Tom E. Griffith, an English student, founded Grasshopper Club Zurich on 1 September 1886. The event is framed as the founding of the first football club in Zürich, though the supplied passages do not directly support that 'first club' claim.

The club was established in Zurich, Switzerland, on 1 September 1886. The founder was identified as Tom E. Griffith, an English student. This event marks the origin of the club, which is now a professional multisports organization with its football team as the oldest and best-known department. While the event title frames this as the founding of the first football club in Zürich, the supplied passages do not directly support that 'first club' claim; they only establish the 1886 founding date and the club's rivalry with FC Zürich.

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