Topic: Very Early Foos article (DIY table)

[stanflouride]

From the Feb, 1941 issue of Popular Mechanics a Do It Yourself tabletop football game that may be the first ever:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/24/its-fun-to-play-this-indoor-football-game-2/#respond
The date is correct for the invention which did not become common in Europe until AFTER WW2 and was likely introduced in Veteran's Hospitals as therapy for wounded soldiers.

http://www.foosball.com/learn/knowledge/chp1hist.html