Big Turk Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) As well as apparently all other major sporting leagues we follow in the US? MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL all had their roots in Canada? That's crazy... In 1874 McGill University in Montreal sent a letter challenging Harvard to a few friendly games in Cambridge, MA of "foot-ball" which Harvard accepted. The first game too place in May of 1874 and had 500 spectators watching. The first recorded game of Canadian Football took place in 1861. https://www.distractify.com/p/did-canada-invent-football Edited February 13, 2023 by Big Turk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 I think they're wrong on basketball. I thought that was invented in Springfield Massachusetts. And baseball is American as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 That commercial also said that Canada invented the battery. Well, a Canadian did invent the alkaline cell, but the battery was invented by Alessandro Volta in Italy. You could argue that Canada made the first commercially-viable battery, in the same way that Edison created the first commercially-viable light bulb, although he didn't invent the light bulb itself. 26 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said: I think they're wrong on basketball. I thought that was invented in Springfield Massachusetts. True, but James Naismith was a Canadian. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBob806 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Football was invented in Canton, Ohio fyi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Football didn't become football until Walter Camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Let them have this. They need something 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Another lesser known fact is they originally spelled it foutball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleezoid Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 I thought Al Gore invented all those sports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 23 hours ago, Big Turk said: As well as apparently all other major sporting leagues we follow in the US? MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL all had their roots in Canada? That's crazy... In 1874 McGill University in Montreal sent a letter challenging Harvard to a few friendly games in Cambridge, MA of "foot-ball" which Harvard accepted. The first game too place in May of 1874 and had 500 spectators watching. The first recorded game of Canadian Football took place in 1861. https://www.distractify.com/p/did-canada-invent-football It was unusually cold that day for that time of the year, but my dad bought us overpriced sweatshirts in the Harvard bookstore to keep warm. I was young at the time, but I could tell that foot-ball thing was going to take off! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Why would anyone ever doubt Dave Grohl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 22 hours ago, DrBob806 said: Football was invented in Canton, Ohio fyi Sorry it was not....the pro football hall of fame is Canton according to their own site for 3 primary reasons: History The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton, Ohio, for three primary reasons: (1) the American Professional Football Association, later renamed the National Football League, was founded in Canton on Sept. 17, 1920; (2) the Canton Bulldogs were an early pro football power, even before the days of the NFL. They were also the first two-time champion of the NFL, in 1922 and 1923. The great Jim Thorpe, the first big-name athlete to play pro football, played his first pro football with the Bulldogs, starting in 1915; (3) Canton citizens early in the 1960s launched a determined and well-organized campaign to earn the site designation for their city. The Canton Bulldogs came into existence in 1903, more than 30 years after the first game was played in the US. 22 hours ago, WhoTom said: That commercial also said that Canada invented the battery. Well, a Canadian did invent the alkaline cell, but the battery was invented by Alessandro Volta in Italy. You could argue that Canada made the first commercially-viable battery, in the same way that Edison created the first commercially-viable light bulb, although he didn't invent the light bulb itself. True, but James Naismith was a Canadian. There is some evidence the battery actually was invented in ancient Egypt and some believe it is pictured in artwork on the pyramid walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 28 minutes ago, Big Turk said: There is some evidence the battery actually was invented in ancient Egypt and some believe it is pictured in artwork on the pyramid walls. They've found artifacts too, but it's still questionable whether the jars in question constituted voltaic cells or were just used as storage vessels. So far, there's no evidence of them having powered anything or having been strung together to increase their voltage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, WhoTom said: They've found artifacts too, but it's still questionable whether the jars in question constituted voltaic cells or were just used as storage vessels. So far, there's no evidence of them having powered anything or having been strung together to increase their voltage. the more interesting question becomes how did the builders see inside when torches/lights would not have enough oxygen to stay lit and any sort of mirrors to reflect sunlight quickly became too weak when having to go around corners. Outside of having a light source there would have been pitch blackness. Edited February 14, 2023 by Big Turk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 5 hours ago, KDIGGZ said: Let them have this. They need something They have maple syrup, socks and sandles, and Gordon Lightfoot...they'll be fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 I thought baseball evolved from rounders, which was (correct me if I’m wrong) a British game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, RiotAct said: I thought baseball evolved from rounders, which was (correct me if I’m wrong) a British game? I thought it came from cricket. Turns out, we're both right. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-baseball Quote References to games resembling baseball in the United States date back to the 18th century. Its most direct ancestors appear to be two English games: rounders (a children’s game brought to New England by the earliest colonists) and cricket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donuts and Doritos Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Sorry Canada. But the 1st American Football game was played November 6, 1869 between Rutgers vs Princeton in New Brunswick NJ. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football Walter Camp is considered the father of American Football & was an American. https://connecticuthistory.org/the-father-of-american-football-is-born-today-in-history-april-7/#:~:text=Walter Camp is credited with,stemmed from Walter Camp's influence. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Camp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 3 hours ago, Fleezoid said: I thought Al Gore invented all those sports. No, it was George Santos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Positive Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 22 minutes ago, Donuts and Doritos said: Sorry Canada. But the 1st American Football game was played November 6, 1869 between Rutgers vs Princeton in New Brunswick NJ. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football Walter Camp is considered the father of American Football & was an American. https://connecticuthistory.org/the-father-of-american-football-is-born-today-in-history-april-7/#:~:text=Walter Camp is credited with,stemmed from Walter Camp's influence. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Camp In that same Wiki article, it notes that 11 v. 11 football with snaps and the forward pass was considered the "Canadian" version of the game. The "American" version had a round ball, you couldn't pick the ball up, and had 25-man teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dablitzkrieg Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 They're not even a real country anyway 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, thenorthremembers said: They have maple syrup, socks and sandles, and Gordon Lightfoot...they'll be fine. Yeah Maple Syrup is huge...I had no idea until I watched a Netflix Documentary called "The Maple Syrup Mafia" that Quebec controls 70+% of the world's Maple Syrup production. Guess that's why the Maple Leaf is on their flag and they have a hockey team named after it. Edited February 14, 2023 by Big Turk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donuts and Doritos Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 14 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said: In that same Wiki article, it notes that 11 v. 11 football with snaps and the forward pass was considered the "Canadian" version of the game. The "American" version had a round ball, you couldn't pick the ball up, and had 25-man teams. Here's how the forward pass came into American Football (it was to help prevent deaths which might result in the game being outlawed. It evolved over time): https://www.history.com/news/forward-pass-football-invented-origins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 31 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said: In that same Wiki article, it notes that 11 v. 11 football with snaps and the forward pass was considered the "Canadian" version of the game. The "American" version had a round ball, you couldn't pick the ball up, and had 25-man teams. Yeah basically the American version was just a giant scrum pile that constantly moved back and forth which is why most of the games back then either ended in a 0-0 tie or one team winning 6-0. It was mostly boring and also dangerous as many people got seriously injured or even died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
without a drought Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 They don't even know what bacon is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 The first hockey games used frozen cow pies as pucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Didn’t Rugby invent football? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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