flag football

noun

a form of touch football in which the ball-carrier's progress is stopped when an opponent pulls a flag from the ball-carrier's pocket or belt.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flag football¹

First recorded in 1950–55

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His son, 11-year-old Sawyer, plays baseball, soccer and flag football.

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Flag football, which will make its Olympic debut, and lacrosse, which has not been a medal sport in the Olympics since 1908, will share BMO Stadium and bring more days of competition and more medal matches to the downtown area.

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LA28 filed revisions to last July’s plans on March 14, placing flag football and lacrosse at BMO Stadium and moving sitting volleyball from Pauley Pavilion to Long Beach Arena.

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For the first time, girls’ flag football athletes will participate.

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She was the quarterback for Banning’s City Section Open Division flag football championship team and added another City title on Friday when the Pilots won the Division II girls’ basketball championship with a 57-36 win over San Fernando.

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