1918 in sports
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- 2.1 First half of
- 2.2 Second half of
- 2.3 Exact date of birth unknown
Events
Football
- Austrian Football Cup 1917/18
Athletics
- September 22: Anatole Bolin, Sweden, running the 1000 meters of the men in 2:29,1 min.
- Finnish Athletics Championships 1918
Swimming
- German Swimming Championships 1918
Born
First half year
- January 01: Naim Krieziu, Albanian football player († 2010)
- 08 January: Sepp Bradl, Austrian ski jumper († 1982)
- JANUARY 17: Georges Seres Jr., French cyclist († 1983)
- JANUARY 22: Elmer Lach, former Canadian ice hockey player
- JANUARY 28: Sandro Puppo, Italian footballer and coach († 1986)
- 03 February: Helen Stephens, American track and field athlete († 1994)
- FEBRUARY 18: Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2000)
- February 22: George Constantine, American race car driver († 1968)
- FEBRUARY 25: Barney Ewell, American track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1996)
- FEBRUARY 25: Robert Riggs, American tennis player († 1995)
- March 01: Franz Becker, German football player
- March 03: Fritz Thiedemann, German show jumping († 2000)
- 04 March: Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player († 2012)
- March 05: Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player
- March 07: Dario Ambrosini, Italian motorcycle racer († 1951)
- MARCH 12: Willy Fitz, German national football team († 1993)
- MARCH 13: George McAfee, U.S. American football player († 2009)
- March 14: Vic Sears, U.S. American football player († 2006)
- MARCH 22: Gotfrid Köchert, Austrian racing driver († 1986)
- April 26: Fanny blanker - Koen, Dutch track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist († 2004)
- APRIL 30: Donald McNeill, American tennis player († 1996)
Second half- year
- July 04: Alec Bedser, English cricketer († 2010)
- 09 July: Nile Kinnick, American American football player († 1943)
- JULY 10: Fred Wacker, American race car driver († 1998)
- July 13: Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver († 1955)
- September 02: Georg Braun, German motorcycle racer († 1995)
- September 06: Ludwig Hörmann, German cyclists ( † 2001)
- September 14: Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver († 1967)
- SEPTEMBER 18: Johnny Mantz, American race car driver († 1972)
- October 04: Berti Capellmann, German table tennis player († 2012)
- 06 October: Max de Terra, Swiss racing driver († 1982)
- OCTOBER 12: Frank Armi, American race car driver († 1992)
- October 14: Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player
- OCTOBER 15: Joe Vetrano, U.S. American football player († 1995)
- October 16: Tony Rolt, British racing driver († 2008)
- November 01: Ken Miles, British racing driver († 1966)
- 09 November: Choi Hong Hi, South Korean General and developer of the martial art Taekwondo († 2002)
- November 14: John Bromwich, Australian tennis player († 1999)
- November 18: Dutch Elston, U.S. American football player († 1989)
- November 18: Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera, Argentine soccer player and coach († 1995)
- NOVEMBER 20: Dora Ratjen, German athlete († 2008)
- November 21: Dieter Mauritz, German table tennis player († 1988)
- December 07: Max Merkel, Austrian footballer and coach († 2006)
- December 10: Anatoli Vladimirovich Tarasov, Soviet ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
- December 13: Bill Vukovich, American race car driver († 1955)
- December 20: Achiel Buysse, Belgian cyclist († 1984)
- December 31: Gunder Hägg, Swedish athlete († 2004)
Exact date of birth unknown
- Drikus Veer, Dutch motorcycle racer († 2011)
Died
- MARCH 27: Martin Sheridan, American athlete (* 1881)
- APRIL 28: Louis Darragon, French cyclist (* 1883)
- October 7: Peter Günther, German cyclists ( * 1882)
- October 9: Hanns Braun, German athlete (* 1886)
- October 22: Georges Parent, French cyclist (* 1885)
- December 27: Carl Schlechter, Austrian chess player (* 1874)
- Alois Lutz, an Austrian figure skater (* 1898)