- SC Komet Berlin
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clubname = SC Komet Berlin
fullname = Berliner Sport-Club 1899 Komet
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founded = 1899 (?)
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position = defunct
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leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffffSC Komet Berlin was a German sports club from the city of
Berlin ."Komet" was active from the late 1890s through to the late 1930s with its athletics department and football club figuring on the German sports scene.
In 1900 the club was a founding member of the
DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) atLeipzig , but beyond this never played a prominent role in the sport. "Komet" also helped form the VBAV (Verband Berliner Athletik-Vereine or Berlin Federation of Athletic Teams) on November 15, 1904 with club memberOtto Gronert serving as first chairperson. The club became the first in Germany to organize a women's athletic department that same year.The sport of
javelin throw ing was introduced to Germany through a 1906 demonstration to the club by then world record holder Swedish athleteEric Lemming , the developer of the modern technique of the sport.A number of athletes from the sports club participated in the 1908 Olympic Games held in
London ,England with runner Arthur Hoffmann coming away with a silver medal as part of Germany's men's medley relay team, the country's best result in athletics at these games. Hoffmann was Germany's 100m champion at the time."Komet" was one of ten clubs that formed Berlin's first
ice hockey league in 1910.
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