Events in Sport
- Jan 1 6th Rose Bowl: Harvard beats Oregon 7-6
- Jan 4 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
- Jan 10 Montreal's Newsy Lalonde scores 6 goals as Canadiens beat Toronto St. Patricks, 14-7 at Mount Royal Arena, Montreal; combined 21 goals an NHL record
- Jan 12 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
- Jan 21 14th Davis Cup: Australasia beats Great Britain in Sydney (4-1)
- Jan 24 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Sydney: Englishman Algernon Kingscote beats Eric Pockley of Australia 6-4, 6-0, 6-3
NHL Record
Jan 31 Quebec Bulldogs center Joe Malone sets NHL record with 7 goals in a 10-6 win against Toronto St. Patricks at the Quebec Arena
Joe Malone
Birthdays in Sport
- Jan 5 Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, Pakistani cricketer (Pak bat scored 16 & 18 in only test), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2011)
- Jan 6 Early Wynn, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (9-time All Star), born in Hartford, Alabama (d. 1999)
- Jan 7 Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer
- Jan 10 Max Patkin, American baseball player & clown, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
- Jan 14 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1982)
- Jan 14 Donald Beard, New Zealand cricketer (NZ pace bowler in the 1950's), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand (d. 1982)
- Jan 15 Steve Gromek, American baseball player, born in Hamtramck, Michigan (d. 2002)
- Jan 20 Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author & ski jumper, born in Aker, Norway (d. 2006)
- Jan 31 Bert Williams MBE, English soccer goalkeeper (24 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 381 games), born in Bradley, Staffordshire (d. 2014)
Deaths in Sport
- Jan 20 Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century, dies at 43