Sports and Leisure trivia
Some interesting sports and leisure trivia……
The first Soccer World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930 and attracted 13 competing countries.
The ‘huddle’ in football was formed due to a deaf football player who used sign language to communicate and his team didn’t want the opposition to see the signals he used and in turn huddled around him.
In Scotland, golf was strictly a Gentlemen-Only- Ladies-Forbidden sport. Hence the name Golf.
On February 6, 1971 the first golf ball was hit on the moon by Alan Shepard.
Golfers use an estimated $800 million worth of golf balls annually.
The world’s first roller coaster opened in 1884 at Coney Island, New York. It was designed by Lemarcus Thompson, a former Sunday school teacher.
Until 1967 it wasn’t illegal for Olympic athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during competition.
The first Wimbledon Tennis Competition took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition. Men’s singles was the only event that took place. There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by Spencer Gore.
