 Belgian magazine "Le Soir Illustre" claimed in their November 1979 issue (No.2471 on page 26) that the French inventor Lucien Rosengart (1881 – 1976) came up with the game of table soccer in the 1930s when he was looking for things to keep his grandchildren entertained during the cold winter months.He called the game "babyfoot" instead of foosball.