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Bocce Ball Bragging Rights Pinback Button Button

I've earned my bragging rights. Challenge me if you dare! Play ...

Bocce Ball Star Buttons Button

Star Bocce Ball player! World's best Bocce Ball player, number one, ...

Bocce Ball History Pinback Button Button

History of Bocce Ball. The bocce ball history timeline with Greece, ...

Got the Brass Bocce Ball Button Button

Have you got the brass? Are you really that good? Show ...

Bocce Ball Italy Flag Pinback Button Button

Flag of italy on a heart pierced with bocce ball. Bocce ...

I Love Bocce Ball Button Button

Bocce Ball heart tshirt. I love Bocce Ball! I heart Bocce ...

Kiss or Miss Bocce Ball Button Button

Kiss or Miss Bocce Ball. It's kiss or miss in a ...

Bocce Ball Patriot Heart Button Button

Love bocce ball? Love the red, white and blue? I Love ...

Strut Your Stuff Bocce Ball Pinback Buttons Button

You're that good, and you know it. Bocce ball pros strut ...

Bocce Master Pinback Button Button

I'm the Bocce Master. King of Bocce Ball. Blue stars put ...

Bocce Ball Drives Me Crazy Button Button

Bocce Ball makes me crazy! Bocce Ball drives me crazy, drives ...

Lean Mean Bocce Machine Button Button

I'm a Lean Mean Bocce Machine. My bocce ball skills are ...

Matzo Bocce Ball Pins Button

Bocce, the other matzo ball. For bocce ball players and matzoh ...

Bocce Ball Orbit Pins Button

Bocce Ball sends me into orbit. The earth and moon represent ...

Bocce Ball Puzzle Pinback Buttons Button

Bocce Ball word search puzzle marks the winner with champ, master, ...

No Balls Bocce Ball Pins Button

No balls, no play. You've got to have the balls to ...

Bocce Mania Pin Button

It's Bocce Mania! Bowl your way to the Bocce Ball championships. ...

Got the Bocce Balls Pinback Button Button

Grab your balls for bocce ball. Humorous bocce ball t-shirts, sweatshirts, ...

Heart Bocce Ball Mama Buttons Button

Bocce Ball mama hearts! For bocce ball mamas, girl teams, girls ...

Bocce Mama Button Button

I'm the Bocce Mama. For bocce ball mamas, girl teams, girls ...

Bocce Man Pin Button

I'm the Bocce Man. I live for bocce ball. Blue stars ...

Bocce Ball Heart Pinback Buttons Button

Love bocce ball? Say so! Bocce ball is the arrow that ...

Bocce Ball Forever Pinback Button Button

Bocce Ball forever hearts! For the passionate bocce ball player, your ...

Bocce Ball World Buttons Button

Bocce My World. The world revolves around bocce ball. The earth ...

Lucky Bocce Ball Button Button

This is your lucky Bocce Ball day. Lucky shamrocks and four ...

Bocce Ball Mom Heart Pin Button

Bocce Ball Mom hearts! For bocce ball moms and mothers. Perfect ...

Got The Balls Bocce Ball Pins Button

Have you got the balls? I do! And I'm proud to ...

Shoot For The Stars Bocce Ball Pin Button

Shoot for the stars! Aim high, glory is within your reach. ...

Earned My Stars Bocce Ball Buttons Button

I've earned my stars. The best of bocce ball players. The ...

Lucky Play Day Bocce Ball Button Button

Today is my lucky play day. Lucky at Bocce Ball, my ...

Right Moves Bocce Ball Pin Button

Have you got the moves? As in the RIGHT moves to ...

Dare To Win Bocce Ball Pin Button

Dare to Win. I challenge you to a game of Bocce ...

Lucky Day Bocce Ball Pinback Button Button

This is your lucky day for Bocce Ball. May the luck ...

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THE HISTORY OF BOCCE BALL

The earliest record of bocce ball is a painting of two boys playing a game very similar to bocce ball, found in an Egyptian tomb dated 5200 BC. The boys were playing with rocks instead of balls.

In 600 BC the Greeks were playing it, soon teaching bocce ball to the Romans and Italy.

Bocce (also known as Bocci or Boccie) is played by throwing a small ball, called a jack (or pallino or boccino) from one end of the bocce ball court to the other. The players then take turns rolling, bowling or tossing their bocce balls in hopes of stopping as close to the jack as possible.

The goal of bocce ball has remained the same throughout the millenia, though some of the finer points have changed. The early Romans used coconuts instead of balls or rocks, for example.

Bocce ball became all the rage in Europe when introduced there, so much so that two kings prohibited the game of bocce ball altogether, believing that it hindered the military as they were playing bocce ball instead of practicing archery and other military battle skills.

The Republic of Venice publicly condemned the game of bocce ball, laying heavy fines on those caught playing or even sending players to prison. Even the Catholic Church banned the game as a gambling game.

But while most of Europe was condemning bocce ball, Great Britain was having a ball with this newfangled sport. Queen Elizabeth the First was an avid fan. The game was played on shortly cropped grass, similar to a golf green.

Bocce ball was a favored game of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the revolutionary who brought unity to Italy. Not long after his death, the first Bocce Olympiad took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece.

In the 1900's, Italian immigrants brought the game of bocce ball to the United States. It's been known by many names: bocce ball, lawn bowling, bowls, nine pins, skittles, and petanque. As beloved today as it was in early times, it's now an international sport.