1920 in sports

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• 2.1 January to May
• 2.2 from June to December
• 2.3 Exact date of birth unknown

Events

Olympic games

• 20 April to 12 September: At the Summer Olympics in Antwerp, the Olympic flag was first hoisted and - by Victor Boin - speaking for the first time the Olympic oath.

Badminton

• All England 1920

Baseball

• The "Black Sox scandal" at the World Series in 1919 is revealed, leading to the demise of the Chicago White Sox.

Football

Athletics

Athletics Championships

• April 23 to 25: In Santiago de Chile, South America Athletics Championships 1920 will take place.

Track and Field World Records

• JUNE 26: John Norton, USA, the 400 m hurdles men's running in 54.2 seconds.
• August 5: Aleksander Klum mountain Kolmpere, Estonia, reached the men's decathlon 7485 P.
• August 16th: Frank Loomis, United States, the 400 -meter hurdles of the men running in 54 seconds.
• August 18: Earl Thomson, Canada, the 110 -meter hurdles of the men runs in 14.8 s
• September 12: Frank Foss, USA, reached the Pole Vault Men 4.09 m.
• September 22: Charles Paddock, USA, running the 100 meters of the men in 10.4 s

Born

January to May

• January 05: André Simon, French Formula 1 driver († 2012)
• JANUARY 12: Mac Speedie, U.S. American football player and coach († 1993)
• JANUARY 13: Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl, Swedish footballer († 1984)
• JANUARY 15: Gertrude Pritzi, Austrian table tennis player († 1968)
• January 15: Bob Davies, American basketball player († 1990)
• JANUARY 17: Bohumil Váňa, Swedish table tennis player († 1989)
• January 23: Henry Eriksson, Swedish track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 2000)

• February 01: Mike Scarry, U.S. American football player and coach († 2012)
• February 02: George Hardwick, English footballer and coach († 2004)
• February 03: Stan ocher, Belgian cyclist († 1956)
• February 08: Mike Magill, American race car driver († 2006)
• February 09: Erich Konecki, Latvian ice hockey player († 2006)
• FEBRUARY 12: Jack Turner, American race car driver († 2004)
• FEBRUARY 16: Tony Crook, a British racing driver, entrepreneur
• FEBRUARY 16: Walt Faulkner, American race car driver († 1956)

• 03 March: Tony Gaze, Australian aviator and racing driver
• 03 March: Julius Boros, Hungarian - American professional golfer († 1994)
• March 10: Julio Bolbochán, Argentine chess grandmaster († 1996)
• MARCH 16: Buster Ramsey, U.S. American football player and coach († 2007)
• March 25: Arthur Wint, Jamaican track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1992)
• March 30: Walt Szot, U.S. American football player († 1981)

• APRIL 21: Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer († 1991)
• April 23: Heinz Seiler, German handball coach and players († 2002)
• April 30: Duncan Hamilton, Irish Formula 1 racing driver († 1994)

• May 02: Guinn Smith, American track and field athlete († 2004)
• May 10: Theo Aaldering, German weightlifter († 1979)
• MAY 25: Herman van Laer, Dutch sports official († 2005)

June to December

• June 02: Tex Schramm, American American football official († 2003)
• June 05: Marion Motley, U.S. American football player († 1999)
• June 06: Don Branson, American race car driver († 1966)
• June 09: Paul Mebus, German footballer († 1993)
• JUNE 13: Fritz Barzilauskas, U.S. American football player († 1990)
• JUNE 13: Désiré Keteleer, Belgian cyclist († 1970)
• June 16: Gustav Adolf Baumm, German graphic artist, designer and bike - racer († 1955)
• June 19: Keith Andrews, American race car driver († 1957)
• June 30: Zeno Colò, Italian skier († 1993)

• July 01 Lucidio Sentimenti, Italian footballer
• 09 July: Bill Edwards, U.S. American football player († 2009)
• JULY 17: Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports official, chairman of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC) († 2010)
• July 18: Eric Brandon, British racing driver († 1982)
• JULY 26: Bob Waterfield, U.S. American football player († 1983)

• August 01: Samuel Lee, American Olympic champion in diving
• August 10: Red Holzman, American basketball coach († 1998)
• August 10: Heinz Lucas, German football coach

• 04 September: Clemar Bucci, Argentine racing driver († 2011)
• September 04: Jackie Holmes, American race car driver († 1995)
• September 10: Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle designer († 2001)

• 08 October: Maxi Baier, German figure skater († 2006)
• October 31: Fritz Walter, German footballer († 2002)

• December 03: Werner Vick, German handball player and coach († 2000)
• December 05: Paul Matzkowski, German footballer († 2004)
• December 09: Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle racer († 2007)
• December 16: Fritz Balogh, German footballer († 1951)
• December 16: Les Leston, British racing driver († 2012)
• December 28: Steve Van Buren, U.S. American football player († 2012)
• December 28: Al Wistert, U.S. American football player

Exact date of birth unknown

• Syd van der Vyver, South African motorcycle and race car driver († 1989)

Died

• 2./10. February: Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves, British physician and tennis players (* 1867)
• NOVEMBER 25: Gaston Chevrolet, Swiss / American race car driver (* 1892)