America's First Sport

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The first sporting event ever observed by Europeans in North America was a lacrosse game in 1637. Jesuit missionaries from France saw hundreds of native men playing a ball game with sticks that they thought resembled a bishop’s crosier, so...

The first sporting event ever observed by Europeans in North America was a lacrosse game in 1637. Jesuit missionaries from France saw hundreds of native men playing a ball game with sticks that they thought resembled a bishop’s crosier, so...

Director: Dennis Deninger
Writer: Dennis Deninger
Stars: Philip Arnold / Kevin Buchanan / Craig Bunker / Jim Calder / Stern Chamblain
Genre: Documentary
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