1877 in sports
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Events
Events
Sports facilities
- April 28: Today's Stamford Bridge football stadium in London will be officially opened as a pure athletic stadium.
- In Brighton, the velodrome Preston Park is built.
Club -ups
- The English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers is founded.
- In Newcastle, the rugby union club Gosforth Rugby Club is founded.
Born
- January 4: Otto Herschmann, Austrian swimmer, fencer, Olympic athlete and sports official († 1942)
- FEBRUARY 20: Franz Verheyen, German cyclists ( † 1955)
- March 7: Thorvald Ellegaard, Danish cyclist († 1954)
- MARCH 8: Albert Dankert, German sportsmen workers († 1933)
- March 15: Malcolm Whitman, American tennis player († 1932)
- MARCH 18: Ivo Schricker, German football player and football functionary († 1962)
- MARCH 28: Ted Ray, famous British professional golfer and two-time major winner († 1943)
- June 7: Roelof Klein, Dutch rowers († 1960)
- June 16: Enrico Canfari, Italian football player and functionary († 1915)
- August 7: Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater († 1949)
- AUGUST 18: Jimmy Michael, Welsh cyclist († 1904)
- October 22: Thaddeus Robl, German cyclists ( † 1910)
- November 13: Paul Saladin Leonhardt, German chess player († 1934)
- November 14: Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player († 1968)
- November 22: Hans Gamper, Swiss football player, football official and founder of FC Barcelona ( † 1930)
- December 5: Alessandro Anzani, Italian cyclist and pacemaker ( † 1956)
- December 7: Walter Abbott, British football player († 1941)
- December 8: Julius Keyl, German track and field athlete and Olympian († 1959)
- John Chapman, American cyclist and cycling functionary († 1947)