1922 in sports
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| Years in sports: | 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s |
| Years: | 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 |
Contents |
[edit] Baseball (Major League)
- World Series - New York Giants defeat New York Yankees, 4 games to 0 with one tie. The best-of-seven format will remain in place.
[edit] Baseball (Negro League)
- The Chicago American Giants win their third consecutive Negro National League pennant
[edit] Football (American Football)
- June 24 - The American Professional Football Association adopts the name of the National Football League
- Canton Bulldogs win the National Football League title with a record of 10 wins 0 loses and 2 ties
[edit] Football (Australian rules football)
- Victorian Football League - Fitzroy wins the 26th VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 11.13 (79) d Collingwood 9.14 (68))
[edit] Football (soccer)
[edit] England
- First Division - Liverpool win the 1921-22 title
- FA Cup - Huddersfield Town beat Preston North End 1-0
[edit] Golf
- June 20-23 - British Open - Walter Hagen
- July 13-15 - U.S. Open - Gene Sarazen
- August 18 - PGA Championship - Gene Sarazen
[edit] Hockey (Ice)
- Toronto St. Pats win their 1st Stanley Cup, defeating the Vancouver Millionaires 3 games to 2
[edit] Horse racing
- May 13 - Morvich wins the Kentucky Derby
[edit] Events
- June-July - Water skiing invented in Lake City, Minnesota by Ralph Samuelson
- July 9 - Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking a world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'
[edit] Births
- March 7 — Július Torma, Slovak boxer (d. 1991)
- March 28 — Joey Maxim, American boxer, world champion (d. 2001)
- July 10 — Herb McKenley, Jamaican athlete (d. 2007)
- September 9 — Fortune Gordien, American athlete (d. 1990)
- September 19 — Willie Pep, American featherweight boxer (d. 2006)
- November 8 — Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian football (soccer) player (d. 1996)
- December 1 — Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet footballer and ice hockey player (d. 1979)
- December 23 — Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and pianist (d. 2001)
[edit] Deaths
- December 25 - Percy Jones, former world boxing champion (b. 1892)

