1869 in sports

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Years in sports:	1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years:	1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Football 3 Rowing 4 Births

[edit] Baseball

• The original Cincinnati Red Stockings field baseball's first fully professional team, ten men including player-manager Harry Wright on salary for the year.
• Cincinnati tours from Boston to San Francisco and completes the season without defeat (at least 57 games). The entourage includes a local newspaper reporter.
• About a dozen other clubs field professional teams during the year. Cincinnati's continental tours do not fit the established method of determining a champion, which has limited credibility.

[edit] Football

• The first American intercollegiate football game is played, between Princeton University and Rutgers University, although the rules are closer to modern Association football (soccer). Rutgers wins by 6 "runs" to 4.
• Kilmarnock F.C., the oldest professional football club in Scotland are founded.

[edit] Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

[edit] Births

• May 12 — Carl Schuhmann, German athlete (d. 1946)
• October 3 — Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1942)