1880 IN SPORTS

==Baseball==
Main articles: 1880 in baseball


★ Chicago White Stockings win National League championship

★ The latest National Association, a professional rival of the National League, goes out of business after its fourth season, contested by only three to four clubs.
==Cricket==

★ 6 September-8 September, London - Only Test, England v Australia. England won by 5 wickets.
==Football==

★ April 10 FA Cup - Clapham Rovers beat Oxford University 1-0
==Rowing==

★ Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

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Births

Births

★ February 2 — Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)

★ September 14 — Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)

★ October 5 — Piet de Brouwer, Dutch archer (d. 1953)