1909 in sports
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- 2.1 January to April
- 2.2 from May to August
- 2.3 from September to December
Events
Badminton
- All England 1909
- French Open 1909
- Irish Open 1909
- Scottish Open 1909
Football
- In Germany, the first Crown Prince Cup is played in football with seven associations. Winner of the Crown Prince Cup 1908/ 09 is in the final against Berlin on April 18, the dressings German ball game clubs.
- December 31: In Bonn, the foundation of the German Federal Hockey takes place.
- Governor General Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, donated the Grey Cup for the Canadian Football League. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues are the first Cup winner.
Hockey
- December 31: In Bonn, the German Hockey Association is founded.
Athletics
Athletics records
- AUGUST 21: Ralph Rose ( USA) met in the Shot Put Men 15.54 m, surpassing the first, the 50-foot mark, will keep a record of the 16 years.
- August 31: Thure Johansson (Sweden) runs the marathon men in 2:40:35 h
- Charlotte Hand (USA) jumps in the triple jump of the ladies in Poughkeepsie 8.80 m.
Cycling
- The Olympia's Tour in the Netherlands is first held.
Wrestling
- Unofficial Ringer's European Championships 1909
- Wrestling World Championships 1909
Rowing
- April 3: Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race in 19'05 ".
Rugby
- Home Nations Championship 1909, the Rugby Union
Swimming
Swimming Records
Winter sports
- February 6 to 14: In Stockholm Nordic Games recently carried out after 1901 and 1905.
Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships 1909
- European Figure Skating Championships 1909
- Ulrich Salchow invents named after him jump.
Speed skating records
- January 30: Oscar Mathisen, Norway, the 1000 meter speed skating runs in Davos in 1:31,8 min, a record that will hold until 1930.
Ski Jumping
- The Norwegian Academy Gundersen achieved in ski jumping at the Chippewa Falls Ski Jumps in Chippewa Falls, United States, 42 meters.
- The Norwegian Harald Smith reached in ski jumping on the Trampolino Campo Smith in Bardonecchia, Italy, 43 meters.
- The Norwegian Harald Smith reached in ski jumping on the Bolgenschanze in Davos, Switzerland, 45 meters.
Club -ups
- The multi- sports club Helsingin Kisa - Veikot in Helsinki is founded.
Sports facilities
- October 24: In the French capital, the Stade de Paris is opened.
- NOVEMBER 10: The world's first open-air ice rink opens in Austria as a skating rink Engelmann in the district Hernals. The Hockey in Vienna thus receives a strong upswing. The plant has designed the sporty active engineer Eduard Engelmann junior. It will eventually venue of the EK Engelmann Vienna.
Others
- October 26: The Comité Olímpico de Portugal is founded.
Born
January to April
- January 02: Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and businessman († 2009)
- January 03: Ruth Engelhard, German athlete († 1975)
- JANUARY 15: Hans Esser, German fencer († unbek )
- JANUARY 19: Ewald Kluge, German motorcycle racer († 1964)
- JANUARY 25: Reinhold Miinzenberg, German footballer († 1986)
- January 31: Gregor Hradetzky, Austrian canoeist († 1985)
- 09 February: Fergus Anderson, British motorcycle racer († 1956)
- FEBRUARY 18: Matti Järvinen, a Finnish javelin thrower († 1985)
- FEBRUARY 21: Auguste Jordan, Austrian and French footballer († 1990)
- FEBRUARY 22: Daniel Biasone, American NBA team owners, basketball pioneer († 1992)
- March 05: Floyd Davis, American race car driver († 1977)
- March 06: Bill Schindler, American race car driver († 1952)
- March 09: Rudolf Hiden, Austrian and French footballer († 1973)
- MARCH 18: Wolfgang Weber, German chess player († 1981)
- MARCH 19: Attilio Demaría, Argentine- Italian football player and coach († 1990)
- April 01: William Whitehouse, British racing driver († 1957)
- 04 April: Cecily Aussem, German tennis player († 1963)
- April 05: Erwin Wegner, German athlete († 1945)
- April 06: Hermann Lang, German racing driver († 1987)
- April 10: Clarke Hinkle, U.S. American football player († 1988)
- APRIL 12: Jean Trémoulet, French race car driver and resistance fighter († 1944)
- April 19: Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Irish chess master († 1974)
May to August
- May 7: Erich Metze, German cyclists ( † 1952)
- MAY 16: Luigi Villoresi, an Italian Formula 1 racing driver († 1997)
- MAY 17: Karl Schäfer, Austrian figure skater († 1976)
- MAY 17: Werner Widmayer, German national football team († 1942)
- MAY 18: Fred Perry, British table tennis and tennis players († 1995)
- MAY 26: Matt Busby, Scottish soccer player and coach († 1994)
- May 30: Freddie Frith, British motorcycle racer († 1988)
- MAY 31: Milt Gantenbein, U.S. American football player († 1988)
- June 03: Charles Bohmann, Austrian motorcycle racer († 1999)
- July 7: Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player († 1976)
- July 13: Baruch Harold Wood, English chess master († 1989)
- JULY 22: Dorino Serafini, an Italian automobile and motorcycle racer († 2000)
- JULY 23: Lisa Gelius, German athlete († 2006)
- August 3: Eduard Hundt, German footballer († 2002)
- August 4th: Glenn Cunningham, American athlete († 1988)
- 13 August: Wilhelmina von Bremen, American track and field athlete († 1976)
- August 20: Konrad von Wangenheim, German rider († 1953)
- AUGUST 20: Olga Rubzowa, Russian chess player († 1994)
- August 25: Eileen Hiscock, British track and field athlete and Olympian († 1958)
- August 27: Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist († 1966)
September to December
- 06 September: Severino Minelli, a Swiss footballer († 1994)
- 08 September: Alfred Kunze, professor of football at DHfK Leipzig and football coach († 1996)
- September 08: Hermann Steuri, Swiss mountain guide and ski racer († 2001)
- 09 September: Arthur Jonath, German athlete († 1963)
- September 10: Evelyne Hall, American track and field athlete and Olympian († 1993)
- September 26: Max Eisinger, German chess player († 1989)
- September 29: Abraham Tokazier, Finnish Sprinter († 1976)
- October 08: Bill Hewitt, U.S. American football player († 1947)
- October 14: Bernd Rosemeyer, German automobile and motorcycle racer († 1938)
- October 20: José Farías Ríos, Peruvian track and field athlete
- October 24: Bill Carr, American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist († 1966)
- November 02: Bosko Milenković, Yugoslavian racecar driver († 1955)
- November 11: Piero Scotti, Italian racing driver († 1976)
- November 15: Auguste Hargus, German athlete († 1995)
- November 21: Paul Hermann Müller, German automobile and motorcycle racer († 1975)
- November 24: Otto Adam, German fencer († 1977)
- November 26: Fritz Buchloh, German football player († 1998)
- NOVEMBER 29: Stefan Skoumal, German and Austrian football player († 1983)
- December 01: Hans -Heinrich Sievert, German track and field athlete and Olympian († 1963)
- December 02: Pietro Arcari, Italian footballer († 1988)
- December 04: Marcel Guimbretiere, French cyclist († 1970)
- December 11: John Wyer, British motorsport team owner and race director († 1989)
- December 13: George Christensen, U.S. American football player († 1968)
- DECEMBER 17: Edward Smouha, British Sprinter († 1992)
- DECEMBER 21: Hermann Heemsoth, German Correspondence Chess Grandmaster († 2006)
- December 25: Oldrich Nejedlý, Czechoslovak football player († 1990)
- December 27: Lou Brero, American race car driver († 1957)