See also: 1870 in sports, other events of 1871, 1872 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in sports pages. ...

Baseball

The first all-professional league, the National Association is founded. The league consisted of several teams who broke away from the National Association of Base Ball Players, a previously amateur organization which had created a professional subcategory in 1869. Athletic of Philadelphia wins the first championship. Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball past a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical stick called a bat. ... The National Association of Professional Baseball Players, or simply the National Association, was founded in 1871 and lasted through the 1875 season, after which its stronger teams created the National League. ... The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) was founded in 1857 by sixteen baseball clubs located in the New York metropolitan area. ... In the prologue to his 1999 work, The Athletics of Philadelphia, author David M. Jordan states that Philadelphia “had been a baseball town from the earliest days of the game, fielding amateur teams since at least the early 1830s. ...

Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

Boat Race Logo Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race The Boat Race is a rowing race between the rowing clubs of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. ... Boat Race Logo Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race The Boat Race is a rowing race between the rowing clubs of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. ...

Events

• Rugby Football Union formed in England
• At a meeting in London, the Football Association decide to hold a challenge cup competition the next year. The FA Cup is born with 15 entries.

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the rugby union governing body in England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st... The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ...

Births

• April 11 — Gyula Kellner, Hungarian athlete (d. 1940)
• May 30 — Nándor Dáni, ian athlete (d. 1949)
• June 19 — Alojz Sokol, Slovak athlete from the Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1932)

April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... Gyula Kellner was a Hungarian athlete. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... Nándor Dáni was a Hungarian athlete. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... Alojz Sokol (in Hungarian: Alajos Szokolyi) (June 19, 1871 - September 9, 1932) was a Slovak athlete from the Kingdom of Hungary. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...