1898 in sports
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- 2.1 January to April
- 2.2 May-December
- 2.3 Exact date of birth unknown
Events
Football
Cycling
- 8 to 12 September: Railway Road Cycling World Championships 1898 in Vienna
Rowing
- MARCH 26: Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 22'15 ". It is already the ninth victory of Oxford in succession.
- AUGUST 21: The Brazilian rowing club CR Vasco da Gama is established, which is primarily known for its football department later.
Winter sports
Figure skating
Speed Skating
- February 7: Peder Østlund, Norway, the 1500 meter speed skating runs in Davos in 2:23,6 min.
Club -ups
- Before May 5: The first Viennese workers Football Club is founded. The first official friendly match of the association ends 1-1 draw against FC Meidlinger forward. However, most games of the Workers FC in the early days end with a clear victory for the opponent. A game against the established just a year earlier Wiener AC is lost even with 0:20 gates.
- MAY 22: The FK Olympia 1898 Darmstadt is established, from which, after the merger with the SC Darmstadt 1905 1919 SV Darmstadt 98 shows.
- August 30: The Luebeck Yacht Club is founded at the suggestion of the German emperor with a first general meeting in Lübeck Town Hall from 80 members chaired by the merchant and Consul Wilhelm Hermann Fehling.
- The SV north -northwest in Berlin is founded.
- The AC Victoria Vienna is founded.
- The Spanish sports club Athletic Bilbao is founded.
Others
- Georg Marco founded together with other Viennese chess newspaper as organ of the Association was founded in the previous year Viennese chess clubs.
Born
January to April
- FEBRUARY 4: Joseph Blum, Austrian footballer and coach († 1956)
- FEBRUARY 15: Allen Woodring, American athlete († 1982)
- FEBRUARY 18: Enzo Ferrari, Italian racing driver and founder of the racing car manufacturer Ferrari ( † 1988)
- February 24: Hubert Houben, German athlete († 1956)
- March 5: Jan Oosthoek, Dutch soccer player († 1973)
- MARCH 6: Gus Sonnenberg, U.S. American football player, wrestler († 1944)
- MARCH 26: Lucien Choury, French cyclist and Olympic gold medalist († 1987)
- MARCH 26: Rudolf Dassler, German entrepreneur, founder of the sports goods manufacturer Puma ( † 1974)
- MARCH 27: Herb Stein, U.S. American football player († 1980)
- MARCH 28: Max zu Schaumburg -Lippe, Austrian racing driver († 1974)
- MARCH 29: Fritz Bache, German footballer († 1959)
May to December
- MAY 5: Alfred van Nüss, German chess master († 1946)
- MAY 13: Ernő Erbstein, Hungarian football player and coach († 1949)
- MAY 17: Hans Winkler, German motorcycle racer († 1936)
- MAY 31: Lancelot Royle, a British sprinter and Manager ( † 1978)
- 9 June: Luigi Fagioli, Italian racing driver († 1952)
- AUGUST 28: Joe Rooney, U.S. American football player († 1979)
- OCT 15: El- Boughera Ouafi, Algerian athlete († 1959)
- OCTOBER 18: Clemente Biondetti, Italian racing driver († 1955)
Exact date of birth unknown
- Terzo Bandini, Italian motorcycle racer († 1974)
- Alois Lutz, an Austrian figure skater († 1918)