Sports year 1879
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- The Norwegian Olaf Haugann reached the world record distance of 20 meters in ski jumping on the Husebybakken in Kristiania (Oslo) .
Founding of clubs
- April 19th : FC St. Gallen is founded, the oldest still existing football club in Switzerland.
- June 29th : Four former members of the gymnastics club TSV 1860 Munich found the MTV Munich 1879 .
- September 20 : The oldest Irish football club, Cliftonville FC, comes into being in Belfast when a businessman looks for prospects for the Cliftonville Association Football Club in the local newspaper . On September 29, the club's first game will take place on the club's own cricket pitch , which Cliftonville loses 2-1 against a selection of rugby players .
- In Sunderland Football Club is Sunderland & District Teachers Association founded.
- In 1876 founded the Copenhagen sports club Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is the first time association football played.
Born
- January 4th : Piet Dickentman , Dutch cyclist († 1950 )
- January 12 : Ray Harroun , American racing driver († 1968 )
- March 3 : Miltiades Manno , Hungarian athlete and artist († 1935 )
- March 13 : Franz Hofmann , German racing cyclist and pacemaker († 1926 )
- March 21 : Josef Steinbach , Austrian weightlifter († 1937 )
- April 7th : Angelo Dibona , South Tyrolean mountaineer († 1956 )
- April 16 : Léon Théry , French racing driver († 1909 )
- May 29 : César Simar , French cyclist († 1934 )
- June 5 : René Pottier , French cyclist († 1907 )
- June 19 : Rein Boomsma , Dutch football player († 1943 )
- June 28 : Charles Montier , French racing driver and vehicle designer († 1952 )
- July 5 : Dwight Filley Davis , US Secretary of War and founder of the Davis Cup († 1945 )
- July 25 : Fritz Steuri , Swiss mountain guide and skier († 1950 )
- July 26 : Otto Hieronimus , German-Austrian automobile designer and racing driver († 1922 )
- August 15 : Benjamin Bradshaw , American wrestler († 1960 )
- August 24 : Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia , Italian industrial designer and graphic artist; Initiator of the first automobile race in Italy († 1959 )
- September 27 : Gil Andersen , Norwegian-American engineer, racing car driver and automobile manager († 1935 )
- September 27 : Fred Schule , American hurdler and Olympic champion († 1962 )
- October 2 : Léon Georget , French cyclist († 1949 )
- October 11 : Christian Schilling , German football player († 1955 )
- October 13 : Giovanni Piaz , Italian mountaineer († 1948 )
- November 5 : Otto Wahle , Austrian swimmer († 1963 )
- November 8 : Franz Seidl , Austrian cyclist and automobile racing driver and aviation pioneer († 1913 )
- November 14 : John Biller , American athlete († 1960 )
- December 12 : Alfred Shrubb , British athlete († 1964 )
- December 17 : Luigi Durante , Italian football player († 1944 )
- December 19 : Beals Wright , American tennis player († 1961 )
Died
- March 13 : Adolf Anderssen , German chess master (* 1818 )
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