1873 in sports

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Alpinism

Football / Rugby / Football

• The Scottish Football Union, the Scottish National Federation for Rugby Union and England 's second oldest national rugby union in the world, is founded.
• The Scottish FA Cup, the second oldest cup competition in football, was first performed.
• In Australia, the St Kilda Football Club is founded.
• The first Canadian football team, the Toronto Argonauts, is founded.
• The English football club Gainsborough Trinity is founded.
• The football section was founded in 1869 cricket clubs Kilmarnock FC is founded.

Equestrian

Rowing

• March 29: In the time of 19'35 "wins Cambridge for the fourth consecutive year, the Boat Race against Oxford.

Born

• January 9: John Flanagan, Irish- American Athlete († 1938)
• January 10: George Orton, Canadian Athlete († 1958)
• JANUARY 12: Spyridon Louis, the Greek Athlete († 1940)
• JANUARY 13: Walther Bense man, German football pioneer († 1934)

• February 7: Charles Dixon, English tennis player († 1939)
• MARCH 13: Georg Demmler, German architect, athlete and sports official († 1931)

• May 4: Julius Seyler, German painter and athletes († 1955)
• MAY 26: Fritz Ryser, Swiss cyclist († 1913)

• August 5: Georges Cassignard, French cyclist († 1893)
• SEPTEMBER 19: Rudolf Charousek Hungarian chess master († 1900)
• September 20: Ferenc Szisz, French - Hungarian racer († 1944)
• September 20: Robert Wrenn, American tennis player († 1925)

• November 2: Gottfried Hinze, German football functionary († 1953)
• NOVEMBER 5: Edwin Flack, Australian athlete and Olympic gold medalist († 1935)

• David Allison, French - English footballer († unknown)