1899 in sports

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March: In London, the All- England tournament was first held, which will evolve to become the unofficial Badminton World Championship. The All England in 1899 only three double - disciplines are played.

March 5: The First Vienna FC 1894 wins the final of the Austria -Hungarian Challenge Cup 4-1 against AC Viktoria Vienna.
MARCH 12: The Anglo - American Club Zurich wins in the match for the Swiss Cup 7-0 against the Old Boys Basel.
May 6: The VfL Köln 1899 is founded.
June 22: The DFC Germania Prague is formed by the merger of two students football clubs.

Mary Ayer, United States, jumps in the triple jump of the ladies in Bryn Mawr 6.72 m.

Cambridge wins after eight wins in a row of Oxford in the Boat Race in 21:04 min.

The Norwegians Asbjørn Nilssen achieved in ski jumping on the Solbergbakken in Bærum, Norway, 32.5 meters.

January 8: In a club crisis meeting due to the numerous failures of established last year first Viennese workers Football Club Sports Club Rapid will be renamed. Model for the name change, the changes to the losing streak of the club for the time being nothing is the Berlin BFC Rapide 93 Niederschoenhausen.
FEBRUARY 4: In Bremen football club Werder is founded by 1899.
MARCH 8: The Frankfurter FC Victoria in 1899 and in the course of probably the Frankfurt kickers, both predecessor teams of Eintracht Frankfurt, are founded.
MAY 3: In Budapest the Ferencvárosi Torna Club is founded.
MAY 15: The Mannheim turn society is founded.
July 1: The Turnverein Hoffenheim is founded.
August 20: The FSV Frankfurt is founded.

September 21: 21 players separate from Cannstatt football club and found the football club Stuttgart Cickers.

November 29: On the initiative of the Swiss Hans Gamper founded the Football Club Barcelona. First President is the Englishman Walter Wild. The first game on December 8 lost 0-1.
December 2: The Chemnitz SC Britannia is founded.
DECEMBER 16: A group of English emigrant businessmen based in Milan, the Milan Football and Cricket Club.

The football was founded by René Dufaure de Montmirail Club de Marseille, is played in the rugby and football, will be renamed Olympique Marseille.
The Welsh football club Cardiff City was founded as a football department of the Riverside Cricket Club Cardiff.

April 6: Hans Wentorf, German footballer († 1970)
April 13: Harold Osborn, American track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1975)
APRIL 17: Gerard Debaets, Belgian cyclist († 1959)
April 26: Xavier Gmelch, German motorcycle racer († 1976)

August 3: Louis Chiron, Monegasque racing driver († 1979)
August 3: Jean Cugnot, French cyclist and Olympic gold medalist († 1933)
August 6: Folke Rogard, Swedish chess functionary († 1973)
AUGUST 25: Guy Butler, British track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1981)

November 2 Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, development workers († 1973)
November 4: Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist († 1985)
November 4: Paul Nicolas, French footballer († 1959)

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