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World Series -New York Giants defeatNew York Yankees , 5 games to 3
*Babe Ruth hits 59home run s for theNew York Yankees , establishing a new single-season record for the third consecutive year* The
Chicago American Giants win their second consecutive Negro National League pennantField Hockey Establishments
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October 14 –Eindhovense Mixed Hockey Club , a Dutch field hockey club located inEindhoven ,Noord-Brabant
=Football (American)=*
Chicago Staleys (later the Chicago Bears) win the 1921American Professional Football Association title. The APFA would eventually become the National Football League.Football (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League - Richmond wins the 24th VFL Premiership (Richmond 5.6 (36) d Carlton 4.8 (32))Football (soccer) England
*First Division - Burnley win the 1920-21 title
*FA Cup - Tottenham Hotspur beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0
*TheFootball League expands for the second time in two years, with the addition of the 20 Northern sides to create the Third Division North, bringing the total number of League clubs to 86. The Third Division becomes the Third Division South.Golf *June 22-25 - British Open -
Jock Hutchison
*July 20-22 - U.S. Open -Jim Barnes
*October 1 -PGA Championship -Walter Hagen
*British Amateur - Willie Hunter
*U.S. Amateur -Jesse P. Guilford Horse racing *
May 7 -Behave Yourself wins theKentucky Derby Ice hockey * March - Ottawa Senators defeat the
Toronto St. Patricks to win the NHL championship.
* March -Vancouver Millionaires defeat theSeattle Metropolitans in a two-game total-goal series 1–3, 6–0 (7–3) to win the PCHA championship
* March - In a best-of-five series played inVancouver , the Senators win their second straightStanley Cup , defeating the Millionaires 3 games to 2.Multi-sport event s* Fifth
Far Eastern Championship Games held inShanghai ,Republic of China Births
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January 12 — John Davis, American weightlifter (d.1984 )
*January 15 —Cliff Barker , American basketball player (d.1998 )
*March 9 —Franjo Mihalić , Serbian long-distance runner
*April 1 —Beau Jack , American boxer (d.2000 )
*August 1 —Jack Kramer , American tennis player
*September 4 —Frederick Norris , British marathon runner
*September 24 —Jim McKay , American sports broadcaster (d.2008 )
*October 17 —Maria Gorokhovskaya , Soviet gymnast (d.2001 )
*November 9 —Viktor Chukarin , Soviet gymnast (d.1984 )
*November 11 —Ron Greenwood , English football player and manager (d.2006 )
*December 6 —Otto Graham , American football player (d.2003 )Deaths
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