1891 in sports

See also: 1890 in sports, other events of 1891, 1892 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents

1 Basketball 2 Boat race 3 Tennis 4 Births 5 Deaths

Basketball

• James Naismith invents basketball

Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Tennis

• First French Open held

Births

Casey Stengel, U.S. baseball manager

Deaths