Sports History Exam 1
Ancient Greece - ANS--Scattered people with unified thought
-Common bonds with language, trade, external threats, religion with Gods, all with
human flaws
-Dualism: Body and intellect are separate
-Aristotle: Sound body, sound mind
-Plato: Harmonious balance between mind and body
-Prized honor and victory.
-Greeks had no heaven, believed honorable citizens survived in memory
-"Heroic Era" - 1400-1200 BCE
-"Dark Ages" - 1200-800 BCE
-Classical Period..
-First olympic games 776 BCE
-"Homer" and the Epics c. 750 BCE
-"Golden Age" 546-300 BCE
The ancient Olympic games - ANS--Celebration of Greek Unity
-Open to all and only Greeks
-First games: 776 BCE
-Games abolished 393 when Rome conquers Greece
-Olympia was permanent site of the ancient games
"Golden Age" games - ANS--500-450 B.C
-1st day= Religious ceremonies
-2nd day= Equestrian, Pentathlon
-3rd day= Religious ceremonies
-4th day= Running, "Heavy sports"
-5th day= Celebration, ceremonies
-4 important points: preparation, amateurism and prizes, religion, the athletic class
Ancient Rome - ANS--Founding 753 BCE
-Republic: 510-31 BCE
-Empire: 31 BCE-284 BCE
-Roman sport was "bread and circuses"
-Chariot racing, gladiatorial contests
-Religious aspect declines, politics ascend
-Team sports existed
, Victorians - ANS--"Victorian" middle class
-Family-centered,
-prosperity and virtue
hard work, sobriety, order
Bachelor Sub-culture - ANS--Working class, urban, (Irish) single men
-Gambling, drinking, saloons, sports,
-Male bonding and work autonomy
John Cox Stevens - ANS--1785-1857
-Steamboat heir, sportman, promoter
-1829's= leading horse owner
-1831= establishes elysian fields
-1851= NY Yacht Club and America
Adelman's Characteristics of Sports - ANS--Organization
Formal, often local, regional & national
-Rules
Written, standardized, rational
-Competition
Hierarchy of local and national
-Role Differentiation
Specialized athletes, professionals emerge; spectators set apart from players
-Public Information
Reported through media, sporting press develops
-Statistics & Records
Kept, published and considered important
The Great Foot Race - ANS--1835
-Long distance walking and running was a big deal in the 1800s
-$1000 to anyone that could run 10 miles in less than an hour
-Henry Stannard, winner
-Louis "Deerfoot" Bennett
-Edward Weston
Bare Knuckle Boxing - ANS--Broughton (1743) and London (1838) Rules
-no gloves, no set rounds, no limit
-Rounds end in knockout, throw down
-30 seconds then to to mark
Ancient Greece - ANS--Scattered people with unified thought
-Common bonds with language, trade, external threats, religion with Gods, all with
human flaws
-Dualism: Body and intellect are separate
-Aristotle: Sound body, sound mind
-Plato: Harmonious balance between mind and body
-Prized honor and victory.
-Greeks had no heaven, believed honorable citizens survived in memory
-"Heroic Era" - 1400-1200 BCE
-"Dark Ages" - 1200-800 BCE
-Classical Period..
-First olympic games 776 BCE
-"Homer" and the Epics c. 750 BCE
-"Golden Age" 546-300 BCE
The ancient Olympic games - ANS--Celebration of Greek Unity
-Open to all and only Greeks
-First games: 776 BCE
-Games abolished 393 when Rome conquers Greece
-Olympia was permanent site of the ancient games
"Golden Age" games - ANS--500-450 B.C
-1st day= Religious ceremonies
-2nd day= Equestrian, Pentathlon
-3rd day= Religious ceremonies
-4th day= Running, "Heavy sports"
-5th day= Celebration, ceremonies
-4 important points: preparation, amateurism and prizes, religion, the athletic class
Ancient Rome - ANS--Founding 753 BCE
-Republic: 510-31 BCE
-Empire: 31 BCE-284 BCE
-Roman sport was "bread and circuses"
-Chariot racing, gladiatorial contests
-Religious aspect declines, politics ascend
-Team sports existed
, Victorians - ANS--"Victorian" middle class
-Family-centered,
-prosperity and virtue
hard work, sobriety, order
Bachelor Sub-culture - ANS--Working class, urban, (Irish) single men
-Gambling, drinking, saloons, sports,
-Male bonding and work autonomy
John Cox Stevens - ANS--1785-1857
-Steamboat heir, sportman, promoter
-1829's= leading horse owner
-1831= establishes elysian fields
-1851= NY Yacht Club and America
Adelman's Characteristics of Sports - ANS--Organization
Formal, often local, regional & national
-Rules
Written, standardized, rational
-Competition
Hierarchy of local and national
-Role Differentiation
Specialized athletes, professionals emerge; spectators set apart from players
-Public Information
Reported through media, sporting press develops
-Statistics & Records
Kept, published and considered important
The Great Foot Race - ANS--1835
-Long distance walking and running was a big deal in the 1800s
-$1000 to anyone that could run 10 miles in less than an hour
-Henry Stannard, winner
-Louis "Deerfoot" Bennett
-Edward Weston
Bare Knuckle Boxing - ANS--Broughton (1743) and London (1838) Rules
-no gloves, no set rounds, no limit
-Rounds end in knockout, throw down
-30 seconds then to to mark
