1915 in sports
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- 2.1 First half of
- 2.2 Second half of
Events
Hockey
- The Vancouver Millionaires won the Stanley Cup in the final against the Ottawa Senators.
- The International Swiss Ice Hockey Championship will be 1915/16 first held.
- Swiss Ice Hockey Championship 1915/16
Football
- The Italian Football Championship 1914/15 is interrupted by the World War.
- The Wiener AC wins the Austrian Football Championship 1914 /15 campaign.
Athletics
Others
Born
First half year
- February 01: Stanley Matthews, English footballer († 2002)
- 04 February: Joseph Greger, German race car driver († 2010)
- February 13: Harriet Bland, American track and field athlete and Olympian († 1991)
- FEBRUARY 17: Karl Herbolzheimer, German handball player († 2007)
- FEBRUARY 21: Godfrey Brown, British track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1995)
- March 01: Gianni Leoni, an Italian motorcycle racer († 1951)
- 08 March: Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, musician and actor († 1979)
- MARCH 11: Vijay Hazare, Indian Cricket Player († 2004)
- March 15: Khadr Sayed El Touni, Egyptian weightlifter († 1956)
- 04 April: Amedeo Biavati, Italian footballer († 1979)
- APRIL 27: Perry Schwartz, U.S. American football player († 2001)
- May 01: Archie Williams, American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist († 1993)
- June 04: Günther Sabetzki, President of the German Ice Hockey Federation († 2000)
- June 12: Mildred Fizzell, Canadian athlete († 1993)
- JUNE 13: Donald Budge, American tennis player († 2000)
- June 14: Nicolaas Cortlever, Dutch chess player († 1995)
Second half- year
- July 03: Heinz Koervers, German handball player († 1942)
- July 05: John Woodruff, American track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 2007)
- 07 July: Erich Deisler, German table tennis player († 1999)
- July 13: Harry McKibbin, Irish rugby players and officials († 2001)
- July 14: Guido Leoni, an Italian motorcycle racer († 1951)
- 03 August: Peter Newell, Canadian basketball coach († 2008)
- August 10: Carlos Menditéguy, Argentine Formula 1 racing, polo player († 1973)
- August 12: Alex Wojciechowicz, U.S. American football player († 1992)
- AUGUST 28: Hans Jakob Schudel, Swiss chess functionary and chess player († 2004)
- September 01: Ken Aston, British football referee († 2001)
- 09 September: Jim Poole, American American football player († 1994)
- September 10: Olavi " Olli " Huttunen, Finnish skiers († 1940)
- September 15: Helmut Schon, German football coach and players († 1996)
- SEPTEMBER 23: Sergio Bertoni, Italian footballer and coach († 1995)
- SEPTEMBER 25: Carlo Bandirola, Italian motorcycle racer († 1981)
- 09 October: Henner Henkel, German tennis player († 1942)
- October 22: Heinrich Nettesheim, German wrestler († 2005)
- OCTOBER 26: Raymond Crawford, American race car driver († 1996)
- OCTOBER 26: Joe Fry, British racing driver († 1950)
- October 30: Ben Carnevale, American basketball coach († 2008)
Died
- JANUARY 9: Georg Krogmann, German national football team (* 1886)
- MARCH 31: Wyndham neck shaft, British track and field athlete and Olympic champion (* 1882)
- APRIL 17: Floyd MacFarland, American cyclist ( b. 1878 )
- MAY 9: François Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (* 1887)