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Field Hockey History

 

This lead to the first International Competition in 1895. (US Field Hockey Association Online- "History & 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 before, it shows that people are gaining and keeping interest in it.
             Eventually, field hockey was seen as the only team sport considered proper for women. Quickly catching on the first women's club appearing in East Mosley, England in 1887. This was quickly followed by the creation of the All England Women's Hockey Association in 1889. The sport then took off and was spread across the Atlantic in 1901. Constance Applebee introduced the sport to the U.S. while attending a seminar at Harvard. She was originally from England, and learned how to play the sport there. (US Field Hockey Online-"History & Tradition").
             Applebee was so appalled at the parlor games that passed for exercise with women in America, she decided that she needed to show everyone how exciting and fun field hockey is. She borrowed some sticks and a ball and staged the first hockey exhibition in the United States behind the Harvard gymnasium. The game had an enthusiastic response and people took a keen interest in it. Constance had no problem quickly spreading the sport to some of the region's most prestigious women's schools. (US Field Hockey Online- "History & Tradition").


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