1917 in sports
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Years in sports
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1914
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1916
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1918
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1920
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20th century
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21st century
Decades
:
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
Years
:
1914
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1918
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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
)