The very first modern football game was played in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 13, 1874, between 成人VR视频 and a squad from Harvard. Harvard may have won that first game, but the football tradition remains strong at 成人VR视频鈥檚 Molson Stadium, which is home to both the 成人VR视频 Redmen and seven-time Grey Cup champs the Montreal Alouettes.
While working at a Massachusetts YMCA in 1891, former director of physical training James Naismith (BA1887) needed a new 鈥渁thletic distraction鈥 for rowdy kids trapped indoors by the harsh winter. To prevent injury, Naismith suspended his goal鈥攁 peach basket with the bottom removed鈥10 feet in the air. Naismith鈥檚 basketball was first played at 成人VR视频 two years later.
And, of course, there鈥檚 hockey. Civil engineer James Creighton (BCL1880) organized the first game of organized indoor hockey on March 3, 1875, at the Victoria Skating Rink in downtown Montreal; many of the players who took part were 成人VR视频 students. The world鈥檚 first official hockey team, the 成人VR视频 Hockey Club, made its debut two years later and some of the players鈥Richard F. Smith (BSc1883) and W. F. Robertson (BSc1880)鈥攈elped refine the rules, including
the introduction of a rubber puck, carved out of a lacrosse ball. In 1911,聽Frank Patrick (BA1908) and his brother Lester (he dropped out of 成人VR视频 to play professionally) created the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, which featured such hockey-firsts as artificial ice penalty shots, numbered jerseys, 鈥渙n-the-fly鈥 line changes, assists and the blue line. They sold their league to the NHL in 1926.