1879 in sports
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Events
Events
- April 5: Cambridge win the Boat Race against Oxford in the time of 21'18 ".
- The Norwegian Olaf Haugann achieved in ski jumping on the Husebybakken in Christiania (Oslo ), the world record distance of 20 meters.
Club -ups
- In Sunderland Football Club Sunderland & District Teachers Association is founded.
- In Copenhagen, founded in 1876 sports club Kjøbenhavns Boldklub also association football is played for the first time.
Born
- January 4th: Piet Dickentman, Dutch cyclist († 1950)
- MARCH 13: Franz Hofmann, German racing driver and pacemaker ( † 1926)
- March 21: Josef Steinbach, Austrian weightlifter († 1937)
- April 7: Angelo Dibona, South Tyrolean mountaineer († 1956)
- APRIL 16: Léon Théry, French racing driver († 1909)
- MAY 29: César Simar, French cyclist († 1934)
- June 5: René Pottier, French cyclist († 1907)
- June 19: Rein Boomsma, Dutch national football team († 1943)
- July 5th: Dwight Filley Davis, U.S. Secretary of War and founder of the Davis Cup († 1945)
- July 25: Fritz Steuri, Swiss mountain guide and ski athletes († 1950)
- SEPTEMBER 27: Fred School, American hurdler and Olympic champion († 1962)
- October 2: Léon Georget, French cyclist († 1949)
- October 11: Christian Schilling, German football player († 1955)
- OCTOBER 13: Giovanni Piaz, Italian mountaineer († 1948)
- NOVEMBER 5: Otto Wahle, Austrian swimmer († 1963)
- November 8: Franz Seidl, Austrian cycling and racing driver and aviator († 1913)
- November 14: John Biller, American athlete († 1960)