When and who started 'THE WAVE" at sports games?

Answer 1

I doubt that this is correct, but I seem to recall hearing about this during the 1980 Summer Olympic games in Moscow. I don't know if they actually did this or if they did they were the first, but for some reason that's what came to mind.

Answer 2

Like figuring out who coined the phrase "to coin a phrase," pinpointing exactly when "the wave" took its first spin around a stadium isn't easy. Many glory hounds have claimed the love-it-or-hate-it phenomenon as their own.

As for when the wave first went global, that's easy -- the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Referred to as "The Mexican Wave" or "La Ola" by broadcasters, it received mucho airtime, and no doubt soaked into the subconscious of those who watched the summer's "Maradona Show." It didn't take long for the wave to begin circling all sorts of sporting events.

Now for the hard part -- who did it first? Amid the masses, there are two main contenders for the distinction. One is a fella named "Krazy" George Henderson who allegedly started the first wave at an Oakland A's baseball game in October of 1981. A conflicting theory states the wave was first done at a Washington Huskies football game in '81 by TV personality Robb Weller and marching band director Bill Bissell. This message board from the Guardian offers several other theories. Needless to say, more than a few claim they were the first to ride the wave's crest.

For those more interested in the "how" as opposed to the "who," this site's scientific approach to the participatory phenomenon will get you on your feet.

Answer 3

Maybe the Alabama Crimson Tide football fans?

Answer 4

first of all, IIVX is not a roman number.

Some drunk guy at a mexican football game did it.

Answer 5

was a guy named Harv and his friends at Super Bowl IIVX.....they had left their foam fingers in truck they had left at home