1861 in Sport

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Events in Sport

  • Mar 13 23rd Grand National: Joseph Kendall aboard Jealousy wins
  • Sep 26 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club

Birthdays in Sport

  • Jan 3 William Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1881-6, 89), born in Leamington Spa, England (d. 1904)
  • Jan 3 Ernest Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1888), born in Leamington, England (d. 1889)
  • Apr 16 Isaac Murphy, American jockey (won 628 races), born in Clark County, Kentucky (d. 1896)
  • Jun 12 William Attewell, English cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), born in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1927)
  • Jun 17 Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905)
  • Jul 1 Samuel D Riddle, American thoroughbred owner (Man 'o War, War Admiral), born in Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania (d. 1951)
  • Jul 1 John Clarkson, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Triple Crown 1889), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1909)
  • Jul 3 Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer), born in Christiansted, Danish West Indies (d. 1901)
  • Aug 1 Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)
  • Oct 26 Richard Sears, American tennis champ, US Open (1881), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1943)

Person of interestJames Naismith

Nov 6 James Naismith, Canadian-American physical educator and inventor (basketball, football helmet), born in Almonte, Ontario (d. 1939)

Basketball Inventor James Naismith
Basketball Inventor
James Naismith