us sports history

  • Period: 1700 BCE to 2023 BCE

    when sports were first played in America

  • First Lacrosse Game
    1100

    First Lacrosse Game

    This is the first sport played by native Americans. It was used to prepare for war and as a social event. the games could last days and it could have 100 to 1000 people playing usually consisting of multiple tribes.
  • First Baseball Game

    First Baseball Game

    the first baseball game was played in new Jersey between The New York Nine and The Knickerbockers
  • First Soccer Game

    First Soccer Game

    american colleges played the first soccer game in Waukesha Wisconsin.
  • First Football game

    First Football game

    Originating from the sport rugby american Football was first played in 1869 using the same rules as soccer and was played between two colleges Rutgers and princeton.
  • MLB Founded

    MLB Founded

    The MLB was the first major professional sports leauge and was diveded between national league and american league.
  • First Basketball game

    First Basketball game

    James Naismith invented basketball in Springfeild Massachusetts
  • First Hockey game

    First Hockey game

    The fist game was held between yale and johns Hopkins university
  • NHL was founded

    NHL was founded

    The National Hockey League was founded in Montreal Canada after several meetings of the NHA owners
  • NBA Founded

    NBA Founded

    The NBA was founded when Walter Brown saw that the hockey arenas werent being used most nights so he thought to host Basketball games when they were vacant.
  • MLS Founded

    MLS Founded

    The MLS was founded in 1993 as a bid to host the Fifa world cup in America in 1994