1923 in sports

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  • 2.1 January to March
  • 2.2 from April to July
  • 2.3 August-December
  • 2.4 Exact date of birth unknown

Events

Badminton

  • All England 1923

Football

Weightlifting

  • World Weightlifting Championships 1923

Athletics

Track and Field World Records

Throwing events
  • MAY 23: Yvonne Tembouret, France, achieved in the discus throw of 27.39 m women.
Jumping events
  • APRIL 23: Edwin Gourdin, USA, achieved in the long jump of 7.69 m men.
  • August 22: Charles Hoff, Norway, reached in the pole vault for men 4.21 m.
  • SEPTEMBER 23: Marie Mejzlikova, Czechoslovakia, jumps in the long jump women 5.3 m.
  • OCTOBER 15: Adrienne Kaenel, Switzerland, reached the triple jump women in Geneva 10.50 m.

Cycling

  • Giro d' Italia 1923
  • Tour de France 1923
  • UCI Track World Championships 1923
  • UCI Road World Championships 1923

Winter sports

  • Ice Hockey Championship 1923
  • European Figure Skating Championships 1923
  • World Figure Skating Championships 1923

Born

January to March

  • January 03: Hank Stram, American American football coach († 2005)
  • January 05: Karl Hoppe, German motorcycle racer († 1987)
  • January 09: Karl -Heinz Metzner, German footballer († 1994)
  • January 11: Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, constructor, contractor ( † 2012)
  • January 16: Menotti Avanzolini, Italian footballer († 2007)
  • January 20: Richard Herrmann, German footballer († 1962)
  • JANUARY 21: Jud Larson, American race car driver († 1966)
  • JANUARY 25: Spiro Dellerba, U.S. American football player († 1968)
  • 02 February: Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess master († 2012)
  • 04 February: Kurt Grumpy, German sports presenter on the radio († 2005)
  • 06 February: Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian football player and coach († 1981)
  • FEBRUARY 19: Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver († 1961)
  • FEBRUARY 21: Pat West, U.S. American football player († 1996)
  • FEBRUARY 22: Singer Heinz, German handball player
  • February 22: Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player († 2009)
  • FEBRUARY 23: Dante Lavelli, U.S. American football player († 2009)

April-July

  • 02 April: Adãozinho, Brazilian footballer († 1991)
  • April 03: Chuck Weyant, American race car driver
  • April 15: Otto Bacher Quick, U.S. American football player († 2008)
  • April 18: Ferenc Sido, Hungarian table tennis player († 1998)
  • APRIL 21: Yakov Estrin, Russian chess player († 1987)
  • April 25: Josef Weidinger, Austrian Boxer ( † 2002)
  • April 26: Svetlana Geier, Russian- German literary translator († 2010)
  • May 02: Hans -Joachim Rauschenbach, German sports reporter († 2010)
  • MAY 21: Clarence Gaines, American college basketball coach († 2005)
  • MAY 24: Ivano Blason, Italian footballer († 2002)
  • 03 June: Alfred Beni, an Austrian chess master († 1995)
  • 06 June: Ivor Bueb, British racing driver († 1959)
  • June 06: Jim Rigsby, American race car driver († 1952)
  • JUNE 10: Sergiu Samarian, Romanian chess player and chess writer († 1991)
  • June 14: Gerhard Pfeiffer, German chess player († 2000)
  • JUNE 16: Ron Flockhart, British racing driver and pilot († 1962)
  • July 08: Harrison Dillard, American track and field athlete
  • 09 July: Julio Elías Musimessi, Argentine footballer († 1996)
  • July 14: Primo Nebbiolo, an Italian sports official († 1999)
  • JULY 19: Alex Hannum, American basketball coach († 2002)
  • JULY 22: Nettie Witziers -Timmer, Dutch athlete († 2005)
  • July 27: Ōyama Masutatsu, founder of Kyokushin Karate style ( † 1994)

August to December

  • AUGUST 21: Keith Allen, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and functionary
  • AUGUST 21: Chris Schenkel, American sports reporter († 2005)
  • August 30: Vic Seixas, American tennis player
  • September 01: Rocky Marciano, American boxer († 1969)
  • September 03: Ed Sprinkle, U.S. American football player
  • September 05: Otto Knefler, German football coach († 1986)
  • SEPTEMBER 21: Horst Buhtz, German football player and coach
  • November 02: Cesare Rubini, Italian basketball coach († 2011)
  • November 04: Harry Valérien, German sports journalist and television presenter († 2012)
  • 09 November: Alice Coachman, American track and field athlete
  • NOVEMBER 10: Óscar González, racing driver from Uruguay († 2006)
  • November 24: Zlatko Čajkovski, Yugoslav- Croatian football player and coach († 1998)
  • NOVEMBER 25: Walter Butscheid, German football player
  • NOVEMBER 27: Juvenal Amarijo, Brazilian footballer († 2009)

Exact date of birth unknown

  • Albert Ferber, German wrestler († 2010)

Died

  • SEPTEMBER 8: Ugo Sivocci, Italian racing driver (* 1885)
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