- 1902 in sports
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Real Madrid founded on March 10England
* First Division - Sunderland win the 1901-02 title.
*FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Southampton 2-1 in a replay, after drawing 1-1.Netherlands
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Go Ahead Eagles , a Dutch football club, is founded onDecember 2 inDeventer .cotland
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Scottish Cup - Hibernian.Baseball *
April 23 ,infielder Luis Castro debuts with thePhiladelphia Athletics in theAmerican League . He is the first Latin-American to play inMajor League Baseball .* The
Winnipeg Maroons Win the first ever Northern League Championship.*
January 1 - The first Rose Bowl game is played inPasadena, California
*December 28 - The first indoor professionalAmerican football game is played inNew York City atMadison Square Garden .
= Football (Australian rules)=*
Victorian Football League
** Collingwood wins the 6th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.6 (60) d Essendon 3.9 (27))
** "See alsoVictorian 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 theKentucky Derby Ice hockey * January -
Winnipeg Victorias successfully defend theirStanley Cup title, defeating theToronto 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 theCanadian 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 inBexhill-on-Sea Births
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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 swimmerDeaths
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