1928 in sports

1928 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

• Providence Steam Roller wins the National Football League title
• USC Trojans – college football national championship shared with Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Association football

England

• The Football League – Everton 53 points, Huddersfield Town 51, Leicester City 48, Derby County 44, Bury 44, Cardiff City 44
• FA Cup final – Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Huddersfield Town at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

Germany

• National Championship – Hamburger SV 5–2 Hertha BSC at Hamburg-Altona

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

• Collingwood wins the 32nd VFL Premiership: Collingwood 13.18 (96) d Richmond 9.9 (63) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Brownlow Medal

• The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)

Bandy

Sweden

• Championship final – IF Göta 5-3 IK Sirius

Baseball

World Series

• 4–9 October — New York Yankees (AL) defeats St. Louis Cardinals (NL) to win the 1928 World Series by 4 games to 0

Basketball

ABL Championship

• New York Celtics win three games to one over the Fort Wayne Hoosiers

Bobsleigh

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

• A 5-man bob event is held at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St Moritz.
• The gold medal is won by USA II ahead of USA I (silver) and Germany II (bronze).

Boxing

Events

• 26 July — Gene Tunney's final fight is a 12th-round technical knockout of Tom Heeney in the Bronx; the World Heavyweight Championship becomes vacant until 1930

Lineal world champions^[1]

• World Heavyweight Championship – Gene Tunney → vacant
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Loughran
• World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker
• World Welterweight Championship – Joe Dundee
• World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell
• World Featherweight Championship – vacant → Tony Canzoneri → Andre Routis
• World Bantamweight Championship – vacant
• World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Canadian football

Grey Cup

• 16th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers 30–0 Regina Roughriders

Cricket

Events

• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is inaugurated.
• The West Indian team touring England in the 1928 season is the first to play Test cricket but is not very successful, losing all three Tests by an innings and winning only five out of 30 first-class matches.

England

• County Championship – Lancashire
• Minor Counties Championship – Berkshire
• Most runs – Frank Woolley 3352 @ 60.94 (HS 198)
• Most wickets – Tich Freeman 304 @ 18.05 (BB 9–104)
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Leslie Ames, George Duckworth, Maurice Leyland, Sam Staples, Jack White

Australia

• Sheffield Shield – Victoria
• Most runs – Bill Ponsford 1217 @ 152.12 (HS 437)
• Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 42 @ 27.40 (BB 8–57)

India

• Bombay Quadrangular – Europeans

New Zealand

• Plunket Shield – Wellington

South Africa

• Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling

Tour de France

• Nicolas Frantz (Luxembourg) wins the 22nd Tour de France

Field hockey

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

• Gold Medal – India
• Silver Medal – Netherlands
• Bronze Medal – Germany

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

• World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
• World Men's Champion – Willi Böckel (Austria)
• World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

Golf

Major tournaments

• British Open – Walter Hagen
• US Open – Johnny Farrell
• USPGA Championship – Leo Diegel

Other tournaments

• British Amateur – Philip Perkins
• US Amateur – Bobby Jones

Horse racing

England

• Champion Hurdle – Brown Jack
• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Patron Saint
• Grand National – Tipperary Tim
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Scuttle
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Flamingo
• Epsom Derby – Felstead
• Epsom Oaks – Toboggan
• St. Leger Stakes – Fairway

Australia

• Melbourne Cup – Statesman

Canada

• Queen's Plate – Young Kitty

France

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Kantar

Ireland

• Irish Grand National – Don Sancho
• Irish Derby Stakes – Baytown

USA

• Kentucky Derby – Reigh Count
• Preakness Stakes – Victorian
• Belmont Stakes – Vito

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

• 5–14 April — New York Rangers defeats Montreal Maroons in the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 2

Motorsport

Nordic skiing

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

• Cross-country skiing (18 km) – gold medal: Johan Grøttumsbråten (Norway)
• Cross-country skiing (50 km) – gold medal: Per-Erik Hedlund (Sweden)
• Ski jumping – gold medal: Alf Andersen (Norway)
• Nordic combined – gold medal: Johan Grøttumsbråten (Norway)

Olympic Games

1928 Winter Olympics

• The 1928 Winter Olympics takes place at St Moritz in Switzerland
• Norway wins the most medals (15) and the most gold medals (6)

1928 Summer Olympics

• The 1928 Summer Olympics takes place at Amsterdam
• United States wins the most medals (56) and the most gold medals (22)

Radiosport

Events

• First ever organised radio contest is held: the ARRL International Relay Party, sponsored by the American Radio Relay League

Rowing

The Boat Race

• 31 March — Cambridge wins the 80th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

• Championship – Swinton
• Challenge Cup final – Swinton 5–3 Warrington at Central Park, Wigan
• Lancashire League Championship – Swinton
• Yorkshire League Championship – Leeds
• Lancashire County Cup – Swinton 5–2 Wigan
• Yorkshire County Cup – Dewsbury 8–2 Hull

Australia

• NSW Premiership – South Sydney 26–5 Eastern Suburbs (grand final)

Rugby union

Five Nations Championship

• 41st Five Nations Championship series is won by England who complete the Grand Slam

Snooker

World Championship

• 2nd World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Fred Lawrence 16–13

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

• Men's All-round Champion – Clas Thunberg (Finland)

1928 Winter Olympics

• 500m – gold medal: Bernt Evensen (Norway)
• 1500m – gold medal: Clas Thunberg (Finland)
• 5000m – gold medal: Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)
• 10000m – cancelled due to thawing ice
• All-round – removed from program

Tennis

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jean Borotra (France) defeats Jack Cummings (Australia) 6–4 6–1 4–6 5–7 6–3
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Esna Boyd Robertson (Australia) 7–5 6–2

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Henri Cochet (France) 6–1 4–6 6–4 6–2
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Lilí de Álvarez (Spain) 6–2 6–3

France

• French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats René Lacoste (France) 5–7 6–3 6–1 6–3
• French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (Great Britain) 6–1 6–2

USA

• American Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Francis Hunter (USA) 4–6 6–4 3–6 7–5 6–3
• American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Helen Jacobs (USA) 6–2 6–1

Davis Cup

• 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge –  France 4–1  United States at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France

References

{{Sports by year 1901 – 1950}}