- 1922 in sports
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cf=21st centuryyp1=1919
yp2=1920
yp3=1921
year=1922
ya1=1923
ya2=1924
ya3=1925
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World Series -New York Giants defeatNew York Yankees , 4 games to 0 with one tie. The best-of-seven format will remain in place.* The
Chicago American Giants win their third consecutive Negro National League pennantFootball (American Football )*
June 24 - The American Professional Football Association adopts the name of theNational Football League
*Canton Bulldogs win the National Football League title with a record of 10 wins 0 loses and 2 tiesFootball (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League - Fitzroy wins the 26th VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 11.13 (79) d Collingwood 9.14 (68))Football (soccer) England
*First Division - Liverpool win the 1921-22 title
*FA Cup - Huddersfield Town beat Preston North End 1-0Golf *June 20-23 - British Open -
Walter Hagen
*July 13-15 - U.S. Open -Gene Sarazen
*August 18 -PGA Championship -Gene Sarazen
*British Amateur -Ernest Holderness
*U.S. Amateur -Jess Sweetser *
Toronto St. Pats win their 1st Stanley Cup, defeating theVancouver Millionaires 3 games to 2Horse racing *
May 13 -Morvich wins theKentucky Derby Events
* June-July -
Water skiing invented inLake City, Minnesota byRalph Samuelson
*July 9 -Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking a worldswimming record and the 'minute barrier'Births
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March 7 —Július Torma , Slovak boxer (d.1991 )
*March 28 —Joey Maxim , American boxer, world champion (d.2001 )
*July 10 —Herb McKenley , Jamaican athlete (d.2007 )
*September 9 —Fortune Gordien , American athlete (d.1990 )
*September 19 —Willie Pep , American featherweight boxer (d.2006 )
*November 8 —Ademir Marques de Menezes , Brazilian football (soccer) player (d.1996 )
*November 19 —Curt Stone , American long-distance runner
*December 1 —Vsevolod Bobrov , Soviet footballer and ice hockey player (d.1979 )
*December 23 —Micheline Ostermeyer , French athlete and pianist (d.2001 )Deaths
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December 25 - Percy Jones, former world boxing champion (b. 1892)
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