Scoreboards have had a long life and are probably older than most of us who relish the modern-day game. The scoreboards have evolved in a significant manner over the years having moved hand-in-hand with the growing technologies. In the new age, we have been blessed with electronic scoreboards shooting fireworks and animations to celebrate a home run or a victory. There were times when the scoreboards were operated by ‘scoreboard keepers’ with the use of chalks and hanging boards marked with numbers. Here’s a look at the early scoreboards and the adoption of the electronic scoreboard: First ever scoreboard The first ever scoreboard tag is debated between Harvard University and Penn University. Harvard claims to have had the first ever scoreboard during their football game on Thanksgiving Day in 1983, while Penn university claims that they had the first ever scoreboard in 1895. Apart from all of that, the first ever scoreboard mention in the New York Times was in account of Penn’s 12-0 win over Princeton on the 11 th of November 1894. Electric scoreboards George A. Baird developed an electric baseball scoreboard in 1908, in Chicago. This scoreboard recorded balls, strikes, and outs in electric format, while everything else was still added manually.