1922 in sports

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 1 Baseball (Major League) 2 Baseball (Negro League) 3 Cycling 4 Football (American Football) 5 Football (Australian rules football) 6 Football (soccer) 6.1 England 7 Golf 8 Hockey (Ice) 9 Horse racing 10 Events 11 Births 12 Deaths

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.

Baseball (Negro League)

• The Chicago American Giants win their third consecutive Negro National League pennant

Cycling

• September 17 - Dutch cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes World Champion in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Sprint.

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

Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League - Fitzroy wins the 26th VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 11.13 (79) d Collingwood 9.14 (68))

Football (soccer)

England

• First Division - Liverpool win the 1921-22 title
• FA Cup - Huddersfield Town beat Preston North End 1-0

Golf

• June 20-23 - British Open - Walter Hagen
• July 13-15 - U.S. Open - Gene Sarazen
• August 18 - PGA Championship - Gene Sarazen
• British Amateur - Ernest Holderness
• U.S. Amateur - Jess Sweetser

Hockey (Ice)

• Toronto St. Pats win their 1st Stanley Cup, defeating the Vancouver Millionaires 3 games to 2

Horse racing

• May 13 - Morvich wins the Kentucky Derby

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'

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)
• November 19 — Curt Stone, American long-distance runner
• December 1 — Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet footballer and ice hockey player (d. 1979)
• December 23 — Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and pianist (d. 2001)

Deaths

• December 25 - Percy Jones, former world boxing champion (b. 1892)

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