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1924 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[edit] American football

NFL championship

Cleveland Bulldogs

College championship

College football national championship – Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Penn Quakers (shared)

[edit] Association football

England

The Football League – Huddersfield Town 57 points, Cardiff City 57, Sunderland 53, Bolton Wanderers 50, Sheffield United 50, Aston Villa 49
FA Cup final Newcastle United 2–0 Aston Villa at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

[edit] Athletics

Men's 1500 metres

Paavo Nurmi (Finland) breaks the world record by running a time of 3:52.6 at Helsinki.

[edit] Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Essendon wins the 28th VFL Premiership: under the finals system used, no Grand Final is played.

Brownlow Medal

The inaugural Brownlow Medal is awarded to Edward Greeves of Geelong.

[edit] Bandy

Sweden

Championship final – Västerås SK 4-1 IF Linnéa

[edit] Baseball

World Series

Washington Senators defeats New York Giants by 4 games to 3

Negro League Baseball

Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) defeats Hilldale (ECL) 5 games to 4 with 1 tie in the first official Negro League World Series.
Pitcher Nip Winters wins a record 27 games for Hilldale in the ECL regular season.

[edit] Boxing

Events

10 August — the World Featherweight Championship title becomes vacant as Johnny Dundee relinquishes it to fight as a lightweight

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey
World Light Heavyweight Championship – Mike McTigue
World Middleweight Championship – Harry Greb
World Welterweight Championship – Mickey Walker
World Lightweight Championship – Benny Leonard
World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Dundee → vacant
World Bantamweight Championship – Joe Lynch → Abe Goldstein → Eddie "Cannonball" Martin
World Flyweight Championship – Pancho Villa

[edit] Canadian football

Grey Cup

12th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Queen's University 11–2 Toronto Balmy Beach

[edit] Cricket

Events

England defeats South Africa 3–0 with two matches drawn. There is a sensational start to the series when the South Africans are bowled out for only 30, in just 12.3 overs, in their first innings of the First Test at Edgbaston, England having made over 400.

England

County Championship – Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship – Berkshire
Most runs – Frank Woolley 2344 @ 49.87 (HS 202)
Most wickets – Maurice Tate 205 @ 13.74 (BB 8–18)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Bob Catterall, Jack MacBryan, Herbie Taylor, Dick Tyldesley, Dodger Whysall

Australia

Sheffield Shield – Victoria
Most runs – Bill Ponsford 777 @ 111.00 (HS 248)
Most wickets – Albert Hartkopf and Norman Williams 26 apiece

India

Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Wellington

South Africa

Currie Cup – Transvaal

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados

[edit] Cycling

Tour de France

Ottavio Bottecchia (Italy) wins the 18th Tour de France

[edit] Field hockey

7 January – the International Hockey Federation (FIH) is founded in Paris by seven member countries: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland.

[edit] Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Gillis Grafström (Sweden)
World Women's Champion – Herma Szabo (Austria)
World Pairs Champions – Helene Engelmann and Alfred Berger (Austria)

[edit] Golf

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

British Amateur – Ernest Holderness
US Amateur – Bobby Jones

[edit] Horse racing

Events

The inaugural running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup is won by Red Splash

England

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Red Splash
Grand National – Master Robert
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Plack
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Diophon
Epsom Derby – Sansovino
Epsom Oaks – Straitlace
St. Leger Stakes – Salmon-Trout

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Backwood

Canada

Queen's Plate – Maternal Pride

France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Massine

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Kilbarry
Irish Derby Stakes – Haine dead heated with Zodiac

USA

Kentucky Derby – Black Gold
Preakness Stakes – Nellie Morse
Belmont Stakes – Mad Play

[edit] Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

25 March — Montreal Canadiens win their second Stanley Cup, defeating the Calgary Tigers by 2 games to 0.
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds defeat the Winnipeg Selkirks 6-3 to win the Allan Cup.
1 December — the expansion Boston Bruins and Montreal Maroons of the NHL play their inaugural game against each other at Boston. Boston win this game 2-1 but then lose eleven in a row.

[edit] Motor racing

Grand Prix racing

3 August — the 10th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Lyon over 810.09 km (23.15 km x 35 laps). The winner is Giuseppe Campari (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo P2 in 7:05:34.8. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XVIII Grand Prix de l´ACF and is also given the honorary designation of European Grand Prix.
19 October — the 4th Italian Grand Prix is run at Autodromo Nazionale Monza over 800.00 km (10.00 km x 80 laps). The winner is Antonio Ascari (Italy) driving a Alfa Romeo P2 in 5:02:05. The race is officially titled the IV Gran Premio d'Italia.

Indianapolis 500

30 May — 12th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Lora L. Corum (USA) and Joe Boyer (USA) in a Duesenberg. Corum begins the race but is replaced by Boyer as a relief in the same car and they are declared co-winners.

Le Mans 24 hours

The 2nd Le Mans 24 hours race is won by John Duff (Canada) and Frank Clement (Great Britain) driving a Bentley 3 Litre Sport over 120 laps and 2077.341 km.

[edit] Olympic Games

1924 Winter Olympics

The 1924 Winter Olympics, the inaugural Winter Olympics, takes place in Chamonix, France.
Norway wins the most medals (18) and the most gold medals (5).

1924 Summer Olympics