History of the Foosball Table

History is the past study of a material or a place or a subject or even a sports game. Here we are talking about the history of the foosball table. The foosball table is also known as Table football. It has a brief history if you look into the time of its invention.

The necessary of foosball table started to increase when the sports game called football/soccer was very much popular in the regions of Europe. The football game was very famous then. This is the reason why the table football game called foosball was introduced. There were many people who didn't know how to play football.

Even some people were lack of the knowledge about football rules. In that situation, foosball table was a great idea to play football type game in the house. It doesn’t require much knowledge as it’s easy to understand. The table football game was a solution for the fans of football in that time.

Origin of Foosball Table

The origin of the foosball table was started by the die-hard football fan who is Harold Searles Thornton. He was very passionate towards football. Mr Thornton was a fan of his local area team which is Tottenham Hotspurs of London. He used to watch all of the games of Hotspurs team as a spectator. The football game started to gain fame rapidly.

That is when Thornton felt the need of foosball table. He invented the game in 1921 but it was not publicly that much known. Thornton made the design of the game inspiring from a box of matches. He applied to get patent for his game on 14 October in 1921. The patent application was accepted after 2 years on 1 November in 1923.

Though the game got its patent, it was not free for all. People didn't know about the game as it was not available in all the regions. There are rumors about the different inventor of the foosball game. But according to a vast number people, Harold Searles Thornton was the inventor of the best foosball table.

Different Inventors of Foosball Table Game

People know Harold Searles Thornton the most when it comes to the topic of foosball table game history. But there are different people who are claimed to be the inventors of this game. They have invented the game or they are connected to the invention of the foosball game. There a bunch of people on the list. We are going to talk about the most important ones only. The list includes a few people who have credit for the invention of the foosball game. Let’s see some names.

Lucien Rosengart: The history of the foosball table is connected with several people. Lucien Rosengart from France is one of them. He was an automotive engineer. Mr. Rosengart had a company named Automobiles L. Rosengart. It was a very famous company then. The company had a reputation among the customers of the France region.

The Automobiles L. Rosengart had produced different famous models like the LR2. It earned a lot of popularity in that generation. The car was selling rapidly as it was based on the Austin 7. The whole credit was given to the modern car maker who is Lucien Rosengart. When the German started to dominate France, the factory of Automobiles L. Rosengart was destroyed by the German soldiers. Though Rosengart tried to recover it, he failed to do so. In 1955, the company was closed permanently. According to many people,

Rosengart is the inventor of the foosball table game. Though many of the experts do not agree, he is claimed to be the inventor. People say Rosengart invented the game to create a way of recreation for his grandchildren. The time was 1930 according to the reports. He is not only the inventor of Foosball table but also the inventor of the seatbelt designs and artillery shells.

Alejandro Finisterre: Alejandro Finisterre was a well-known artist, writer and poet. He is also known as the inventor of the foosball table. Finisterre used to lead a luxurious life. He is the first person in the history to hijack an airliner in a flight. Finisterre was a victim of the Spanish civil war. It was in 1936. He faced the bomb blasting raid and was injured badly. The bomb blast hampered his legs most. After the injury, it was impossible for him to play football. He was a great fan of football. According to different sources, this leg injury inspired him to invent the table football game.

Finisterre and his friend Francisco Javier Altuna together made the design of the foosball table. The design got its patent in 1937. Though the design got its patent, it was lost during the escape of Finisterre from Spain. After the loss of the paper, the local companies started to produce products based on the design. Escaping from Spain, Finisterre kept making the foosball tables with his design. He once said that he has played the game with the famous Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. He was arrested in 1954 but somehow he managed to escape once again. Alejandro Finisterre died in his own country and it was 2007.

Conclusion

When you are obsessed with a game, you might want to know about the history of that particular sports game. It is a good idea to know about the history of something that you like. Your friends or family can ask you about the history of the foosball game as they know that you love playing foosball.

It will be an awkward moment if you fail to answer their questions. So for the foosball game fans, it is a must to know the history as the foosball has a vast history. While playing the modern foosball games, take a look at the design and components of the table.

You will see, it has similarities with the patented design of Thornton. Not only Thornton but also there are many other inventors. You should not waste time to figure out who is the actual inventor. All of the persons mentioned here have contributed to the invention of the foosball table. They have credit to spread the table game all over the world.