1881 in sports

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Table of contents

1 Boat race
2 Football (Soccer)
3 Tennis
4 Births
5 Deaths

Boat race

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Football (Soccer)

FA Cup - Old Carthusians beat Old Etonians 3-0. This was the last final to be played between two Southern amateur sides.

Tennis

First U.S. National Singles Championship, precursor of the US Open won by Richard D. Sears

Births

Deaths