1917 in sports
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Events
Football
Athletics
- SEPTEMBER 4: John Zander, Sweden, running the 1500 meters of the men in 3:54,7 min.
- Finnish Athletics Championships 1917
Swimming
- German Swimming Championships 1917
Winter sports
Born
- January 08: Len Younce, U.S. American football player († 2000)
- January 11: Cornelius Brown, Canadian ice hockey player († 1996)
- JANUARY 28: Abdel-Kader Zaaf, Algerian cyclist († 1986)
- JANUARY 30: Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver, journalist and author († 2008)
- February 01: Ray Bray, U.S. American football player († 1993)
- FEBRUARY 10: Danny Kladis, American race car driver († 2009)
- FEBRUARY 12: Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach († 2009)
- FEBRUARY 16: Willi Weyer, German sports official († 1987)
- FEBRUARY 23: Herbert desire Austrian table tennis player († 1970)
- FEBRUARY 26: Robert La Caze, a French race car driver
- March 06: Oswald Karch, German race car driver († 2009)
- MARCH 19: László Szabó, Hungarian chess player († 1998)
- April 07: Albert Sing, German football player and coach († 2008)
- APRIL 12: Robert Manzon, French Formula 1 racing driver
- April 22: Erna Steuri, Swiss skier († 2001)
- April 25: Jean Lucas, a French race car driver († 2003)
- July 06: Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand Track & Field Coach († 2004)
- 07 July: Yakovos Bilek, German basketball coach († 2005)
- July 16: Andy Marefos, U.S. American football player († 1996)
- July 23: Gisela Voss, German athlete († 2005)
- JULY 26: Bertil Nordahl, Swedish footballer († 1998)
- August 04: John Fitch, American race car driver († 2012)
- 09 August: Pierre Georget, French cyclist († 1964)
- AUGUST 19: Heinz Benthien, German table tennis player († 1981)
- 06 September: Hilde summer, German track and field athlete
- September 12: Juergen Seydel, German Karateka († 2008)
- September 14: Mack Hellings, American race car driver († 1951)
- September 20: Red Auerbach, American basketball coach († 2006)
- October 04: Luis Carniglia, Argentine soccer player and coach († 2001)
- October 22: John Tolan, American race car driver († 1986)
- October 25: Lee MacPhail, American baseball official († 2012)
- October 30: Maurice Trintignant, French racing driver († 2005)
- 07 November: Ján Arpáš, Slovak footballer († 1976)
- November 22: Fritz Hillebrand, German motorcycle racer († 1957)
- NOVEMBER 26: Edgar Barth, German racing driver († 1965)
- December 05: Ken Downing, British racing driver († 2004)
- 07 December: Ottorino Volonterio, Swiss racing driver († 2003)
- DECEMBER 26: Joe Osmanski, U.S. American football player († 1993)
- DECEMBER 29: David Hampshire, British racing driver († 1990)