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History of Sports

History of Sports. Mr. Young Sociology. Ancient Sports. These are some sports est. to be over 2500 years old Hurling in Ireland Harpastum In Rome Cuju in China Polo in Persia. Also Wrestling. Ancient Egyptian Sports. Helped to start many of the games we play today

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History of Sports

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  1. History of Sports Mr. Young Sociology

  2. Ancient Sports • These are some sports est. to be over 2500 years old • Hurling in Ireland • Harpastum In Rome • Cuju in China • Polo in Persia

  3. Also Wrestling

  4. Ancient Egyptian Sports • Helped to start many of the games we play today • Pharaoh’s enjoyed going to sporting events • Included: hockey, handball, gymnastics, fishing, boxing, weightlifting, archery, and high jump

  5. Egyptian sports

  6. Ancient Greece • Some of their games include, field hockey, high diving, and animal fighting • Started the Olympic games (every 4 years) that was held between different city-states in Greece • Believed that Hercules helped create the games in honor of father Zeus • Featured events such as running, pentathlon (jumping, discus, javelin, foot race, and wrestling)

  7. Ancient Greece

  8. Ancient Greece Cont • First record of Olympic champion was Corebus, a cook, who won the one and only event, the 210 yard dash, in 776 BC • Continued every 4 years for 1200 years until Emperor Theodius I abolished the games because viewed as pagan traditions

  9. Olympics Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ztMlmavBw

  10. Ancient Mayans

  11. Ancient Mayans • Invented game called The Ball Game • Rubber ball about 20 inches in diameter • Played on a stone court with sloping walls and stone rings

  12. Ancient Mayans • Could not use hands to get ball through ring and must not let the ball hit the ground • Usually one goal ended the game • Winners treated as heroes and a feast • Losers punished severely, leaders usually lost their lives

  13. Mayan Ball Game Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw24y2MLiFE

  14. History of Golf • Began on the east coast of Scotland, 15th century • Started by using rounded stick and hitting pebbles • First club (gentlemen Golfers of Leith (1744)) • Royal and Ancient club of St. Andrews (Old Tom Morris) • 4 Majors: US Open, British Open, Masters, and PGA Championship • Important People: Bobby Jones, Lord Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Eldrick Woods

  15. History of Baseball • Based on Rounders in England • Alexander Cartwright was first to organize a list of rules • Civil War helped to bring momentum to the game • Cincinnati Red Stockings were first professional team • Important People: Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson

  16. Baseball

  17. History of Football • Descended from Ancient Greek Game Harpastum • Nov 6, 1869 Rutgers and Princeton played first intercollegiate game • Walter Camp, coach at Yale • National Football League (NFL) formed in 1920

  18. Football

  19. History of Soccer • Cuju in China played around 2nd century BC • Ancient Greeks and Romans had Pheninda, a combo of soccer and rugby • Modern soccer started in England in the 19th century • FIFA formed in May 21, 1904 • World Cup founded in 1930, played every 4 years: Brazil has most wins (5)

  20. Soccer

  21. History of Basketball

  22. History of Basketball • Invented by Dr. James Naismith in 1891 • Created as a game for children to play in Mass. during the winter • Spread globally during WWII • First Pro league started in 1890 • UK first team was in 1903, but Adolph Rupp would arrive in 1930

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