On This Day

December 1889 in Sports History

Events in Sport

  • Dec 24 Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake

Birthdays in Sport

  • Dec 9 Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner (Olympic gold 1912), born in Kuopio, Finland (d. 1966)

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