1902 in sports
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Events
American Football
Badminton
- All England 1902
- Irish Open 1902
Football
- September 7: The game of football for the opening of NNW- Platz in Berlin the BFuCC Rapide defeated in 1893, Second Team Britannia 92 with 7:1.
- The Sunderland is English champion.
- Genoa 1893 wins in Italy its fourth championship.
- Swiss champions FC Zurich will.
Athletics
Athletics records
- AUGUST 31: Eric Lemming, Sweden, throws in the javelin throw of 50.44 meters gentlemen.
- OCTOBER 5: Nandor Fothy, Hungary, throws the discus in the discipline of Men 40.61 m.
Cycling
- UCI Track World Championships 1902
Motorsport
- Motorsport 1902
Rowing
- Cambridge defeated Oxford in the Boat Race.
Wrestling
- Unofficial Ringer's European Championships 1902
Rugby
Swimming
- German Swimming Championships 1902
Tennis / Table Tennis
- April 9: The Berlin tennis and ping-pong society is founded.
- International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1902
Winter sports
Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships 1902
Ski Jumping
- The Norwegian Nils Gjestvang achieved in ski jumping on the Gustadbakken in Geithus, Norway, 38.5 meters.
- The Norwegian Nils Gjestvang achieved in ski jumping on the Gustadbakken in Geithus, Norway, 41 meters.
Club -ups
- March 6: The Spanish football club Real Madrid is founded.
- MARCH 12: The Hungarian sports club Debreceni Vasutas SC is founded.
- June 2: The Meidericher Game Club of 1902 eV was founded in Meiderich, a suburb of Duisburg and recorded with his football department on 17 September in the West German Football Association.
- JULY 21: The Brazilian soccer club Fluminense FC is founded.
- August 18: The allround sports club Grazer Athletics Sports Club is founded, after a group of high school students not in academics and sports clubs (ASV ) has been added.
- September 15: The SC Charlottenburg is founded.
- November 2: The Czech football club Slavia Prague is founded.
Born
- FEBRUARY 20: Bertus Freese, Dutch soccer player († 1959)
- February 22: Herma Szabo, Austrian figure skater († 1986)
- February 23: Tiny Feather, U.S. American football player († 1975)
- FEBRUARY 25: Hanns Geier, German race car driver († 1986)
- FEBRUARY 25: Virginio Rosetta, Italian footballer († 1975)
- April 5: Wal Handley, British motorcycle and car racer († 1941)
- April 7: Paul Greifzu, German automobile and motorcycle racer († 1952)
- April 15: Paul Broccardo, French cyclist († 1987)
- APRIL 21: Cyril Gill, British Sprinter († 1989)
- April 18: Hans Jerome, German motorcycle racer († unknown)
- May 2: Ernst Nagel Schmitz, German footballer († 1987)
- June 5: Georg Kieninger, German chess player († 1975)
- June 18: Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish decathlete and Olympic champion († 1980)
- 20 June: Juan Evaristo, Argentine footballer († 1978)
- JULY 4: Abe Saperstein, American entrepreneur and basketball Manager ( † 1966)
- July 7: Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player († 2005)
- JULY 21: Georges Wambst, French cyclist and Olympic gold medalist († 1981)
- JULY 29: David Arellano, Chilean football player († 1927)
- August 7: Douglas Lowe, British athlete and functionary, Olympic champion and lawyer († 1981)
- August 11: Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist († 1986)
- AUGUST 28: Otto Neumann, German athlete († 1990)
- November 6: Ever Valter, Estonian athlete († 1981)
- November 16: Emil Dähne, German chess functionary († 1968)
- November 20: Giampiero Combi, Italian footballer († 1956)
- November 21: Ferenc Hirzer, Hungarian football player and coach († 1957)
- Albert Kusnets, Estonian wrestler († 1942)