Shuffleboard was introduced about 1913 at Daytona Beach, Florida, as a game on land. The game was so popular that it spread rapidly through the United States, particularly in retirement communities, with each community devising its own rules of play. The modern form of shuffleboard was defined at St.
Who created shuffleboard?
Our story begins in England,15th Century, where locals played an after dinner game of sliding a “great” (a large coin) down a table. The game was called shove-groat or slide-groat. Later, a silver penny was used and the name of the game became shove-penny.
How was shuffleboard invented?
Back in 15th Century England, folks played a game of sliding a "groat" (a large British coin of the day worth about four pence) down a table. The game was called shove groat and/or slide groat. Later, a silver penny was used and the name of the game became shove-penny and/or shovel-penny.
