am hoping that someday I'll own a big enough house for a game room so I don't have to store all of my games in a garage.