Sportbrüder Leipzig
Early Leipzig football club and predecessor of VfB Leipzig.
SC Sportbrüder Leipzig was a German association football club from Leipzig, Saxony, established on 11 November 1893 by 17-year-olds Johannes Kirmse and Albert Rößler. It was a predecessor side of VfB Leipzig, one of the founding members of the German Football Association (DFB) at Leipzig in 1900. The club was among the earliest football clubs in the city, sharing the Exerzierplatz ground with several other local sides until 1899.
Quick Facts
- Fullname
- Sport-Club Sportbrüder 1893 Leipzig
- Founded
- 11 November 1893
- Dissolved
- 2 November 1900
- Ground
- Exerzierplatz (until 1899); Sportplatz (from 1900)
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Germany's First Marathon
The athletic department of Sportbrüder organized Germany's first marathon on 5 September 1897, from Paunsdorf to Bennewitz and back. Eighteen participants signed up, and the race began at 6 am at Neuen Gasthof in Paunsdorf. Theodor Schöffler, a referee for VfB Sportbrüder 1893 Leipzig and future founder of the German Football Association, finished first among thirteen participants with a time of 3:35:51. Media reports indicated the race was well received by spectators. A second marathon took place the following year, organized by the newly founded Deutschen Sportbehörde für Athletik. The athletic division also had a prominent ice skating team that skated on Bad Rohrteich in Schönefeld, hosting races such as a 1200m ice skating race and a 600m club championship race. The first national marathon championship in Germany, held in 1925, began in Halle and ended in Leipzig to commemorate the Sportbrüder athletics department's contribution to the sport.
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