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These games appear to have resembled rugby football. The Roman politician Cicero (106–43 BC) describes the case of a man who was killed whilst having a shave when a ball was kicked into a barber's shop. Roman ball games already knew the air-filled ball, the follis. Episkyros is recognised as an early form of football by FIFA. King Henry IV of England also presented one of the earliest documented uses of the English word " FOOTBALL ", in 1409, when he issued a proclamation forbidding the levying of money for "foteball". Mahmud al-Kashgari in his Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, described a game called "tepuk" among Turks in Central Asia. In the game, people try to attack each other's castle by kicking a ball made of sheep leather. The Washington Football Team's Black Engagement Network (B.E.N.) has a mission to create a diverse and inclusive culture within the NFL for employees at every level. Since coming to Tennessee, he has thrown 39 touchdowns to ...