Events in Sport
- Jan 2 Brookyln Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000
- Jan 10 Trumper scored double cricket ton v South Africa, goes on to get 214
- Mar 13 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (ON), 7-4
- Mar 16 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur Bearcats (ON), 13-4
- Mar 20 National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC)
- Mar 24 73rd Grand National: legendary jockey Jack Anthony wins his first of 3 GN's aboard 20/1 Glenside in torrential rain
- Apr 4 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
Baseball Record
Apr 15 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
Walter Johnson
Boston Marathon
Apr 17 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in race record 2:21:39.6; first of 7 race victories
Clarence DeMar
- May 13 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05
- May 17 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51
- May 19 Philadelphia Athletics are 12½ games back in AL, & will win World Series
- May 22 Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row
- May 30 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)
- Jun 5 Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win
- Jun 11 Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15
- Jun 17 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Florence Sutton 8-10, 6-1, 9-7 for her third straight US singles title
- Jun 26 US Open Men's Golf, Chicago GC: 19-year old John McDermott becomes first American born champion; wins in a playoff with Mike Brady and George Simpson
- Jun 30 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's Golf Club: Harry Vardon wins his 5th Championship by 10 shots in a playoff with 1907 champion Arnaud Massy of France
- Jul 4 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh halts Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak as Cobb goes 0 for 4
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers becomes first player not to concede a game in a final beating Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0
- Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Anthony Wilding of New Zealand wins 2nd of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles beating Herbert Roper-Barrett 6-4, 4-6, 2-6 ,6-2 ret
- Jul 20 Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
- Jul 29 Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
- Jul 30 9th Tour de France won by Gustave Garrigou of France
- Aug 27 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0
- Sep 3 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: William Larned wins his 5th consecutive & 7th overall US singles title; beats Maurice McLoughlin 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Sep 22 Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
- Oct 6 Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game
- Oct 11 Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are named inaugural MLB MVPs; prize is a car
- Oct 14 Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379)
- Oct 21 Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta Unions form Western Canada Rugby Football Union
- Oct 26 Philadelphia A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series
- Nov 25 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: UT Blues win 3rd straight title; beat Toronto Argonauts, 14-7
- Nov 25 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Melbourne: 1907 Wimbledon champion Norman Brookes of Australia beats countryman Horace Rice 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
- Dec 30 English cricketer Sydney Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Australia at MCG
Birthdays in Sport
Hank Greenberg
Jan 1 Hank Greenberg, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (5-time All Star, Detroit Tigers), born in NYC, New York (d. 1986)
Hank Greenberg
- Jan 7 Merv Waite, cricketer (S Australian all-rounder)
- Jan 16 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
- Jan 16 Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
- Jan 27 George Pope, cricketer (Eng pace bowler, 1-49 & 0-36 in his only Test)
- Feb 3 Tom Creavy, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1931), born in Tuckahoe, New York (d. 1979)
- Feb 6 Dooley Briscoe, South African cricketer & soldier (batted in 2 Tests for South Africa 30's), born in Johannesburg (d. 1941)
- Feb 11 Helen Hicks, American golfer (Western Open 1937, Titleholders Championship 1940), born in Cedarhurst, NY (d. 1974)
- Feb 12 Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian 1500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1936)
- Feb 22 Bill Baker, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- Mar 1 Harry Golombek, British chess grandmaster, author (3-time British champion), born in London, England (d. 1995)
- Mar 23 Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player
- Mar 23 Dick Chapman, American golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur), born in Greenwich, Connecticut (d. 1978)
- Apr 1 Evert H "Bep" Bakhuys, Dutch soccer star/writer
- Apr 3 Stanislawa Walasiewicz [Stella Walsh], Polish-American sprinter (Olympic gold 1932), born in Wierzchownia, Poland (d. 1980)
- Apr 5 Johnny Revolta, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1935; 18 PGA Tour titles), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1991)
- Apr 12 Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (South African pace bowler v England 1951-52 aged 40), born in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (d. 1982)
- Apr 13 Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer, born in Zagreb, Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)
- Apr 17 Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian world chess champion (1948-63), born in Repino, Russia (d. 1995)
- Apr 24 Robert Joseph Kane, President of US Olympic Committee (1977-80), born in Ithaca, New York (d. 1992)
- May 5 Norman Oldfield, English cricketer (Engl batsman one Test v WI 1939, 80 & 19), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 1996)
Betty Nuthall
May 23 Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1930), born in Surbiton, England (d. 1983)
Betty Nuthall
- May 28 Bob Crisp, South African cricketer (South African pace bowler of 1930s), born in Calcutta, Bengal, India (d. 1994)
- Jun 3 Olaf Okern, Norwegian Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948)
- Jun 8 Van Lingle Mungo, American baseball pitcher (Dodgers, Giants), born in Pageland, South Carolina (d. 1985)
- Jun 10 C. P. "Chilla" Christ, Australian cricketer (Qld spinner late 30's), born in Milton, Brisbane (d. 1998)
- Jun 11 Russ Hodges, American sportscaster (Wednesday Night Fights), born in Dayton, Tennessee (d. 1971)
- Jun 13 Prince Aly Khan [Ali Salman Aga Khan], Pakistani socialite, jockey, political ambassador and husband to Rita Hayworth, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1960)
- Jun 22 Marie Philipsen-Braun, swimmer (Olympic gold 1928)
- Jun 24 Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine auto racer (World F1 champion 1951, 1954-57), born in Balcarce, Argentina (d. 1995)
- Jun 26 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American all-round athlete (10 LPGA majors, Olympic gold medals 80m hurdles, javelin 1932), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1956)
- Jul 3 Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England), born in Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire (d. 1990)
- Jul 8 Ken Farnes, cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years)
- Jul 14 Bill Blair, American auto racer (NASCAR pioneer; 54 top-10 finishes), born in High Point, North Carolina (d. 1995)
- Jul 17 Ted Anderson, English footballer (d. 1979)
- Jul 28 Gerhard Stoeck, German javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1936)
- Aug 6 Norman Gordon, South African cricket pace bowler (against England 1938-39), born in Boksburg, South Africa (d. 2014)
- Aug 9 Khershed Meherhomji, Indian cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), born in Bombay, India (d. 1982)
- Aug 9 Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer, born in Hillsboro, Mississippi (d. 2001)
- Aug 23 Birger Ruud, Norwegian 90m ski jumper (Olympic gold 1932, 36), born in Kongsberg, Norway (d. 1998)
- Aug 23 Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson, US 100m sprinter (Olympic gold 1928), born in Riverdale, Illinois (d. 1999)
- Sep 6 Harry Danning, American baseball player, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
- Sep 15 Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born American golf entrepreneur (d. 2000)
- Sep 18 Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (d. 1976)
- Sep 28 Ellsworth Vines, American tennis player (US Open 1931-32; Wimbledon 1932), golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), born in Los Angeles, CA (d. 1994)
- Oct 1 Riccardo Torriani, Swiss ice hockey player, luger (Olympic bronze 1928, 48; took the Olympic oath 1948), born in St. Moritz, Switzerland (d. 1988)
- Oct 1 Herman Hickman, American College Football Hall of Fame guard, coach and broadcaster (Army, Yale), born in Johnson City, Tennessee (d. 1958)
- Oct 12 Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), born in Bombay, India (d. 1987)
- Oct 12 Maribel Vinson, American figure skater (9 time US National Champion), born in Winchester, Massachusetts (d. 1961)
- Oct 26 Sid Gillman, NFL hall of fame coach and player (LA, San Diego, Houston), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2003)
- Nov 1 Sidney Wood Jr, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1931), born in Black Rock, Connecticut (d. 2009)
- Nov 3 Kick Smit, Dutch soccer striker and manager (29 caps; HFC Haarlem), born in Bloemendaal, Netherlands (d. 1974)
Buck O'Neil
Nov 13 Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs, 1st African-American coach in Major League Baseball), born in Carrabelle, Florida (d. 2006)
Buck O'Neil
- Nov 20 Jean Shiley, American high jumper (Olympic gold 1932), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1998)
- Nov 22 Ralph Guldahl, American golfer (US Masters 1939, US Open 1937-38), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1987)
- Nov 24 Joe "Ducky" Medwick, American baseball player, born in Carteret, New Jersey (d. 1975)
- Nov 26 Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-American chess grandmaster, born in Ozorków, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1992)
- Dec 1 Walter Alston, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman and manager (Brooklyn/LA Dodgers), born in Venice, Ohio (d. 1984)
- Dec 1 Calvin Griffith, Canadian baseball team owner (Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins 1955-84), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1999)
- Dec 1 Franz Binder, Austrian soccer striker and manager (19 caps Austria, 9 caps Germany; Rapid Vienna), born in St. Pölten, Austria (d. 1989)
- Dec 21 Josh Gibson, American Negro League baseball legend (hit 800+ HRs), born in Buena Vista, Georgia (d. 1947)
- Dec 26 Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (d. 1962)
Deaths in Sport
- Feb 7 Harry Graham, Australian cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies at 40
- Feb 18 Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Aust v South Africa Test
- Apr 14 Addie Joss, American baseball player (b. 1880)
- May 20 E M Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia 1880, 36 & 0), dies
- Jul 31 Jack Edwards, cricketer (1888 Ashes tourist), dies
- Aug 5 Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)
- Aug 21 W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies
- Nov 23 Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 South Africa v England), dies at 46
- Dec 13 Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies