-
Soccer was played as early as 1620 by American-Indians and the earliest known organized soccer game was in 1866 -
Boxing was invented by Jack Broughton in 1743. Professional boxing didn't start until 1981 -
The first football game was played in 1869. The NFL was founded in 1930 by Walter Camp -
Tennis was first played in the United States in 1874. And in 1881 the National Lawn Tennis Association was founded. -
Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891 and the National basketball association was founded in 1946 in New York by Walter Brown -
The first Golf played in America was played in 1893 in Wheaton, Illinois at the Chicago golf club -
In 1895 William G. Morgan invented the sport of volleyball in Massachusetts -
Baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839 In Cooperstown, New York and the first baseball game was played in 1846 -
pickleball was invented by joel pritchard one summer in 1965 -
In 1993, the Gracie family introduced their form of Brazilian jiu-jitsu to the US. This led to the creation of the (UFC)