1876 in Sport
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Months in 1876: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 16 of 16
Feb 2nd - Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis
Feb 3rd - Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football
Feb 12th - Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop
Mar 16th - Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)
Mar 17th - 1st record High Jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks)
Mar 25th - Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0)
Apr 1st - 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5)
Apr 22nd - 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Phila Athletics 6-5
Apr 22nd - Phila Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run
Apr 25th - Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)
May 2nd - Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
May 15th - 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38.25
May 25th - 4th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Shirley wins in 2:44.75
Jun 10th - 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40.5
Jul 15th - Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford
Aug 12th - Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 17 of 17
Jan 11th - Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
Feb 9th - Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1920)
Feb 13th - Fritz Buelow, German-born American baseball player (d. 1933)
Apr 14th - Murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910)
Apr 22nd - Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
May 3rd - Bert Hopkins, cricketer (Australian pace bowler of the 1900's)
May 3rd - John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer (Sussex)
May 17th - Alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist
May 26th - Jack Root, boxing's 1st light Heavyweight champion
Jun 4th - Robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test South Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9)
Jul 19th - John Gunn, Former England cricketer (d. 1963)
Sep 26th - C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer (S Afr lefty all-rounder 1896-1912)
Oct 13th - Rube Waddell, American baseball player (d. 1914)
Nov 7th - Ted Arnold, cricketer (England all-rounder in 10 Tests 1903-05)
Nov 7th - Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (d. 1958)
Nov 28th - Bert Vogler, cricketer (early South African googly bowler)
Dec 12th - Alvin Kraenzlein, Olympic gold medalist (d. 1928)
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 1 of 1
Sep 3rd - Felix, cricketer (legendary All-England player), dies
