Totally Hockey
It is hard to trace the precise roots of the game of Hockey. Hockey has been for the last 4000 years. Field hockey was reportedly played even before the birth of Christ. Basically known as the “ball and stick” game, it was played since ancient times in places diverse as Rome, Scotland, Egypt and South America.
In the Nile Valley, Egypt 4000 year old drawings show men playing an early form of hockey. The teams games origin can certainly be traced back as far as 478 BC, as it was depicted on statues found built by Themistocles.
The modern games origins can be traced back to 19th century, in 1853 Lord Lytoon Wrote of young men playing hockey on the common/