- 1875 in sports
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c=19th century
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yp2=1873
yp3=1874
year=1875
ya1=1876
ya2=1877
ya3=1878
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dp2=1850s
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d=1870s
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dn3=1900s|Baseball *The
Boston Red Stockings win a fourth consecutive pennant. For the first time there is practically no "pennant race" for the National Association championship, the last one.Football
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March 13 -FA Cup : Royal Engineers beat Old Etonians 2-0 (replay)
* Birmingham Senior Cup round one was played for the 1st timeGolf *British Open -
Willie Park, Snr. Horse racing *
May 17 - Aristides wins firstKentucky Derby
*Vinaigratte wins firstKentucky Oaks Ice hockey *
3 March - The first organised indoor game of ice hockey was played at theVictoria Skating Rink inMontreal ,Canada .
=Rowing=*
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - OxfordBirths
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January 7 —Gustav Flatow , German gymnast (d.1945 )
*January 11 —Fritz Manteuffel , German gymnast (d.1941 )
*January 19 —Joep Packbiers , Dutch archer (d.1957 )
*February 20 —Marie Marvingt , French multi-athlete (d.1963 )
*April 15 —James J. Jeffries , American boxer (d.1953 )
*June 13 — Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer (d.1932 )
*June 23 —Norman Pritchard , Indian athlete and actor (d.1929 )
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