- 1892 in sports
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in?=in sports
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th centuryyp1=1889
yp2=1890
yp3=1891
year=1892
ya1=1893
ya2=1894
ya3=1895
dp3=1860s
dp2=1870s
dp1=1880s
d=1890s
da=0
dn1=1900s
dn2=1910s
dn3=1920s|Athletics (track and field) *
C. B. Fry equals the world record for thelong jump of 23 ft. 5in - the record stands for 18 months.Basketball *First official game of basketball played at a
YMCA inSpringfield, Massachusetts (January).Baseball *The "National League and American Association" is the sole major league in baseball after incorporating four AA clubs in the
National League and buying out the four others.
*The League plays a split season, Boston winning the first half, Cleveland winning the second, and Boston winning the following championship series. The experiment will not be repeated but it will be adapted after two-month interruption of the 1981 season.Cricket *
County Cricket Championship - SurreyAmerican Football *William "Pudge" Heffelfinger is paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association to play in a game against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, making Heffelfinger the first professional football player.
Football (soccer) England
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Football League - Sunderland win the 1891-92 title.
*FA Cup - West Bromwich Albion beat Aston Villa 3-0.
*The Football League absorbs theFootball Alliance , and divided into two divisions. The First Division contains sixteen teams (mostly former League clubs), and the Second Division contains twelve (mostly former Alliance clubs) for the 1892-93 season.Netherlands
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Vitesse Arnhem , a Dutch football club, is founded onMay 14 .Germany
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Hertha BSC Berlin 1892 , a German soccer club, is founded onJuly 25 Golf *British Open -
Harold Hilton
*British Amateur - John BallHorse racing *May 11:
African-American jockey Alonzo "Lonnie" Clayton, age 15, became the youngest rider to ever win theKentucky Derby when he was on boardAzra .Ice hockey * March 2 -
Ottawa Hockey Club wins its third straightOntario Hockey Association (OHA) title, defeating Toronto Osgoode Hall 10–4.
* March 7 - TheMontreal Hockey Club defeats Ottawa 1–0 to win its fifth straightAmateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) title.
* March 18 - At a celebration dinner to honour theOttawa Hockey Club ,Lord Stanley , the Governor-General of Canada announces his new trophy to be awarded to the ice hockey champions of Canada. Originally known as the "Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup", it is better known today as theStanley Cup , the championship trophy of theNational Hockey League (NHL).Ice skating * The
International Skating Union , the governing body for ice skating, founded in the Netherlands.
=Rowing=*
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - OxfordBirths
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June 8 —Giuseppe Campari , Italian racing driver (d.1933 )
*November 3 — Lindley Murray, American tennis player (d.1970 )
*November 16 —Tazio Nuvolari , Italian champion racing driver (d.1953 )
*December 17 —Sam Barry , Hall of Fame basketball coach (d.1950 )Deaths
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