1880 in sports
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Baseball

Main article: 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

Golf

• British Open - Bob Ferguson

Horse racing

• May 18 - Fonso wins the Kentucky Derby

Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Births

• February 2 — Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
• April 8 — Thomas Thomas, boxing champion (died 1911)
• June 22 - Rhys Gabe, Welsh rugby player (died 1967)
• September 14 — Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)
• October 5 — Piet de Brouwer, Dutch archer (d. 1953)