1928 in sports

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

Basketball [edit]

ABL Championship

New York Celtics win three games to one over the Fort Wayne Hoosiers

Bobsleigh [edit]

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

A 5-man bob event is held at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St Moritz.
The gold medal is won by USA II ahead of USA I (silver) and Germany II (bronze).

Boxing [edit]

Events

26 July — Gene Tunney's final fight is a 12th round technical knockout of Tom Heeney in the Bronx; the World Heavyweight Championship becomes vacant until 1930

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Gene Tunney → vacant
World Light Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Loughran
World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker
World Welterweight Championship – Joe Dundee
World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell
World Featherweight Championship – vacant → Tony Canzoneri → Andre Routis
World Bantamweight Championship – vacant
World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Canadian football [edit]

Grey Cup

16th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers 30–0 Regina Roughriders

Cricket [edit]

Events

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is inaugurated.
The West Indian team touring England in the 1928 season is the first to play Test cricket but is not very successful, losing all three Tests by an innings and winning only five out of 30 first-class matches.

England

County Championship – Lancashire
Minor Counties Championship – Berkshire
Most runs – Frank Woolley 3352 @ 60.94 (HS 198)
Most wickets – Tich Freeman 304 @ 18.05 (BB 9–104)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Leslie Ames, George Duckworth, Maurice Leyland, Sam Staples, Jack White

Australia

Sheffield Shield – Victoria
Most runs – Bill Ponsford 1217 @ 152.12 (HS 437)
Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 42 @ 27.40 (BB 8–57)

India

Bombay Quadrangular – Europeans

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Wellington

South Africa

Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling [edit]

Tour de France

Nicolas Frantz (Luxembourg) wins the 22nd Tour de France

Field hockey [edit]

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Gold Medal – India
Silver Medal – Netherlands
Bronze Medal – Germany

Figure skating [edit]

World Figure Skating Championships

World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
World Men's Champion – Willi Böckel (Austria)
World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

Golf [edit]

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

British Amateur – Philip Perkins
US Amateur – Bobby Jones

Horse racing [edit]

England

Champion Hurdle – Brown Jack
Cheltenham Gold Cup – Patron Saint
Grand National – Tipperary Tim
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Scuttle
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Flamingo
Epsom Derby – Felstead
Epsom Oaks – Toboggan
St. Leger Stakes – Fairway

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Statesman

Canada

Queen's Plate – Young Kitty

France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Kantar

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Don Sancho
Irish Derby Stakes – Baytown

USA

Ice hockey [edit]

Stanley Cup

5–14 April — New York Rangers defeats Montreal Maroons in the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 2

Motor racing [edit]

Grand Prix racing

1 July — the 14th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Saint-Gaudens over 260.00 km (26.00 km x 10 laps). The winner is William Grover-Williams (Great Britain) driving a Bugatti T35C in 2:27:40.8. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XXII Grand Prix de l'ACF.
9 September — the 8th Italian Grand Prix is run at Autodromo Nazionale Monza over 600.00 km (10.00 km x 60 laps). The winner is Louis Chiron (Monaco) driving a Bugatti T35C in 3:45:08.6. The race is officially titled the VIII Gran Premio d'Italia and is given the honorary designation of European Grand Prix.

Indianapolis 500

30 May — 16th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Louis Meyer in a Miller.

Le Mans 24 hours

The 6th Le Mans 24 hours race is won by Woolf Barnato (Great Britain) and Bernard Rubin (Great Britain) driving a Bentley 4½ Litre over 154 laps and 2669.272 km.