What is Cap (sport)?
[[File:Misc_Honours_Caps.gif|thumb|Some international honours caps]] In [[sport]], a '''cap''' is a player's [[wikt:appear|appearance]] in an international game. The [[wikt:term|term]] comes from the practice in the [[United Kingdom]] of giving a [[cap]] to every player in an international match of [[rugby football]] and [[association football]]. In the early days of football, the [[concept]] of each team wearing a set of matching shirts was not commonly used. Instead, each side would wear a different type of hat to appear different than their opponent. == Other websites == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070612232253/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/index.html Men's Records and Facts]—FIFA * [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/century.html Players with 100+ Caps (men)] RSSSF * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129081946/http://www.scotlandforvisitors.com/nmspic1.php Picture of International Football Cap]—National Museum of Scotland * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030020/http://internationalcaps.webs.com/ Gallery of International Caps and Honours Caps] {{Authority control}} {{sports-stub}} [[Category:Sports words]]