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pai nu stiu care cum a raspuns, dar Wiliam McCrum este creditat ca si inventator al penalty-ului

It was William McCrum who, in 1890, submitted a proposal for "a penalty kick" to the Irish Football Association. Twelve months later it was approved by the International Football Association Board which incorporated it in the Laws of the Game.
William McCrum (middle row, second from left) with his friends at the Milford Football Club. A village club and one of the oldest in Ireland, it took part in the first Irish Championship in 1890-91.
William McCrum, the "inventor" of the penalty, came from a highly respectable family. His father, High Sheriff for County Armagh, sent him to the Armagh Royal School. From there he went an to Trinity College in Dublin, where he proved to be a brilliant and well-read scholar.

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