Sports ChronoQuest

A vintage illustration featuring an 18th Century game of cricket being played at the Artillery Ground, in Finsbury.

 

Tennis

1881: British tennis player William Renshaw and H F Lawford playing for the Men’s Singles Title at Wimbledon, which Renshaw won. Original Publication: The Graphic (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

Soccer

Chinese ladies playing Cuju, by the Ming Dynasty painter, Du Jin.

 

Table-Tennis

Zhuang Zedong (right) leads China to victory in the 1961 World Table Tennis Championship.

 

Handball

Ancient Roman athletes play handball.

 

Lacrosse

Sioux playing Ball. Oil on canvas, by Charles Deas. Courtesy of Wikimedia.

 

football

Benny Friedman wins against Ohio State for Michigan| UM Bentley Library.

 

Golf

Woman golfing, 1920.

 

Basketball

The players used peach basket in the original version of the game.

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baseball

Baseball player catching baseball before gloves were introduced officially to the game.

 

Volleyball

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Members of Washington’s Chinese Youth Club play 9-man volleyball in Washington in 1952. This version usually played on city streets with rules stressing players’ Chinese heritage, draws hundreds to tournaments.