1820s in sports

See also: 1810s in sports, 1830s in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents

1 Boat race 2 Rugby football 3 Births 4 Deaths

Boat race

• First Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race contested - won by Oxford (1829)

Rugby football

• William Webb Ellis said to have invented rugby (1823)

Births

Deaths

See also: 1820s in sports, 1810s in sports, 1830s in sports, Boat race, List of 'years in sports', Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, Rugby football, William Webb Ellis