Walter Frederick Morrison invented Frisbee in 1948. But as to where he got this idea from, there is a story behind it. A baking company Frisbie of Bridgeport, Connecticut baked pies to be sold to number of colleges of England. Students after eating pies played with empty pie tins for hours. Many colleges of England […]
Who invented football/soccer?
Football is called soccer in USA, Australia, South Africa and Canada. The word soccer is older than word football, but football had more ring to it so “Association Football” was created on October 26th, 1863. Football is played by men since centuries ago but as to who invented it and to when it was invented […]
Who invented baseball?
Baseball was played in America since early 1800s using local rules and informal teams. It was considered as America’s “national pastime “by 1860s. Baseball originated from the English game “Rounder”. It was Alexander Joy Cartwright who invented this game of baseball in 1845. The first set of rules and regulations were framed by Alexander Cartwright […]
Who invented basketball?
Basketball was invented in 1891 by the Canadian physical instructor James Naismith. He was born in Almonte, Ontario in Canada on November 6, 1861. At the tender age of nine he lost both his parents within three weeks. He got educated at Mcgill University and Presbyterian College at Montreal. He served in Mcgill University and […]
Who invented hockey?
It was around 4000 years back; in the name of Keryetezin, that hockey was played in Egypt with horns and a spherical ball shaped thing. In 1363 Edward III of England published a proclamation in which the word hockey was born. The 19th century witnessed the uplift of hockey. In 1849 the public schools in […]
