1901 in sports

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Years in sports:	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years:	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Football (Australian rules football) 3 Football (soccer) 3.1 England 4 Golf 5 Horse Racing 6 Ice Hockey 7 Lacrosse 8 Yacht racing 9 Events 10 Births 11 Deaths

[edit] Baseball

• The "American League War"
  • The AL leaves the National Agreement and competes with the National League as a second major league --we say in retrospect, knowing its success. The AL abandons four western cities for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Boston and signs about 30 prominent NL players before the season.
  • The National League violates its National Agreement in the summer and there will be no major-minor agreement until 1903.
• In December numerous minor leagues establish their own National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, commonly called Minor League Baseball (1902 to date).

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Essendon wins the 5th VFL Premiership (Essendon 6.7 (43) d Collingwood 2.4 (16))
  • See also Victorian Football League season 1901

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

• First Division - Liverpool win the 1900-01 title.
• FA Cup - Tottenham Hotspur beat Sheffield United 3-1 in a replay after drawing 2-2 in the first match. Tottenham are the first (and so far only) non-League side to win the FA Cup.
• Brighton & Hove Albion FC formed.

[edit] Golf

• June 14-17 - U.S. Open - Willie Anderson
• June 3-6 - British Open - J.H. Taylor
• U.S. Amateur - Walter Travis
• British Amateur - Harold Hilton

[edit] Horse Racing

• April 29 - Kentucky Derby - His Eminence
• Preakness - The Parader
• Belmont Stakes - Comando

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Winnipeg Victorias win their 2nd Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Shamrocks 2 games to 0.

[edit] Lacrosse

• Sir Donald Mann donates the Mann Cup.
• Lord Minto, the Governor General of Canada, donates the Minto Cup.
• The Ottawa Capitals win the first Mann Cup and the first Minto Cup.

[edit] Yacht racing

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Columbia defeats British challenger Shamrock II, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, 3 races to 0

[edit] Events

• March 25 - At the five-day "Week of Nice" race in Nice, France, Mercedes wins its first racing victory.
• November 15 - James Jeffries defends the heavyweight boxing title in San Francisco against Gus Rublin
• The first Mann Cup of lacrosse is won by the Ottawa Capitals

[edit] Births

• January 20 — Cecil Griffiths, British athlete (d. 1973)
• January 21 — Ricardo Zamora, Spanish football (soccer) player (d. 1978)
• January 27 — Art Rooney, American pro football owner (d. [1988]])
• January 30 — Rudolf Caracciola, German champion racing driver (d. 1959)
• February 18 — Paul Berlenbach, American light heavyweight boxer (d. 1985)
• May 24 — José Nasazzi, Uruguayan football (soccer) player (d. 1968)
• June 2 — Terence Sanders, British rower (d. 1985)
• July 26 — Umberto Caligaris, Italian football (soccer) player and coach (d. 1940)
• August 1 — Gérard Blitz, Belgian swimmer and water polo player (d. 1979)
• August 18 — Arne Borg, Swedish swimmer (d. 1987)
• August 26 — Frankie Genaro, American boxer (d. 1966)
• September 16 — Ugo Frigerio, Italian athlete (d. 1968)
• October 25 — Cor Blommers, Dutch boxer (d. 1983)
• December 10 — Ivor Jones, rugby player (d. 1982)
• December 14 — Henri Cochet, French champion tennis player (d. 1987)
• December 26 — James MacNabb, British rower (d. 1990)

[edit] Deaths

• October 26 — Alfred Tysoe (27), British athlete (b. 1874)