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- Suzanne
- 1st Women's sport superstar, tennis player, French Media superstar, drank brandy during changes.
- Gertrude Ederle
- swam freestyle, thought it was too grueling for men and women. Crushed men's record by 2hrs swimming against the current.
- Jackie Mitchell
- 1st women to sign a pro baseball contract at 17. Pitched against the Yankees. Might have struck out Babe Ruth.
- Babe Didricksen
- Best female athlete of all time.
- Toni Stone
- 1st Black woman to play baseball at 2nd base, played for Indianapolis Clowns. Clowns Harlem Globetrotters of baseball.
- Wilma Rudolph
- Tenn. State Track Star. Won 3 golds in Rome Olympics, 1st woman to do so. Overcame childhood polio.
- Billie Jean King
- Played Bobby Riggs in Battle of the sexes tennis match and won. Helped social change on the 70's. Biggest TV match in history.
- Roberta Gibb
- 1st Runner of th the Boston Marathon without a number. Ran in nursing shoes.
- Kathrine Switzer
- Ran Boston marathon in numbers. Race director tried to tackle her. BF tackled him into bushes and she finished.
- Martina Navartilova
- Appearance still a big thing. #1 tennis player did not get contracts or deals.
- Joan Benoit
- Winner of the 1st Women's Olympic Marathon.
- Play Days
- Encouraged socialization, go play with different collegs and people then drink milk with cookies.
- Telegraph Meets
- compare sports by telegraph for women. ex: Swim times
- What did colonial sport share with modern sport?
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1. Sports stuck between work and play.
2.Notion of perfectibility.
3.Physical process as important to status, identity. - Colonial Sport
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1607-1802
Naturally derived->Artifically contrived. -
In what ways were colonial sports different from modern sport?
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Status/Identity
Way of life
Money
Diversion -
Status/Identity
different from modern sport -
Horse Racing
foot racing
wrestling
boxing
cricket/rounders
cards
target shoot
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Way of life
Different from Modern Sport -
Fishing
hunting
swimming
boating
ice skating -
Money
Different from modern sport -
gander pulling
ratting
cock fighting
bear baiting
abelarding
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Diversion
Different from modern sport -
Bowling
Fives
barking the squirrel
quoits/horseshoes
- Re-creative Colonial activities
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Fishing
hunting
Boating
Swimming
Recreated you to do more work
Broadly Defined, localized activities
moral judgement - What perceptions of activities as either diversionary or re-creative mean for modern sport?
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Hunting and Fishing- meal on the table
Swimming-useful skill
Horse Racing- breeding - Where were colonial sports played?
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Taverns
Barns/Farms
Village Greens
Streets
Field/Forests
Lakes,rivers
- When were colonial sports played?
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Sabbath(day of rest)
Militia Days
Holidays,festivals
Court Days
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Functions of Sports
Culturally Enriching -
image,status
health,fitness
character building
community
thrill-seeking
political statement
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Function of Sports
Commercially Enriching -
Entertainment
money
Both
Community
Thrill Seeking