1930 in sports

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See also: 1929 in sports, other events of 1930, 1931 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents 1 Baseball (Negro League) 2 Basketball 3 Cricket 4 Football (American) 5 Football (Australian rules football) 6 Football (soccer) 6.1 England 7 Hockey (Ice) 8 Snooker 9 Yacht racing 10 General sporting events 11 Births 12 Deaths

[edit] Baseball (Negro League)

• The Boston Red Sox win the Negro National League pennant.

[edit] Basketball

• The South American Basketball Championship 1930, won by Uruguay, is the first major international basketball championship. Four South American teams play in Montevideo.

[edit] Cricket

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[edit] Football (American)

• Green Bay Packers win the National Football League title with a record of 10-3-1.

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

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[edit] Football (soccer)

• FIFA World Cup - the first World Cup is held in Uruguay. Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the final.

[edit] England

• First Division - Sheffield Wednesday win the 1929-30 title.
• FA Cup - Arsenal beat Huddersfield Town 2-0.

[edit] Hockey (Ice)

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens defeat Boston Bruins 2-0

• • April 1 Montreal Canadiens 3 0 at Boston Bruins
  • April 3 Boston Bruins 3 4 at Montreal Canadiens

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Tom Dennis 25-12

[edit] Yacht racing

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Enterprise defeats British challenger Shamrock V, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, 4 races to 0

[edit] General sporting events

• First British Empire Games, precursor of the Commonwealth Games, held in Hamilton, Ontario

• 9th Far Eastern Championship Games held in Tokyo, Empire of Japan

[edit] Births

• January 8 — Éva Novák-Gerard, Hungarian swimmer (d. 2005)
• January 8 — Doreen Wilber, American archer
• January 26 — Buddy Melges, American yachtsman
• March 1 — Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (d. 1980)
• April 12 — John Landy, Australian track athlete
• June 4 — Carlos Lucas, Chilean boxer
• July 4 — Yuri Tyukalov, Soviet Olympic rower
• August 3 — Leen Jansen, Dutch boxer
• August 27 — Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler (d. 1968)
• September 1 — Piet van Klaveren, Dutch boxer
• September 5 — Mircea Dobrescu, Romanian boxer
• November 9 — José Águas, Angola-born Portuguese football (soccer) player (d. 2003)
• November 19 — Bob Mathias, American decathlete

[edit] Deaths

• November 2 — Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast, and athlete (b. 1874)
• December 13 — Arthur Wharton, first black professional football player (b. 1865)