WorksheetsPioneers in Sports 1
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 6mins
Match the following pioneers with their contributions:
Introduced team games into school curriculum; house system at Rugby
Dr Thomas Arnold
Founded the Wenlock Olympian Games
William Penny Brookes
Founded the Stoke Mandeville Games for disabled veterans
Ludwig Guttmann
Who introduced team games into the school curriculum and the house system at Rugby?
Dr Thomas Arnold
William Penny Brookes
Ludwig Guttmann
Who founded the Wenlock Olympian Games?
Dr Thomas Arnold
William Penny Brookes
Ludwig Guttmann
Who founded the Stoke Mandeville Games for disabled veterans?
Dr Thomas Arnold
William Penny Brookes
Ludwig Guttmann
Match the following women with their achievements:
Pioneered women's football in the 1890s
Nettie Honeyball
Head of Youth Sport Trust; major influence on school PE
Baroness Sue Campbell
First qualifier to win a tennis Grand Slam (US Open 2021)
Emma Raducanu
Nettie Honeyball was important for women’s football development because…
She scored lots of goals
She liked having her photo taken
Pioneered women’s football in the 1890’s when it had been banned
Her influence on school sport was inspirational
Which of these people, would you say, were most important for the health of the population and why
