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  2. Rugby union in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The Northern Football Union of Ireland was founded in January 1875, and controlled the game in the Belfast area The two unions amalgamated to form the IRFU in 1879, [35] but not before the first interprovincial match, between Ulster and Leinster, [36] and Ireland's first international match against England, both in 1875. [37]

  3. List of people considered father or mother of a sport - Wikipedia

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    Founded the Football Association and drafted the first official rules of association football, laying the groundwork for the modern game. Australian rules football: Tom Wills: Co-founded Australian rules football and helped create its first set of rules, establishing the foundation for Australia’s unique national sport. H. C. A. Harrison

  4. Timeline of golf history (1851–1945) - Wikipedia

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    Charter members are the Chicago Golf Club, The Country Club, Newport Country Club, St. Andrew's Golf Club, and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. The Richmond County Country Club was founded on Staten Island, NY. It is the only private golf course in NYC. 1894 The Otsego Golf Club, Springfield Center, New York, officially opened with 12 holes.

  5. Irish Rugby Football Union - Wikipedia

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    The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (Irish: Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium , where adult men's Irish rugby union international matches are played.

  6. Timeline of Chicago history - Wikipedia

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    2002: Lakeview Polar Bear Club founded (now known as the Chicago Polar Bear Club). 2003 Meigs Field closed after having large X-shaped gouges dug into the runway surface by bulldozers in the middle of the night. Chicago Film Archives founded. February 17: E2 nightclub stampede; June 29: 2003 Chicago balcony collapse; 2004: Millennium Park opens ...

  7. Illinois Open Championship - Wikipedia

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    Beverly Country Club: Chicago, Illinois: 215 (+2) Martin Stanovich 1957: Jock Hutchison Jr. Sunset Ridge Country Club: Northfield, Illinois: 213 (E) Harold Foreman Jr. 1956: Bob Harris: North Shore Country Club: Glenview, Illinois: 215 (−1) John Wagner 1955: Bob Harris: Flossmoor Country Club: Flossmoor, Illinois: 209 (−7) John Wagner 1954 ...

  8. Beverly Country Club - Wikipedia

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    The Beverly Country Club, located in the American city of Chicago, Illinois, is one of Chicago's historical cornerstones. The club was founded in 1908 and initially designed by George O'Neil, also the club's first professional golfer. Shortly after, well-known golf course architect Tom Bendelow helped fortify the layout.

  9. Marshall Field III - Wikipedia

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    Marshall Field III (September 28, 1893 – November 8, 1956) was an American investment banker, publisher, racehorse owner/breeder, philanthropist, grandson of businessman Marshall Field, heir to the Marshall Field department store fortune, and a leading financial supporter and founding board member of Saul Alinsky's community organizing network Industrial Areas Foundation.