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gridiron football

form of football primarily played in the United States and Canada
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gridiron football

Summary

gridiron football ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,722 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • gridiron football is a type of football[2].
  • gridiron football's Commons category is recorded as Gridiron football[3].
  • gridiron football's country of origin is recorded as United States[4].
  • 1860 marks the founding of gridiron football[5].
  • gridiron football's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gridiron football[6].
  • gridiron football's different from is recorded as Football[7].
  • gridiron football's uses is recorded as American football ball[8].
  • gridiron football's practiced by is recorded as gridiron football player[9].

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Definition and Type

gridiron football is a type of football[2].

Origins

1860 marks the founding of gridiron football[5].

Why It Matters

gridiron football ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,722 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Football
    Authority → Q739643
    Based on → ['Q5378', 'Q5849']
    Has part(s) → ['Q41323', 'Q248534', 'Q1358545', 'Q692853', 'Q970584', 'Q7623007', 'Q7248070',
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q2736]]"
  2. 11d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → —
    Country of origin → United States
    Different from → Football
    Subclass of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P5395]]: football"
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