Name: Major League Sports in Georgia Webquest

Go to the following website:

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/georgia-studies-historical-understandings

Scroll down to SS8H10.

Click on the link for Atlanta Braves.

1. 
   When did the Braves organization move to Atlanta (year)?_______________
   
2. 
   List the two cities where the Braves organization was located before moving to Atlanta.
   

3. 
   Which mayor worked very hard to bring the Braves to Atlanta?_________________________
   
4. 
   Which two players helped the Atlanta Braves win their first Western Division?_______________
   

5. 
   Which player broke Babe Ruth’s homerun record?_____________________________________
   
6. 
   How many homeruns did he get to break this record?___________________________________
   
7. 
   What year did he break the record?_________________________________________________
   
8. 
   Who bought the Braves in 1976?_____________________________For how much?__________
   
9. 
   What television station broadcast every Braves game?__________________________________
   
10. 
    What did the Braves become known as around the Nation?______________________________
    
11. 
    Who was the most popular player ever to wear the Braves uniform?_______________________
    
12. 
    What was unique about the Braves first 25 years in Atlanta?_____________________________
    

13. 
    In what decade did things change for the Braves?_____________________________________
    
14. 
    Who did the Braves hire as their general manager in 1990?______________________________
    
15. 
    Name the three “Young Guns.”______________________ ______________________________
    

16. 
    What did the 1991 season become called?___________________________________________
    
17. 
    What year did the Braves win the World Series?_______________________________________
    
18. 
    Who did they defeat?____________________________________________________________
    
19. 
    Who succeeded Bobby Cox?_______________________________________________________
    

20. 
    When did the Falcons come to Atlanta?_____________________________________________
    
21. 
    Where do the Falcons play today?__________________________________________________
    
22. 
    Who was the first owner of the Falcons (name, not company)?___________________________
    
23. 
    How much did he buy it for?______________________________________________________
    
24. 
    Why did the city name the team the Falcons?_________________________________________
    

25. 
    Who was the first head coach?_____________________________________________________
    
26. 
    What year did the Falcons have their first winning season?_______________________________
    
27. 
    What year did the Falcons make the Super Bowl?______________________________________
    
28. 
    Who did the Falcons lose to in the Super Bowl?________________________________________
    
29. 
    Who bought the Falcons in 2002?___________________________________________________
    
30. 
    What company did this man cofound?_______________________________________________
    
31. 
    Which Falcons quarterback went to prison for dog fighting?______________________________
    

32. 
    What year did the Hawks come to Atlanta?___________________________________________
    
33. 
    Which two people helped move the Hawks to Atlanta?__________________________________
    

34. 
    Who bought the Hawks in 1977?_______________________________ What other Atlanta team did he own?_______________________________________________________________
    
35. 
    Who is the all-time leading scorer in Hawks history?____________________________________
    
36. 
    What college team did he play for?__________________________________________________
    
37. 
    What kind of season did the Hawks have when they moved to their new home, Phillips Arena?
    

38. 
    What company bought the Hawks in 2004?___________________________________________
    
39. 
    What other Atlanta team did they own?______________________________________________