1910 in sports

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yp2=1908
yp3=1909
year=1910
ya1=1911
ya2=1912
ya3=1913
dp3=1880s
dp2=1890s
dp1=1900s
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dn2=1930s
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Baseball

*World Series - Philadelphia Athletics defeat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1

Boxing

*July 4 - In boxing's 'first' match of the century, Jack Johnson knocks out the great white hope James J. Jeffries in round15 to retain his heavyweight title.

Football (Australian rules football)

* Victorian Football League - Collingwood wins the 14th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.7 (61) d Carlton 6.11 (47))

Football (rugby league)

New South Wales Rugby League goes into its third season.
*Newtown Jets drew with South Sydney Rabbitohs 4-4 in the final, securing the title by its superior record during the season (23 competition points to 22)
*Newcastle Rebels, who played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership 1908-1909, left when a local Newcastle competitor was formed, replaced by Annandale
*Eight teams competing in season 1910: Annadale, Balmain Tigers, Eastern Suburbs Roosters, Glebe Dirty Reds, Newtown Jets, North Sydney Bears, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Western Suburbs Magpies

Football (soccer)

England

* First Division - Aston Villa win the 1909-10 title.
*FA Cup - Newcastle United beat Barnsley 2–0 in a replay. The first match finished 1–1 (aet).

cotland

* Scottish Football - Ayr United formed following a merger between Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr FC.

Brazil

* Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is founded

Golf

*June 17-20 - U.S. Open - Alex Smith
*June 21-24 - British Open - James Braid
*British Amateur - John Ball
*U.S. Amateur - William C. Fownes, Jr.

Horse racing

* May 10 - Donau wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice hockey

* January 5 - The National Hockey Association (NHA) starts its inaugural season.
* January 15 - The Canadian Hockey Association disbands. Ottawa and Montreal Shamrocks join the NHA.
* March 15 - Montreal Wanderers win the NHA championship and the Stanley Cup. The club then defeats the Berlin Union Jacks in a challenge. It is the fifth season in a row that the Wanderers have won the Cup outright or won a Cup challenge.
* March - The Toronto St. Michael's Majors win the Allan Cup.
* December - The NHA loses Cobalt and Haileybury teams, gains a Quebec team. The Les Canadiens are taken over by George Kennedy's Club Athletique Canadien after threatening legal action.

Births

* January 5 — Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (d. 1949)
* January 21 — Károly Takács, Hungarian pistol shooter (d. 1976)
* May 14 — Iuliu Baratky, Romanian football (soccer) player (d. 1962)
* March 16 — Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (d. 1991)
* May 25 — Jimmie Crutchfield, star player of Negro League baseball (d. 1993)
* May 25 — Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (d. 1983)
* August 19 — Rudolf Svedberg, Swedish wrestler (d. 1992)
* September 7 — Jack Shea, American ice speed skater (d. 2002)
* October 8 — Ray Lewis, Canadian athlete (d. 2003)
* October 14 — John Wooden, American basketball coach
* October 28 — Vittorio Tamagnini, Italian boxer (d. 1981)
* December 2 — Taisto Mäki, Finnish athlete (d. 1979)
* December 24 — Ellen Braumüller, German track and field athlete (d. 1991)

Deaths