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- Jan 3 Australian cricket icon Don Bradman follows up a 1st innings of 79 to score 112 in 3rd Test v England in Melbourne; his 1st of 29 Test centuries
- Apr 16 New York Yankees become first MLB team to permanently feature numbers on backs of uniforms; numbers correspond to position in batting order
- Aug 7 New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games for the second time in 13-1 win v Philadelphia A's
- Aug 11 New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth becomes first MLB player to hit 500 home runs (off Willis Hudlin) in 6-5 loss to Indians at League Park, Cleveland
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- Jan 6 Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and entrepreneur (founder NHL New York Rangers; builder third incarnation of Madison Square Garden, NYC), dies of complications from an appendectomy at 59
- Jan 24 Wilfred Baddeley, English tennis player (Wimbledon 1891-2, 95), dies at 57
- Feb 14 Tom Burke, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 400m 1896), dies at 53
- Feb 17 John Read, English cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for Eng for 463 runs), dies
- May 21 V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
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