1902 in sports

1902 in sports

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Association football

pain

* Real Madrid founded on March 10

England

* First Division - Sunderland win the 1901-02 title.
* FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Southampton 2-1 in a replay, after drawing 1-1.

Netherlands

* Go Ahead Eagles, a Dutch football club, is founded on December 2 in Deventer.

cotland

* Scottish Cup - Hibernian.

Baseball

* April 23, infielder Luis Castro debuts with the Philadelphia Athletics in the American League. He is the first Latin-American to play in Major League Baseball.


=minor leagues=

* The Winnipeg Maroons Win the first ever Northern League Championship.


= Football (American)=

*January 1 - The first Rose Bowl game is played in Pasadena, California
*December 28 - The first indoor professional American football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden.


= Football (Australian rules)=

* Victorian Football League
** Collingwood wins the 6th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.6 (60) d Essendon 3.9 (27))
** "See also Victorian Football League season 1902"

Golf

*June 2-5 - British Open - Sandy Herd
*October 9-11 - U.S. Open - Laurie Auchterlonie becomes the first golfer to break 80 in all four rounds of the U.S. Open.
*British Amateur - Charles Hutchings
*U.S. Amateur - Louis N. James

Horse racing

*May 3 - Alan-a-Dale wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice hockey

* January - Winnipeg Victorias successfully defend their Stanley Cup title, defeating the Toronto Wellingtons in a Cup challenge two games to none in a best-of-three series.
* March - Winnipeg Victorias win the Manitoba Hockey Association championship and hold onto their Stanley Cup title.
* March 1 - The Montreal HC win the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) championship and challenge Winnipeg.
* March 13–17 - Montreal and Winnipeg play a best-of-three series for the Stanley Cup. Montreal wins their first Stanley Cup since 1894, defeating the Victorias two games to one.

Motor racing

*The first motor race in the United Kingdom iss held in Bexhill-on-Sea

Births

* February 27 — Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999)
* March 17 — Bobby Jones, American Golfer (d. 1971)
* June 18 — Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish athlete (d. 1980)
* October 2 — Toivo Loukola, Finnish athlete (d. 1984)
* October 13 — Wilbur Shaw, American auto racing champion (d. 1954)
* October 26 — Jack Sharkey, American champion heavyweight boxer (d. 1994)
* November 26 — Moss Christie, Australian freestyle swimmer

Deaths


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