Sports Evolution

By Kirwanl

  • Soccer Rules Established

  • First Game of Horse Polo

  • First YMCA founded in London

  • Baseball Created by Alexander Cartwright

  • Hockey Invented by Canadian Army

  • First YMCA in USA, TN

  • First Known Game in Baseball

    The first known game in which fans paid to attend was held at Fashion Race Course in Queens, NY. It was a baseball game between two teams in the New York City area.

  • First Professional Baseball Team Formed in Ohio

  • 1st Wimbleton

  • American Basaball Associate was created

    also known as Beer and Whiskey League

  • First Women's Hockey Team founded in Ottawn.

  • Basketball Invented by James Naismith

  • 1st Indooor Hockey Rink opens in Baltimore, MD

  • First College Baskeball Game Played

  • College Hockey was born

  • First Olympics held in Athens Greece

  • US Basketball becomes Professional NBL

    with the formation of the NBL

  • First World Series (bsseball)

  • NCAA Officially Formed

    The National Collegiate Athletic Association was officially formed to govern collegiate athletics.

  • First Recreation Center

  • Fenway Park was Opened (baseball)

  • First Hockey radio broadcast

  • 3 POINT shoot is added to Basketball

  • Lou Gehrig on Wheaties Box

    Lou Gehrig became the first athlete ever to appear on a Wheaties box.

  • Great Britian wins first Olympic Gold Medal Hockey

  • All American Girls Professional Baseball League Formed

    This was formed while the MLB players were serving in WWII

  • 1st NHL player suspended

  • Female Athlete Endorsed

    The first major endorsement deal for a female athlete. Wilson Sporting Goods signed golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias to an endorsement contract worth $100,000 per year.

  • First NBA Championship won by Minninneapolis

  • 1st Black Hockey Play in NHL, Willy O'Ree

  • Arnold Palmer first American to win British Open

  • Blue Ribbon Sports founded

    Blue Ribbon Sports, an athletic footwear company, was founded by Philip H. Knight. In 1972, this company becomes Nike.

  • First Super Bowl, LA

  • Title IX enacted

    Title IX is enacted, mandating equal access to educational opportunities for men and women. This legislation creates new opportunities for women in sports as athletes, coaches and administrators.

  • Rich Foods 1st Company for Venue Naming Rights

    Rich Foods becomes the first company to pay for the right to have their name on a venue. Rich Foods agreed to pay $60,000/year for the naming rights to the Buffalo Bills football stadium.

  • Coach K wins first bssketball win at Duke

  • Olympics Boycotted

    The United States boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow.

  • Olympics Commercialized

    The Olympics became commercialized, and made profitable for the first time under the leadership of Peter Ueberoth.

  • Olympic Park, BOMBED

    The Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia is bombed.

  • WMBA was created