Sports year 1891

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Sports year 1891
The French Charles Terront wins the first Paris – Brest – Paris cycling race .	The first basketball game takes place on the basis of thirteen rules devised by James Naismith .

Events

Ball sports

• 17 / May 18 : The German Football and Cricket Federation is founded. It was founded as an alternative to the Association of German Football Players , which, primarily at the instigation of the BFC Germania 1888, does not allow foreign (especially British) players and officials. Members are BFC Frankfurt 1885 , BTuFC Viktoria 89 , BFC Vorwärts 1890 , BTuFC Alemannia 90 , BFC Stern 1889 , BFC Concordia 1890 , BTuFC Hohenzollern 1890 , BFC Norden 1891 , TuFC Columbia 1891 Adlershof , Berliner Cricket Club 1883 , Niederschönweider Cricket Club 1891 as well as the first foreign representative of DFV 1878 Hanover (played almost only soccer with picking up the ball, i.e. rugby ) and The English FC 1890 Berlin .
• December 15th : The first basketball game takes place on the basis of thirteen rules devised by James Naismith .

Boxing

• May 21 : The heavyweight boxing match between the American James J. Corbett and the Australian Peter “Black Prince” Jackson ends in a draw after 61 rounds due to the exhaustion of both opponents.

Cycling

• September 6th : Pierre Giffard from Le Petit Journal organizes the Paris – Brest – Paris cycle race for the first time .
• September 9th : Charles Terront , the winner of the first Paris – Brest – Paris bike race organized on the initiative of the newspaper Le Petit Journal , arrives back in Paris after 71:22 hours of driving. Another 97 of 206 drivers who started followed, the last of which took ten days to complete the route.

• The Bordeaux – Paris cycle race is organized for the first time.
• George Lacy Hillier initiates the construction of the Herne Hill Velodrome .

rowing

• March 21 : Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 21'48 ″.

chess

• January 22nd : At the 1890 World Chess Championship , defending champion Wilhelm Steinitz won against Isidor Gunsberg the decisive half point to 10½: 8½ with an agreed draw.

Winter sports

• 23 / 24 January : The German Oskar Uhlig is winner of the 1891 European Figure Skating Championships in Hamburg.
• February 28 : Oscar Grundén , Sweden, runs the 500 meters speed skating in Stockholm in 50.8 s.

Founding of clubs

• February 15 : AIK Solna is founded as a general sports club in Stockholm, which over time grows into one of the largest sports clubs in Sweden.
• May 29th : The Teutoburg Brackwede (Bielefeld) cycling club is founded.
• September 28 : The Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club is founded in Montevideo.
• November 17th : The Karlsruhe soccer club is founded.

• The Internazionale Torino football club , the oldest Italian football club , is created through the merger of the Torino Football and Cricket Club and Nobili Torino .
• The AC Prague was founded as the first sports club in Bohemia.
• The Catholic football club Belfast Celtic is founded in Belfast .

Born

• 0January 3 : Alfred Brinckmann , German chess player and author († 1967 )
• 0January 8 : Jean Gaupillat , French racing car driver and entrepreneur († 1934 )
• January 26 : George Duller , British jockey and racing car driver († 1962 )
• January 29 : Richard Williams , American tennis player († 1968 )

• February 17 : Willi Fick , German football player († 1913 )
• February 26 : Carlo Carcano , Italian football player and coach († 1967 )
• February 27 : Arie Bijvoet , Dutch football player († 1976 )

• 0March 3 : Arthur Drewry , British football official, FIFA President († 1961 )
• March 16 : Alfonsina Strada , Italian cyclist († 1959 )
• March 29 : Alfred Neubauer , German racing director of the Mercedes Grand Prix team († 1980 )

• 0April 5 : Arnold Jackson , British athlete and Olympic champion († 1972 )
• April 20 : Aldo Finzi , Italian motorcycle racer, officer, fascist politician of Jewish origin, lawyer, sports politician and resistance fighter († 1944 )

• May 23 : Felice Milano , Italian football player († 1915 )

• 0June 3 : Mary Browne , American tennis player († 1971 )

• 0July 3 : Richard Kuthan , Austrian football player († 1958 )
• July 13 : Werner Rittberger , German figure skater († 1975 )
• July 18 : Alexander Popovich , Austrian football player and coach († 1952 )
• July 21 : Juho Saaristo , Finnish javelin thrower († 1969 )
• July 28 : István Tóth-Potya , Hungarian football player and coach († 1945 )

• August 11 : Dé Kessler , Dutch football player († 1943 )
• August 19 : Ernst Möller , German football player († 1916 )
• August 20 : Shisō Kanaguri , Japanese marathon runner († 1983 )
• August 21 : Karl Kappler , German automobile racing driver († 1962 )

• September 17 : Hans Reese , German soccer player, later neurologist in the USA († 1973 )

• October 11 : Hans Liesche , German athlete († 1979 )
• October 16 : René Dreux , French racing car driver († 1980 )
• October 31 : Josef Schümmelfelder , German soccer player († 1966 )

• 0November 5 : Greasy Neale , American football coach and baseball player († 1973 )
• November 14 : Ted Meredith , American athlete and Olympic champion († 1957 )
• November 21 : Just Göbel , Dutch football player († 1984 )
• December 15 : David Wijnveldt , Dutch football player († 1962 )

Died

• August 18 : Louis Paulsen , German chess player (* 1833 )

See also

Portal: Sport  - Overview of Wikipedia content on sport

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