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See also: 1916 in sports, other events of 1917, 1918 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Football (Australian rules football) 3 Football (soccer) 3.1 Norway 4 Ice hockey 5 General sporting events 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Baseball

• World Series - Chicago White Sox defeat New York Giants, 4 games to 2

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League - Collingwood wins the 21st VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.20 (74) d Fitzroy 5.9 (39))

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] Norway

• Rosenborg B.K. is founded as Odd

[edit] Ice hockey

• Seattle Metropolitans win their 1st Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Canadiens 3 games to 1
• November 26 - The National Hockey League is formed in a meeting of representatives of the National Hockey Association
• December 19 - The first National Hockey League game is played, beginning the league's inaugural season

[edit] General sporting events

• Third Far Eastern Championship Games held in Tokyo, Empire of Japan

[edit] Births

• January 24 — Marcel Hansenne, French middle distance runner (d. 2002)
• February 2 — Kishan Lal, Indian field hockey player (d. 1980)
• March 22 — Ewald Cebula, Polish football (soccer) player (d. 2004)
• September 20 — Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan football (soccer) player (d. 1996)
• October 11 — Verné Lesche, Finnish ice speed skater (d. 2002)
• October 12 — Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan football (soccer) goalkeeper (d. 2004)

[edit] Deaths

• May 24 — Les Darcy (21), Australian boxer (b. 1895)

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