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Angleball Championship
Angleball is a registered sports fitness organization and patented equipment manufacturer for North America's oldest sport, anejodi. Angleball's anejodi rules were reestablished as an American tradition during World War II at Brown University by collegiate Hall of Fame football and basketball coach Charles " Rip" Engle (March 26, 1906 – March 7, 1983) to keep American World War II servicemen fit prior to deployment. Angleball equipment is currently played by 1,000,000+ people in the United States and worldwide and for conditioning in the NFL and by Team USA Olympic athletes. International Angleball has 13 current member countries. The Angleball organization honors its ancient heritage by encouraging groups to produce their own anejodi equipment to Angleball's patented measurements, using available or natural materials, as long as the equipment is not sold. Angleball is a registered trademark and is sold exclusively by the Angleball company. Gameplay Two large target-balls a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anejodi
According to the Cherokee Nation, Anejodi is a sport played between two even teams who compete over control of a ball which is used to strike a target on top of a poleAnejodi is the oldest known team sport in North America, having been first documented by French artist and explorer, Jacques le Moyne, Jacques LeMoyne in 1591, after he observed the sport being played by the Timucua People of present-day Florida in the United States. LeMoyne illustrated the sport being played with a description that reads as follows, "The young men, they played a certain ball game in the following manner. A post was erected in the middle of an area, and the one who managed to hit the target on top with a ball was awarded a prize" (Library of Congress). Anejodi was also memorialized in a 20-foot-tall bronze statue in Oklahoma in the United States. Anejodi was reestablished as an American tradition in 1942 by wikipedia:Rip Engle, Charles "Rip" Engle, a D1 Hall of Fame football and basketball coach, based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
