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Football was a popular sport in the 1920's, professional football was first called APFA (American Professional Football Association). They soon changed the name to the NFL (National Football League).

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Babe Ruth was arguably the most famous athlete of the decade, playing baseball for the Boston Braves, Boston Red Sox, and the New York Yankees.

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Bobby Jones was considered by many, the greatest golfer of the entire 20th century.

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More than one hundred thousand people would pour into arenas for the boxing title bouts. (championships)

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Sports had a major impact in the 1920's. Babe Ruth was one person who had an impact in the sport of baseball, he was arguably the most famous athlete of the decade, hitting anywhere from 54 home runs a season to 60 home runs a season. Football, boxing, and gulf were also some of the most popular sports back in the 1920's. This impacted many people because it was a way of being entertained, thousands of fans would come and watch all the different types of sporting events. Sports were also a way for the people on the sports teams to have fun, but also be competitive with one another.

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-  https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/culture-magazines/1920s-sports-overview
-  http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/sports-in-the-1920s.htm

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The 1920's were a time of social change. Sports became more popular because people had more free time, and more money to pay to watch sports. Sports stadiums and organizations were created for people to broadcast, read newspapers about sports, watch sports at stadiums, or even be a player. The most popular sports were boxing, baseball, basketball, football, tennis, golf, ice hockey, and swimming. The sporting events were constantly being talked about during this time because it became very well known and popular. Sports were beginning to come up in movies which kept people interested. Almost everyone's lives were changed because of sports for finding what interested them in life.