1903 in sports

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• 2.1 First half of
• 2.2 Second half of
• 2.3 Exact date of birth unknown

Events

Badminton

• March: Ralph Watling defends his title in the men's singles at the All England 1903.

• The Irish Open Badminton will be held for the second time. The Irishman Blayney Hamilton wins the item at the Irish Open 1903.

Baseball

• The Boston Pilgrims win the first World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Football

• The CASG Paris is founded.
• The Berlin tennis and ping-pong society discovered the football itself and acquires a license to participate in the German Championship.
• The football club Boavista Porto is founded.

Athletics

• 23 August/30. August / 6 September: The German Athletics Championships 1903 will be held in six disciplines at different locations in Germany. On the sixth German Championships as previously attended only by men.

• The Cross of Nations will be held for the first time in the Scottish Hamilton. The winner is the Englishman Alfred Shrubb.

Cycling

Motorsport

• Motorsport 1903

Rowing

• Cambridge defeated Oxford in the Boat Race.

Wrestling

• Unofficial Ringer's European Championships 1903

Rugby

• Home Nations Championship 1903

Gymnastics

Swimming

• German Swimming Championships 1903

Winter sports

• 20-21. February: Ulrich Salchow is world champion at the World Figure Skating Championships 1903 in Saint Petersburg.
• February: In Christiania the Nordic Winter Sports Week is held.

Born

First half year

• January 4: Gustav Wegner, German athlete († 1942)
• January 7: Josef Breuer, German chess player († 1981)

• March 2: Fritz Giegold, German chess problem composer and chess player († 1978)
• MARCH 8: Heinrich Troßbach, German athlete († 1947)
• March 10: Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer († 1939)
• MARCH 20: Vincent Richards, American tennis player († 1958)
• March 21: Julius iron Ecker, German fencer († 1981)

• MAY 5: Janus Braspennincx, Dutch cyclist († 1977)
• MAY 23: Ernst Klodwig, German race car driver († 1973)
• MAY 25: Johan Schreiner, Norwegian historian († 1967)
• May 27: Walt Kiesling, U.S. American football player and coach († 1962)

• June 5: Adolf Kainz, Austrian canoeist († 1948)
• June 8: Johannes Ludwig, German national football team († 1985)
• 9 June: Felice Bonetto, Italian racing driver († 1953)
• 9 June: Lou Gehrig, American baseball player († 1941)
• JUNE 13: Red Grange, U.S. American football player († 1991)
• 21 June: Hermann Engelhard, German athlete († 1984)

Second half- year

• July 3: Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player († 1992)
• JULY 19: Willi Multhaup, German football coach († 1982)
• JULY 28: Colin Gregory, British tennis player († 1959)
• JULY 31: Emil Hirschfeld, German athlete († 1968)

• November 3: Juan Jover, Spanish racing driver († 1960)
• November 8: Luigi Allemandi, Italian footballer († 1978)
• NOVEMBER 17: Lucien Michard, French cyclist and Olympic gold medalist († 1985)
• NOVEMBER 25: Paul Oszmella, German cyclists ( † 1967)
• November 27: John McNally, U.S. American football player († 1985)

Exact date of birth unknown

• Audrey Sale - Barker, British skier and pilot († 1994)
• Fritz Steuri, Swiss skier and mountain guide († 1955)

Died

• MAY 24: Marcel Renault, the French automotive designer and racing driver (* 1872)
• May 30: Harry Elkes, American cyclist ( b. 1878 )