The exact origin of field hockey as a game is unknown, although 4,000-year-old drawings found in the tomb at Beni-Hasen in the Nile Valley depicted men playing the sport. We know that many other ancient civilizations have also played the sport as seen in the drawings. These cultures range form Greeks and Romans to Ethiopians and Aztecs. (US Field Hockey Association Online- “History & Tradition”)

The modern game of field hockey evolved around the mid-19th century in England. T

Over the next decades, field hockey prospered. The U.S women’s touring field hockey team participated in its first international competition in 1920. Two years later, the United States Field Hockey Association was founded for the purpose of promoting and generating enthusiasm for the sport. The USA field hockey team later received an invitation to the first women’s Olympic games in Moscow, the invitation was declined however because of the US boycott of the games. Four years later however, the team captured the bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.(US Field Hockey Online: History and Tradition- Field Hockey Timeline) It also appeared in Seoul in 1988, and Atlanta in 1996. The US team also competes in the World Cup’s quite often; there best performance was a bronze medal finish in Dublin in 1994. (US Field Hockey Online- “History and Tradition”)

Field Hockey was included in the Olympic program for the first time in 1908 at the London Games. At this time it was still a male sport because it was considered to “dangerous” for females to play. The sport was again featured on the program at Amsterdam in 1928, and has been on the program ever since. Women’s hockey became a fixture on the Olympic Program in Moscow in 1980. (US Field Hockey Association Online- “History & Tradition”) Since women seem to be the only ones playing the sport in the US, I think it’s done fairly well for the amount of time it’s been around. If people weren’t really exposed to it until the 80’s as a women’s sport, and men weren’t interested in it

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