Chronology of Sports in America

By Nathaniel Calicdan

  • Boxing in the America

    Boxing in the America
    The sport of boxing came to the United States from England in the late 1700's and took root in the 1800's mainly in large urban areas such as Boston, New York City, and New Orleans.

  • Creation of Baseball 1839

    Creation of Baseball 1839
    You may have heard that a young man named Abner Doubleday invented the game known as baseball in Cooperstown, New York, during the summer of 1839. Doubleday then went on to become a Civil War hero, while baseball became America's beloved national pastime

  • First Collage Football Game

    First Collage Football Game
    The first college football game was played between Rutgers University and Princeton University, which was called the College of New Jersey at the time. Rutgers won by a score of 6 "runs" to Princeton's 4.

  • First Soccer Game in America

    First Soccer Game in America
    Soccer was initiated as an organized college sport in the USA in the years following the Civil War. Princeton and Rutgers Universities engaged in the first intercollegiate soccer match Nov. 6, 1876, in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers won the match 6-4.

  • Invention of Basketball

    Invention of Basketball
    James Naismith, who was a physical education teacher at the YMCA, invented the game of basketball by using a soccer ball and a peach basket

  • First Volleyball Game

    First Volleyball Game
    The game of volleyball, originally called “mintonette,” was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball only four years before. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of the YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball.

  • First U.S Open Golf

    First U.S Open Golf
    This event was first played on a nine hole course at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island, It was a 36 hole competition that was played in one day, and there were 10 professionals and one amateur that entered.

  • First World Series Game "Baseball"

    First World Series Game "Baseball"
    The first World Series was between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Boston won the series (5-3).

  • First NHL Game

    First NHL Game
    The National Hockey League celebrates another historic anniversary Monday, remembering the first NHL game played in the United States, as the Boston Bruins hosted the Montreal Maroons, both expansion teams, at the Boston Arena

  • First Super Bowl

    First Super Bowl
    The first Super Bowl game was played between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. At the time, the game was called the World Championship Game, but later got its name, Super Bowl.