1902 in sports

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Years in sports:	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years:	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905

Contents 1 Association football 1.1 Spain 1.2 England 1.3 Netherlands 1.4 Scotland 2 Baseball 2.1 minor leagues 3 Football (American) 4 Football (Australian rules) 5 Golf 6 Horse Racing 7 Ice Hockey 8 Motor racing 9 Births 10 Deaths

[edit] Association football

[edit] Spain

• Real Madrid founded on March 10

[edit] England

• First Division - Sunderland win the 1901-02 title.
• FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Southampton 2-1 in a replay, after drawing 1-1.

[edit] Netherlands

• Go Ahead Eagles, a Dutch football club, is founded on December 2 in Deventer.

[edit] Scotland

• Scottish Cup - Hibernian.

[edit] Baseball

• April 23, infielder Luis Castro debuts with the Philadelphia Athletics in the American League. He is the first Latin-American to play in Major League Baseball.

[edit] minor leagues

• The Winnipeg Maroons Win the first ever Northern League Championship.

[edit] Football (American)

• January 1 - The first Rose Bowl game is played in Pasadena, California
• December 28 - The first indoor professional American football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden.

[edit] Football (Australian rules)

• Victorian Football League
  • Collingwood wins the 6th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.6 (60) d Essendon 3.9 (27))
  • See also Victorian Football League season 1902

[edit] Golf

• June 2-5 - British Open - Sandy Herd
• October 9-11 - U.S. Open - Laurie Auchterlonie: Auchterlonie became the first golfer to break 80 in all four rounds of the U.S. Open.

[edit] Horse Racing

• May 3 - Alan-a-Dale wins the Kentucky Derby

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Winnipeg Victorias win their 3rd Stanley Cup, defeating the Toronto Wellingtons 2 games to 0. In a 2nd challenge, Montreal HC win their 1st Stanley Cup since 1894, defeating the Winnipeg Victorias 2 games to 1.

[edit] Motor racing

• The first motor race in the United Kingdom iss held in Bexhill-on-Sea

[edit] Births

• February 27 — Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999)
• March 17 — Bobby Jones, American Golfer (d. 1971)
• June 18 — Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish athlete (d. 1980)
• October 2 — Toivo Loukola, Finnish athlete (d. 1984)
• October 13 — Wilbur Shaw, American auto racing champion (d. 1954)
• October 26 — Jack Sharkey, American champion heavyweight boxer (d. 1994)
• November 26 — Moss Christie, Australian freestyle swimmer

[edit] Deaths