1855 in sports

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Events

• February 7: Ernst Burow founded with eight friends in Burow's house in Königsberg in Prussia Germany's oldest sailing club, the SC RHE.
• The Bramall Lane in Sheffield is built as a cricket stadium and opened on April 30 with a game.

• The Krefeld gymnastics club was founded in 1855.
• In San Francisco, the Mechanics ' Institute Chess Club is founded.

Born

• January 24: Frank Hadow, English tennis player († 1946)
• JULY 18: Axel Paulsen, Norwegian figure skater and inventor of the figure skating Axel jump († 1938)