Sports year 1881
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Events
Soccer
- January 10th to April 9th : The first Irish Cup in football is played.
rugby
- February 19 : The Welsh national rugby union team plays their first international match and is beaten 30-0 by England .
- The 12. March 1881 is regarded as the most likely date for the establishment of the Welsh Rugby Union .
rowing
tennis
- May 21 : The United States Lawn Tennis Association is founded in New York on the initiative of James Dwight and Clarence Clark .
A modern tournament , caricature in Punch , September 3, 1881
- August: The US National Championships in tennis are in the Newport Casino , first held in Newport, Rhode Iceland. Richard Sears becomes the first men's singles winner, which at this time is only open to clubs that are members of the United States Lawn Tennis Association .
do gymnastics
- July 23 : With the European Gymnastics Federation ( Fédération Européenne de Gymnastique - FEG) in Liège, one of the oldest international associations at sport level is established, after renaming in 1921 through the inclusion of non-European members, today the International Gymnastics Federation ( Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique - FIG).
Winter sports
- The Norwegian Sveinung Svalastoga reached the world record distance of 22 meters in ski jumping on Husebybakken in Kristiania (Oslo) .
Founding of clubs
- October 1st : The French sports club Girondins Bordeaux is founded, in which only gymnastics and shooting are practiced for the time being.
- November 20 : The Villach rowing club is founded.
- November 23 : The Ravensburg ice skating club is founded. Initially, a pond on the grounds of the Escher-Wyss machine works served as an ice rink.
- The kuk military fencing and gymnastics teacher institute is founded.
Born
- January 4 : Cyril de Vère , French racing car driver († 1964 )
- January 5 : Paul Arnold Walty , Swiss football player († 1969 )
- January 12th : Léon Molon , French racing car driver and aircraft pioneer († 1952 )
- January 17th : William Ewart Napier , American chess master of English origin († 1952 )
- January: Garrett Serviss , American athlete († 1907 )
- February 10 : Ken McArthur , South African marathon runner and Olympic champion († 1960 )
- February 24 : Lajos Gönczy , Hungarian athlete († 1915 )
- February 28 : Fernand Sanz , Spanish cyclist and illegitimate son of the Spanish King Alfonso XII. († 1925 )
- March 6 : Émile Friol , French cyclist († 1916 )
- March 28 : Martin Sheridan , American athlete († 1918 )
- May 31 : Heinrich Burger , German figure skater († 1942 )
- June 10 : Ed Sol , Dutch football player († 1965 )
- June 14th : George Alan Thomas , British chess, badminton and tennis player († 1972 )
- June 18 : Zoltán von Halmay , Hungarian swimmer and swimming coach († 1956 )
- June 29 : Louis Trousselier , French cyclist († 1939 )
- July 17 : Cornelius Gellert , German politician and sports official († 1944 )
- July 26th : Jean Chassagne , French racing car driver († 1947 )
- September 8 : Harry Hillman , American athlete and Olympic champion († 1945 )
- September 15 : Ettore Bugatti , Italian automobile manufacturer and designer († 1947 )
- September 27 : William Clothier , American tennis player († 1962 )
- September 28 : Eleonora Sears , American tennis player († 1968 )
- October 3 : Arthur Hiller , German football player († 1941 )
- October 10 : Gaston Ragueneau , French long-distance runner († 1978 )
- November 16 : Hugo Meisl , Austrian national football coach († 1937 )
- November 21 : Émile Georget , French cyclist († 1960 )
- December 4th : Felice Nazzaro , Italian racing driver († 1940 )
Died
- July: Ilja Stepanowitsch Schumow , Russian chess master and chess composer (* 1819 )
See also
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