1924 in sports
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| Years in sports: | 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s |
| Years: | 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 |
Contents |
[edit] Baseball (Major League)
- Washington Senators def. New York Giants (4-3) in the World Series.
[edit] Baseball (Negro League)
- Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) defeats Hilldale (ECL) 5 games to 4 with 1 tie in the first official Negro League World Series.
- The pitcher Nip Winters wins a record 27 games for Hilldale in the ECL regular season.
[edit] Football (American)
- Cleveland Bulldogs win National Football League title
[edit] Football (Australian rules football)
- Victorian Football League
- Essendon wins the 28th VFL Premiership (under the finals system used, no grand final was played)
- Brownlow Medal awarded for the first time, to Edward Greeves (Geelong).
[edit] Football (soccer)
[edit] England
- First Division - Huddersfield Town win the 1923-24 title.
- FA Cup - Newcastle United beat Aston Villa 2-0.
[edit] Hockey (Field)
- The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is founded on January 7 in Paris by seven member states: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain, and Switzerland.
[edit] Hockey (Ice)
- Montreal Canadiens win their 2nd Stanley Cup, defeating the Calgary Tigers 2 games to 0.
[edit] General sporting events
- 1924 Summer Olympics takes place in Paris, France
- United States wins the most medals (99), and the most gold medals (45).
- 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics, takes place in Chamonix, France
[edit] Births
- July 18 — Inge Sørensen, Danish female swimmer
- September 5 — Nick Carter, New Zealand cyclist (d. 2003)
- September 27 — Magnar Estenstad, Norwegian cross country skier (d. 2004)
- October 10 — Balbir Singh Sr., Indian field hockey player
- October 11 — Mal Whitfield, American athlete
[edit] Deaths
- March 8 — Ernestus Greven (38), Dutch athlete (b. 1885)
