1881 in sports
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Events
Football
Rugby
Rowing
- April 8: Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 21'51 ".
Tennis
- MAY 21: On the initiative of James Dwight and Clarence Clark is based in New York, the United States Lawn Tennis Association.
- 2 to 13 July: Wimbledon Championships 1881
- August: The U.S. National Championships in tennis will be at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Iceland, first held. Richard Sears is the first winner of the Mr. Single Page, which is open only for clubs at this time that a member of the United States Lawn Tennis Association are.
Gymnastics
- July 23: With the European Gymnastics Federation (Fédération Européenne de Gymnastique - FEG) in Liège creates one of the oldest international mergers at sports level, after renaming in 1921 by including non-European members today International Gymnastics Federation (Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique - FIG).
Winter sports
- The Norwegian Sveinung Svalastoga achieved in ski jumping on the Husebybakken in Christiania (Oslo ), the world record distance of 22 meters.
Club -ups
- The k.u.k. Military fencing and gymnastics instructor Institute is founded.
Born
- JANUARY 5: Paul Arnold Walty, Swiss footballer († 1969)
- JANUARY 12: Léon Molon, French race car driver and aircraft pioneer († 1952)
- January 17: William Ewart Napier, American chess master of English origin († 1952)
- January: Garrett Serviss, American athlete († 1907)
- MAY 31: Heinrich Burger, German figure skater († 1942)
- JUNE 10: Ed Sol, Dutch soccer player († 1965)
- June 14: George Alan Thomas, a British chess, badminton and tennis players († 1972)
- June 29: Louis Trousselier, French cyclist († 1939)
- SEPTEMBER 8: Harry Hillman, American athlete and Olympic gold medalist († 1945)
- September 15: Ettore Bugatti, Italian automobile manufacturer and designer († 1947)
- September 27: William Clothier, American tennis player († 1962)
- September 28: Eleonora Sears, American tennis player († 1968)
- October 3: Arthur Hiller, German footballer († 1941)
- October 10: Gaston Ragueneau, French long-distance runner († 1978)
- Felice Nazzaro, Italian racing driver († 1940)
Died
- July: Ilya Stepanovich Schumow, Russian chess master and chess composer (* 1819)