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Years in sports
:
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
Centuries
:
19th century
·
20th century
·
21st century
Decades
:
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
Years
:
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
==[[poop
(Major League)]]==
Washington Senators
def.
New York Giants
(4-3) in the
World Series
.
Contents
1
Negro League Baseball (Negro League)
2
Football (American)
3
Football (Australian rules football)
4
Football (soccer)
4.1
England
5
Golf
6
Hockey (Field)
7
Hockey (Ice)
8
Horse Racing
9
Multi-sport events
10
Births
11
Deaths
Negro League Baseball (Negro League)
Kansas City Monarchs
(
NNL
) defeats
Hilldale
(
ECL
) 5 games to 4 with 1 tie in the first official
Negro League World Series
.
The pitcher
Nip Winters
wins a record 27 games for
Hilldale
in the ECL regular season.
Football
(
American
)
Cleveland Bulldogs
win
National Football League
title
Football
(
Australian rules football
)
Victorian Football League
Essendon
wins the 28th VFL Premiership (under the finals system used, no grand final was played)
Brownlow Medal
awarded for the first time, to
Edward Greeves
(
Geelong
).
Football (soccer)
England
First Division
-
Huddersfield Town
win the
1923-24
title.
FA Cup
-
Newcastle United
beat
Aston Villa
2-0.
Golf
June 4-6 -
U.S. Open
-
Cyril Walker
June 24-27 -
British Open
-
Walter Hagen
September 20 -
PGA Championship
-
Walter Hagen
British Amateur
-
Ernest Holderness
U.S. Amateur
-
Bobby Jones
Hockey (Field)
The
International Hockey Federation
(FIH) is founded on
January 7
in
Paris
by seven member states:
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Czechoslovakia
,
France
,
Hungary
,
Spain
, and
Switzerland
.
Hockey (Ice)
Montreal Canadiens
win their 2nd
Stanley Cup
, defeating the
Calgary Tigers
2 games to 0.
Horse Racing
May 17
-
Black Gold
wins the
Kentucky Derby
Multi-sport events
1924 Summer Olympics
takes place in
Paris
,
France
United States
wins the most medals (99), and the most gold medals (45).
1924 Winter Olympics
, the first
Winter Olympics
, takes place in
Chamonix
,
France
Norway
wins the most medals (17), and both
Norway
and
Finland
win the most gold medals (4).
Births
July 18
—
Inge Sørensen
, Danish female swimmer
September 5
—
Nick Carter
, New Zealand cyclist (d.
2003
)
September 22
—
Norvel Lee
, American boxer (d.
1992
)
September 27
—
Magnar Estenstad
, Norwegian cross country skier (d.
2004
)
September 29
—
Esther Brand
, South African athlete
October 10
—
Balbir Singh Sr.
, Indian field hockey player
October 11
—
Mal Whitfield
, American athlete
Deaths
March 8
—
Ernestus Greven
(38), Dutch athlete (b.
1885
)
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