1922 in sports

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1922 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[edit] American football

NFL championship

Canton Bulldogs wins the APFA (NFL) title with a record of 10 wins, 0 losses and 2 ties.
The American Professional Football Association renames itself as the National Football League.(June 24)

College championship

College football national championship – California Golden Bears, Cornell Big Red and Princeton Tigers (shared)

[edit] Association football

England

The Football League – Liverpool 57 points, Tottenham Hotspur 51, Burnley 49, Cardiff City 48, Aston Villa 47, Bolton Wanderers 47
FA Cup final – Huddersfield Town 1–0 Preston North End at Stamford Bridge, London

Germany

National Championship – no decision after Hamburger SV and 1. FC Nuremberg played two drawn games

[edit] Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Fitzroy wins the 26th VFL Premiership: Fitzroy 11.13 (79) d Collingwood 9.14 (68) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

[edit] Bandy

Sweden

Championship final – IK Sirius 3-2 Västerås SK

[edit] Baseball

World Series

4–8 October — New York Giants (NL) defeats New York Yankees (AL) to win the 1922 World Series by 4 games to 0 with one tie

Negro League Baseball

The Chicago American Giants win their third consecutive Negro National League pennant.

[edit] Boxing

Events

10 July — Joe Lynch regains the World Bantamweight Championship when he defeats Johnny Buff with a 14th round technical knockout in New York
24 September — Battling Siki captures the World Light Heavyweight Championship when he knocks out Georges Carpentier in the 6th round in Paris.
1 November — Mickey Walker, one of the greatest boxing champions, wins his first world title when he defeats World Welterweight Champion Jack Britton over 15 rounds in New York

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey
World Light Heavyweight Championship – Georges Carpentier → Battling Siki
World Middleweight Championship – Johnny Wilson
World Welterweight Championship – Jack Britton → Mickey Walker
World Lightweight Championship – Benny Leonard
World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Buff → Joe Lynch
World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde

[edit] Canadian football

Grey Cup

10th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Queen's University 13–1 Edmonton Elks

[edit] Cricket

Events

Yorkshire recovers the County Championship to begin a run of four successive titles.

England

County Championship – Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire
Most runs – Jack Russell 2575 @ 54.78 (HS 172)
Most wickets – Charlie Parker 206 @ 13.16 (BB 9–36)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Arthur Carr, Tich Freeman, Charlie Parker, Jack Russell, Andy Sandham

Australia

Sheffield Shield – Victoria
Most runs – Frank O'Keeffe 708 @ 118.00 (HS 180)
Most wickets – Ted McDonald 28 @ 21.50 (BB 8–84)

India

Bombay Quadrangular – Europeans

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Auckland

South Africa

Currie Cup – undecided

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados

[edit] Cycling

Tour de France

Firmin Lambot (Belgium) wins the 16th Tour de France

Events

17 September — Dutch cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes World Champion in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Sprint.

[edit] Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Gillis Grafström (Sweden)
World Women's Champion – Herma Szabo (Austria)
World Pairs Champions – Helene Engelmann and Alfred Berger (Austria)

[edit] Golf

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

British Amateur – Ernest Holderness
US Amateur – Jess Sweetser

[edit] Horse racing

England

Grand National – Music Hall
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Silver Urn
2,000 Guineas Stakes – St Louis
Epsom Derby – Captain Cuttle
Epsom Oaks – Pogrom
St. Leger Stakes – Royal Lancer

Australia

Melbourne Cup – King Ingoda

Canada

Queen's Plate – South Shore

France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Ksar (second successive victory)

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Halston
Irish Derby Stakes – Spike Island

USA

Kentucky Derby – Morvich
Preakness Stakes – Pillory
Belmont Stakes – Pillory

[edit] Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

17–28 March — Toronto St. Pats defeats Vancouver Millionaires in the 1922 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 2

[edit] Motor racing

Grand Prix racing

16 July — the 8th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Strasbourg over 802.88 km (13.38 km x 60 laps). The winner is Felice Nazzaro (Italy) driving a Fiat 804 in 6:17:17.0. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XVI Grand Prix de l´ACF.
10 September — the 2nd Italian Grand Prix is run at Autodromo Nazionale Monza over 800.00 km (10.00 km x 80 laps). The winner is Pietro Bordino (Italy) driving a Fiat 804 in 5:43:13. The race is officially titled the II Gran Premio d'Italia.