foosball (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[foosball 词源字典]
debuted in U.S. 1963 and was a craze on some college campuses for a few years thereafter. Said to have been designed c. 1930s in Switzerland. The name is presumably from the pronunciation of Fußball, the German form of (Association) football.[foosball etymology, foosball origin, 英语词源]