Sports year 1885
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Events
Boxing
- August 28 : John L. Sullivan defeats Dominick McCaffrey in 7 rounds under the Queensberry Rules in Cincinnati and becomes the first recognized world heavyweight champion in boxing .
Soccer / rugby / football
- January 3 to February 21 : England wins the Home Nations Championship 1885 .
- February 2 : The first game based on the new rules in Gaelic Football designed by Michael Cusack last year is played in Callan in County Kilkenny , Ireland .
- May 5th : The first Berlin soccer club BFC Frankfurt 1885 is founded.
- July : The Football Association allows professionals in football for the first time
rowing
- March 28th : Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 21'36 ″.
swim
do gymnastics
- 18th bis 21st July : When VI. At the German Gymnastics Festival in Dresden, fistball is presented for the first time . Around 20,000 men take part in the festival that is held on the Güntzwiesen .
Born
First half of the year
- January 2 : Anna Hübler , German figure skater († 1976 )
- January 2 : Eddy de Neve , Dutch football player († 1943 )
- January 8 : Mór Kóczán , Hungarian javelin thrower († 1972 )
- January 21 : André Lagache , French racing car driver and first winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1923 († 1938 )
- January 22nd : Eugène Christophe , French cyclist († 1970 )
- January 28 : Maurice Brocco , French cyclist († 1965 )
- February 6 : Jo Eshuijs , Dutch football player († 1979 )
- March 6 : Ring Lardner , American sports reporter and writer († 1933 )
- March 11th : Malcolm Campbell , English racing athlete and journalist († 1948 )
- March 23 : Platt Adams , American athlete († 1961 )
- April 6 : Jules Goux , French racing driver († 1965 )
- April 14 : Jules Miquel , French cyclist († 1966 )
- April 17 : Toine van Renterghem , Dutch football player († 1967 )
- April 18 : Hermann Müller , German athlete († 1947 )
- April 19 : John Stol , Dutch cyclist († 1973 )
- April 21 : Tatu Kolehmainen , Finnish long-distance runner († 1967 )
- April 26th : Marcello Bertinetti , Italian fencer and two-time Olympic champion as well as soccer player and coach († 1967 )
- May 1st : Erich Rahn , pioneer of Jiu-Jitsu and Judo sports in Germany († 1973 )
- June 22nd : Milan Vidmar , Slovenian chess player († 1962 )
- June 23 : Heinrich Schomburgk , German tennis player († 1965 )
- June 29 : Izidor Kürschner , Hungarian football player and coach († 1941 )
Second half of the year
- July 2 : Eugen Stabe , German racing cyclist († 1968 )
- July 9 : Caius Welcker , Dutch football player († 1939 )
- July 10th : Francisco Olazar , Argentinian football player and coach († 1958 )
- August 9 : Philip van Dijk , Dutch football player († 1937 )
- August 18 : Tim Ahearne , Irish athlete († 1968 )
- August 29 : Ugo Sivocci , Italian racing driver († 1923 )
- September 6 : Margaret Tragett , English badminton player († 1964 )
- September 15 : Georges Parent , French cyclist († 1918 )
- October 1 : Max Henny , Dutch football player († 1968 )
- October 16 : Dorando Pietri , Italian marathon runner († 1942 )
- November 16 : Eugène Verpault , French racing driver
- November 17 : Otto Trieloff , German athlete († 1967 )
- November 18 : Phog Allen , American basketball coach († 1974 )
- December 3 : Edward Lasker , American chess and go player († 1981 )
- December 20 : Miel van Leijden , Dutch football player († 1949 )
Date unknown
- Charlie Collier , British motorcycle racer and entrepreneur († 1954 )
Died
- December 14th : Ernst Falkbeer , Austrian chess master (* 1819 )
See also
Web links
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