1887 in sports
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- 2.1 First half of
- 2.2 Second half of
Events
Golf
- The Scotsman Willie Park Jr. wins for the first time The Open Championship.
Hurling
- The Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1884 through the first All -Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
Athletics / Rasenkraftsport
- November 20: The French Athletics Federation Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques is founded.
- In England, the first set of rules for the hammer throw is written.
Motorsport
- From Paris to Neuilly -sur -Seine, the first organized car race is organized. The only participating car La Marquise De Dion -Bouton with the driver Albert de Dion reached an average speed of 25.6 km / h
Rowing
- MARCH 26: Cambridge defeated Oxford in the Boat Race in 20'52 ".
Rugby
- Home Nations Championship 1887
Swimming
- German Swimming Championships 1887
Winter sports
Sports facilities
- April 20: The Ibrox Park in Glasgow sees the first football game.
Club -ups
- September 29: The merger, which was founded in 1884 track and field clubs Hohenfelder SC and Wandsbek - Marienthal SC of the sports club SC Germania is evident from 1887. On June 2, 1919 comes from him and the clubs of Hamburg FC 1888 and FC Falke 1906 by the merger of Hamburger SV.
- November 3: The football club Académica de Coimbra is founded.
- November 6: The Scottish football club Celtic FC was founded as a Celtic Football and Athletic Club.
- In Kiel Navy Regatta Club is founded.
Born
First half year
- January 8: Jan Akkersdijk, Dutch soccer player († 1953)
- JANUARY 9: Sammy Davis, British racing car driver and journalist († 1981)
- January 16: Christian Junggeburth, German racing driver and pacemaker ( † 1929)
- JANUARY 21: Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player († 1926)
- JANUARY 26: François Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist († 1915)
- February 22: Savielly Tartakower, Polish-French chess player († 1956)
- FEBRUARY 23: Karl Neumer, German cyclists ( † 1984)
- FEBRUARY 24: Boris Kostić, Serbian chess master († 1963)
- MARCH 27: Väinö Siikaniemi, Finnish athlete († 1932)
- April 6: Georges Seres, French cyclist († 1951)
- April 7: Joseph F. Stadler, American track and field athlete
- APRIL 24: Willy Schmieger, Austrian football player and functionary († 1950)
Second half- year
- July 5th: Karl Hanssen, German footballer († 1916)
- July 10: Gé Fortgens, Dutch soccer player († 1957)
- JULY 16: Charles Uhle, German footballer († 1969)
- August 5: John Schneider, German footballer († 1914)
- August 6: Dudley Benjafield, British physician and race car driver († 1957)
- August 7: Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater († 1949)
- August 12: Walter Hempel, German footballer († 1939)
- August 30: Kalle Anttila, Finnish Ringer († 1975)
- September 7: Herman Peltzer, Dutch soccer player († 1957)
- SEPTEMBER 27: Karl Wegele, German footballer († 1960)
- September 28: Avery Brundage, American sports official, President of the IOC ( † 1975)
- October 5: Nils Middelboe, Danish football player († 1976)
- October 20: Vic Gonsalves, Dutch soccer player († 1922)
- October 24: Octave Lapize, French cyclist († 1917)
- OCTOBER 27: Nico de Wolf, Dutch soccer player († 1967)
- November 2: Hans Schmidt, German footballer († 1916)
- NOV 7: Guus van Hecking Colenbrander, Dutch soccer player († 1945)
- November 9: Edward Lindberg, American track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1978)
- November 15: Teodor Koskenniemi, a Finnish long-distance runner († 1965)
- November 16: Hans Blume, Dutch footballer
- November 22: Pietro Bordino, Italian racing driver († 1928)
- December 10: Arthur Hoffmann, German athlete († 1932)