Sports

By Nathancannon99

  • Boxing

    This form of combat was popular in Irish American ghettos in the United States in the late 19th century but was eclipsed in the Irish American community first by bare knuckle boxing and then later by regulation boxing. The Irish stand down is also known as strap fighting or toe to toe.

  • Native American play lacrosse

    In the 1800's, the Native Americans would play lacrosse, shinny and games of chance.

  • First womens golf tournament

    The first womens golf tournament held in Musselburgh, Scotland. Although, women's golf dates all the way back to 1567, but 1811 dates the first official tournament for women,

  • First Bicycle Invented

    the bicycle was first created by Charles, Baron von Drais, he developed a large wheel, a padded saddle, and an arm rest. There wasn't a patent for the bicycle until 1818.

  • First Patented Roller Skates

    Monsieur Petitbled was the first person to patent a roller skate, In Paris, France in 1819, Petitbled designed a wooden sole inline roller skate. The wheels were made of ivory, wood, or metal and made to only go forward

  • Rugby

    16 year old William Webb Ellis, was a student at Rugby school in England, grabed the ball and ran towards the defensive goal. 'Rugby' was born. But, it wasn't until the 1860's that the first rugby team was formed.

  • First hockey game

    The game of hockey was developed in Canada in 1825. The first recorded use of the word hockey was in the early 1800's. The game started with kids playing hockey on a pond with a wood stick and a wood puck the kids got from their dads. The goalie mask was created in the 1920's so the goalies before the 1920's would have to be brave and be able to take a puck to the face.

  • Fist hockey stick

    it was made by William "Dilly" Moffatt (born 1829) from sugar maple wood and is now owned by the Canadian Museum of History.

  • How they made baseball bats

    baseball bats were all kinds of shapes and sizes beacuse the baseball players made the bats themself. One of the players bats could be really long and fat and another players bat could be really small and skinny. IN 1859 the baseball bats could be no longer than 1m and 6cm and the diameter of the bat could be no more than 6cm.

  • First Curling Club in US Opens

    The first curling club opens, Orchard Lake Curling Club, near Detroit organized in the home of Dr. Robert Burns. The game of curling was spreading through the U.S. in the northern states.

  • First book of instructions for baseball appears.

    The first book of instructions for baseball appears in 1834, "The Book of Sports" that’s what they called it, it was published. The book was written by Robin Carver and published by Lily, Wait, Colman and Holden.

  • First grand national steeplechase

    In 1839, Jem Mason won the first Grand National Liverpool Steeplechase with his horse witch was named 'Lottery'. This race was held at Aintree. The race started at 3 pm that day and it was a good thing for Jem Mason, gambling on horses it was highly trending.

  • First bowling match

    The first bowling match was held in the U.S. in New York City, New York at Knickerbocker Alleys. This was an introduction to indoor bowling. Previous to this event, bowling was an outdoor event

  • The first baseball game

    The New York Knickerbockers were the first baseball team to adopt and organize a rule code. The founding first officers were Duncan F. Curry, president, William R. Wheaton, vice-president, and William H. Tucker, secretary-treasurer. The Knickerbockers were named The Knickerbockers because of Alexander Cartwright worked. He worked at the Knickerbocker Engine Company No. 12 of the New York City Fire Department.

  • First award given in checkers.

    Although checkers have been around for 1400 B.C., 1847 was a very important year for checkers. This year was the first year for an award given out. Checkers is also one of the oldest games known to man.

  • First Baseball Team to Have Official Uniform

    The Knickerbockers were the first team to adopt an official uniform. This uniform was blue woolen pantaloons, white flannel shirts and straw hats. The Knickerbockers stayed blue and white although the straw hats were abandoned years later.

  • The first football game

    Rutgers and Princeton played what was billed as the first college football game. However, it wasn't until the 1880s that a great rugby player from Yale, Walter Camp, pioneered rules changes that slowly transformed rugby into the new game of American Football.

  • When softball was invented

    Softball was invented on this year in Chicago as an indoor game. But I really don’t know why it was named softball because the balls are hard.

  • The first woman’s team

    The first women’s team was formed in 1895 in Chicago’s West Division High School in the United States.

  • First nfl game

    1920 – The legendary Jim Thorpe was named the president of the NFL, then known as the APFA. September 26, 1920- The first game featuring an APFA team was played at Rock Island's Douglas Park. A crowd of 800 watched the Independents defeat the St. Paul Ideals 48-0.