The "Creator's Game" is played by Native Americans in present-day Upstate New York and Canada. 100 to 1,000 men played on a field several miles long from sunup to sundown for 2-3 days straight as part of ceremonial ritual
1637
The French Jesuit missionary Jean de Brébeuf saw Huron tribesmen play the game in present-day Ontario. He called it la crosse, "the stick" in French.
1860
William George Beers, a Canadian dentist, codified the game, shortening the length of games and reducing the number of players to 12 per team
1890
The women's game was introduced by Louisa Lumsden in Scotland
1904, 1908
Field lacrosse was a medal sport in the Summer Olympics
1926
The first women's club in the US was started by Rosabelle Sinclair at Bryn Mawr School
2028
Lacrosse to return to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles
