1891 in sports
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Events
Ball Games
Boxing
- MAY 21: The Schwergewichtsboxkampf between the American James J. Corbett and the Australian Peter " Black Prince " Jackson ends after 61 rounds in a draw because of the exhaustion of both opponents.
Cycling
- September 6: Pierre Giffard of the newspaper Le Petit Journal organized for the first time the cycle race Paris-Brest- Paris.
- September 9: Charles Terront meets the winner of the organized at the initiative of the newspaper Le Petit Journal first cycling race Paris-Brest- Paris to 71:22 hours drive back to Paris. A further 97 followed by 206 drivers started the last takes ten days for the link.
- The cycling Bordeaux - Paris was first organized.
- George Lacy Hillier initiated the construction of the Velodrome Herne Hill.
Rowing
- MARCH 21: Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 21'48 ".
Chess
- January 22: At the Chess World Cup 1890 defending champion Wilhelm Steinitz brings against Isidor Gunsberg by an agreed draw the crucial half-point to 10 ½: 8 ½.
Winter sports
- 23-24. January: German Oskar Uhlig is the winner of the European Figure Skating Championships 1891 in Hamburg.
- FEBRUARY 28: Oscar Grundén, Sweden, 500 meters speed skating runs in Stockholm in 50.8 sec
Club -ups
- Football Club Internazionale Torino, the oldest Italian football club is founded.
- The AC Prague is founded.
Born
- January 3: Alfred Brinckmann, German chess player and author († 1967)
- JANUARY 29: Richard Williams, American tennis player († 1968)
- March 3: Arthur Drewry, British soccer official, FIFA President († 1961)
- MARCH 16: Alfonsina Strada, Italian cyclist († 1959)
- March 29: Alfred Neubauer, German racing manager of the Mercedes Grand Prix Team ( † 1980)
- April 5: Arnold Jackson, British track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1972)
- MAY 23: Felice Milano, Italian footballer († 1915)
- June 3: Mary Browne, American tennis player († 1971)
- July 3: Richard Kuthan, Austrian footballer († 1958)
- July 14: Werner Rittberger, German figure skater († 1975)
- JULY 18: Alexander Popovich, Austrian footballer and coach († 1952)
- JULY 21: Juho Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower († 1969)
- JULY 25: Carl -Friedrich von Langen, German Olympic medalist in dressage († 1935)
- JULY 28: István Tóth - Potya, Hungarian football player and coach († 1945)
- NOVEMBER 5: Greasy Neale, American American football coach and baseball players († 1973)
- November 14: Ted Meredith, American track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1957)
- November 21: Just Göbel, Dutch soccer player († 1984)
- December 15: David Wijnveldt, Dutch soccer player († 1962)