footballist

English

Etymology

football +‎ -ist

Noun

footballist (plural footballists)

1. (dated) A football player.
   • 1903, The Kappa Alpha Journal, volume 21, page 588:

     But that jolly crowd, composed mostly of athletes and footballists, had little mind for the serious affairs of life, and nothing was done.

   • 1905, Board of Trade Journal, volume 18, page 436:

     9 Lisbon street is headquarters for the footballists for both field and street attire.

   • 1913, American Medicine, volume 19, page 773:

     Anyhow, hunters are a brave lot of men to face such large chances of death, as brave as beefy footballists.