1931 in sports
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- 2.1 January
- 2.2 in February
- 2.3 March
- 2.4 April
- 2.5 May
- 2.6 in June
- 2.7 in July
- 2.8 August
- 2.9 September
- 2:10 October
- 2:11 November
- 2.12 December
Events
Cross-disciplinary sporting events
Badminton
- All England 1931
- Dutch Open 1931
- Dutch Badminton Championship 1931
- Singaporean Badminton Championship 1931/32
Football
International Football Events
- European Cup Football Teams 1931-1932
- Mitropa Cup 1931
- Balkan Cup 1931
National Football Championships
- German soccer championship 1930/31
- Austrian Football Championship 1930/31
Athletics
World Records
Hurdles
- MAY 5: Bengt Sjöstedt, Finland, the 110 -meter hurdles of the men runs in 14.4 s
Walking
Jumping events
Throwing events
Motorsport
Motorcycle Championship 1931
- When discharged in French Montlhery Motorcycle Championship Briton Eric Fernihough the title in the 175 cc class win at Excelsior before the Belgians Yvan Goor ( DKW ). More starter did not reach the target.
- In the quarter-liter class, the Briton Graham Walker prevails on Rudge against the Irish Paddy Johnston ( Moto Guzzi ) and G. Boudin of the Island of Jersey ( CTS).
- The 350ern the Briton Ernie Nott wins on Rudge before the Irishman Stanley Woods ( Norton ) and the Belgian Fernand Renier ( Velocette ).
- In the 500cc class the Brit Percy Hunt wins on Norton ahead of Australian Arthur Simcock (OK - Supreme) and the British Jimmie Guthrie (Norton ).
Cycling
- 4 to 24 May: International Opel - Germany - tour 1931 winner Erich Metze
- May 10 to 31: Giro d' Italia 1931 winner Francesco Camusso
- June 30-July 26: Tour de France 1931 winner Antonin Magne
Rowing
- March 21: Cambridge defeated Oxford in the Boat Race in 19'26 ".
Winter sports
Born
January
- January 6: Franz Albert, Austrian racing driver
- JANUARY 12: Pierre Monneret, French motorcycle racer († 2010)
- January 20: Preston Henn, American race car driver and entrepreneur
- JANUARY 21: Heinz Luthringshauser, German motorcycle racer († 1997)
February
March
April
- April 9th : Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer († 1962)
- April 13: Dan Gurney, American race car driver and team owner
- APRIL 14: Vic Wilson, British racing driver († 2001)
- APRIL 24: Abdelhamid Kermali, Algerian- French football player and coach
May
- MAY 5: Willie Mays, American baseball player
- MAY 13: Werner Stiegler, German Enduro athletes
- MAY 19: Bob Anderson, British motorcycle and car racer († 1967)
- MAY 21: Lorenz Specht, German motorcycle athletes
- MAY 29: Egon Ditt, German chess player and functionary. († 2005)
June
- June 3: Lindy Remigino, American track and field athlete
- JUNE 13: Věra Suková, Czechoslovak tennis player († 1982)
- 24 June: Billy Casper, American golfer
- June 30: Harry Blanchard, American race car driver († 1960)
- June 30: Brian Muir, Australian racing driver († 1983)
July
- JULY 20: Tony Marsh, British racing driver († 2009)
- JULY 28: Karl -Friedrich Haas, German track and field athlete
- JULY 30: Ursula Donath, German track and field athlete
- JULY 31: Nick Bollettieri, American tennis coach
August
September
- September 4: Rupert Hollaus, Austrian motorcycle racer († 1954)
- September 13: Marjorie Jackson, Australian athlete and Governor of the Australian state of South Australia
- September 16: Werner Lueg, German track and field athlete
- SEPTEMBER 18: Julio Grondona, president of the Argentine Football Association
- September 22: Ernst Degner, German motorcycle racer († 1983)
October
- October 2: Keith Campbell, Australian motorcycle racer († 1958)
- 4 October: Thane Baker, American track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- October 7: Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player († 2004)
- October 8: Bill Brown, Scottish football player († 2004)
- OCTOBER 13: Raymond Kopa, French footballer
- October 14: Heinz Fütterer, German track and field athlete
- October 18: Geoff Barrow Cliffe, British football player († 2009)
- OCTOBER 20: Mickey Mantle, American baseball player († 1995)
- October 23: Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
November
- November 6: Peter Collins, British racing driver († 1958)
- November 8: Jim Redman, Rhodesian motorcycle racer
- November 24: Stan Jones, U.S. American football player and coach († 2010)
December
- December 8: Bob Arum, American boxing promoter
- December 15: Dieter Seeler, German footballer († 1979)
- December 22: Gisela birch Meyer, German track and field athlete
- 26th December: Roger Piantoni, French footballer
Died
- MAY 5: Glen Kidston, British racing driver (* 1899)
- MAY 11: Arno Zaspel, German motorcycle racer (* unknown)
- MAY 23: Luigi Arcangeli, an Italian motorcycle and racecar driver (* 1894)
- October 2: Georg Demmler, German architect, athlete and sports official (* 1873)