FOOTBALL EVOLUTION
This sport evolved from rugby and soccer in the late 1800s.
What is football?
This Canadian-born teacher invented basketball in 1891.
Who is James Naismith?
Baseball evolved from this English bat-and-ball game.
What is rounders?
Early boxing matches were fought without these protective items.
What are gloves?
These games, first held in 776 BC, inspired modern international sports competition.
What are the Olympic Games?
This Yale graduate is known as the "Father of American Football."
Who is Walter Camp?
Basketball was originally played using these fruit containers.
What are peach baskets?
This man is often credited with developing modern baseball rules.
Who is Alexander Cartwright?
These rules introduced gloves and timed rounds in boxing.
What are the Marquess of Queensberry Rules?
This country is credited with creating modern soccer rules.
What is England?
In 1906, football legalized this play to make the game safer and more exciting.
What is the forward pass
The first basketball games were played with this number of players per team.
What is 9?
This baseball league was founded in 1876 and still exists today.
What is the National League?
Ancient boxing was first featured in these games in 688 BC.
What are the Ancient Olympic Games?
This sport was originally called "mintonette."
What is volleyball?
This organization was formed in 1906 and later became the NCAA.
What is the National Collegiate Athletic Association?
This league was founded in 1946 and later became the NBA.
What is the Basketball Association of America?
Before gloves became common, players often fielded baseballs with these.
What are bare hands?
This heavyweight champion helped popularize boxing worldwide in the early 1900s.
Who is Jack Johnson?
This sport was invented to keep athletes active indoors during winter.
What is basketball?
Before becoming football, many colleges played a game more similar to this sport.
What is rugby?
This shot, introduced in the NBA in 1979, changed offensive strategy forever.
What is the three-point shot?
This player broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Before modern gloves, fighters often wrapped their hands with this material.
What is leather or cloth?
This international event was first held in 1930 and helped soccer become a global phenomenon.
What is the FIFA World Cup?