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dn3=1960s|* The St. Louis Stars win the Negro National League pennant.
Basketball * The
South American Basketball Championship 1930 , won by Uruguay, is the first major international basketball championship. Four South American teams play inMontevideo .Cricket * 10 January-13 January,
Christchurch -New Zealand plays its first Test match, againstEngland . England won by 8wicket s. England won the 4-Test series 1-0.
=Football (American)=*
Green Bay Packers win theNational Football League title with a record of 10-3-1.Football (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League
** Collingwood wins the 34th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 14.16 (100) d Geelong 9.16 (70))
**Brownlow Medal awarded toStan Judkins (Richmond),Allan Hopkins (Footscray) andHarry Collier (Collingwood)Football (soccer) *
FIFA World Cup - the first World Cup is held inUruguay . Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the final.England
*First Division - Sheffield Wednesday win the 1929-30 title.
*FA Cup - Arsenal beat Huddersfield Town 2-0.Golf Men's professional
* June 18-20 - British Open - Bobby Jones
* July 10-12 - U.S. Open - Bobby Jones
*September 13 -PGA Championship -Tommy Armour Men's amateur
*May 31 - British Amateur - Bobby Jones
*September 27 - U.S. Amateur - Bobby Jones becomes the only golfer to win the Grand Slam.Women's professional
*Women's Western Open -Mrs. Lee Mida *
Stanley Cup :Montreal Canadiens defeatBoston Bruins 2-0**
April 1 Montreal Canadiens 3 0 at Boston Bruins
**April 3 Boston Bruins 3 4 at Montreal CanadiensHorse Racing *
May 17 -Gallant Fox wins theKentucky Derby Snooker *
World Snooker Championship :Joe Davis beatsTom Dennis 25-12 YOYacht racing *The
New York Yacht Club retains theAmerica's Cup as "Enterprise" defeats British challenger "Shamrock V", of theRoyal Ulster Yacht Club , 4 races to 0Multi-sport event s* First
British Empire Games , precursor of theCommonwealth Games , held inHamilton, Ontario * 9th
Far Eastern Championship Games held inTokyo ,Empire of Japan Births
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January 8 —Éva Novák-Gerard , Hungarian swimmer (d.2005 )
*January 8 —Doreen Wilber , American archer
*January 24 —Felix Capella , Canadian race walker
*January 26 —Buddy Melges , American yachtsman
*February 13 —Ronald Stretton , British track cyclist
*February 25 —Edi Ziegler , German road cyclist
*February 26 —Lionel Cox , Australian track cyclist
*March 1 —Gastone Nencini , Italian cyclist (d.1980 )
*March 11 —Troy Ruttman , American race car driver,Indianapolis 500 champion (1952 ) (d.1997 )
*March 24 — Ed Sanders, American boxer (d.1954 )
*March 29 — John Marshall, Australian freestyle swimmer (d.1957 )
*April 12 —John Landy , Australian track athlete
*May 12 — Patricia McCormick, American diver
*May 20 —Miguel Seijas , Uruguayan rower
*June 4 —Carlos Lucas , Chilean boxer
*June 21 —Boris Grishayev , Soviet marathon runner
*July 4 —Yuri Tyukalov , Soviet Olympic rower
*August 3 —Leen Jansen , Dutch boxer
*August 14 —Earl Weaver , American baseball manager
*August 27 —Gholamreza Takhti , Iranian wrestler (d.1968 )
*September 1 —Piet van Klaveren , Dutch boxer
*September 5 —Mircea Dobrescu , Romanian boxer
*September 21 —Sergey Popov , Soviet marathon runner
*November 9 —José Águas , Angola-born Portuguese football (soccer) player (d.2003 )
*November 19 —Bob Mathias , American decathlete (d.2006 )
*November 24 —Sándor Rozsnyói , Hungarian athlete
*December 1 —Kenneth Box , British track and field sprinter
*December 3 —Jan Plantaz , Dutch road bicycle and track cyclist (d.1974 )
*December 23 —Jean Stewart , New Zealand swimmerDeaths
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July 30 —Joan Gamper , Swiss-born founder ofFC Barcelona (b.1877 )
*November 2 —Viggo Jensen , Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast, and athlete (b.1874 )
*December 13 —Arthur Wharton , first black professional football player (b.1865 )
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