2. When and who created the term "Hockey" ?

 Hockey is a term given to the sport played on ICE and with two sticks, two goals, elevn players, ...

However, when was it created and who created it is still a mystery and it may have been resolved.

2- When and who created the term "Hockey" ?

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This are the four evidences that we have of the term Hockey been used throught history:

1. In 1949, a magazine in the Soviet Union claimed the sport was invented and perfected in Russia in the mid-19th century. But those claims may be dubious.

2. In 1864, the Prince of Wales played hockey on a lake with a London skating club. “The game was kept up with great animation until 2 o'clock,” a London newspaper reported.

3. In Great Britain, newspapers as early as the 1840s referenced hockey played on ice. A Scottish newspaper reported in 1842 about a fatality during a hockey game.

4. And the last and most recognized evidence is a 1773 book published in England called "Juvenile Sports and Pastimes"

People date the term according to the last evidence, in 1773, although the concept may have been pre created it is the most recognised one and the one with more fundamentals till this day. 

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