The Top 7 Sporting Firsts

The Top 7 Major Sporting Firsts

1. The First world champion in any sport: The First recorded world champion in any sport was a French called Clerge. He won the world real tennis championship in around 1740.

2. The First organized golf club: The Honorable Company of Edinburg Golfers, the first club in the world forms on 7 March 1744. It is still active and it is in Muirfield rather than its original home at Leith links.

3. The First Wimbledon Championship: The First Wimbledon Championships were held 9-19 July 1877.Only Men competed that year. The Champion was Spencer Gore.

4. The first modern Olympics: The First modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece on 6-15 April 1896. Revived after almost 1500 years thanks to determined Frenchmen Pierre de Coubertin.

5. The First to break to break the Four minute mile record : On May 6 1954, Roger Banister became the first man to complete a mile under 4 minutes completing it in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds

6. The First soccer world cup: The first soccer world cup took place in Uruguay from 13-30 July 1930. It was won by Uruguay who beat Argentina 4-2.

7. The First Person to win all the Tennis grand Slam in a single year : Donald budge (USA) became the first player to win all the four Grand slams (US Open, French Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon) in a single year when he won the US Open on 24 September 1938.

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