1875 in sports
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Events
Events
- March 3: In Montreal, Canada, organized James Creighton, a student at McGill University, the first hockey game in a hall. In a newspaper report about the game, which will be held at the Victoria Skating Rink, a wooden puck is also first mentioned.
- 20 March: Oxford wins in 22'02 " for the first time since 1869 again, the Boat Race against Cambridge.
- MAY 17: In Louisville, Kentucky, the first horse race of the Kentucky Derby will be held. Winners will Aristides min in 2:37.
- AUGUST 25: Matthew Webb swims from Dover in 21 hours 45 minutes the first man without technical aids the English Channel and reached Calais.
- October 8: Konrad Koch published the first German football rule set and is based in the same year at Martino- Katharineum the first football club.
- November 5: The English football club Blackburn Rovers was founded and completed on December 18, his first game ending 1-1.
- November 13: The Game, the American football game between Harvard Crimson and the Yale Bulldogs is first held. Harvard Crimson wins with 4g2t: 0
- In England, James Gibb released the first table tennis rules.
- Willie Park Sr. wins again The Open Championship in golf.
Club -ups
- The Irish rugby union club Leinster Rugby is founded.
- The football club Birmingham City is founded.
- The football club Blackburn Rovers is founded.
Born
- January 7: Thomas Hicks, American athlete and Olympic gold medalist († 1963)
- JANUARY 15: Thomas Burke, American Athlete, participants of the first Summer Olympic Games 1896 ( † 1929)
- Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, Greek Athlete († 1956)
Died
- December 25: Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (* 1851)