1925 in sports

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Years in sports:	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years:	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928

Contents 1 Baseball (Major League) 2 Baseball (Negro League) 3 Field Hockey 3.1 Establishments 4 Football (American) 4.1 Football (College) 5 Football (Australian rules football) 6 Football (soccer) 6.1 England 7 Golf 8 Hockey (Ice) 9 Horse Racing 10 Multi-sport events 11 Births 12 Deaths

[edit] Baseball (Major League)

• Pittsburgh Pirates def. Washington Senators in the World Series

[edit] Baseball (Negro League)

• Hilldale (ECL) def. Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) 5 games to 1 in the Negro League World Series

[edit] Field Hockey

[edit] Establishments

• September 16 – HC Rotterdam, a Dutch field hockey club based in Rotterdam

[edit] Football (American)

• The National Football League adds five teams: New York Giants, Detroit Panthers, Providence Steam Roller, a new Canton Bulldogs team, and the Pottsville Maroons
• Chicago Cardinals win National Football League title

[edit] Football (College)

• October 3 – Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech) plays its inaugural intercollegiate football game

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne join the league from the VFA
  • Geelong wins the 29th VFL Premiership (Geelong 10.19 (79) d Collingwood 9.15 (69))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Colin Watson (St Kilda)

[edit] Football (soccer)

• The IFAB reform the offside law, reducing the number of opposing players required to be in front of the attacker for him to be onside from three to two.

[edit] England

• First Division - Huddersfield Town win the 1924-25 title.
• FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Cardiff City 1-0.

[edit] Golf

• June 2-5 - U.S. Open - Willie Macfarlane
• June 23-26 - British Open - Jim Barnes
• September 26 - PGA Championship - Walter Hagen

[edit] Hockey (Ice)

• Stanley Cup: Victoria Cougars defeat the Montreal Canadiens

[edit] Horse Racing

• May 16 - Flying Ebony wins the Kentucky Derby

[edit] Multi-sport events

• 7th Far Eastern Championship Games held in Manila, Philippine Islands

[edit] Births

• January 18 — Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player and coach (d. 1992)
• February 11 — George Avery, Australian triple jumper
• February 19 — Leslie Laing, Jamaican athlete
• February 24 — Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• June 10 — Lennart Bergelin, Swedish tennis player
• July 18 — Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete and triple Olympic gold medallist (d. 2004)
• July 28 — Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan football (soccer) player (d. 2002)
• July 29 — Ted Lindsay, ice hockey Hall of Fame player
• November 4 — Teodor Anioła, Polish footballer (d. 1993)
• November 25 — Ernst Happel, Austrian football player and coach (d. 1992)
• December 29 — Pete Dye, American golf course architect

[edit] Deaths

• January 30 — Jim Driscoll (44), Welsh boxer ("Peerless Jim")
• February 2 — Jaap Eden (51), Dutch cyclist and ice speed skater (b. 1873)