# The 1920s

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63 dated items, 5 rulebook editions and 20 championship result rows are in the record for the 1920s.

## Years with their own page

- [1920](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1920.md) (8 dated items)
- [1921](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1921.md) (5 dated items)
- [1922](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1922.md) (13 dated items)
- [1923](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1923.md) (9 dated items)
- [1924](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1924.md) (6 dated items)
- [1925](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1925.md) (3 dated items)
- [1927](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1927.md) (3 dated items)
- [1928](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1928.md) (7 dated items)
- [1929](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1929.md) (7 dated items)

## Dated items

### [1920](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1920.md)

- **1920-1923**: A.A.U. R2: 'standard rubber handball'; the 1923 guide adds '(Spalding's No. 101 ball is used in the national championship tournaments)' (Hand Ball (1920), Official Handball Rules of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States (1923); Source: Amateur Athletic Union, official athletic rules (Library of Congress digitised volume, 1920)
- **1920-1929**: An Irish Times article of 2025 says handball was not in the GAA's first constitution and became an official part of its activities in the 1920s, when national championships gave it structure; GAA Handball's own page says it was included from 1884 (conflicting) Sources differ on when handball became part of the GAA's official activities: an Irish Times article says it was added in the 1920s after being left out of the 1884 constitution, while GAA Handball's own history page says it was among the sports to be promoted from the founding in 1884. Source: [The Irish Times, "Traidisiún fada na liathróide láimhe" (Gaeilge section, 14 October 2025)](https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2025/10/14/traidisiun-fada-na-liathroide-laimhe/)
- **1 January 1920**: The 35-rule four-wall text is in force (Hand Ball (1920), A.A.U. handbook): court approximately 24 x 50 ft, ceiling at least 25 ft, 'covered ball' defined, hinders to the referee without appeal, 'points' instead of 'aces'. Source: Amateur Athletic Union, official athletic rules (Library of Congress digitised volume, 1920)
- **4 January 1920 to 22 February 1920**: First Metropolitan Association A.A.U. handball championship, Annunciation A.C., New York: 'amateur handball came in for official recognition for the first time on the A.A.U. curriculum'; Cyril Regan beat Dan Shea in the singles final Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 5 January 1920, p. 20](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1920-01-05/ed-1/?sp=20), p. 20
- **7 April 1920 to 9 April 1920**: A.A.U. warns its associations off the Detroit A.C.'s unsanctioned 'junior national championship' handball tournament; Carl Haedge beat William Sackman in the Detroit national invitational singles final (9 Apr) Source: [New-York Tribune (New York), 8 April 1920, p. 12](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1920-04-08/ed-1/?sp=12), p. 12
- **22 May 1920 to 29 May 1920**: A.A.U. national handball championships at the Los Angeles Athletic Club: Max Gold beat George Klawitter in the singles final; holder Bill Ranft lost in the semi-final Source: [New-York Tribune (New York), 25 April 1920, p. 19](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1920-04-25/ed-1/?sp=19), p. 19
- **24 September 1920 to 25 October 1920**: Jim Kelly and Pete Burke (of Casey's old Degraw St. court) are to play a leather-ball exhibition; the Van Kelton Stadium (57th St. and 8th Ave.) open singles handicap championship, in a Herald item, lists Kelly as 'world's champion' Source: [The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.), 24 September 1920, p. 18](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026749/1920-09-24/ed-1/?sp=18), p. 18
- **16 November 1920**: A.A.U. convention (16 Nov 1920) awards the 1921 national handball championships: junior to the New York A.C., senior to the Detroit Y.M.C.A. Source: [The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham), 16 November 1920, p. 10](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1920-11-16/ed-1/?sp=10), p. 10

### [1921](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1921.md)

- **22 March 1921 to 25 March 1921**: A.A.U. national handball championships at Detroit: Dr Carl Haedge (St. Paul) retained the senior singles title over William Sackman, 14-21, 21-16, 21-12 Source: [Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls), 27 March 1921, p. 11](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045217/1921-03-27/ed-1/?sp=11), p. 11
- **15 May 1921**: Tribune: the Brighton Beach Baths (Coney Island) has constructed twelve 'regulation' handball courts, to be opened free to the public; 'American handball' to be revived on a pretentious scale; July tournament planned Source: [New-York Tribune (New York), 15 May 1921, p. 20](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1921-05-15/ed-1/?sp=20), p. 20
- **23 July 1921 to 9 October 1921**: A.A.U. outdoor handball tournaments on the Brighton Beach Baths' seaside courts, July-October 1921 (first major tournament 23 July; second from 11 September, finals 25 September; Sakman winner of singles and doubles in the first) Source: [New-York Tribune (New York), 23 July 1921, p. 8](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1921-07-23/ed-1/?sp=8), p. 8
- **13 November 1921 to 11 December 1921**: Metropolitan Association A.A.U. handball championship at the Van Kelton Stadium courts (57th St. and 8th Ave.): Jack Byrne (West Side Y.M.C.A.) beat William Sakman in five games on 11 December Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 12 December 1921, p. 12](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045774/1921-12-12/ed-1/?sp=12), p. 12
- **19 December 1921**: Central A.A.U. (Milwaukee, Dec 1921): Milwaukee Athletic Club awarded the national handball championships (held March 1922) Source: [The Milwaukee Leader (Milwaukee), 20 December 1921, p. 10](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045293/1921-12-20/ed-1/?sp=10), p. 10

### [1922](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1922.md)

- **1 January 1922**: The handbook in force 1 Jan 1922 already prints the 1923 text (Official Handball Rules of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States (1923)): court 24 x 48 ft, 'covered ball' deleted except the leftover in R24 (H-63, H-64). Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/), p. 69
- **12 March 1922 to 17 March 1922**: First New York State doubles one-wall handball championship at the Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn: 42 teams; won by Robert Powers Jr. and William F. Wigmore Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 13 March 1922, p. 12](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045774/1922-03-13/ed-1/?sp=12), p. 12
- **20 March 1922 to 25 March 1922**: A.A.U. national handball championships at the Milwaukee Athletic Club: Art Schinner beat William Sakman for the singles; Gold and Laswell (Los Angeles) won the senior doubles; format reported as four-wall (preview) and one-wall (year review) (conflicting) The newspapers disagree on the form of the 1922 championship: a March preview called it the national four-wall championship, but a December review said the doubles, like the singles, was played at one wall. Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 26 March 1922, p. 56](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045774/1922-03-26/ed-1/?sp=56), p. 56
- **6 May 1922 to 10 September 1922**: A.A.U. tournaments on the 'new courts' of the Brighton Beach Baths, Coney Island, May-September 1922 (singles/doubles, New York v. Boston intercity match 29 July, invitation tournament at Manhattan Beach Baths); Murray Vernon the leading player Source: [The Evening World (New York), 3 May 1922, p. 23](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030193/1922-05-03/ed-1/?sp=23), p. 23
- **17 May 1922 to 18 May 1922**: Wheeling Intelligencer serialises 'Hand Ball Rules' (rules 1-14 on 17 May, 15 onward on 18 May) matching the A.A.U. 1920/21 four-wall text, including 'covered ball'; possible newspaper edition Source: [The Wheeling Intelligencer (Wheeling), 17 May 1922, p. 7](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86092536/1922-05-17/ed-1/?sp=7), p. 7
- **14 June 1922**: Joe Heaney and Bill Bryan, Brooklyn doubles claimants of the world title, likely American team to the Irish games in Dublin; they 'defeated all comers at Casey's alley, Brooklyn' Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 14 June 1922, p. 14](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045774/1922-06-14/ed-1/?sp=14), p. 14
- **22 October 1922 to 12 November 1922**: Metropolitan Association A.A.U. singles one-wall championship at the Van Kelton Handball Club courts (58th St. and 8th Ave.): Jack Byrnes (West Side Y.M.C.A.) beat Robert Powers 21-12, 21-14, 21-12 Source: [The Evening World (New York), 17 October 1922, p. 20](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030193/1922-10-17/ed-1/?sp=20), p. 20
- **16 November 1922 to 10 December 1922**: A.A.U. handball committee ordered the Metropolitan four-wall final (Shea v. Sakman) replayed; Sakman retained the title on 10 December, 3 games to 1 Source: [New-York Tribune (New York), 17 November 1922, p. 14](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1922-11-17/ed-1/?sp=14), p. 14
- **19 November 1922 to 21 November 1922**: A.A.U. national convention (19-21 Nov 1922): amendments sought included 'numerous minor changes' to handball rules; 1923 national handball championships awarded to St. Paul (senior) and Pittsburgh (junior) Source: [The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham), 13 November 1922, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1922-11-13/ed-1/?sp=6), p. 6
- **20 November 1922 to 14 October 1994**: The one-wall short line moved a foot at a time: at least 13 ft in 1922, 14 ft in 1927, 15 ft in 1931 and 16 ft, to its back edge, in the USHA's text of 1994; the GAA of 2019 and the CIJB of 2023 (16.1 ft) use 16. Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/), p. 75
- **20 November 1922**: The A.A.U. adopts one-wall rules at its annual meeting (A.A.U. One-Wall Rules (1922), printed in Spalding's Official Handball Guide 1923): court about 20 x 34 ft, wall 16 ft, short line at least 13 ft, two faults, standard rubber ball. Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/), p. 75
- **13 December 1922**: Evening World feature: handball played on roofs, basements, clubs, colleges and streets; Kelton's five public courts near Columbus Circle up 300% in a year; 'Nine years ago the sport was little known in New York' Source: [The Evening World (New York), 13 December 1922, p. 25](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030193/1922-12-13/ed-1/?sp=25), p. 25
- **24 December 1922**: Tribune annual review: with more than fifty new courts in the New York district the 'present set of rules is to be revised and added to by the National A. A. U. committee on handball' Source: [New-York Tribune (New York), 24 December 1922, p. 12](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1922-12-24/ed-1/?sp=12), p. 12

### [1923](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1923.md)

- **1923**: First GAA-sponsored handball championships (GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)); Spalding's 1923 guide prints 'Rules for Irish Handball or the Hard-Ball Game' for American readers. Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history)
- **1923**: Ripley's suggested four-wall changes match one-wall practice (H-65): the younger code starts to influence the older. Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/)
- **1923**: Spalding's Official Handball Guide (ed. Ripley) prints the four-wall rules, the one-wall rules, the GAA hardball rules and seven 'Suggested Rule Changes' (Suggested Rule Changes). Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/)
- **1923**: Ripley's 'Suggested Rule Changes' (Suggested Rule Changes) already ask the four-wall game to borrow one-wall practice (H-65); whether any were adopted in 1924-28 is unknown (H-18). Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/)
- **1923**: A publisher's editor proposes changes to the federation: Ripley's seven 'Suggested Rule Changes' in Spalding's guide (Suggested Rule Changes); outcome unknown (H-18). Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/)
- **26 February 1923 to 3 March 1923**: Detroit Athletic Club renews the national invitation handball tournament, the first since 1919 Source: [Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 25 February 1923, p. 64](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1923-02-25/ed-1/?sp=64), p. 64
- **19 March 1923 to 24 March 1923**: A.A.U. national handball championships at the St. Paul Athletic Club: Joe 'Red' Murray (Olympic Club, San Francisco) beat Maynard Laswell for the singles; holder Art Schinner eliminated; scores reported two ways (conflicting) Newspapers reported the scores of the 1923 national singles final in two different ways; this entry follows the Associated Press dispatch from St. Paul. Source: [The Omaha Morning Bee (Omaha), 20 March 1923, p. 11](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024326/1923-03-20/ed-1/?sp=11), p. 11
- **24 April 1923**: Syndicated column quotes 'the new rules for handball': standard court four walls approximately 24 by 48 feet, ceilings 25 feet at the front wall (the revised A.A.U. text; the 1920/21 text said 24 by 50) Source: [The Laramie Republican (Laramie), 24 April 1923, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92066979/1923-04-24/ed-1/?sp=4), p. 4
- **20 November 1923 to 26 December 1923**: A.A.U. awards its 1924 national handball championships: four-wall senior at Los Angeles, four-wall junior at Pittsburgh, one-wall at New York, hard-ball at Brooklyn (convention at Detroit closed 20 Nov 1923) Source: [The Seattle Star (Seattle), 20 November 1923, p. 13](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87093407/1923-11-20/ed-1/?sp=13), p. 13

### [1924](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1924.md)

- **1924**: Irish Handball Council established; affiliation with an international handball commission; Irish, English and Scottish players at the Tailteann Games (GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026); H-102 on the IAHA name). Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history)
- **1924-1925**: The Irish Handball Council is established (1924; the body's exact name is H-102) and All-Ireland senior championships run from 1925 in both 60x30 codes, hardball and softball (H-104). Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history)
- **1924**: Ireland: the Irish Handball Council (GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026); H-102 on the IAHA name). Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history)
- **1924-1927**: A.A.U. four-wall national champions 1924-1927 in Spalding's 1928 guide: Maynard Laswell three years running, then George Nelson; two doubles teams trade the title Source: [Spalding's Official Handball Guide (American Sports Publishing Company, 1928)](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435000469544)
- **1924**: Irish handball gets a national governing body in 1924: the Irish Amateur Handball Association in one account, the Irish Handball Council in another Source: [US Handball Association, "History of Handball" (Wayback snapshot of 9 December 2016)](https://web.archive.org/web/20161209005848/https://www.ushandball.org/index.php/about/history-of-handball)
- **1924**: Tailteann Games 1924 include handball: a visiting American trio wins the invitational events in hardball and softball, and the Irish body affiliates internationally Source: [US Handball Association, "History of Handball" (Wayback snapshot of 9 December 2016)](https://web.archive.org/web/20161209005848/https://www.ushandball.org/index.php/about/history-of-handball)

### [1925](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1925.md)

- **1925**: All-Ireland senior championships begin in both 60x30 codes: hardball and softball singles and doubles (All-Ireland Hardball Championships, All-Ireland 60x30 Softball Championships; GAA rolls of honour). Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, hardball championship roll of honour (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/rolls-of-honour)
- **1925**: The GAA Handball rolls of honour for the All-Ireland senior hardball and softball championships both open in 1925, two years after the GAA page's date for its first championships (conflicting) GAA Handball's rolls of honour begin in 1925, but its history page puts the first GAA-sponsored championships in 1923, so either the rolls omit the first two years or those events were not All-Ireland senior titles. Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, hardball championship roll of honour (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/rolls-of-honour)
- **1925**: A table in a 1946 handbook lists national Y.M.C.A. four-wall soft-ball handball tournament winners from 1925 on Source: [eBay listing 236990513620: seller photographs of a Converse handball handbook (1946) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/236990513620)

### 1926

- **1926-1927**: Spalding's Official Handball Guide issues of 1926 and 1927 are registered (Spalding's Official Handball Guide (AAU rules) (1926), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (AAU rules) (1927); LC holds them, physical-only); expected to print the Source: [Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)](https://archive.org/details/copyrightrecords)
- **1926**: Spalding's Official Handball Guide (AAU rules) (1926) Source: [Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)](https://archive.org/details/copyrightrecords)

### [1927](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1927.md)

- **1927**: Spalding's Official Handball Guide (AAU rules) (1927) Source: [Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)](https://archive.org/details/copyrightrecords)
- **20 November 1927**: The A.A.U. one-wall rules adopted 20 November 1927 (printed 1928, One-Wall Playing Rules (in Spalding's Official Handball Guide, 1928) (1927)) carry a service line 9 ft behind the short line, present already in a reprint of the 1923-27 Source: [Google Books, Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1928), p. 31 text view (seen 30 October 2026)](https://books.google.com/books?id=9jNMAQAAMAAJ)
- **20 November 1927**: A.A.U. annual meeting adopts a revised set of one-wall rules on 20 November 1927; the short line moves to 14 ft from the wall (15 ft by the 1931 text) Source: [Spalding's Official Handball Guide (American Sports Publishing Company, 1928)](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435000469544)

### [1928](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1928.md)

- **1928-1949**: A.A.U. one-wall rules printed in the 1928 guide (One-Wall Playing Rules (in Spalding's Official Handball Guide, 1928) (1927)) and the 1949 'Official rules handball: four-wall, one-wall, four-wall hardball' (Official rules handball : Source: [Google Books, Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1928), p. 31 text view (seen 30 October 2026)](https://books.google.com/books?id=9jNMAQAAMAAJ)
- **1928**: The A.A.U.'s standard court in the 1928 guide is 22 ft wide, 46 ft long and 22 ft high (Official Handball Playing Rules of the A.A.U. (in Spalding's Official Handball Guide, 1928) (1928) Rule 1), with the short line at midcourt, 23 ft from Source: [Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball (American Sports Publishing Company, 1931)](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435007267735), p. 65
- **1928**: In the A.A.U. text of the 1928 guide two short balls of any kind in succession put the server out (Rule 11), the server stands in a 5-ft serving space between two lines (Rules 1 and 8) and a serve that hits the ceiling or back wall before Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/), p. 69
- **1928**: Spalding's Official Handball Guide 1928 prints A.A.U. playing rules (p. 31), one-wall rules (p. 34) and Irish handball rules (p. 37); the four-wall standard court is now 22 x 46 x 22 ft (Rule 1) and two short balls of any kind put the Source: [Google Books, Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1928), p. 31 text view (seen 30 October 2026)](https://books.google.com/books?id=9jNMAQAAMAAJ)
- **1928**: [Official Handball Playing Rules of the A.A.U. (in Spalding's Official Handball Guide, 1928) (1928)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/aau-fourwall-1928.md) Source: [Google Books, Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1928), p. 31 text view (seen 30 October 2026)](https://books.google.com/books?id=9jNMAQAAMAAJ)
- **1928**: Spalding's 1928 guide prints the A.A.U. four-wall court as 22 x 46 x 22 ft, down from 24 x 48 ft in the 1923 text Source: [Spalding's Official Handball Guide (American Sports Publishing Company, 1928)](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435000469544)
- **1928**: Spalding's Official Handball Guide for 1928 combines Ripley's guide with Brokaw's 'How to Play American Hand Ball' and prints the A.A.U. four-wall and one-wall rules and the Irish rules Source: [Spalding's Official Handball Guide (American Sports Publishing Company, 1928)](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435000469544)

### [1929](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1929.md)

- **1929-1932**: Exhibitions with Spanish players (1929) and tours to Liverpool (1932) (GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)). Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history)
- **1929-1932**: Exhibitions with Spanish players (1929) and a tour to Liverpool (1932), per GAA Handball's page: the home game looking outward. Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history)
- **1929**: Hand ball rules; four wall court (1929) Source: [Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)](https://archive.org/details/copyrightrecords)
- **1929**: Hand ball rules; single wall court (1929) Source: [Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)](https://archive.org/details/copyrightrecords)
- **1929**: Exhibition matches with Spanish players are listed for 1929 on the GAA Handball history page (the page does not say where) Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history)
- **March 1929**: At the March 1929 national championship in New York the players vote that a player must give an opponent a clear unobstructed chance at the ball; standing still after a shot to block the view is ruled out Source: [Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball (American Sports Publishing Company, 1931)](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435007267735), pp. 58-59
- **7 June 1929**: The General Board of the Y.M.C.A.s registers two leaflets on one day, 'Hand ball rules; four wall court' and 'Hand ball rules; single wall court' (Hand ball rules; four wall court (1929), Hand ball rules; single wall court (1929)): the Source: [Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)](https://archive.org/details/copyrightrecords)

## Championships held

- [AAU national four-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/aau-national-four-wall-championships.md)
- [All-Ireland 60x30 Softball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-60x30-softball.md)
- [All-Ireland Hardball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-hardball.md)

## Neighboring decades

- Previous: [The 1910s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1910s.md)
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- [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md)

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