1924 In Sports

Article Index for
1924 In

Website Links For
1924

Information About

1924 In Sports

1923 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1924 ,
1925 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .

BASEBALL (MAJOR LEAGUE)

Washington Senators def. New York Giants (4-3) in the World Series .

BASEBALL (NEGRO LEAGUE)

Kansas City Monarchs ( NNL ) def. Hilldale Daisies ( ECL ) 5 games to 4 with 1 tie in the first official Colored World Series .

FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN )

Cleveland Bulldogs win National Football League title

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Essendon wins the 28th VFL Premiership (under the finals system used, no grand final was played)

--- Brownlow Medal awarded for the first time, to Edward Greeves ( Geelong ).

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

England

First Division - Huddersfield Town win the 1923-24 title.

FA Cup - Newcastle United beat Aston Villa 2-0.

The , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , France , Hungary , Spain , and Switzerland .

Montreal Canadiens win their 2nd Stanley Cup , defeating the Calgary Tigers 2 games to 0.

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

1924 Summer Olympics takes place in Paris , France

--- United States wins the most medals (99), and the most gold medals (45).

1924 Winter Olympics , the first Winter Olympics , takes place in Chamonix , France

--- Norway wins the most medals (17), and both Norway and Finland win the most gold medals (4).

BIRTHS

July 18 — Inge Sørensen , Danish female swimmer

September 5 — Nick Carter , New Zealand cyclist (d. 2003 )

October 10 — Balbir Singh Sr. , Indian field hockey player

DEATHS