- 1866 in sports
yearbox
in?=in sports
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th centuryyp1=1863
yp2=1864
yp3=1865
year=1866
ya1=1867
ya2=1868
ya3=1869
dp3=1830s
dp2=1840s
dp1=1850s
d=1860s
da=0
dn1=1870s
dn2=1880s
dn3=1890s|Athletics (track and field) * The
Amateur Athletic Club becomes the governing body of athletics in theUnited Kingdom , hosting the first national championships and introducing the definition of an amateur that will dominate athletics for over 100 years.Baseball *National Association membership triples and geographic scope explodes, from
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas toPortland, Maine . The association hears cases of professionalism at the center and there is no longer a clear and official NABBP champion.Golf *British Open -
Willie Park, Snr. Horse Racing *
Grand National Steeplechase Aintree won by 40/1 outsider Salamander ridden by 45 year oldAlec Goodman and owned by the Indigo planterEdward Studd
=Rowing=*
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - OxfordBirths
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February 24 —Hubert van Innis , Belgian archer (d.1961 )
*August 5 -Harry Trott , Australian cricketer (d.1917 )
*August 12 —Henrik Sillem , Dutch sports shooter
*December 18 —Holger Nielsen , Danish fencer, shooter, and athlete (d.1955 )
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