us sports history

when sports were first played in America

Period: 1700 BCE to 2023 BCE

First Lacrosse Game

1100

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

Jun 19, 1846

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

First Soccer Game

Oct 11, 1866

american colleges played the first soccer game in Waukesha Wisconsin.

First Football game

1868

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

1876

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

First Basketball game

1891

James Naismith invented basketball in Springfeild Massachusetts

First Hockey game

1893

The fist game was held between yale and johns Hopkins university

NHL was founded

Nov 26, 1917

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

NBA Founded

Jun 6, 1946

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

Dec 17, 1993

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