1928 in sports

1928 in sports

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=Baseball (Negro League)=

* In late May, the Eastern Colored League disintegrates, leaving the league's clubs to play independently for the rest of the season.
* The St. Louis Stars defeat the Chicago American Giants, 5 games to 4, in a playoff for the championship of the Negro National League. Willie Wells hits six home runs in the series.

Field Hockey

* Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
** Gold Medal: India
** Silver Medal: The Netherlands
** Bronze Medal: Germany


=Football (American)=

*Providence Steam Roller win National Football League title.

Football (Australian rules football)

* Victorian Football League
** Collingwood wins the 32nd VFL Premiership (Collingwood 13.18 (96) d Richmond 9.9 (63))
** Brownlow Medal awarded to Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)

Football (soccer)

England

*First Division - Everton win the 1927-28 title.
*FA Cup - Blackburn Rovers beat Huddersfield Town 3-1.

Golf

*May 8-11 - British Open - Walter Hagen
*June 21-23 - U.S. Open - Johnny Farrell
*October 6 - PGA Championship - Leo Diegel
*British Amateur - Phil Perkins
*U.S. Amateur - Bobby Jones


=Hockey (Ice)=

* Stanley Cup: New York Rangers defeat Montreal Maroons 3 games to 2

Horse Racing

* May 19 - Reigh Count wins the Kentucky Derby


=Olympics=

*1928 Summer Olympics takes place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
**United States wins the most medals (56), and the most gold medals (22).

*1928 Winter Olympics takes place in St. Moritz, Switzerland
**Norway wins the most medals (15), and the most gold medals (6).

Radiosport

*First ever organized radio contest held: the ARRL International Relay Party, sponsored by the American Radio Relay League.

Snooker

*World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Fred Lawrence 16-13

Events

Births

* January 19 – John Treloar, Australian track and field athlete
* January 23 – Allen Stack, American backstroke swimmer (d. 1999)
* February 25 – Paul Bert Elvstrøm, Danish yachtsman
* March 11 – June Maston, Australian sprinter and athletics coach (d. 2004)
* March 19 – Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Dutch freestyle swimmer (d. 1993)
* March 31 – Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player
* May 23 – Nina Otkalenko, Soviet track and field athlete
* July 9 – Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist
* July 11 – Bobo Olson, American world champion boxer (d. 2002)
* July 18 – Russell Mockridge, Australian racing cyclist (d. 1958)
* July 30 – Valentin Muratov, Russian gymnast
* September 20 – Shiro Hashizume, Japanese freestyle swimmer
* October 28 — Wim van Heumen, Dutch field hockey coach (d. 1992)
* November 30 – Joe B. Hall, American basketball coach
* December 21 – Clayton Kenny, Canadian boxer

Deaths

*February 26 – Gunnar Setterwall (46), Swedish tennis player (b. 1881)
* December 1 — Arthur Gore (60), British tennis player (b. 1868)


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