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1100 BCE
Lacrosse
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Lacrosse is America's oldest sport, Lacrosse was created 1100's and was created by Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois people, in what now is New York and areas in Canada bordering the state. Players showed up with no pads, no equipment, just their wood stick. In 1879 Canadian John Flannery found the U.S. National Amateur Lacrosse Association. -
Boxing
Boxing iniially was viewed as illegal and many fighters had to hide to avoid arrest but when advocates started a movement back in the 19th century one of the advocates was President Theodore Roosevelt, Boxing became legal in the U.S in 1920. -
Golf
The Untied States Gold "Association formed when two separate golf courses held a national Amateur championship. The Van Cortlandt Golf course is the first public municipal golf course in the Untied States opened on July 6, 1895. Golf courses back then were on green pastures but eventually 100 year later are created by architects and professional landscapers. -
BaseBall
Baseball started somewhere around the 1800's by a man named Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown of New York.
Baseball's first game was in Hoboken New Jersey in 1846, but the first professional baseball team that was established was located in Cincinnati OH, and they went by the name Red Stockings. MLB was found in 1876 in Cincinnati OH. -
Tennis
The sport of Tennis was introduce to the United States by Mary Ewing Outer bridge. Soon after tennis clubs were created in both new Orleans and San Francisco. The first winner in the history of tennis US National championships was Dick Sears. -
Soccer
Th earliest soccer match was played in Waukesha Wisconsin on Oct.11, 1866 under the 1863 London Football association laws. The original soccer league started between 1921-1933 and the sport was primarily played in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania -
Hockey
The National Hockey League was a orgaization of professional ice hockey teams in North America and was formed in 1917 by 4 Caradian teams, to which the first U.S team was added, the Boston Bruins they were added in 1924 -
Basketball
Basketball was created in Spring Field college in 1891 by James Naismith. On December 21, 1891 was the first match of basketball, in 1891 they started with 9 people on each side of the court. Also the original game of basketball they did not allow any dribbling. Lastly, on June 6, 1946 in New York the League, Basketball Association of America (BAA) was founded. -
Football
The very first match of football was Nov. 6 1869 between 2 college teams, Rutgers and Princeton. Football was based on the sports soccer and rugby. Also football based their ruling on Soccer rules. Lastly the league for football took its name in 1922. -
Volleyball
Volleyball was created by a man named William G. Morgan in 1895, one day he decided to blend 3 sports(basketball tennis and handball) to make it one for his class and it became volleyball. Volleyballs first every game was played in 1896 at Springfield College. It wasn't a official game since volleyball didnt become a actual sport till 1947