1887 in sports
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See also: 1886 in sports, other events of 1887, 1888 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
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Baseball
- World Series - Detroit NL defeats St Louis AA 10 games to 5.
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Boat race
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge
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Football (Australian rules)
- Carlton Football Club wins the Victorian Football Association premiership
- Jack Worrall awarded the honor of Champion Of The Colony
- Norwood Football Club wins the South Australian Football Association premiership
- Unions Football Club wins the Western Australian Football Association premiership
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Football (Soccer)
- FA Cup - Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0
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Births
- February 26 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball player (d. 1950)
- March 9 - Phil Mead, English cricketer (d. 1958)
- April 15 - Mike Brady, American golfer (d. 1972)
- May 2 - Eddie Collins, baseball player (d. 1951)
- May 26 - Paul Lukas, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1971)
- May 28 - Jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. 1953)
- July 16 - Shoeless Joe Jackson, baseball player (d. 1951)
- August 24 - Harry Hooper, baseball player (d. 1974)
- September 28 - Avery Brundage, American sports official (d. 1975)
- November 6 - Walter Johnson, baseball player (d. 1946)
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