1927 in sports
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- 2.1 January to March
- 2.2 from April to July
- 2.3 August-December
Events
Badminton
- All England 1927
- Irish Open 1927
- First edition of the New Zealand Badminton Championships
Billiards
- Snooker World Cup 1927
Boxing
- Boxeuropameisterschaften 1927
Football
- Campeonato Sudamericano 1927
- European Cup Football Teams 1927-1930
- Mitropa Cup 1927
Athletics
Athletics Championships
- Athletics South America Championships 1927
Track and Field World Records
Sprint
Long-distance running
- August 7: Lina Radke, Germany, running the 800 meters of the women in 2:23,8 min.
- September 18: Otto Peltzer, Germany, running the 1000 meters of the men in 2:25,8 min.
Hurdles
Throwing events
- FEBRUARY 26: Lillian Copeland, U.S. achieved in the javelin of women 38,21 m.
- March 4: Halina Konopacka, Poland, reached in the discus throw of 39.18 m women.
- May 1: Eino Penttilä, Finland, reached in the javelin men 69,88 m.
Jumping events
- July 27: Sabin Carr, USA, reached the Pole Vault Men 4.27 m.
More fight
Motorcycle Racing
Motorcycle Championship
- When discharged at the Nurburgring in Germany Motorcycle Championship of locals Willi Henkel man the title in the 175 cc class wins on DKW front of his countrymen and fellow Arthur Geiss and Arthur Müller.
- In the quarter-liter class, the Briton Cecil Ashby sets by OK - Supreme against the Germans Walfried Winkler ( DKW ) and the Austrian Hugo Höbel ( Puch).
- The 350ern the Briton Jimmie Simpson wins on AJS ahead of his compatriot Frank Longman and the German Franz Seider (both Velocette ).
- In the 500cc class the Briton Graham Walker wins on Sunbeam before the Irishman Stanley Woods ( Norton ) and Cecil Ashby ( Rudge ).
- The inaugural 750 cc race wins the German Josef Stelzer on BMW ahead of his compatriot and brand-mate Paul Köppen. Next pilots did not reach the target.
- In another first discharged 1000 cc class of the locals Josef Giggenbach wins on Bayerland -JAP from the Germans Werner Huth ( Harley- Davidson) and Heinz Kürten ( Andree ).
Cycling
- Giro d' Italia 1927
- Big Opel Prix of Germany 1927
- Tour de France 1927
- UCI Track World Championships 1927
- UCI Road World Championships 1927
Chess
- Chess Olympiad 1927
- World Chess Championship 1927
- World Chess Championship for women 1927
Swimming
- European Swimming Championships 1927
Winter sports
- Ice Hockey Championship 1927
- European Figure Skating Championships 1927
- World Figure Skating Championships 1927
- Nordic World Ski Championships 1927
Born
January to March
- January 02: Gino Marchetti, U.S. American football player
- January 07: Abdul Hamid, a Pakistani field hockey player
- JANUARY 15: Walter Schneider, German motorcycle racer († 2010)
- JANUARY 18: Werner Liebrich, German football player and coach († 1995)
- JANUARY 18: Rudolf Schlott, German football coach
- JANUARY 22: Lou Creekmur, U.S. American football player († 2009)
- January 22: Ernst Huberty, German sports journalist and television presenter
- JANUARY 26: Vic Mees, Belgian footballer († 2012)
- January 27: Joe Perry, U.S. American football player
- February 06: Friedel Münch, German motorcycle designer
- February 07: Volodymyr Kuz, Soviet track and field athlete ( distance runner ) ( † 1975)
- FEBRUARY 12: Gottfried Pohlan, German Enduro athletes († 1989)
- February 22: Florencio Campomanes, Philippine chess player and functionary
- FEBRUARY 23: Willie Ormond, Scottish football player and coach († 1984)
- FEBRUARY 27: Fredi Pankonin, German Handball Goalkeeper
- 02 March: Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist
- March 04: Dick Savitt, American tennis player
- March 04: Jan van Schijndel, Dutch soccer player († 2011)
- 06 March: Otto Maychrzak, German handball player († 2002)
- March 10: Jupp, outfitted, German football coach and players († 2007)
- MARCH 11: Dempsey Wilson, American race car driver († 1971)
- MARCH 23: Mato Damjanović, Croatian chess grandmaster († 2011)
April-July
- April 02: Ladislav Alster, Czechoslovakian chess player and chess journalist († 1991)
- April 02: Carmen Basilio, American boxer († 2012)
- 02 April: Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian football player and football coach († 2006)
- APRIL 20: Phil Hill, American race car driver († 2008)
- APRIL 24: Josy Barthel, Luxembourg athlete and Olympic gold medalist († 1992)
- May 01: Walter Zeman, an Austrian football goalkeeper († 1991)
- 05 May: Art Pollard, American race car driver († 1973)
- MAY 13: Archie Scott - Brown, British racing driver († 1958)
- MAY 16: Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer
- May 20: Michel Scheuer, German kayaker and Olympic champion
- MAY 24: Claude Abbes, French footballer († 2008)
- May 30: Werner Haas, German motorcycle racer († 1956)
- July 02: Gerhard Gawliczek, German football player
- July 04: Jim McWithey, American race car driver († 2009)
- 06 July: Johannes Hendrikus Donner, Dutch chess Grandmaster († 1988)
- 09 July: Red Kelly, ice hockey player and coach
- JULY 25: Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, Franco- Algerian football player († 1970)
- July 27: Dick Stanfel, U.S. American football player
- July 27: Heinz Wewers, German footballer († 2008)
- JULY 28: Hans Bauer, German footballer († 1997)
- JULY 28: Ermes Muccinelli, Italian footballer († 1994)
- JULY 28: Heini Walter, Swiss racing driver († 2009)
August to December
- August 02: Ernesto Formenti, Italian boxer († 1989)
- August 10: Jean Guichet, French race car driver
- August 16th: Herbert Schäfer, German football coach († 1991)
- August 18: John Rhodes, British race car driver
- August 25: Althea Gibson, American tennis player († 2003)
- September 01: Joyce King, Australian track and field athlete and Olympian
- September 11: Walter Zeller, German motorcycle racer († 1995)
- September 14: Markus Egen, German ice hockey player
- September 26: Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and coach († 2010)
- September 27: Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian Athlete († 2001)
- 04 October: Roberto Bussinello, Italian racing driver († 1999)
- OCTOBER 19: Hans Schäfer, German football player
- October 29: Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player
- 07 November: Claude Storez, French race car driver († 1959)
- NOVEMBER 12: Jack Butler, U.S. American football player, sports Scout
- NOVEMBER 27: Theodor Puff, German footballer († 1999)
- 02 December: Benjamin Maxwell Acton, Australian ice hockey player
- December 08: Wolfgang Hempel, German sports journalist and reporter († 2004)
- December 10: William MacKey, American race car driver († 1951)
- December 11: Stein Eriksen, Norwegian skier
- December 11: Heinz Florian Oertel, German sports reporter, journalist, presenter and actor of the GDR
- DECEMBER 29: Andy Stansfield, American track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1985)