Paper football

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Paper football (also called finger football, flick football, tabletop football, thump football, or fiki football) refers to a table-top game, loosely based on American football, in which a sheet of paper folded into a small triangle is slid back and forth across a table top by two opponents.^[1] This game is widely practiced for entertainment, mostly by students in primary, middle school (junior high), and high school age in the United States.^[2] Though its origin is in dispute, it was widely played at churches in Madison, Wisconsin in the early 1970s. The youth group at Grace Baptist Church held weekly events and competitions including monthly championships.