1917 in sports

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Years in sports:	1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
Years:	1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Football (Australian rules football) 3 Football (soccer) 3.1 Norway 4 Golf 5 Horse Racing 6 Ice hockey 7 Multi-sport events 8 Births 9 Deaths

Baseball

• World Series - Chicago White Sox defeat New York Giants, 4 games to 2

Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League - Collingwood wins the 21st VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.20 (74) d Fitzroy 5.9 (39))

Football (soccer)

Norway

• Rosenborg B.K. is founded as Odd

Golf

• British Open - not played due to World War I
• U.S. Open - not played due to World War I
• PGA Championship - not played due to World War I
• British Amateur - not played due to World War I
• U.S. Amateur - not played due to World War I

Horse Racing

• May 12 - Omar Khayyam wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice hockey

• Seattle Metropolitans win their 1st Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Canadiens 3 games to 1
• November 26 - The National Hockey League is formed in a meeting of representatives of the National Hockey Association
• December 19 - The first National Hockey League game is played, beginning the league's inaugural season

Multi-sport events

• Third Far Eastern Championship Games held in Tokyo, Empire of Japan

Births

• January 9 — Haydn Tanner, Welsh rugby player
• January 24 — Marcel Hansenne, French middle distance runner (d. 2002)
• February 2 — Kishan Lal, Indian field hockey player (d. 1980)
• March 22 — Ewald Cebula, Polish football (soccer) player (d. 2004)
• June 6 — George Newberry, British track cyclist
• September 11 — Daniel Wildenstein, French Thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner (d. 2001)
• September 20 — Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan football (soccer) player (d. 1996)
• October 11 — Verné Lesche, Finnish ice speed skater (d. 2002)
• October 12 — Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan football (soccer) goalkeeper (d. 2004)

Deaths

• May 24 — Les Darcy (21), Australian boxer (b. 1895)