1874 in sports
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Baseball

• The Boston Red Stockings win a third consecutive pennant.

American Football

• Harvard University plays McGill University under a code of football mixing soccer and rugby - arguably the first game of American football.

Football (soccer)

• March 14 - FA Cup: Oxford University beat Royal Engineers, 2-0
• March - Aston Villa football club established
• Unknown month - Bolton Wanderers Football Club are founded (as Christ Church FC).

Golf

• British Open - Mungo Park

Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

Births

• January 20 — Steve Bloomer, English footballer, cricketer and baseball player (d. 1938)
• February 17 — Eugen Schmidt, Danish shooter and athlete (d. 1931)
• February 24 — Honus Wagner, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1955)
• March 21 — Alfred Tysoe, British athlete (d. 1901)
• May 19 — Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer
• June 22 — Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast, and athlete (d. 1930)