Who invented paintball?

Answer 1

The first paintballs were created by the Nelson Paint Company (1950s) for forestry service use in marking trees from a distance, and were also used by cattlemen to mark cows. Two decades later, paintballs were used in a survival game between Charles Gaines and Hayes Noel in the woods of Henniker, New Hampshire, and Paintball as a sport was born.

Answer 2

Credit for inventing paintball goes to Charles Gaines and his friends. They played the first organized game on record in 1981. About one year later, the first paintball field opened in Sutton, New Hampshire.