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The first boxing matches held in America where in the 1700's -
The first game of football was played in 1869 November 6th. -
The first Olympics in America was in 1904 which was one of the first games held outside of Europe -
The first African boxer was Jack Arthur Johnson who became the first heavyweight boxing champion in 1908 and held that title until 1915 -
The NFL was originally founded in 1920 September 17th. This however is NOT when football was first played -
The first ever Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in France which America did participate in -
The first broadcast boxing match was on February 4th, 1937. -
on May 17th 1939 the first baseball game was broadcasted live on tv. -
The first superbowl in the NFL wasnt played until the year 1967. -
The first UFC match was held on November 12th 1993. -
The first world cup that was in America was in 1994 in the Rose Bowl in California. -
The last team added to the NFL was the Texans who where added in 2002.