1884 in sports
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Events
- 5 January to 12 April: Home Nations Championship 1884
- April 7: Cambridge win the Boat Race against Oxford in the time of 21'39 ".
- 5 to 19 July: Wimbledon Championships 1884
- November 1: On the initiative of Michael Cusack founded the Gaelic Athletic Association for the Preservation and Cultivation of National Pastimes. The Irish Sports Association promotes and supports Gaelic sports such as hurling, Gaelic football, Irish Handball, Camogie and Rounders.
- Winter: In the first Celerina Cresta races are conducted.
- German Swimming Championships 1884
- The Canadian Rugby Football Union, the forerunner of the Canadian Football League is founded.
- The gymnastics club Stade Helvétique Marseille is founded.
Born
- April 2: Paul Duboc, French cyclist († 1941)
- April 2: Dolf Kessler, Dutch soccer player († 1945)
- APRIL 21: Kees van Nieuwenhuizen, Dutch soccer player († 1981)
- APRIL 24: Otto Froitzheim, German tennis player († 1962)
- June 2: Ferdinando Minoia, Italian racing driver († 1940)
- June 15: Rodney Heath, Australian tennis player († 1936)
- July 5th: Luigi Forlano, Italian footballer († 1916)
- July 13: Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and Olympic gold medalist († 1951)
- July 17: Umberto Malvano, Italian football player, umpire and functionary and engineering
- July 18: Herman Jurgens, Dutch soccer player († 1964)
- JULY 21: Louis Grenville Abell, American rower († 1962)
- JULY 25: Ludowika Jakobsson, Finnish- German figure skater († 1968)
- August 3: Constant Feith, Dutch soccer player († 1958)
- August 4: Henri Cornet, French cyclist († 1941)
- 13 August: Guus Lutjens, Dutch soccer player († 1974)
- September 24: Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist († 1963)
- October 24: Arthur Stellbrink, German cyclists ( † 1956)
- OCTOBER 28: Fritz Theile, German cyclists ( † 1911)
- November 4: Claes Johansson, Swedish wrestler († 1949)
- NOV 9: Vincenz Duncker, German track and field athlete and Olympian († after 1908)
- November 28: Anton Lens, Dutch soccer player († 1955)
- November 30: Yvan Goor, Belgian bicycle and motorcycle racer († 1958)
Died
- JANUARY 9: Daniel Harrwitz, German chess master (* 1823)
- JULY 10: Paul Morphy, American chess player (* 1837)