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1926 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Contents

American football

  • Frankford Yellow Jackets win the National Football League championship with a league record of 14–1–1
  • Rose Bowl (1925 season):
  • The Alabama Crimson Tide won 20-19 over the Washington Huskies to share the college football national championship

    • Association football

    England

  • The Football League – Huddersfield Town 57 points, Arsenal 52, Sunderland 48, Bury 47, Sheffield United 46, Aston Villa 44
  • FA Cup final – Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Manchester City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
  • Huddersfield Town is the first team to win the League championship title three times in succession.

    • Germany

  • National Championship – SpVgg Fürth 4–1 Hertha BSC at Frankfurt

    • Greece

  • Formation of the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF)

    • Athletics

    Sweden

  • the Second Women's World Games, Gothenburg

    • Australian rules football

    VFL Premiership

  • Melbourne wins the 30th VFL Premiership: Melbourne 17.17 (119) d Collingwood 9.8 (62) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

    • Brownlow Medal

  • The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)

    • Bandy

    Sweden

  • Championship final – Västerås SK 1-0 IK Sirius

    • Baseball

    World Series

  • 2–10 October — St. Louis Cardinals (NL) defeats New York Yankees (AL) to win the 1926 World Series by 4 games to 3

    • Negro League Baseball

  • Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League (NNL) and owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, suffers a nervous breakdown and has to be confined to an asylum. His protégé Dave Malarcher takes over as manager and leads the team to the NNL pennant.
  • The Chicago American Giants (NNL) defeat the Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey (ECL), 5 games to 3, in the Negro League World Series.
  • Mule Suttles of the St. Louis Stars hits a Negro League record 27 home runs. His .498 batting average and 21 triples are also records.

    • Basketball

    ABL Championship

  • Cleveland Rosenblums win three games to none over the Brooklyn Arcadians

    • Boxing

    Events

  • 23 September — Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey over 10 rounds in Philadelphia to win the World Heavyweight Championship
  • Tiger Flowers twice defeats Harry Greb for the World Middleweight Championship but then loses it to former World Welterweight Champion Mickey Walker who holds it until 1931

    • Lineal world champions

  • World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey → Gene Tunney
  • World Light Heavyweight Championship – Paul Berlenbach → Jack Delaney
  • World Middleweight Championship – Harry Greb → Tiger Flowers → Mickey Walker
  • World Welterweight Championship – Mickey Walker → Pete Latzo
  • World Lightweight Championship – Rocky Kansas → Sammy Mandell
  • World Featherweight Championship – Louis "Kid" Kaplan → vacant
  • World Bantamweight Championship – Charley Phil Rosenberg
  • World Flyweight Championship – vacant

    • Canadian football

    Grey Cup

  • 14th Grey Cup – Ottawa Senators 10–7 Toronto Varsity Blues

    • Cricket

    Events

  • 31 May — India, New Zealand and West Indies are elected as Full Members of the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of nations playing Test cricket from three to six.
  • England regains The Ashes from Australia by winning the five-match Test series 1–0. After the first four Tests are drawn, England wins the final match at The Oval by 289 runs.

    • England

  • County Championship – Lancashire
  • Minor Counties Championship – Durham
  • Most runs – Jack Hobbs 2949 @ 77.60 (HS 316*)
  • Most wickets – Charlie Parker 213 @ 18.40 (BB 8–73)
  • Wisden Cricketers of the Year – George Geary, Harold Larwood, Jack Mercer, Bert Oldfield, Bill Woodfull

    • Australia

  • Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
  • Most runs – Arthur Richardson 904 @ 50.22 (HS 227)
  • Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 59 @ 30.40 (BB 6–76)
  • Victoria score 1,107 against New South Wales at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1926 - still the largest innings total in first-class cricket.

    • India

  • Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus

    • New Zealand

  • Plunket Shield – Wellington

    • South Africa

  • Currie Cup – Transvaal

    • West Indies

  • Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

    • Cycling

    Tour de France

  • Lucien Buysse (Belgium) wins the 20th Tour de France

    • Figure skating

    World Figure Skating Championships

  • World Women's Champion – Herma Szabo (Austria)
  • World Men's Champion – Willi Böckel (Austria)
  • World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

    • Golf

    Events

  • Bobby Jones becomes the first golfer to win the British and US Open titles in the same year.

    • Major tournaments

  • British Open – Bobby Jones
  • US Open – Bobby Jones
  • USPGA Championship – Walter Hagen

    • Other tournaments

  • British Amateur – Jess Sweetser
  • US Amateur – George Von Elm

    • Horse racing

    Events

  • 19 April – Willie Watkinson, the Grand National-winning jockey, dies three weeks after his victory in a fall at Bogside, Scotland

    • England

  • Cheltenham Gold Cup – Koko
  • Grand National – Jack Horner
  • 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Pillion
  • 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Colorado
  • Epsom Derby – Coronach
  • Epsom Oaks – Short Story
  • St. Leger Stakes – Coronach

    • Australia

  • Melbourne Cup – Spearfelt

    • Canada

  • Queen's Plate – Haplite

    • France

  • Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Biribi

    • Ireland

  • Irish Grand National – Amberwave
  • Irish Derby Stakes – Embargo

    • USA

  • Kentucky Derby – Bubbling Over
  • Preakness Stakes – Display
  • Belmont Stakes – Crusader

    • Ice hockey

    Stanley Cup

  • 30 March to 6 April — Montreal Maroons defeats Victoria Cougars in the 1926 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 1

    • Events

  • Allan Cup – University of Toronto defeats Port Arthur Bearcats
  • Memorial Cup – Calgary Canadians defeats Queen's University
  • The professional Western Hockey League folds; most players are sold for $300,000 to the National Hockey League (NHL).
  • December — new expansion teams debut in the NHL: Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars and New York Rangers

    • Lacrosse

    Events

  • Rosabelle Sinclair establishes the United States' first women's lacrosse team at Bryn Mawr School

    • Motor racing

    Grand Prix racing

  • 27 June — the 12th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Miramas over 500.00 km (5.00 km x 100 laps). The winner is Jules Goux (France) driving a Bugatti T39A in 4:38:43.8. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XX Grand Prix de l´ACF.
  • 18 July — the 1st Spanish Grand Prix is run at Circuito Lasarte over 798.75 km (17.75 km x 45 laps). The winner is Jules Goux (France) driving a Bugatti T39A in 6:51:52. The race is given the honorary designation of European Grand Prix.
  • 7 August — the 1st British Grand Prix is run at Brooklands over 463.10 km (4.210 km x 110 laps). The winner is Robert Sénéchal/Louis Wagner (both of France) driving a Delage 15-S8 in 4:00:56.
  • 5 September — the 6th Italian Grand Prix is run at Autodromo Nazionale Monza over 600.00 km (10.00 km x 60 laps). The winner is Louis Charavel (aka "Sabipa") of France driving a Bugatti T39A in 4:20:29. The race is officially titled the VI Gran Premio d'Italia.

    • Indianapolis 500

  • 31 May — 14th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Frank Lockhart in a Stutz–Miller122.

    • Le Mans 24 hours

  • The 4th Le Mans 24 hours race is won by Robert Bloch (France) and André Rossignol (France) driving a Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 over 147 laps and 2552.414 km.

    • Nordic skiing

    FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

  • 2nd FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 are held at Lahti, Finland

    • Rowing

    The Boat Race

  • 27 March — Cambridge wins the 78th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

    • Rugby league

    England

  • Championship – Wigan
  • Challenge Cup final – Swinton 9–3 Oldham at Athletic Grounds, Rochdale
  • Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
  • Yorkshire League Championship – Hull Kingston Rovers
  • Lancashire Cup – Swinton 15–11 Wigan
  • Yorkshire Cup – Dewsbury 2–0 Huddersfield

    • Australia

  • NSW Premiership – South Sydney 11–5 University (grand final)

    • Rugby union

    Five Nations Championship

  • 39th Five Nations Championship series is shared by Ireland and Scotland

    • Speed skating

    Speed Skating World Championships

  • Men's All-round Champion – Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)

    • Tennis

    Australia

  • Australian Men's Singles Championship – John Hawkes (Australia) defeats James Willard (Australia) 6–1 6–3 6–1
  • Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Esna Boyd Robertson (Australia) 6–1 6–3

    • England

  • Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Jean Borotra (France) defeats Howard Kinsey (USA) 8–6 6–1 6–3
  • Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Kitty McKane Godfree (Great Britain) defeats Lilí de Álvarez (Spain) 6–2 4–6 6–3

    • France

  • French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats René Lacoste (France) 6–2 6–4 6–3
  • French Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen (France) defeats Mary Browne (USA) 6–1 6–0

    • USA

  • American Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–4 6–0 6–4
  • American Women's Singles Championship – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (Norway) defeats Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 4–6 6–4 9–7

    • Davis Cup

  • 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge –  United States 4–1  France at Germantown Cricket Club (grass) Philadelphia, United States

    • References

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