Sports History

By 20weakkai

  • The Jockey Club Develops

    The Jockey Club was created and was responsible for Establishing and Enforcing rules, Handling disagreements, Creating eligibility standards and Assigning officials.

  • National association of professional baseball players was formed

    Formed by a group of professional teams, Any team could join that was willing to pay its elite players, Was not stable due to owners and managers different financial interests.

  • Pennant race created

    The last few weeks of the regular American professional baseball season are known as a pennant race because all of the teams are racing to be the best in the league.

  • The first ever US golf open was held, won by Horace Rawlins.

    The first US golf open was held in Newport, Rhode Island at the New Port Golf Club.

  • The 1896 Olympic Games

    311 athletes from 13 different countries, consisted of students and club members. Sports included cycling, fencing, gymnastics, lawn tennis, shooting, swimming, track and field, lifting, and wrestling.

  • The Baseball World Series was played for the first time

    The first baseball World series was held at Huntington Avenue American League Baseball Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • The USPGA was held for the first time

    The winner was awarded $500 and a diamond studded gold medal.

  • The first game of the National Football League (NFL)

    Jim Thorpe was announced as the president of the NFL. The first game was played at Rock Island's Douglas Park.

  • The first ever US Golf Masters was held

    The first US Masters was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia from March 22–25, 1934.

  • NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards

  • First NBA Game Is Played

    The first NBA game was played in Toronto, Canada at Maple Leaf Gardens.

  • The Philadelphia A’s moved to Kansas City

    In 1954, Chicago real estate businessman Arnold Johnson, bought the Philadelphia Athletics and after 54 years on the Delaware River moved them to Kansas City in Missouri.

  • Wilt chamberlain scores 100

    Wilt Chamberlain was the first person to ever score 100 points in a single game. His record still stands to this day.

  • 1972 Summer Olympics terrorist Attack

    At the 1972 Summer Olympics, terrorists invaded the Olympic grounds and killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches.

  • Los Angeles Lakers won the Championship Finals in 6 games

    The Lakers were playing against The Philadelphia 76er's, that had beaten the Celtics, which was the best team in the league

  • Four men were inducted into the Hall of Fame

    RF Al Kaline, RF Chuck Klein, CF Duke Snider, and Executive Tom Yawkey were all inducted into the Hall of Fame

  • Euro Football Opened the transfer market of players

    European Football opened these transfers to prevent players from feeling like they are being forced to either stay with one team or not have a job.

  • First WNBA Season

    In the summer of 1996, the USA women's basketball team won golf medal in the summer Olympics

  • The Baseball World Series won by New York Yankees

    The New York Yankees won the World Series with Derek Jeter being named the MVP.

  • The More Instant Replay, the Merrier

    In the NFL, they are coming to the conclusion that the more instant replay there is, the better their calls will be. They are now making it so that officials are able to look at penalties, too.