Sports year 1890

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Sports year 1890
The CFC team in 1891

Events

Boxing

• March 31 : Canadian featherweight boxer George Dixon becomes the first black world champion in history. He retained the title until 1900 .

Soccer

• November 2nd : BFC Alemannia 90 is founded.
• November 2nd : The Berlin FC Vorwärts 1890 is founded.
• November 4th : The Association of German Football Players is founded. Founding members are BFC Germania 1888 , BFC Vorwärts 1890 , BFC Askania 1890 , BFC Borussia 1890 , BFC Concordia 1890 , BFC Hellas 1890 , BFC Tasmania 1890 and BFC Teutonia 1891 . The association area remains limited to the greater Berlin area.
• The Scottish Football League is founded.

rowing

• March 26th : Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 22'03 ″.

rugby

• February 1 to March 15 : England and Scotland jointly win the Rugby Union's 1890 Home Nations Championship .

• March 25th : The Cannstatter Football Club is founded (plays football in the sense of rugby).
• England joins the International Rugby Football Board after five years of rule disputes .

chess

• December 19 : The the Manhattan Chess Club oriented World Chess Championship 1890 between defending champion Wilhelm Steinitz and Isidor Gunsberg starts. It lasts until January 22, 1891 .

swim

• German swimming championships 1890

sailing

• The Hong Kong Corinthian Sailing Club is founded.

Winter sports

Speed ​​skating records

• March 2nd : Oskar Fredriksen , Norway, runs the 5,000 meter speed skating in Stockholm in 9: 19.8 minutes.

Ski jumping

• Mikkel Hemmestveit , Norway, reaches 31.1 meters while ski jumping on McSorely Hill in Red Wing, Minnesota.

Born

• 0January 1 : Max Gablonsky , German soccer player and athlete († 1969 )
• 0January 7th : Maurice McLoughlin , American tennis player († 1957 )

• February 18th : Ragnar Omtvedt , Norwegian cross-country skier, ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete († 1975 )

• 0March 2 : Oscar Egg , Swiss cyclist († 1961 )
• March 12 : Willy Walb , German engineer, automobile racing driver and race director († 1962 )
• March 13 : Franz Suter , Swiss cyclist († 1914 )
• March 18 : Gunnar Andersen , Norwegian soccer player and ski jumper († 1968 )
• March 21 : Vilmos Kertész , Hungarian football player and coach († 1962 )
• March 28 : Erwin Mehl , Austrian sports scientist († 1984 )
• March 31 : Ben Adams , American athlete († 1961 )

• 0May 5 : Léon Vanderstuyft , Belgian cyclist († 1954 )
• 0May 7 : Huug de Groot , Dutch football player († 1957 )
• May 11 : Willie Applegarth , British athlete and Olympic champion († 1958 )
• May 17 : Walter Flanigan , American football official († 1962 )

• June 21 : Kurt C. Volkhart , German engineer, designer and racing driver († 1959 )
• June 24th : Freddy Charlier , Belgian ice hockey player and racing car driver († 1929 )
• June 24th : Hannes Schneider , Austrian ski pioneer and actor († 1955 )

• 0July 3 : Biagio Nazzaro , Italian automobile and motorcycle racing driver († 1922 )
• 0July 4th : Andreas Breynk , German national soccer player († 1957 )
• 0July 7th : Karl Tekusch , Austrian soccer player and high school teacher († 1977 )
• July 20 : Enrico Giaccone , Italian racing driver († 1923 )

• August 15 : Willy Lorenz , German racing cyclist († 1971 )
• August 18 : Maurice Podoloff , American lawyer and sports manager († 1985 )
• August 20 : Cees ten Cate , Dutch football player († 1972 )
• August 24 : Duke Kahanamoku , Hawaiian swimmer, surfer and actor († 1968 )

• September 30th : André Gobert , French tennis player († 1951 )

• 0October 8 : Edward Vernon Rickenbacker , American racing driver, entrepreneur and fighter pilot in World War I († 1973 )
• 0October 8 : Philippe Thys , Belgian cyclist and archer († 1971 )
• October 20 : Erik Kjeldsen , Danish racing cyclist († 1976 )

• November 16 : Gyula Feldmann , Hungarian football player and coach († 1955 )

• December 22nd : Nol van Berckel , Dutch football player († 1973 )

Date unknown

• Carlo Salamano , Italian racing driver († 1969 )

Gottlieb Samuel Studer at an advanced age

Died

• December 14 : Gottlieb Samuel Studer , Swiss mountaineer, panoramic draftsman and author (* 1804 )

See also

Portal: Sport  - Overview of Wikipedia content on sport

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