Hamilton (1930), Vancouver (1954), Edmonton (1978) and Victoria (1994) have hosted the Commonwealth Games.
According to Professor Robert K. Barney, podia were first used at the 1930 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games) in Hamilton and subsequently during the 1932 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles and Winter Games in Lake Placid.
The 1930 Commonwealth Games were called the 1930 British Empire Games.
The Uruguayan National Football Team won the gold medal in the Olympic Games of 1924 and 1928 (when there wasn't FIFA World Cup tournaments yet so Olympic Games where considered as a World Cup) and then the 1930 and 1950 FIFA World Cups.
The first four host cities for the British Empire/Commonwealth Games were:Hamilton, Canada (1930), London, Great Britain (1934), Sydney, Australia (1938) and Auckland, New Zealand (1950).
The Commonwealth Games were known as the British Empire Games in 1930.
Because The 1928 Olympic Football was a hit so FIFA decided to make a world cup. Uruguay world the olympic cup so they hosted the 1930 WC
1930 the comonwealth games were invited in 1930 and were called the british empour games.
1930 in HamiltonFirst British Empire Games, later to become the Commonwealth Games, held in Hamilton, Canada. The first Commonwealth Games were held in1930 in Hamilton, Canada, where 11 countries sent 400 athletes to take part in six sports and 59 events.
Tarzan by Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84) who won 5 Olympic gold medals
They won 2 FIFA World Cup. FIFA World Cup started in 1930 so FIFA recognizes the previous decade winners of the Olympic Games. Uruguay won in 1924 and 1928 the gold medal for football at the Olympic Games so it adds those 2 awards as stars to its T-shirt too.
Hamilton, Canada hosted the first Commonwealth Games in 1930.