Cap (sport)
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cap-sport-188-15438169
title:
Cap (sport)
text:
In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the early days of football, the concept of each team wearing a set of matching shirts had not been universally adopted, so each side would distinguish itself from the other by wearing a specific sort of cap. An early illustration of the first international footba
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Term for a player's appearance in a game at international level
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_(sport)
date created:
2005-11-18T18:46:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T03:43:13Z
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