1890 in sports

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Events

Boxing

• March 31: The Canadian featherweight boxer George Dixon is the first black world champion in history. He retains the title to the year 1900.

Football

• November 2: The BFC Alemannia 90 is established.
• November 2: The Berliner FC Vorwärts 1890 is founded.
• November 4: The Association of German football players is founded. Founding members are BFC Germania 1888 BFC forward in 1890, BFC Askania 1890 Borussia BFC 1890 BFC Concordia in 1890, BFC Hellas 1890, BFC BFC Tasmania in 1890 and Teutonia 1891. However, the association area remains on the Greater Berlin limited.

• The Scottish Football League is founded.

Rowing

• MARCH 26: Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 22'03 ".

Rugby

• March 25: The Stuttgart Beer Football Club is founded ( playing football within the meaning of Rugby).

Chess

Swimming

• German Swimming Championships 1890

Sailing

• The Hong Kong Corinthian Sailing Club is founded.

Winter sports

Speed skating records

• March 2: Oscar Fredriksen, Norway, 5,000 meters speed skating runs in Stockholm in 9:19,8 min.

Ski Jumping

• Mikkel Hemmestveit, Norway, reached in ski jumping on the McSorely Hill in Red Wing, Minnesota, 31.1 meters.

Born

• March 2: Oscar Egg, Swiss cyclist († 1961)
• MARCH 13: Franz Suter, Swiss cyclist († 1914)
• MARCH 18: Gunnar Andersen, Norwegian football player and ski jumper († 1968)
• March 21: Vilmos Kertész, Hungarian football player and coach († 1962)
• MARCH 28: Erwin flour, Austrian sports scientist († 1984)
• MARCH 31: Ben Adams, American athlete († 1961)

• MAY 5: Léon Vanderstuyft, Belgian cyclist († 1954)
• May 7: Huug de Groot, Dutch soccer player († 1957)
• MAY 11: Willie Applegarth, British track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1958)
• MAY 17: Walter Flanigan, American football official († 1962)

• JUNE 24: Hannes Schneider, the Austrian ski pioneer and actor († 1955)
• July 3: Biagio Nazzaro, Italian automobile and motorcycle racer († 1922)
• JULY 4: Andreas Breynk, German football player († 1957)
• July 7: Karl Tekusch, Austrian football player and high school teachers († 1977)

• September 30: André Gobert, French tennis player († 1951)
• October 8: Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist and Archer († 1971)
• OCTOBER 20: Erik Kjeldsen, Danish cyclist († 1976)

Died

• December 22: Gottlieb Samuel Studer, Swiss mountaineer, and author of panoramas (* 1804)