History of Sports

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History of Sports

• Mr. Young
• Sociology

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Ancient Sports

• These are some sports est. to be over 2500 years
  old
• Hurling in Ireland
• Harpastum In Rome
• Cuju in China
• Polo in Persia

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Also Wrestling
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Ancient Egyptian Sports

• Helped to start many of the games we play today
• Pharaohs enjoyed going to sporting events
• Included hockey, handball, gymnastics, fishing,
  boxing, weightlifting, archery, and high jump

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Egyptian sports
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Ancient Greece

• Some of their games include, field hockey, high
  diving, and animal fighting
• Started the Olympic games (every 4 years) that
  was held between different city-states in Greece
• Believed that Hercules helped create the games in
  honor of father Zeus
• Featured events such as running, pentathlon
  (jumping, discus, javelin, foot race, and
  wrestling)

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Ancient Greece
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Ancient Greece Cont

• First record of Olympic champion was Corebus, a
  cook, who won the one and only event, the 210
  yard dash, in 776 BC
• Continued every 4 years for 1200 years until
  Emperor Theodius I abolished the games because
  viewed as pagan traditions

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Olympics Videos

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vK8ztMlmavBw

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Ancient Mayans
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Ancient Mayans

• Invented game called The Ball Game
• Rubber ball about 20 inches in diameter
• Played on a stone court with sloping walls and
  stone rings

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Ancient Mayans

• Could not use hands to get ball through ring and
  must not let the ball hit the ground
• Usually one goal ended the game
• Winners treated as heroes and a feast
• Losers punished severely, leaders usually lost
  their lives

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Mayan Ball Game Video

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vBw24y2MLiFE

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History of Golf

• Began on the east coast of Scotland, 15th century
• Started by using rounded stick and hitting
  pebbles
• First club (gentlemen Golfers of Leith (1744))
• Royal and Ancient club of St. Andrews (Old Tom
  Morris)
• 4 Majors US Open, British Open, Masters, and PGA
  Championship
• Important People Bobby Jones, Lord Byron Nelson,
  Jack Nicklaus, Eldrick Woods

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History of Baseball

• Based on Rounders in England
• Alexander Cartwright was first to organize a list
  of rules
• Civil War helped to bring momentum to the game
• Cincinnati Red Stockings were first professional
  team
• Important People Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson

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Baseball
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History of Football

• Descended from Ancient Greek Game Harpastum
• Nov 6, 1869 Rutgers and Princeton played first
  intercollegiate game
• Walter Camp, coach at Yale
• National Football League (NFL) formed in 1920

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Football
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History of Soccer

• Cuju in China played around 2nd century BC
• Ancient Greeks and Romans had Pheninda, a combo
  of soccer and rugby
• Modern soccer started in England in the 19th
  century
• FIFA formed in May 21, 1904
• World Cup founded in 1930, played every 4 years
  Brazil has most wins (5)

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Soccer
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History of Basketball
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History of Basketball

• Invented by Dr. James Naismith in 1891
• Created as a game for children to play in Mass.
  during the winter
• Spread globally during WWII
• First Pro league started in 1890
• UK first team was in 1903, but Adolph Rupp would
  arrive in 1930