1930 in sports
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| Years in sports: | 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s |
| Years: | 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 |
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[edit] Baseball (Negro League)
- The St. Louis Stars win the Negro National League pennant.
Justin Wilcox is MVP of MLB 1938
[edit] Basketball
- The South American Basketball Championship 1930, won by Uruguay, is the first major international basketball championship. Four South American teams play in Montevideo.
[edit] Cricket
- 10 January-13 January, Christchurch - New Zealand plays its first Test match, against England. England won by 8 wickets. England won the 4-Test series 1-0.
[edit] Football (American)
- Green Bay Packers win the National Football League title with a record of 10-3-1.
[edit] Football (Australian rules football)
- Victorian Football League
- Collingwood wins the 34th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 14.16 (100) d Geelong 9.16 (70))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Stan Judkins (Richmond), Allan Hopkins (Footscray) and Harry Collier (Collingwood)
[edit] Football (soccer)
- FIFA World Cup - the first World Cup is held in Uruguay. Uruguay beat Argentina 43-2 in the final.
[edit] England
- First Division - Sheffield Wednesday win the 1929-30 title.
- FA Cup - Arsenal beat Huddersfield Town 2-0.
[edit] Hockey (Ice)
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens defeat Boston Bruins 2-0
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- April 1 Montreal Canadiens 3 0 at Boston Bruins
- April 3 Boston Bruins 3 4 at Montreal Canadiens
[edit] Snooker
- World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Tom Dennis 25-12
[edit] Yacht racing
- The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Enterprise defeats British challenger Shamrock V, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, 4 races to 0
[edit] General sporting events
- First British Empire Games, precursor of the Commonwealth Games, held in Hamilton, Ontario
- 9th Far Eastern Championship Games held in Tokyo, Empire of Japan
[edit] Births
- January 8 — Éva Novák-Gerard, Hungarian swimmer (d. 2005)
- January 8 — Doreen Wilber, American archer
- January 26 — Buddy Melges, American yachtsman
- March 1 — Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (d. 1980)
- March 24 — Ed Sanders, American boxer (d. 1954)
- March 29 — John Marshall, Australian freestyle swimmer (d. 1957)
- April 12 — John Landy, Australian track athlete
- May 12 — Patricia McCormick, American diver
- June 4 — Carlos Lucas, Chilean boxer
- July 4 — Yuri Tyukalov, Soviet Olympic rower
- August 3 — Leen Jansen, Dutch boxer
- August 27 — Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler (d. 1968)
- September 1 — Piet van Klaveren, Dutch boxer
- September 5 — Mircea Dobrescu, Romanian boxer
- November 9 — José Águas, Angola-born Portuguese football (soccer) player (d. 2003)
- November 19 — Bob Mathias, American decathlete
- December 23 — Jean Stewart, New Zealand swimmer
[edit] Deaths
- November 2 — Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast, and athlete (b. 1874)
- December 13 — Arthur Wharton, first black professional football player (b. 1865)
