1925 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Contents 1 American football 2 Association football 3 Australian rules football 4 Baseball 5 Boxing 6 Golf 7 Horse racing 8 Ice hockey 9 Multi-sport events 10 Rugby union 11 References

[edit] American football

NFL championship

• Chicago Cardinals win a controversial National Football League title.
• Five new teams join the NFL: New York Giants, Detroit Panthers, Providence Steam Roller, a new Canton Bulldogs team and the Pottsville Maroons.

College championship

• College football national championship –
• 3 October – Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech) plays its inaugural intercollegiate football game.

[edit] Association football

England

• The Football League – Huddersfield Town 58, West Bromwich Albion 56, Bolton Wanderers 55, Liverpool 50, Bury 49, Newcastle United 48
• FA Cup final – Sheffield United 1–0 Cardiff City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

Events

• The IFAB reforms the offside law, reducing the number of opposing players required to be in front of the attacker for him to be onside from three to two.

[edit] Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

• Geelong wins the 29th VFL Premiership: Geelong 10.19 (79) d Collingwood 9.15 (69) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Events

• Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne join the league from the VFA
• Brownlow Medal awarded to Colin Watson (St Kilda)

[edit] Baseball

World Series

• Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) defeats Washington Senators (AL) by 3 games to 1.

Negro League Baseball

• Hilldale (ECL) defeats Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) 5 games to 1 in the Negro League World Series

[edit] Boxing

Events

• World middleweight champion Harry Greb outpoints world welterweight champion Mickey Walker over 15 rounds in one of the all-time great boxing matches at New York's Polo Grounds on 2 July.^[1][2]

[edit] Golf

Major tournaments

• British Open – Jim Barnes
• US Open – Willie Macfarlane
• USPGA Championship – Walter Hagen

Other tournaments

• British Amateur – Robert Harris
• US Amateur – Bobby Jones

[edit] Horse racing

England

• Cheltenham Gold Cup –
• Grand National –
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes –
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes –
• Epsom Derby –
• Epsom Oaks –
• St. Leger Stakes –

Australia

• Melbourne Cup –

Canada

• Queen's Plate –

France

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe –

Ireland

• Irish Grand National –
• Irish Derby Stakes –

USA

• Kentucky Derby – Flying Ebony
• Preakness Stakes –
• Belmont Stakes –

[edit] Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

• Victoria Cougars defeats Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup. The Cougars are the last non-NHL team to win the Cup.

Events

• The first-place Hamilton Tigers of the NHL go on strike for an increase in pay. The team is suspended and the players sold to become the New York Americans.
• 2 December — the expansion New York Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates of the NHL play their first-ever game against each other at Pittsburgh. The Americans defeat the Pirates 2-1 in overtime.
• 15 December — the first NHL game is played at Madison Square Garden between the New York Americans and the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens win the game 3-1 and are awarded the Prince of Wales Trophy.

[edit] Multi-sport events

Far Eastern Championship Games

• The 7th Far Eastern Championship Games are held at Manila, Philippine Islands

[edit] Rugby union

Five Nations Championship

• 38th Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland who complete the Grand Slam

[edit] References

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