1904 in sports
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- 2.1 First half of
- 2.2 Second half of
Events
Olympic games
- The Canadian Olympic Committee is founded.
American Football
- In Canton, Ohio, the American football team Canton Bulldogs is founded.
Badminton
- All England 1904
- Irish Open 1904
Football
- February 28: The Portuguese football club Benfica is founded.
- March 18: After the dissolution of the Austrian Football Association of the Austrian Football Association is founded in Vienna.
- March 27: With a 1-0 victory over Juventus Genoa in 1893 to win his sixth championship in Italy.
- APRIL 17: FC St. Gallen is master of Switzerland.
- May 4: The football club Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen is founded.
- MAY 21: FIFA is founded.
- MAY 29: The final of the German Championship between defending champions VfB Leipzig and Berlin Britannia 92 is canceled due to a dispute over the venue.
- SEPTEMBER 18: The America FC in Rio de Janeiro is founded.
- Sheffield Wednesday is English champion.
Athletics
National Athletics Championships
- German Athletics Championships 1904
Track and Field World Records
Long-distance running
- June 5: Alfred Shrubb, UK, running the 10,000 meters in the men's 31:02,4 min.
- June 19: Louis de Fleurac, France, running the 3000 meters of the men in 9:02,4 min.
Jumping events
- April 23: Norman Dole, U.S., jumps in the pole vault of 3.69 m men.
- July 6th: Ray Ewry, USA, jumps in the standing long jump 3,476 m.
Cycling
- 2 to 24 July: Henry Cornet of France won the second edition of the Tour de France, which is carried out on the same route as the tour last year.
- UCI Track World Championships 1904
Motorsport
- Motorsport 1904
Rowing
- Cambridge defeated Oxford in the Boat Race.
Rings / swing
- MAY 23: first world championships are held in wrestling in Vienna.
- Unofficial Ringer's European Championships 1904
- The Brünigbahn wrestling is first performed.
Rugby
Swimming
- German Swimming Championships 1904
Winter sports
- World Figure Skating Championships 1904
- European Figure Skating Championships 1904
Born
First half year
- March 3: Werner Storz, German athlete († 1982)
- March 10: Oran Pape, U.S. American football player, police officer († 1936)
- March 13: August Home, German fencer († 1976)
- MARCH 17: Walfried Winkler, German motorcycle racer († 1982)
- MARCH 26: Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer († 1947)
- April 8: Sherm Karl, German footballer († 1977)
- APRIL 14: Hans Schumann, German motorcycle racer († 1968)
- April 24: Mike Michalske, U.S. American football player († 1983)
- May 4: Bruno Cloud, German cyclists ( † 1973)
- MAY 5: Robert Kronfeld, Austrian glider († 1948)
- MAY 9: Pol Demeuter, Belgian motorcycle racer († 1934)
- MAY 15: Georg Knöpfle, German football player and football coach († 1987)
- MAY 15: Emmi Haux, German athlete († 1987)
- May 27: Chuhei Nambu, Japanese track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1997)
- June 2: František Plánička, Czech football player († 1996)
- June 2: Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor († 1984)
- June 4: Henry Grob, Swiss chess master († 1974)
- 9 June: Herdis McCrary, U.S. American football player († 1981)
- June 14: Woldemar Gerschler, German athletics coach († 1982)
- June 29: Allie Morrison, American wrestler and Olympic gold medalist († 1966)
- June 29: Arthur Müller, German motorcycle racer († 1983)
Second half- year
- July 2: René Lacoste, French tennis player and fashion designer († 1996)
- July 3: Lauri Virtanen, Finnish long-distance runner († 1982)
- August 2: Werner soul ties, German wrestler and communist († 1944)
- August 6: Henry Iba, American basketball coach († 1993)
- 8 August: The Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver († 1948)
- August 9: Weston Adams, American sports official († 1973)
- August 10: Karl Helling, German chess player († 1937)
- AUGUST 20: Hans -Georg Lindenstaedt, German table tennis player († 1975)
- September 7: Daniel Prenn, German tennis and table tennis player († 1991)
- SEPTEMBER 9: Feroze Khan, Pakistani hockey player and Olympic gold medalist († 2005)
- September 13: Luigi Bertolini, Italian footballer († 1977)
- September 14: Paul Buschenhagen, German cyclists ( † 1993)
- September 16: Oscar Guldager, Danish cyclist († 1986)
- November 05: Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Brazilian footballer († 1980)
- November 07: Gino Rossetti, Italian footballer († 1992)
- NOVEMBER 10: André Raynaud, French cyclist († 1937)
- November 19: Antonio Vojak, Italian footballer and coach († 1977)
- November 23: Ludwig Rellstab, German chess player († 1983)
- NOVEMBER 25: Toni Ortelli, Italian alpinist, conductor and composer († 2000)
- NOVEMBER 25: Lillian Copeland, U.S. track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist († 1964)
- December 8: Marty Barry, Canadian ice hockey player († 1969)
- December 8: Wilmer Allison, American tennis player († 1977)
- December 27: René Bonnet, French race car driver and automotive designer († 1983)
Died
- February 28: Levegh (Alfred Velghe ), French race car driver (* 1871)
- April 18: Sumner Paine, American sport shooter (* 1868)
- July 2: Henri Béconnais, French race car driver (* 1869)
- November 21: Jimmy Michael, Welsh cyclist (* 1877)
- December 12: Emanuel Schiffer, Russian chess master (* 1850)