1857 in sports
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Events
Baseball
- In New York City, the National Association of Base Ball Players was established.
Mountaineering
Football
- October 24: With the English football club Sheffield FC the very first is founded. In the same year also started with the creation of a first set of rules for the game of football.
Rowing
Oxford wins on 4 April the 14th Boat Race against Cambridge in a time of 22'05 ".
Chess
- The Austrian Johann Jacob Loewenthal wins the heavily-stocked chess tournament in Manchester.
- The American Paul Morphy wins also heavily infested chess tournament in New York City.
Gymnastics
- The Turnverein Sachsenhausen in 1857 is founded.