Events in Sport
- Jan 4 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1
- Jan 28 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them
- Feb 25 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 games
- Feb 28 Football club Sport Lisboa (Benfica) founded in Lisbon, Portugal
- Mar 1 England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia
- Mar 8 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match
- Mar 9 Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal
- Mar 11 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games
- Mar 25 66th Grand National: Arthur Birch aboard Moifaa wins
- Apr 5 The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
- Apr 19 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of NY in 2:38:04.4
- May 2 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior riding Elwood wins in 2:08.50
Baseball Record
- May 21 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) forms in Paris
- May 25 38th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6
- May 27 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants)
- May 28 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2
- Jun 10 British Open Golf, Royal St George's GC: Jack White wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up James Braid and J.H. Taylor, both former champions
- Jun 11 Cubs' Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0
- Jun 21 Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to NY club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)
- Jun 25 18th U.S. Women's National Championship: May Sutton beats Elisabeth Moore (6-1, 6-2)
Tennis Open
Jun 29 21st Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers beats Charlotte Cooper 6-0, 6-3
Charlotte Cooper
- Jun 29 28th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats Frank Riseley (6-1 7-5 8-6)
1st US Olympic Games
Jul 1 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis, the 1st held in the U.S.
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- Jul 1 Willie Anderson becomes the first 2-time Western Open golf champion, beating fellow Scot Alex Smith by 4 strokes at Michigan's Kent CC
- Jul 5 NY Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 innings at Huntington Park
- Jul 5 British Isles beats Belgium 5-0 at Wimbledon to win the International Lawn Tennis Challenge (later Davis Cup)
- Jul 9 10th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL
- Jul 24 2nd Tour de France won by Henri Cornet of France
- Aug 17 Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0
Boxing Title Fight
Aug 25 James J. Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
James J. Jeffries
- Aug 30 Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km)
- Aug 31 24th U.S. Men's National Championship: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (10-8, 6-4, 9-7)
- Sep 3 For the only time in Olympic Games history, there is a throw-off in the discus final after Americans Martin Sheridan & Ralph Rose tie with a best throw of 128' 10½" in St. Louis; Sheridan wins with 127' 10¼"
- Sep 6 Soccer team Rheden forms
- Sep 9 Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913
- Sep 30 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days
- Oct 2 White Sox left-hander Doc White's streak of 45 consecutive MLB scoreless innings is snapped by the New York Highlanders in Chicago; White Sox win, 7-1 at South Side Park III
- Oct 3 NY Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson strikes out 16 Cardinals in a 3-1 Giants victory; new MLB record; finishes the game in 1 hour, 15 minutes
- Oct 8 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY)
- Oct 10 Yanks 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader 41 game winner Chesbro loses 1st game & chance at pennant
- Oct 10 Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089
- Nov 12 9th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 29-5 in Birmingham
- Nov 23 3rd modern Olympic Games closes in St Louis, the 1st held in the U.S.
- Dec 19 Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905
Birthdays in Sport
- Jan 1 Ethan Allen, American baseball player (d. 1993)
- Feb 15 Antonin Magne, French cyclist (Tour de France 1931, 34)
- Feb 16 Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests)
- Feb 27 André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980)
- Feb 27 Chick Fullis, American baseball player (d. 1946)
- Feb 29 John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer (NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36)
- Mar 7 Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian Olympic speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver)
- Mar 12 Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper (NZ's 1st Test, later Northants)
- Mar 30 Ripper Collins, baseball player (d. 1970)
- Apr 14 Lionel Birkett, cricketer (WI vice-capt on Australian tour 1930-31)
- Apr 17 Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricketer (pioneer Indian Test opening batsman), born in Karachi, British India (d. 1980)
- May 3 Red Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46), born in Granville, Illinois (d. 1986)
- May 5 Gordon Richards, British jockey (winner of 4,870 races)
- May 13 Tim Wall, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia 1928-34)
- May 15 Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein, Swedish equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1952, 56)
- May 16 Hugh Plaxton, Canadian ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1928)
- May 19 Sven Thofelt, Swedish pentathlete (Olympic gold 1928)
- May 27 Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. 1997)
- Jun 2 Johnny Weissmuller [Peter Johann Weißmüller], Hungarian actor (Tarzan) and 100m swimmer (Olympic 5 gold-1924, 28), born in Freidorf, Hungary, Austria-Hungary (d. 1984)
- Jun 3 Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], American tenor (NY Met Opera), born in NYC, New York
- Jun 23 Quintin McMillan, cricketer (South African leg spinner 1929-32)
- Jul 2 René Lacoste, French tennis player (7 Grand Slam titles, Lacoste clothing), born in Paris, France (d. 1996)
- Jul 31 Arthur Daley, American sportswriter (NY Times-Pulitzer 1956), born in NYC, New York (d. 1974)
- Aug 4 Joe Tate, English footballer, born in Old Hill, Cradley Heath, England (d. 1973)
- Aug 6 Henry Payne Iba, American basketball coach (Olympic gold 1964, 68), born in Easton, Missouri
- Aug 8 Achille Varzi, Italian auto racer (14 Grand Prix wins), born in Galliate, Italy (d. 1948)
- Sep 1 Ray Flaherty, AFL/NFL/AAFC coach (NY Giants)
- Sep 9 Feroze Khan, Pakistani field hockey player (d. 2005)
- Oct 7 Chuck Klein, American Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder (Triple Crown 1933 Philadelphia Phillies), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1958)
- Oct 23 Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995)
Denny Shute
Oct 25 [Herman] Denny Shute, American golfer and three-time major champion, born in Cleveland, Ohio
Denny Shute
- Oct 27 Erno Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1974)
- Nov 5 Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985)
- Nov 14 Harold Larwood, England cricket fast bowler (21 Tests, Bodyline Series v Australia 1932-33), born in Nuncargate, England (d. 1995)
- Nov 25 Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympic gold 1932)
- Dec 3 Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ships 1930), born in Forest Hill NSW (d. 1976)
- Dec 8 Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)
- Dec 12 Jim Christy, South African righty cricket batter (Transvaal, Queensland & South Africa), born in Pretoria, Transvaal (d. 1971)
- Dec 31 Chuck Gardiner, Canadian NHL goalie (Vezina winner), born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom (d. 1934)
Deaths in Sport
- Jan 9 Alfred Richard, cricketer (6 & 0 in only Test for S Af 1895-96), dies
- Jun 3 Vincent Tancred, cricket (Bernard & Louis bro, Test for S A), suicide
- Jun 30 Thomas Emmett, cricketer (English Test bowler of the sostenuter), dies
- Jun 30 Tom Emmett, England cricketer, dies at 62
- Aug 12 William Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1881-6, 89), dies of epileptic convulsions at 43
- Nov 4 Jack Brown, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1894-99), dies
- Dec 10 James Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies