Sport in Cleveland

The Sport with Cleveland is currently dominated by three great professional franknesses: the Cleveland Indians which evolve/move in major Ligue of baseball since 1901, the Cleveland Browns of NFL since 1950 and the Cleveland Cavaliers, members of the National Basketball Association since 1970. Cleveland also lodged a frankness from LNH of 1976 with 1978: the Cleveland Barons.

History

August 1st The sporting history of the city was marked by the conquest of some major titles in American football (1950, 1954, 1955, 1964) with Browns and two victories in World Series of baseball with Cleveland Indians in 1920 and 1948.

Principal sporting events being held in Cleveland

Ohio Derby, horse-race (1876-1882, then since 1924)
U.S. Pro, male professional tennis tournament (1954-1962)
Tournament of Cleveland, tennis tournament of WTA (1973)
Marathon of Cleveland, marathon downtown (since 1976)
automobile Grand Prix of Cleveland, Grand Prix of Field Because (since 1982)

Principal sporting installations of Cleveland

Stages

Kennard Street Park, stage of baseball (fine XIXe century)
Brotherhood Park, stage of baseball (fine XIXe century)
National League Park, stage of baseball (1879-1890)
League Park, stage of baseball and incidentally of American football (1891-1946)
Municipal Cleveland Stadium, stage of baseball and American football (1931-1995)
Jacobs Field, stage of baseball (since 1994)
Cleveland Browns Stadium, American football stadium (since 1996)
Classic Park, stage of baseball (since 2003)

Rooms

Elysium Arena, skating rink of hockey (1907-1937)
Cleveland Arena, room of basketball and skating rink of hockey (1937-1974)
Coliseum At Richfield, room of basketball and skating rink of hockey (1974-1999)
Wolstein Center, university room of basketball (since 1991)
Quicken Loans Arena, room of basketball and skating rink of hockey (since 1994)

Others

Thistledown, hippodrome (since 1925)

Principal sporting clubs based in Cleveland

Baseball

Cleveland Forest Citys, National Association (1871-1872)
Cleveland Spiders, National league (1879-1884)
Cleveland Blues, American Association (1887-1888)
Cleveland Spiders, National league (1889-1899)
Cleveland Infants, Players League (1890)
Cleveland Indians , (in the past Lake Shores , Bronchos , Blues then Naps ) American League (since 1900)
Cleveland Molly McGuires, American League (1912-1914)
Cleveland Bearcats, American Association (1914)
Cleveland Spiders, American Association (1915)
Cleveland Touches Stars, Negro National League (1922)
Cleveland Browns, Negro National League (1924)
Cleveland Elites, Negro National League (1926)
Cleveland Hornets, Negro National League (1927)
Cleveland Tigers, Negro National League (1928)
Cleveland Cubs, Negro National League (1931)
Cleveland Stars, East-West League (1932)
Cleveland Giants, Negro National League (1933)
Cleveland Red Sox, Negro National League (1934)
Cleveland Bears, Negro American League (1939-1940)
Cleveland Buckeyes, Negro American League (1943-1948, 1950)

Basketball

Cleveland Riders, National Basketball Association (since 1970)
Cleveland Pipers, American Basketball League (1961-1962)
Cleveland Rebels, Basketball Association off America (1946-1947)
Cleveland Allmen Transfers, National Basketball League (1944-46)
Cleveland Drives out Brassmen, National Basketball League (1943-44)
Cleveland Rosenblums, American Basketball League (1925-1931)

Female Basketball

Cleveland Rockers, WNBA (1997-2004)

Football

Cleveland Forces (in the past Cleveland Crunch ), MISL (1978-1988), (1992-2005)
Cleveland Stokers, North American Soccer League, (1967-1968)
Cleveland City Stars, USL (since 2006)

American football

Cleveland Browns, NFL (1950-1996) (since 1999)
Cleveland Indians, NFL (1923)
Cleveland Bulldogs, NFL (1924-1927)
Cleveland Indians, NFL (1931)
Cleveland Rams, NFL (1936-1945)
Cleveland Thunderbolts, AFL (Arena) (1992-1994)

Hockey

Cleveland Indians International Hockey League (1929-1934)
Cleveland Falcons IHL & AHL (1934-1937)
Cleveland Barons American Hockey League (1937-1973)
Cleveland Barons American Hockey League (2001-2006)
Cleveland Barons NHL (1976-1978)
Cleveland Crusaders WHL (1972-1976)
Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL (1992-2001)
Lake Erie Monsters American League Hockey (since 2007)

Academic

Cleveland State Vikings, Horizon League NCAA
Box Western Spartans, University Athletic Association NCAA

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