Home›Sports Pioneers and Innovators›All Sports Pioneers and InnovatorsBrowse ByAll Sports Pioneers and InnovatorsReference and ClassificationVerifiedFounders and codifiers of a named sport or martial art whose primary historical significance is establishing its rules, organization or modern form. Belongs here: the individual founders of judo, taekwondo, handball, volleyball and comparable codified sports this atlas holds. Does not belong here: rulers, statesmen or military figures whose biography happens to mention athletic pursuits without founding or codifying a sport.FactsAll Sports Pioneers and InnovatorsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested1896 CE 1All Sports Pioneers and InnovatorsFilter Results21 entriesRoleAllAmerican college football player, coach, and sports writer (1)EraAllThe Cold War (1)The Contemporary Period (8)The Late Modern Period (12)Lived Era (Birth to Death)All1835 to 1895 (1)1848 to 1915 (1)1859 to 1925 (1)1860 to 1938 (1)1861 to 1939 (1)1863 to 1937 (1)1865 to 1930 (1)1870 to 1942 (1)1872 to 1933 (1)1884 to 1957 (1)1890 to 1956 (1)1911 to 1956 (1)1913 to 1980 (1)1918 to 2002 (1)1918 to 2004 (1)1919 to 1972 (1)1923 to 2003 (1)1932 to 1973 (1)1940 to 1994 (1)1947 to 2023 (1)BirthplaceAllAlmonte, Canada West, Province of Canada (1)Berlin, Germany (1)Downend, near Bristol, England (1)East Nada, Kobe, Japan (1)Hwa Dae, Myong Chung District, Korea (1)Jamestown, Gold Coast (now part of Accra, Ghana) (1)Jato, Shewa, Ethiopian Empire (1)Lage Vuursche, near Baarn, Netherlands (1)Lockport, New York, United States (1)Nantes, France (1)New Britain, Connecticut (1)Oakville, Alabama, United States (1)Paris, France (1)Portland, Oregon (1)Sadodar, Kathiawar Agency, British India (1)Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee, United States (1)Sheffield, England (1)GenderAllFemale (5)Male (16)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 21Abebe BikilaSports Pioneers and InnovatorsAlice MilliatSports Pioneers and InnovatorsArthur WhartonSports Pioneers and InnovatorsBabe Didrikson ZahariasSports Pioneers and InnovatorsBillie Jean KingSports Pioneers and InnovatorsChoi Hong HiSports Pioneers and InnovatorsDick FosburySports Pioneers and InnovatorsFanny Blankers-KoenSports Pioneers and InnovatorsHarry WrightSports Pioneers and InnovatorsJackie RobinsonSports Pioneers and InnovatorsJames NaismithSports Pioneers and InnovatorsJesse OwensSports Pioneers and InnovatorsJigoro KanoSports Pioneers and InnovatorsKarl SchelenzSports Pioneers and InnovatorsLarry DobySports Pioneers and InnovatorsPierre de CoubertinSports Pioneers and InnovatorsRanjitsinhjiSports Pioneers and InnovatorsW. G. GraceSports Pioneers and InnovatorsWalter CampSports Pioneers and InnovatorsWilliam G. MorganSports Pioneers and InnovatorsWilma RudolphSports Pioneers and InnovatorsSources1. Wikipedia: Olympic Gamestier 2WikipediaOlympic Games, lead section, modern-Games sentenceQuote, Olympic Games, lead section, modern-Games sentenceBaron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.