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Elite Sportswear company history timeline

1845

A more plausible date for the transformation of cat and rounders into baseball is 1845, when a New York bank clerk named Alexander Cartwright formulated the rules of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club.

1867

In Buenos Aires, for instance, British residents founded clubs for cricket and a dozen other sports, but it was the Buenos Aires Football Club, founded June 20, 1867, that kindled Argentine passions.

1880

For instance, Manchester United, one of Britain’s most storied teams, can trace its history to a club established by the city’s railroad workers in 1880.

1891

Basketball, invented in 1891 by James Naismith, and volleyball, invented four years later by William Morgan, are both quintessentially modern sports.

1904

In 1904 Robert Guérin led a group of football (soccer) enthusiasts in forming the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), which England’s insular Football Association was at first too arrogant to join.

1938

In paintings found at Beni Hassan, in a tomb dating from the Middle Kingdom (1938–c.

1986

Kay & Richard Yuspeh bought their first club, the Highlander in Brookfield in 1986.

Under the direction of Randy Stolpe, who joined Kay back in 1986, the Elite Sports Clubs grew to sport the state’s largest professional tennis program with a team of 40+ teaching professionals and a combined total of 35 indoor and 5 outdoor courts.

1990

By 1990, Kay had quickly renovated and expanded Brookfield Elite adding a 35,000 sq ft. addition which included a gym, fitness center, expanded playroom and indoor pool transforming it from a tennis-only club to an all-encompassing recreational facility.

2012

And our newest addition to the Elite Sports Clubs family is the former Le Club, which was purchased by Kay in 2012 and is now Elite Sports Club-River Glen.

2016

GK currently offers signature collections designed by 2016 Olympians: Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez.

2019

In 2019, Kay decided that she needed to develop a succession plan for the business to ensure that the staff and members were well taken care of well into the future.

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