1919 in sports

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2.1 January to July
2.2 from August to December

Events

Badminton

After the First World War started in England first attempts at revival of competitive sport. In December 1919, the London Championships take place. George Alan Thomas wins there in all three possible disciplines.

Baseball

The World Series 1919 is overshadowed by the "Black Sox Scandal ".

Football

Campeonato Sudamericano 1919

Athletics

Track and Field Championships

German Athletics Championships 1919
Finnish Athletics Championships 1919

Track and Field World Records

Races

Giro d' Italia 1919
Tour de France 1919

Tennis

International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1919
Wimbledon Championships 1919

Winter sports

The final of the Stanley Cup draw is canceled due to the Spanish flu after five games.
Memorial Cup 1919

Born

January to July

January 05: Al Blozis, U.S. American football player († 1945)
JANUARY 13: Louis Janda, German footballer († 1981)
JANUARY 18: Anton Turek, German footballer († 1984)
JANUARY 26: Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer († 1949)
January 26: Bill Nicholson, British football player († 2004)

February 02: Georg Gawliczek, German football player and coach († 1999)
February 08: Leopold Neumer, German and Austrian football player († 1990)
FEBRUARY 10: Eddie Johnson, American race car driver († 1974)
FEBRUARY 11: Gretchen Fraser, U.S. skier († 1994)
FEBRUARY 12: Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and coach († 2005)
February 13: Willi bars, German football player
FEBRUARY 17: Joseph Hunt, American tennis player († 1945)
FEBRUARY 26: Hendrika Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer († 2003)

March 04: Juan Carlos Muñoz, Argentine soccer player and coach († 2009)
March 10: Bulldog Turner, U.S. American football player and coach († 1998)

02 April: Delfo Cabrera, Argentine marathoner († 1981)
April 07: Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer († 2012)
APRIL 10: Richard Bergmann, Austrian table tennis player († 1970)

May 05: Tony Canadeo, U.S. American football player († 2003)
06 May: André Guelfi, Moroccan race car driver
MAY 13: Hanns Aderhold, German diver († 1987)

09 June: Isaac Boleslawski, Soviet chess player († 1977)
July 02: Albert Batteux, French football coach and football player († 2003)
JULY 20: Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, expedition leader († 2008)
JULY 24: Ferdy Kübler, Swiss cyclist

August to December

August 06: Pauline Betz, American tennis player († 2011)
09 August: Ralph Houk, American baseball manager († 2010)
August 12: Clark Templeman, American race car driver († 1962)
August 23: Dries van der Lof, Dutch racing driver († 1990)
AUGUST 29: Herbert Wahrendorf, German educator, athlete and sports official († 1993)

September 02: Lance Macklin, British racing driver († 2002)
September 04: Sante Geminiani, Italian motorcycle racer († 1951)
05 September: Romeo Menti, Italian footballer († 1949)
09 September: Gottfried Dienst, Swiss football referee († 1998)
September 15: Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist († 1960)
September 18: Marga Petersen, German track and field athlete and Olympian († 2002)
SEPTEMBER 19: Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist († 2004)
September 26: Ezio Loik, Italian footballer († 1949)
SEPTEMBER 30: Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver († 1992)
September 30: Cecil Green, American race car driver († 1951)

02 October: Jan Flinterman, Dutch racing driver († 1992)
October 08: Jack McGrath, American race car driver († 1955)
OCTOBER 11: Executive Firoud, French football player and coach († 2005)
October 15: Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver († 1995)
OCTOBER 27: Willi Arlt, German footballer († 1947)
October 28: Walt Hansgen, American race car driver († 1966)

November 04: Eric Thompson, British race car driver
November 07: Helmuth Hoffmann, German table tennis player († 2010)
09 November: Johann Herberger, German football player († 2002)
NOVEMBER 10: Abderrahman Ibrir, Algerian- French footballer († 1990)
November 20: Alan Brown, British race car driver and race team owner († 2004)
November 23: Jupp sleep, German table tennis official and players († 1989)

December 04: Heinz bottle bung, German footballer († 1972)
December 05: Hennes Weisweiler, German football coach († 1983)
December 07: Ed Ulinski, U.S. American football player and coach († 2006)
December 12: Paavo Johannes Aaltonen, Finnish gymnast († 1962)
DECEMBER 12: Hermann Neuberger, German journalist and sports official, president of the German Football Association († 1992)
December 14: Bob Drake, American race car driver († 1990)

Died

April 9: Emil Schallopp, German chess master (* 1843)
May 30: Roberto Chery, Uruguayan football goalkeeper
AUGUST 28: Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencing and cyclists ( * 1872)
October 22: Hermann Weingartner, German gymnast and Olympic gold medalist (* 1864)
November 22: Mary Rudge, British chess World Champion (* 1842)
November 29: Szymon Winawer, Polish chess player (* 1838)

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