What was sport like in the 1950's?
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a lot better than it is now
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I don't know about "went on" but some played two sports at one time or dabbled in another like Dave DeBusschere who played two seasons as a pitcher for the White Sox. \n\nI think this was in the days when the NBA sked was shorter and they could do that. Other names are Harry Riconda, Ralph Miller, Ed Wineapple, Bert Lewis and Rusty Saunders...proving pro basketball existed before you were born. \n\nSince WWII...Mark Hendrickson, Frankie Baumholtz, Howie Schultz, Chuck Connors (of TV's Rifleman fame), Del Rice, Bill McCahan, Hank Biasetti, George Crowe, Irv Noren, Steve Hamilton, Cotton Nash, Ron Reed, Johnny Gee, Dick Ricketts, Gene Conley...and finally a person your age may have heard of..Danny Ainge (played for the Celts, Suns, Blazers and the Blue Jays). \n\nAnyway, use the links provided and search for each guy to see their stats in both sports.
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Rugby, boxing, and curling.\n\nBut no ballet or ballroom dancing, lol.
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Late 1940s to mid 1960s
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brazil..  {it was runner  urugvay is winner} held in 1950 after world war 2
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Before the advent of inexpensive air travel, the U.S. was isolated from the Europe when it came to sports. It just took too long for athletes to travel to Europe or Asia to compete in sports.  Sports that were developed here, were played here. As with all culture, you tend to play the sports that you played growing up. Take a look at cricket and (men's) field hockey -- they are primarily played in countries that were once part of the British Empire, and not much in other places.
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We have soccer,  Australian rules and rugby league.\nAussie rules is really popular in Melbourne.\nThe rest of the country is more into rugby league which is an excellent game. \nIt's a bit like american football, minus the padding.\nAussie blokes dont need it and play like men.\nBlues in game 3 for sure......
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No more high school players!!! there are no fundamentals in the game today. All the artistry and beauty of the game is gone... Yeah people can jump out of the gym but the game is just plain... Ugly
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Yankees.\n\nMy great grandfather used to hang around with Rocky Marciano (boxer).  They'd go to games "back in the day".  My dad had the opportunity to try out back in the 50's, went into the US Army and did 2 tours in Japan instead.
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I would say Baseball.\n\nThe first sports telecast took place on May 17, 1939.  The event was a college baseball game between Columbia and Princeton at BAKER FIELD, in UPPER MANHATTAN, New York.  Princeton won in the 10th inning, 2-1.  The event was televised over W2XBS, the experimental station that later became WNBC-TV.
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Then you have the hockey teams across the north... And soccer in Suburbia. Volleyball seems to be more coastal.\n\nI couldn't find any websites on it though. But I would guess that since sports were popular long before the days when travel was easy... it has to do with weather.
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I think 1947\nCheck out the website below
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Go to the 40's and find out
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its a complicated story, it is illegal. In the 50's everyone deamed dodgeball as unamerican and a commie sport because the ball was red. Dodgeball then faded out of american lifestyle and now we see it reappear into the mainstream
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The roots of the sport are from rugby and soccer (european football).  The form of the game played in the 1870's was a contact sport played with mostly soccer rules.
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i love that tennis is a very simple game in terms of the rules. very little room for interpretation at a professional level. compare to rugby, cricket, american football, squash...\n\nTennis is a war against yourself - one of the most psychologically challenging sports i've played.\n\nProbably the greatest thing about tennis - the all-round athletic and other talent needed. you have to be quick, have good reflexes, balance, mentally strong, timing, fitness...\n\nTennis has also been a sort of fashion parade over the years, more than any sport i can think of off hand. People like Borg, Agassi, Rafter, Wiliams sisters, Chris Evert etc were/are sex symbols and fashion icons of sorts in their heyday.\n\nPerhaps an interesting topical issue in tennis that is worth mentioning is the debate surrounding relative prize money of men vs women. they're still not equal in most Grand Slams I think. An interesting barometer of the times.\n\nContrasting styles and rivalries mcenroe vs connors, sampras vs agassi, Evert vs Navratilova, Federer vs Nadal...\n\nEquipment evolution - wooden raquets - aluminium - fibre glass - graphite and who knows what they play with these days. Clothes worn - initally women had to wear long skirts, and these days they practically wear nothing. (So i guess a theme could be how tennis has generally been quite an interesting reflection of the values and "rules" of the times over the years.\n\nProfessional vs amateur eras...
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Cournal John Volley,\nDon't let it hit the court High School VS. Giive us the dame ball High.\nFeb. 29-1957\n3 players needed mouth to mouth and 2 had broken fingers.\n90% of the fans left befor the ball touched the court.