- 1925 in sports
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Pittsburgh Pirates def. Washington Senators in theWorld Series *
Hilldale (ECL) def.Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) 5 games to 1 in theNegro League World Series Field Hockey Establishments
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September 16 –HC Rotterdam , a Dutch field hockey club based inRotterdam
=Football (American)=* The
National Football League adds five teams:New York Giants ,Detroit Panthers ,Providence Steam Roller , a newCanton Bulldogs team, and thePottsville Maroons
*Chicago Cardinals winNational Football League title
=Football (College)=*
October 3 – Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech) plays its inaugural intercollegiate football gameFootball (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League
** Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne join the league from the VFA
** Geelong wins the 29th VFL Premiership (Geelong 10.19 (79) d Collingwood 9.15 (69))
**Brownlow Medal awarded to Colin Watson (St Kilda)Football (soccer) *The IFAB reform the offside law, reducing the number of opposing players required to be in front of the attacker for him to be onside from three to two.
England
*First Division - Huddersfield Town win the 1924-25 title.
*FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Cardiff City 1-0.Golf *June 2-5 - U.S. Open -
Willie Macfarlane
*June 23-26 - British Open -Jim Barnes
*September 26 -PGA Championship -Walter Hagen
*British Amateur - Robert Harris
*U.S. Amateur - Bobby Jones*
Stanley Cup :Victoria Cougars defeat theMontreal Canadiens Horse Racing *
May 16 -Flying Ebony wins theKentucky Derby Multi-sport event s* 7th
Far Eastern Championship Games held inManila ,Philippine Islands Births
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January 18 —Roepie Kruize , Dutch field hockey player and coach (d.1992 )
*February 11 —George Avery , Australian triple jumper
*February 19 —Leslie Laing , Jamaican athlete
*February 24 —Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher , Dutch freestyle swimmer
*June 10 —Lennart Bergelin , Swedish tennis player
*July 18 —Shirley Strickland , Australian athlete and triple Olympic gold medallist (d.2004 )
*July 28 —Juan Alberto Schiaffino , Uruguayan football (soccer) player (d.2002 )
*July 29 —Ted Lindsay , ice hockey Hall of Fame player
*November 4 —Teodor Anioła , Polish footballer (d.1993 )
*November 25 —Ernst Happel , Austrian football player and coach (d.1992 )
*November 30 —Sverre Strandli , Norwegian hammer thrower (d.1985 )
*December 29 —Pete Dye , American golf course architectDeaths
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January 30 —Jim Driscoll (44), Welsh boxer ("Peerless Jim")
*February 2 —Jaap Eden (51), Dutch cyclist and ice speed skater (b.1873 )
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