1885 in sports
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- 2.1 First half of
- 2.2 Second half of
- 2.3 Exact date of birth unknown
Events
Boxing
- AUGUST 28: John L. Sullivan defeated by the Queensberry Rules in Cincinnati Dominick McCaffrey in 7 rounds and is the first recognized heavyweight champion in boxing.
Football / Rugby / Football
- January 3 to February 21: England is the winner of the Home Nations Championship 1885.
- February 2: The first game after the designed last year by Michael Cusack new rules in Gaelic Football is played in Callan in County Kilkenny.
- MAY 5: The first Berlin Football Club BFC Frankfurt 1885 is founded.
Rowing
- MARCH 28: Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 21'36 ".
Swimming
- German Swimming Championships 1885
Gymnastics
Born
First half year
- January 2: Anna Hubler, German figure skater († 1976)
- January 2: Eddy de Neve, Dutch soccer player († 1943)
- January 8 Mór Koczan, Swedish javelin thrower († 1972)
- JANUARY 21: André Lagache, French race car driver and the first winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1923 ( † 1938)
- January 22: Eugène Christophe, French cyclist († 1970)
- JANUARY 28: Maurice Brocco, French cyclist († 1965)
- February 6: Jo Eshuijs, Dutch soccer player († 1979)
- March 6: Ring Lardner, American sports reporter and writer († 1933)
- MARCH 11: Malcolm Campbell, English sportsman and racing journalist († 1948)
- March 17: Ralph Rose, American athlete († 1913)
- MARCH 23: Adams Platt, American athlete († 1961)
- April 6: Jules Goux, French race car driver († 1965)
- APRIL 14: Jules Miquel, French cyclist († 1966)
- APRIL 17: Toine van Renterghem, Dutch soccer player († 1967)
- April 18: Hermann Müller, German athlete († 1947)
- April 19: John Stol, Dutch cyclist († 1973)
- APRIL 21: Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner († 1967)
- April 26: Marcello Bertinetti, Italian fencer and two -time Olympic champion and football player and coach († 1967)
Second half- year
- July 9: Caius Welcker, Dutch soccer player († 1939)
- JULY 10: Francisco Olazar, Argentine soccer player and coach († 1958)
- August 9: Philip van Dijk, Dutch soccer player († 1937)
- AUGUST 18: Tim Ahearne, Irish athlete († 1968)
- AUGUST 29: Ugo Sivocci, Italian racing driver († 1923)
- September 6: Margaret Tragett, English badminton player († 1964)
- September 15: Georges Parent, French cyclist († 1918)
- December 3: Edward Lasker, American chess and Go player († 1981)
- December 20: Miel van Leijden, Dutch soccer player († 1949)
Exact date of birth unknown
- Izidor furriers, Hungarian football player and coach († 1941)