Lacrosse History Essay

The history of lacrosse is a topic that not many people know about even if they play the sport. The sport of lacrosse and its history is a very interesting subject. There is a plethora of information that people would not know unless they looked further into the topic. The sport of lacrosse was first played by the native americans in the 1600s with the first record of games being played in 1936 by the huron indians. The game was recorded by french jesuit priest working in the St.lawrence valley around the western great lakes.

Lacrosse was seen as a religious and spiritual connection between the people and nature. “The game was known as the medicine game” according to the book lacrosse legends. The game was known to heal and cleanse the

In my research i also found that many people have not even seen the sport being played. Its seems like the sport is very misunderstood, the game of lacrosse over the years has built a widespread number of player and views as the college game continues to grow. According to Insider sport in 2013 they said that lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in North america. As Well as the game having a large following for the field game but also the box version of the game spreading from more northern parts of america and canada. Box lacrosse was a form of lacrosse that was played in the form of a hockey arena just on turf and was introduced 1930. The game was originally moved and played in canada by french settlers in the year 1840. And in the year 1859 was declared the national sport of canada. The evolution of the game continued as the equipment changed from handmade wooden shafts to a plastic offset head in the year 1960. As we moved forward in history the eagle box lacrosse league was formed in 1987 which is now the NLL and has teams in canada and the united states where countless fans go and watch the sport of box lacrosse. In 1988 the first mass producing complaining of gear was started by the gait brothers two of the largest