1906 in sports

1906 in sports

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Baseball

* World Series - "Hitless Wonders" Chicago White Sox defeat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2

Field hockey

Establishments

* September 22 – HGC, a Dutch field hockey club based in Wassenaar
* November 22 – Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club, a Dutch field hockey club located in Bilthoven


=Football (American)=

* September 5 - Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22-0 victory over Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Football (Australian rules football)

* Victorian Football League
** Carlton wins the 10th VFL Premiership (Carlton 15.4 (94) d Fitzroy 6.9 (45))
** "See also Victorian Football League season 1906"

Football (soccer)

England

* First Division - Liverpool win the 1905-06 title, the first club to win promotion to the First Division and the title in successive seasons.
* FA Cup - Everton beat Newcastle United 1-0.

Golf

*June 12-15 - British Open - James Braid becomes the first golfer to win the British Open twice at Muirfield.
*June 27-29 - U.S. Open - Alex Smithbecomes the first golfer in U.S. Open history to break 300 for 72 holes when he posted a 295.
*British Amateur - James Robb
*U.S. Amateur - Eben Byers

Horse racing

* May 2 - Sir Huon wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice hockey

* January 3 - The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) begins its inaugural season.
* February - Ottawa Hockey Club defeat Queen's College of Kingston, Ontario in a Stanley Cup challenge.
* March - Ottawa defeats Smiths Falls, Ontario 2 games to 0 in a Cup challenge.
* March - Ottawa and Montreal Wanderers tie for first place in the ECAHA league's regular season with 9–1 records. The two clubs play a playoff to determine the ECAHA and Stanley Cup champion. The Wanderers win the series for their first Stanley Cup win, defeating the "Silver Seven" 2 games to 1.

Ice skating

* First ISU Championships for Ladies' Figure Skating held in Davos, Switzerland

Events

* March 31 - The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) is established to set rules for amateur sports in the United States, including revisions to American football rules that legalize the forward pass. The IAAUS would later become the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910.
* May 22 - The 1906 Summer Olympics, now not recognized as an Olympic Games, opens in Athens.

Births

* April 5 — Ted Morgan, New Zealand boxer (d. 1952)
* April 13 — Ed Hamm, American athlete (d. 1982)
* May 2 — Aileen Riggin, American swimmer and diver (d. 2002)
* August 28 — John Farrell, American ice speed skater (d. 1994)
* September 9 — Harry Larva, Finnish athlete (d. 1980)
* October 26 — Primo Carnera, Italian heavyweight boxing champion (d. 1967)
* October 30 — Nino Farina, Italian Formula One world champion (d. 1966)

Deaths


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