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1920 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.




American football


NFL championship – Akron Pros (8–0–3)
Rose Bowl (1919 season):
The Harvard Crimson won 7–6 over the Oregon Webfoots to win the college football national championship
17 September — the National Football League (NFL) is founded as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio. Of the teams in the current NFL, only the Decatur Staleys (renamed the Chicago Bears) and the Racine (Chicago) Cardinals (the current Arizona Cardinals) remain in existence.
14 December — Death of Notre Dame player George Gipp (1895–1920), mainly remembered for his deathbed quote to coach Knute Rockne: "Win just one for the Gipper".




Association football


First women's international football game takes place between a French team and an English team with 25,000 spectators in attendance.
England

The Football League – West Bromwich Albion 60 points, Burnley 51, Chelsea 49, Liverpool 48, Sunderland 48, Bolton Wanderers 47
FA Cup final – Aston Villa 1–0 Huddersfield Town (after extra time) at Stamford Bridge, London
The Football League is expanded by the formation of the original Third Division. New clubs admitted to the league include Leeds United and Cardiff City, who are both elected to the Second Division. New members in the Third Division are: Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol Rovers, Crystal Palace, Exeter City, Gillingham, Luton Town, Merthyr Town (1920 – 1930), Millwall, Newport County (1920 – 1988), Northampton Town, Norwich City, Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth, Queens Park Rangers (QPR), Reading, Southampton, Southend United, Swansea Town, Swindon Town and Watford.
Germany

National Championship – 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 SpVgg Fürth at Frankfurt




Athletics


Men's 100 metres

Jackson Scholz (USA) equals the world record of 10.6 seconds.




Australian rules football


VFL Premiership

2 October – Richmond wins the 24th VFL Premiership, defeating Collingwood 7.10 (52) to 5.5 (35) in the Grand Final
South Australian Football League

18 September – North Adelaide defeat Norwood 10.9 (69) to 3.3 (21) to win its fourth SAFL premiership.
West Australian Football League

25 September – East Perth defeats East Fremantle 6.16 (52) to 4.6 (30) to win its second consecutive premiership.




Bandy


Sweden

Championship final – IFK Uppsala 3–2 IF Linnéa




Baseball


World Series

5–12 October — Cleveland Indians (AL) defeats Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) by 5 games to 2 to win the 1920 World Series
Major League Baseball

The sale of Babe Ruth. Boston Red Sox transfers Babe Ruth to New York Yankees for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan. Ruth hits 54 home runs for the Yankees in 1920, nearly double the record of 29 he hit in the 1919 season.
16 August — Ray Chapman of Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball from Carl Mays of New York Yankees. He dies early next day, the second fatality of major league play.
Chicago White Sox stars Eddie Cicotte and Shoeless Joe Jackson confess their roles in the Black Sox scandal
Negro leagues

13 February — the Negro National League is formed
2 May — the first game of the new league is played at Indianapolis with the Indianapolis ABCs defeating the Chicago Giants (not to be confused with the Chicago American Giants)
Chicago American Giants wins the inaugural Negro National League pennant




Basketball


Italy

A first match held on professional league of Italy, Lega Basket Serie A.




Boxing


Events

6 May – Johnny Wilson wins the World Middleweight Championship by defeating Mike O'Dowd in 12 rounds at Boston.
12 October – Georges Carpentier wins the World Light Heavyweight Championship after he knocks out Battling Levinsky in the 4th round at Jersey City, his victory setting up the first "million dollar gate" when he fights Jack Dempsey in 1921.
22 December – Joe Lynch defeats Pete Herman in 15 rounds at New York to win the World Bantamweight Championship.
Lineal world champions

World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey
World Light Heavyweight Championship – Battling Levinsky → Georges Carpentier
World Middleweight Championship – Mike O'Dowd → Johnny Wilson
World Welterweight Championship – Jack Britton
World Lightweight Championship – Benny Leonard
World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
World Bantamweight Championship – Pete Herman → Joe Lynch
World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde




Canadian football


Grey Cup

8th Grey Cup – University of Toronto Varsity Blues 16–3 Toronto Argonauts




Cricket


Events

Post-war recovery continues and an English team goes to Australia in November to commence the first Test series since the war.
Derbyshire suffer the ignominy of a perfectly bad season, losing all seventeen county matches with any play. This is the second and last time this has occurred in county cricket, and the only time in the official County Championship.
England

County Championship – Middlesex
Minor Counties Championship – Staffordshire
Most runs – Jack Hobbs 2827 @ 58.89 (HS 215)
Most wickets – Frank Woolley 185 @ 14.23 (BB 7–59)
Wisden Cricketer of the Year – Plum Warner
Australia

Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
Most runs – Roy Park 648 @ 72.00 (HS 228)
Most wickets – Stork Hendry 29 @ 18.13 (BB 7–34)
India

Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus
New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Auckland
South Africa

Currie Cup – Western Province
West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested




Cycling


Tour de France

Philippe Thys (Belgium) wins the 14th Tour de France
Giro d'Italia

Gaetano Belloni of Bianchi wins the eighth Giro d'Italia




Field hockey


Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Gold Medal – Great Britain
Silver Medal – Denmark
Bronze Medal – Belgium




Figure skating


World Figure Skating Championships

The championships are not contested
1920 Summer Olympics

Men's individual – Gillis Grafström (Sweden)
Women's individual – Magda Mauroy-Julin (Sweden)
Pairs – Ludowika Jakobsson and Walter Jakobsson (Finland)




Golf


Major tournaments

British Open – George Duncan
US Open – Ted Ray
USPGA Championship – Jock Hutchison
Other tournaments

British Amateur – Cyril Tolley
US Amateur – Chick Evans




Horse racing


Events

The inaugural Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is won by Comrade
England

Grand National – Troytown
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Cinna
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Tetratema
The Derby – Spion Kop
The Oaks – Charlebelle
St. Leger Stakes – Caligula
Australia

Melbourne Cup – Poitrel
Canada

King's Plate – St. Paul
France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Comrade
Ireland

Irish Grand National – Halston
Irish Derby Stakes – He Goes
USA

Kentucky Derby – Paul Jones
Preakness Stakes – Man o' War
Belmont Stakes – Man o' War




Ice hockey


Events

Ice hockey is held at the 1920 Summer Olympics and is the second winter sport to feature at the Olympics — 4 years before the inaugural Winter Games is held
1920 Summer Olympics

Gold Medal – Canada
Silver Medal – USA
Bronze Medal – Czechoslovakia
Stanley Cup

22 March – 1 April — Ottawa Senators (NHL) defeats Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) in the 1920 Stanley Cup Finals by three games to two
Events

Allan Cup – Winnipeg Falcons
1920 Memorial Cup – Toronto Canoe Club Paddlers defeated Selkirk Fishermen by two game total of 15-5
22 December — Hamilton Tigers, the reconstituted Quebec Bulldogs franchise, wins its first-ever NHL game in Hamilton, defeating Montreal Canadiens 5–0




Motorsport






Olympic Games


1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics takes place in Antwerp
The 1916 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin having been cancelled due to World War I, the 1920 Games are awarded to Antwerp to "honour the suffering of the Belgian people"
United States wins the most medals (95) and the most gold medals (41)




Rowing


The Boat Race

28 March — Cambridge wins the 72nd Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, contested for the first time since March 1914




Rugby league


The 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand takes place mid-year.
England

Championship – Hull
Challenge Cup final – Huddersfield 21–10 Wigan at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
Lancashire League Championship – Widnes
Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
Lancashire County Cup – Oldham 7–0 Rochdale Hornets
Yorkshire County Cup – Huddersfield 24–5 Leeds
Australia

NSW Premiership – Balmain (outright winner)




Rugby union


Five Nations Championship

33rd Five Nations Championship series is shared by England, Scotland and Wales




Speed skating


Speed Skating World Championships

not contested




Tennis


Australia

Australian Men's Singles Championship – Pat O'Hara Wood (Australia) defeats Ronald Thomas (Australia) 6–3 4–6 6–8 6–1 6–3
England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (USA) defeats Gerald Patterson (Australia) 2–6 6–3 6–2 6–4
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen (France) defeats Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (GB) 6–3 6–0
France

French Men's Singles Championship – André Gobert (France) defeats Max Decugis (France) 6–3 3–6 1–6 6–2 6–3
French Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen (France) defeats Marguerite Broquedis (France) 6–1 7–5
USA

American Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (USA) defeats Bill Johnston (USA) 6–1 1–6 7–5 5–7 6–3
American Women's Singles Championship – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (Norway) defeats Marion Zinderstein (USA) 6–3 6–1
Davis Cup

1920 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – United States 5–0 Australasia at Domain Cricket Club (grass) Auckland, New Zealand




Yacht racing


America's Cup

The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Resolute defeats British challenger Shamrock IV, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, 10 races to 2




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