- 1880 in sports
yearbox
in?=in sports
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th centuryyp1=1877
yp2=1878
yp3=1879
year=1880
ya1=1881
ya2=1882
ya3=1883
dp3=1850s
dp2=1860s
dp1=1870s
d=1880s
da=0
dn1=1890s
dn2=1900s
dn3=1910s|Baseball *Chicago White Stockings win
National League championship
*The latest National Association, a professional rival of the National League, goes out of business after its fourth season, contested by only three to four clubs.Cricket *6 September-8 September,
London - Only Test,England vAustralia . England won by 5wicket s.Football
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April 10 FA Cup - Clapham Rovers beat Oxford University 1-0Golf Horse racing *
May 18 -Fonso wins theKentucky Derby
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Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - OxfordBirths
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February 2 —Frederick Lane , Australian swimmer (d.1969 )
*April 8 — Thomas Thomas, boxing champion (died 1911)
*June 22 -Rhys Gabe , Welsh rugby player (died 1967)
*September 14 —Archie Hahn , American athlete (d.1955 )
*October 5 —Piet de Brouwer , Dutch archer (d.1953 )
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