1911 in sports

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Auto racing

*January 21 - The first Monte Carlo motor rally
*May 30 - At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race

Baseball

*World Series - Philadelphia Athletics defeat New York Giants, 4 games to 2
*Chalmers Award: Frank Schulte, NL; Ty Cobb, AL

Football (Australian rules football)

* Victorian Football League - Essendon wins the 15th VFL Premiership (Essendon 5.11 (41) d Collingwood 4.11 (35))

Football (soccer)

England

*First Division - Manchester United win the 1910-11 title
*FA Cup - Bradford City beat Newcastle United 1–0 in a replay. The first match finished 0–0 (aet).

Golf

*June 24-26 - U.S. Open - John McDermott becomes the first American-born man and the youngest golfer (19 years, 10 months) to win the U.S. Open.
*June 27-30 - British Open - Harry Vardon
*British Amateur - Harold Hilton
*U.S. Amateur - Harold Hilton

Horse racing

* May 13 - Meridian wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice hockey

* March - Ottawa Hockey Club win the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship and Stanley Cup.
* March 16 - Ottawa forward Marty Walsh scored 10 goals—second in Stanley Cup history only to Frank McGee’s 14-goal total (January 16, 1905)—en route to a 13–4 win over the Port Arthur Seniors in a Stanley Cup challenge.
* March - Winnipeg Victorias win the Allan Cup.
* November 13 - NHA founding team Renfrew Creamery Kings drops out of league and the players under contract are dispersed to other teams. Two franchises are sold to Toronto interests who intend to start in the 1911–12 season, but Toronto's new Arena Gardens is not ready for play.
* December 7 - Upon the completion of artificial ice rinks in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, the new professional Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) league is formed by former NHA players Frank and Lester Patrick. A bidding war for players ensues with numerous NHA players leaving to play in the PCHA.

Births

* January 1 — Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
* February 12 — Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1994)
* April 11 — Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American athlete (d. 1980)
* April 23 — Bruno Ahlberg, Finnish boxer (d. 1966)
* June 2 — Joe McCluskey, American athlete (d. 2002)
* June 4 — Billy Fiske, American bobsledder (d. 1940)
* June 9 — Frank McCormick, American baseball player (d. 1982)
* June 24 — Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian racing car driver (d. 1995)
*July 18 — Harry Llewellyn, British equestrian (d. 1999)
* August 23 — Betty Robinson, American athlete (d. 1999)
* September 22 — Mikko Hietanen, Finnish long-distance runner (d. 1999)
* October 2 — Tilly Fleischer, German athlete (d. 2005)
* October 11 — Juan Carlos Zabala, Argentine athlete (d. 1983)
* October 12 — Maribel Vinson-Owen, U.S. figure skating champion (d. 1961)
* November 22 — Ralph Guldahl, American golfer (d. 1983)
* November 24 — Joe Medwick, American baseball player (d. 1975)

Deaths

* April 14 - Addie Joss
* August 5 - Bob Caruthers
* August 31 - Will White