Sports year 1898
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Events
badminton
The highlight of the badminton year 1898 was the Guildford Open , which is considered the first official badminton tournament. They were held in Guildford on March 10, 1898, with only the three double disciplines being played. The All England emerged from the Guildford Open and took place for the first time on April 4th of the following year.
International events
| event | Men's singles | Ladies singles | Men's doubles | Ladies doubles | Mixed |
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| Guildford Open | - | - |
 D. Oakes Stewart Marsden Massey
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Daisey St. John Cammell
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D. Oakes Daisey St. John
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Soccer
- March 16 : The Italian football association Federazione Italiana Football is founded in Turin to organize matches and championships. The CFC Genoa becomes the first champion in the subsequent Italian football championship in 1898 .
- April 4 : The Grasshopper Club Zurich wins the unofficial Swiss football championship in 1897/98 .
- September 18 : The Vienna Cricket and Football Club wins the one-day Kaiser Franz Joseph anniversary tournament in 1898 .
- October 23 : The Rheinische Spiel-Verband is founded.
Cycling
- September 8th to 12th : Track cycling world championships 1898 in Vienna
rowing
- March 26th : Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 22′15 ″. It is the ninth win for Oxford in a row.
- August 21 : The Brazilian rowing club CR Vasco da Gama is founded, which later becomes known primarily for its football department.
Winter sports
figure skating
- February 15 : At the figure skating world championship in 1898 , Henning Grenander becomes the first Swedish world champion ahead of defending champion Gustav Hügel from Austria and the German Gilbert Fuchs .
- February 26 : At the European figure skating championship in 1898 , the Swede Ulrich Salchow wins his first European championship title ahead of Johan Lefstad and Oscar Holthe from Norway.
Speed skating
- February 7th : Peder Østlund , Norway, runs the 1500 meter speed skating in Davos in 2: 23.6 min.
Founding of clubs
- March 14th : The Berner Sport Club Young Boys is founded.
- April 30th : The Dresdner SC is founded.
- before May 5th : The 1st Vienna Workers' Football Club is founded. The club's first official friendly match ends 1: 1 against Meidlinger FC Vorwärts . Most of the games of the Arbeiter-FC in the beginning end with a clear victory for the opponent. A game against the Vienna AC , founded just a year earlier, is even lost with 0:20 goals.
- May 22 : The FK 1898 Olympic Darmstadt is established from which after the merger with the SC Darmstadt in 1905 in 1919, the SV Darmstadt 98 can be seen.
- August 30th : The Lübeck Yacht Club is founded at the suggestion of the German Emperor with a first general assembly in Lübeck City Hall of 80 members, chaired by the businessman and consul Hermann Wilhelm Fehling .
- The Irish football club Crusaders FC is founded in Belfast and wins its first official match 5-2 against Bedford on December 10th .
- The SV Norden-Nordwest in Berlin is founded.
- The AC Victoria Vienna is founded.
- The Spanish sports club Athletic Bilbao is founded.
Others
- Georg Marco , together with others, founds the Wiener Schachzeitung as the organ of the Vienna Chess Club founded in the previous year .
Born
January to June
- January 8 : Dutch Lauer , American football player († 1978 )
- January 15 : Erik Byléhn , Swedish athlete († 1986 )
- January 16 : Paul Jappe , American football player († 1989 )
- January 29th : Alphonse Auclair , French racing driver († 1969 )
- February 4 : Josef Blum , Austrian soccer player and coach († 1956 )
- February 15 : Allen Woodring , American athlete († 1982 )
- February 18 : Enzo Ferrari , Italian racing driver and founder of the racing car manufacturer Ferrari († 1988 )
- February 24th : Hubert Houben , German athlete († 1956 )
- March 5 : Jan Oosthoek , Dutch football player († 1973 )
- March 6 : Gus Sonnenberg , American football player, wrestler († 1944 )
- March 26 : Lucien Choury , French cyclist and Olympic champion († 1987 )
- March 27 : Herb Stein , American football player († 1980 )
- March 28 : Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe , Austrian racing driver († 1974 )
- March 29 : Fritz Bache , German football player († 1959 )
- April 1 : Joe Alexander , American doctor, American football player and coach († 1975 )
- April 9 : Curly Lambeau , American football player and coach († 1965 )
- April 15 : Peter DePaolo , American racing driver († 1980 )
- April 17th : Gerard Debaets , Belgian cyclist († 1959 )
- April 21 : Steve Owen , American football player and coach († 1964 )
- March 23 : Roger Delano , French racing driver († 1966 )
- April 29 : Rudolf Dassler , German entrepreneur, founder of the sporting goods manufacturer Puma († 1974 )
- May 5th : Alfred van Nüß , German chess master († 1961 )
- May 13 : Ernő Erbstein , Hungarian football player and coach († 1949 )
- May 17 : Hans Winkler , German motorcycle racer († 1936 )
- May 31 : Lancelot Royle , British sprinter and manager († 1978 )
- June 9 : Luigi Fagioli , Italian racing car driver († 1952 )
- July 2 : Ernes Merck , German racing car driver († 1927 )
July to December
- July 27 : Renato Balestrero , Italian racing car driver († 1948 )
- August 4th : Ernesto Maserati , Italian racing driver, engineer and entrepreneur († 1975 )
- August 28 : Joe Rooney , American football player († 1979 )
- October 15 : Boughera El-Ouafi , Algerian athlete († 1959 )
- October 18 : Clemente Biondetti , Italian racing driver († 1955 )
- November 1 : Arthur Legat , Belgian racing driver († 1960 )
- November 4th : Nils Engdahl , Swedish athlete († 1983 )
- November 12th : Leon Štukelj , Slovenian gymnast, gold medalist at the Olympic Games († 1999 )
- December 12th : Piet van Kempen , Dutch cyclist († 1985 )
- December 14 : Alfred Au , German football player († 1986 )
- December 17 : Loren Murchison , American athlete and Olympic champion († 1979 )
- December 19 : Piet van Wijngaarden , Dutch motorcycle racer († 1950 )
- December 22nd : Heartley Anderson , American football player and coach († 1978 )
- December 22nd : Edouard Probst , Swiss racing driver († 1974 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Terzo Bandini , Italian motorcycle racer († 1974 )
- Alois Lutz , Austrian figure skater († 1918 )
Died
- July 4th : Yusuf İsmail , Ottoman-Bulgarian professional wrestler (* 1857 )
- September 18 : Émile Mayade , French car pioneer and racing driver (* 1853 )
See also
Web links
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