1916 in sports

[[American football]]

College championship

• College football national championship – Pittsburgh Panthers Events
• 7 October — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeats the Cumberland University Bulldogs by a score of 222–0, the most one-sided game in college football history.

[[Association football]]

Europe

• There is no major football in Europe due to World War I South America
• 9 July — CONMEBOL, the governing body of South American football, is founded

[[Australian rules football]]

VFL Premiership

• 2 September: Fitzroy wins the 20th VFL Premiership: Fitzroy 12.13 (85) d Carlton 8.8 (56) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Fitzroy wins the title despite having finished last in the regular season. South Australian Football League:
• not contested due to World War I West Australian Football League:
• 9 September: South Fremantle 7.12 (54) defeat East Fremantle 5.5 (35) for their first WAFL premiership.

[[Bandy]]

Sweden

• Championship final – IFK Uppsala 3–2 Djurgårdens IF

[[Baseball]]

World Series

• 7–12 October — Boston Red Sox defeats the Brooklyn Robins by 4 games to 1 to win the 1916 World Series. Events
• The Philadelphia Athletics finish the season with a record of 36–117 or a .235 winning percentage, the worst Major League Baseball record since 1900.
• Winnipeg Maroons wins the Northern League Championship
• The Federal League goes out of business in a settlement with organised baseball that leaves out one club; the Baltimore Terrapins pursue a legal remedy

[[Boxing]]

Events

• Having already lost to him earlier in the year, Battling Levinsky defeats Jack Dillon in 12 rounds at Boston to claim the World Light Heavyweight Championship.
• The series of fights between Ted "Kid" Lewis and Jack Britton continues with Britton taking the World Welterweight Championship into 1917. Lineal world champions
• World Heavyweight Championship – Jess Willard
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dillon → Battling Levinsky
• World Middleweight Championship – Al McCoy
• World Welterweight Championship – Ted "Kid" Lewis → Jack Britton
• World Lightweight Championship – Freddie Welsh
• World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
• World Bantamweight Championship – Kid Williams
• World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde

[[Canadian football]]

Grey Cup

• not contested due to World War I

[[Cricket]]

Events

• There is no first-class cricket in England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or the West Indies due to World War I India
• Bombay Quadrangular – Europeans

[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]

Tour de France

• not contested due to World War I Giro d'Italia
• not contested due to World War I

[[Figure skating]]

World Figure Skating Championships

• not contested due to World War I

[[Golf]]

Events

• The inaugural USPGA Championship is held as a matchplay tournament Major tournaments
• British Open – not contested due to World War I
• June 29–30 — US Open – Chick Evans
• October 10–14 — USPGA Championship – Jim Barnes Other tournaments
• British Amateur – not contested due to World War I
• US Amateur – Chick Evans

[[Horse racing]]

England

• Grand National – not held due to World War I
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Canyon
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Clarissimus
• The Derby – Fifinella
• The Oaks – Fifinella
• St. Leger Stakes – Hurry On Australia
• Melbourne Cup – Sasanof Canada
• King's Plate - Mandarin Ireland
• Irish Grand National – All Sorts
• Irish Derby Stakes – Furore USA
• May 13 — Kentucky Derby – George Smith
• Preakness Stakes – Damrosch
• Belmont Stakes – Friar Rock

[[Ice hockey]]

Stanley Cup

• Montreal Canadiens wins the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship
• Portland Rosebuds wins the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship, the first United States team to do so
• 20–30 March — Montreal Canadiens defeats Portland Rosebuds in the 1916 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 2 Events
• Winnipeg 61st Battalion wins the Allan Cup

[[Motor racing]]

Main article: 1916 in motorsport, List of 1916 motorsport champions

[[Olympic Games]]

1916 Summer Olympics

• The 1916 Summer Olympics, due to take place in Berlin, are cancelled due to World War I

[[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]]

The Boat Race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race – not contested due to World War I

[[Rugby league]]

England

• All first-class competitions are cancelled due to World War I Australia
• NSW Premiership – Balmain 5–3 South Sydney (grand final) New Zealand
• 1916 New Zealand rugby league season

[[Rugby union]]

Five Nations Championship

• Five Nations Championship series is not contested due to World War I

[[Speed skating]]

Speed Skating World Championships

• not contested due to World War I

[[Tennis]]

Australia

• Australian Men’s Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I England
• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I France
• French Men’s Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I
• French Women’s Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I USA
• American Men's Singles Championship – Richard Norris Williams (USA) defeats Bill Johnston (USA) 4–6 6–4 0–6 6–2 6–4
• American Women’s Singles Championship – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (Norway) defeats Louise Hammond Raymond (USA) 6–0 6–1 Davis Cup
• 1916 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – not contested

References

el:Κατηγορία:Αθλητικά γεγονότα του 1916

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