The Mohawk Lacrosse Club, sometimes called Mohawk Club of Troy is the first
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...
club in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
.
History
In 1867,
Indigenous Americans held an exhibition match in front of 10,000 people in
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...
,
New York. Following this, the Mohawk Lacrosse Club was formed in Troy in 1868 by several baseball players.
["Troy, Springfield Lacrosse Teams Set Local Contest"]
'' The Times Record'', Troy, New York, series 1970, number 73, March 26, 1970, page 27. [Cioffi, Pete]
"Mohawk stickers in action Sunday"
''The Times Record'', Troy, New York, series 1976, number 147, May 26, 1976, page 40. As a game previously only played by
Indigenous Americans, the Mohawk Lacrosse Club introduced lacrosse to people who had never seen it played through the formation of a club lacrosse program.
[ This led to the formation of the modern game of lacrosse in the United States.
In its first season in the summer of 1868, the Mohawk Lacrosse club lost 4 games to Canadian teams, including ]Montreal Lacrosse Club
The Montreal Lacrosse Club was a lacrosse club in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Club is notable in the history of lacrosse as it was responsible for establishing the first set of written rules of the game.
The Club was established in 1856 by the ...
, Crescent, Dominion and Aurora.[ Later, the team played a combination of college varsity and club games.][ In the 1974 season, the team had a 7 and 3 record, finishing 3rd in the Yankee Division of the United States Lacrosse Club Association. Over the years, the United States Lacrosse Club Association selected players from the team to participate in the annual North-South All-Star game."Rogowski, Flannigan Lacrosse Stars"]
''The Times Record'', Troy, New York, series 1971, number 145, June 18, 1971, page 20.
References
External links
*http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=mohawklacrosseclub&sid=549894835
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