1923 in sports
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- 2.1 January to March
- 2.2 from April to July
- 2.3 August-December
- 2.4 Exact date of birth unknown
Events
Badminton
- All England 1923
Football
- October 29 to December 2: Campeonato Sudamericano 1923
Weightlifting
- World Weightlifting Championships 1923
Athletics
Track and Field World Records
Throwing events
- MAY 23: Yvonne Tembouret, France, achieved in the discus throw of 27.39 m women.
Jumping events
- APRIL 23: Edwin Gourdin, USA, achieved in the long jump of 7.69 m men.
- August 22: Charles Hoff, Norway, reached in the pole vault for men 4.21 m.
- SEPTEMBER 23: Marie Mejzlikova, Czechoslovakia, jumps in the long jump women 5.3 m.
- OCTOBER 15: Adrienne Kaenel, Switzerland, reached the triple jump women in Geneva 10.50 m.
Cycling
- Giro d' Italia 1923
- Tour de France 1923
- UCI Track World Championships 1923
- UCI Road World Championships 1923
Winter sports
- Ice Hockey Championship 1923
- European Figure Skating Championships 1923
- World Figure Skating Championships 1923
Born
January to March
- January 03: Hank Stram, American American football coach († 2005)
- January 05: Karl Hoppe, German motorcycle racer († 1987)
- January 09: Karl -Heinz Metzner, German footballer († 1994)
- January 11: Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, constructor, contractor ( † 2012)
- January 16: Menotti Avanzolini, Italian footballer († 2007)
- January 20: Richard Herrmann, German footballer († 1962)
- JANUARY 21: Jud Larson, American race car driver († 1966)
- JANUARY 25: Spiro Dellerba, U.S. American football player († 1968)
- 02 February: Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess master († 2012)
- 04 February: Kurt Grumpy, German sports presenter on the radio († 2005)
- 06 February: Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian football player and coach († 1981)
- FEBRUARY 19: Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver († 1961)
- FEBRUARY 21: Pat West, U.S. American football player († 1996)
- FEBRUARY 22: Singer Heinz, German handball player
- February 22: Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player († 2009)
- FEBRUARY 23: Dante Lavelli, U.S. American football player († 2009)
April-July
- 02 April: Adãozinho, Brazilian footballer († 1991)
- April 03: Chuck Weyant, American race car driver
- April 15: Otto Bacher Quick, U.S. American football player († 2008)
- April 18: Ferenc Sido, Hungarian table tennis player († 1998)
- APRIL 21: Yakov Estrin, Russian chess player († 1987)
- April 25: Josef Weidinger, Austrian Boxer ( † 2002)
- April 26: Svetlana Geier, Russian- German literary translator († 2010)
- May 02: Hans -Joachim Rauschenbach, German sports reporter († 2010)
- MAY 21: Clarence Gaines, American college basketball coach († 2005)
- MAY 24: Ivano Blason, Italian footballer († 2002)
- 03 June: Alfred Beni, an Austrian chess master († 1995)
- 06 June: Ivor Bueb, British racing driver († 1959)
- June 06: Jim Rigsby, American race car driver († 1952)
- JUNE 10: Sergiu Samarian, Romanian chess player and chess writer († 1991)
- June 14: Gerhard Pfeiffer, German chess player († 2000)
- JUNE 16: Ron Flockhart, British racing driver and pilot († 1962)
- July 08: Harrison Dillard, American track and field athlete
- 09 July: Julio Elías Musimessi, Argentine footballer († 1996)
- July 14: Primo Nebbiolo, an Italian sports official († 1999)
- JULY 19: Alex Hannum, American basketball coach († 2002)
- JULY 22: Nettie Witziers -Timmer, Dutch athlete († 2005)
- July 27: Ōyama Masutatsu, founder of Kyokushin Karate style ( † 1994)
August to December
- AUGUST 21: Keith Allen, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and functionary
- AUGUST 21: Chris Schenkel, American sports reporter († 2005)
- August 30: Vic Seixas, American tennis player
- September 01: Rocky Marciano, American boxer († 1969)
- September 03: Ed Sprinkle, U.S. American football player
- September 05: Otto Knefler, German football coach († 1986)
- SEPTEMBER 21: Horst Buhtz, German football player and coach
- November 02: Cesare Rubini, Italian basketball coach († 2011)
- November 04: Harry Valérien, German sports journalist and television presenter († 2012)
- 09 November: Alice Coachman, American track and field athlete
- NOVEMBER 10: Óscar González, racing driver from Uruguay († 2006)
- November 24: Zlatko Čajkovski, Yugoslav- Croatian football player and coach († 1998)
- NOVEMBER 25: Walter Butscheid, German football player
- NOVEMBER 27: Juvenal Amarijo, Brazilian footballer († 2009)
Exact date of birth unknown
- Albert Ferber, German wrestler († 2010)
Died
- SEPTEMBER 8: Ugo Sivocci, Italian racing driver (* 1885)