1917 in sports

1917 in sports

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yp2=1915
yp3=1916
year=1917
ya1=1918
ya2=1919
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Baseball

*World Series - Chicago White Sox defeat New York Giants, 4 games to 2

Football (Australian rules football)

* Victorian Football League - Collingwood wins the 21st VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.20 (74) d Fitzroy 5.9 (39))

Football (soccer)

Norway

* Rosenborg BK is founded as Odd

Golf

*British Open - not played due to World War I
*U.S. Open - not played due to World War I
*PGA Championship - not played due to World War I
*British Amateur - not played due to World War I
*U.S. Amateur - not played due to World War I

Horse Racing

* May 12 - Omar Khayyam wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice hockey

* March 7–10 - Montreal Canadiens defeat the Ottawa Senators in a play off to win the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship.
* March 2 - Seattle Metropolitans win the Pacific Coast Hockey Association championship.
* March - Toronto Dentals win the Allan Cup.
* March 17–26 - In a best-of-five series held in Seattle, the Metropolitans defeat the Canadiens three games to one to win their first Stanley Cup.
* November 10 - After Eddie Livingston owner of the Toronto NHA team refuses to sell, the NHA votes to suspend operations.
* November 26 - In a secret meeting, several owners of the NHA form the National Hockey League (NHL) to force out the owner of the Toronto Blueshirts NHA team. Toronto's Arena Gardens will operate a temporary franchise in Toronto. The Quebec Bulldogs become members of the new NHL, but are suspended for the season.
* December 19 - The first NHL games are played, beginning the league's inaugural season.

Multi-sport events

* Third Far Eastern Championship Games held in Tokyo, Empire of Japan

Births

* January 5 — Adolfo Consolini, Italian discus thrower (d. 1969)
*January 9 — Haydn Tanner, Welsh rugby player
* January 24 — Marcel Hansenne, French middle distance runner (d. 2002)
* February 2 — Kishan Lal, Indian field hockey player (d. 1980)
* March 22 — Ewald Cebula, Polish football (soccer) player (d. 2004)
* June 6 — George Newberry, British track cyclist
* September 11 — Daniel Wildenstein, French Thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner (d. 2001)
* September 20 — Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan football (soccer) player (d. 1996)
* October 11 — Verné Lesche, Finnish ice speed skater (d. 2002)
* October 12 — Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan football (soccer) goalkeeper (d. 2004)

Deaths

* May 24 — Les Darcy (21), Australian boxer (b. 1895)


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