1886 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Sean Bean is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series Sharpe, which originally ran from 1993 to 1997.
David Bone Nightingale Jack was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 267 goals from 490 appearances in the Football League playing for Plymouth Argyle, Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal. He was the first footballer to be transferred for a fee in excess of £10,000, was the first to score at Wembley – in the 1923 FA Cup Final – and was capped nine times for England. After retiring as a player, he managed Southend United, Middlesbrough and Shelbourne.
Mikel Arteta Amatriain is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Premier League club Arsenal. Arteta is known for his tactical innovation and his comprehensive football philosophy.
Alexander Wilson James was a Scottish international footballer. He is mostly noted as a playmaking lynchpin at Arsenal with whom he won six trophies from 1930 to the 1936 season. James featured as a deep-lying creative midfielder who provided a link between defence and attack. He was famed for his high level of footballing intelligence, outstanding ball control and supreme passing.
David Danskin was a Scottish mechanical engineer and footballer. He was a principal founding member of Dial Square F.C., later renamed Royal Arsenal, the team that are today known as Arsenal.
Frank Robert Hill was a Scottish football player and manager.
Mesut Özil is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Özil was known for his technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision. He could also play as a wide midfielder.
Gavin Crawford was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger or midfielder. Crawford had spells at clubs Woolwich Arsenal, Sheffield United, Millwall and Queens Park Rangers.
David Halliday was a Scottish football player and manager. He achieved numerous distinctions and high rankings as a prolific goal-scoring forward with six senior clubs; St Mirren, Dundee, Sunderland, Arsenal, Manchester City and Clapton Orient. He bookended his senior career playing at then non-league Queen of the South and Yeovil and Petters United. Halliday's three goals in the FA Cup proper for Yeovil give him a career total of 368 senior goals. From being player-manager at Yeovil, he went on to win trophies managing Aberdeen and Leicester City.
John William Julian was an English football player and coach.
Aaron James Ramsey is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Cardiff City and captains the Wales national team. Ramsey mainly plays as a box-to-box midfielder, but has also been deployed on the left and right wings.
Jack Andrew Garry Wilshere is an English football coach and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He is the current head coach of the Arsenal U18s.
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is an English actor, comedian and writer. He played the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995), and in the film series Johnny English (2003–2018). Atkinson first came to prominence in the BBC sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), receiving the 1981 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, and The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) where he performed a skit. Subsequent skits on stage have featured solo performances as well as collaborations.
John Lucas "Jack" McBean is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward.
The 1899–1900 season was the 15th since the foundation of Southampton F.C. and their sixth in league football, as members of the Southern League.
Héctor Bellerín Moruno is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back or wing-back for La Liga club Real Betis.
Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for FA Women's Super League club Arsenal and the Netherlands national team. She previously played for Bayern Munich and SC Heerenveen.
Kieran Tierney is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a full-back or wing-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the Scotland national team.
Declan Rice is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team.
