1897 in sports

1897 in sports

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cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th century

yp1=1894
yp2=1895
yp3=1896
year=1897
ya1=1898
ya2=1899
ya3=1900
dp3=1860s
dp2=1870s
dp1=1880s
d=1890s
da=0
dn1=1900s
dn2=1910s
dn3=1920s|

Auto racing

*January 31 - The first known organized hillclimbing race was held in France from Nice to La Turbie.

Boxing

*March 17 - Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out James J. Corbett in round 14 to win the world heavyweight championship in the first championship fight ever captured on film.

Cricket

*County Cricket Championship - Lancashire

Football (Australian rules football)

* Victorian Football League
** Formation, with initial clubs being Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne
** Essendon wins the 1st VFL Premiership (under the finals system used, no grand final was played)
** "See also Victorian Football League season 1897"

Football (soccer)

England

* First Division - Aston Villa win the 1896-97 title.
* FA Cup - Aston Villa beat Everton 3-2, becoming the second club to complete the Double.

Golf

*June - British Open - Harold Hilton
*September 17 - U.S. Open - Joe Lloyd
*British Amateur - Jack Allan
*U.S. Amateur - H. J. Whigham

Horse Racing

* May 12 - Kentucky Derby - Typhoon II
* Preakness - Sly Fox
* Belmont Stakes - Scottish Chieftain

Ice Hockey

*Montreal Victorias win their 3rd Stanley Cup, defeating Ottawa.


=Rowing=

*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Speed skating

*Canadian speed skater Jack McCulloch of Winnipeg, Manitoba won the World Speed Skating Championship

Tennis

* Wimbledon
* Men's singles - Reggie Doherty
* Women's singles - Blanche Hillyard

* U.S. Open
* Men's singles - Robert Wrenn
* Women's singles - Juliette Atkinson

Births

*March 13 — William Herald, Australian freestyle swimmer
*June 18 — Martti Marttelin, Finnish long-distance runner (d. 1940)

Deaths


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