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History of Softball

By sprattbrat530

  • First Intro

    First Intro
    Softball was first introduced on this day at a Harvard/ Yale football game

  • Football Fan hits a boxing glove with a stick onto the field

    Football Fan hits a boxing glove with a stick onto the field

  • Winter leauge was formed

    Winter leauge was formed

  • First leauge formed in Canada

    First leauge formed in Canada

  • Officially a Game

    Officially a Game

  • Kids and Kubs traveled to play softball

    Kids and Kubs traveled to play softball

  • First softball tournament

    First softball tournament
    reporter from Chicago and a salesman of sporting goods made a softball tournament to go along with the world’s fair.

  • Amateur Softball Association was founded

    Amateur Softball Association was founded

  • Introduced to Australia

    Introduced to Australia

  • worldwide softball competition.

    worldwide softball competition.
    International Softball Federation has governed worldwide softball competition.

  • The US men’s team won the 1966 title.

    The US men’s team won the 1966 title.

  • American Professional Slow Pitch League

    American Professional Slow Pitch League
    the American Professional Slow Pitch League became the first of three men’s professional softball leagues to play between 1977 and 1982.

  • The first British women’s softball league

    The first British women’s softball league

  • became an Olympic medal event

    became an Olympic medal event

  • dropped as Olympic sport

    dropped as Olympic sport