Helvetia Berlin was a German association football club from the city of

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. The short-lived club was established 5 June 1898 and disappeared sometime in 1906. ''Helvetia'' took part in the top-flight Oberliga Berlin in the 1901–02 season where they finished 5th in the six team Staffel B.Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ''BTuFC'' also fielded a

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team. Thorball or torball was a German word in use in the 1890s and early 1900s for the sport of cricket. Several early clubs playing the new "English" games of football,

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, and cricket incorporated it into their name. The term never caught on and did not enter into common usage, soon being abandoned by sports clubs.

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