1540 The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)1895 William Morgan presents his new sport ”Mintonette” to the world at Springfield College, Massachusetts,
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1908 Wilhelmina ’08 soccer team forms in Weert, Netherlands1932 American speed skater Irving Jaffee wins the 10,000m at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics; clinches distance
1884 Canadian Rugby Football Union forms1893 Vanderbilt University claims it participated in the first organised intercollegiate basketball game at the Nashville YMCA Gymnasium; Vanderbilt beats
1926 NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates1926 St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees1932 1st Olympic dog sled race
1921 Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium1931 Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 246.08 mph driving his famous Blue
1902 Stanley Cup, Winnipeg Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Montreal HC beats Winnipeg Victorias, 2-1 for a 2-1 challenge series victory1903 Stanley Cup: Montreal HC beats Winnipeg
1876 Albert Spalding invests $800 to start sporting goods company, manufacturing first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball and football1894 1st US steel sailing
1876 Baseball’s National League forms at the Grand Central Hotel, NYC with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia and St Louis1892
1905 Dutch soccer club ADO Den Haag forms in The Hague; ADO represents the amateur branch of the club1914 Chicago White Sox and New York