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1870 in sports

See also: \n1869 in sports, \nother events of 1870, \n1871 in sports and the \nlist of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents
1 Boat race
2 Births
3 Deaths

Boat race

\n*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

Births

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January 16Willie Simms, Hall of Fame jockey (d. 1927)\n*July 29 - George Dixon, the first black world boxing champion (d. 1909)

Deaths


"A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines." - Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)