1926 in sports

[American football]

• Frankford Yellow Jackets win the National Football League championship with a league record of 14–1–1
• Rose Bowl :
• * The Alabama Crimson Tide won 20-19 over the Washington Huskies to share the college football national championship

  [Association football]

• The Football League – Huddersfield Town 57 points, Arsenal 52, Sunderland 48, Bury 47, Sheffield United 46, Aston Villa 44
• FA Cup final – Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Manchester City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
• Huddersfield Town is the first team to win the League championship title three times in succession.

• National Championship – SpVgg Fürth 4–1 Hertha BSC at Frankfurt

• Formation of the Hellenic Football Federation

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• the Second Women's World Games, Gothenburg

  [Australian rules football]

• Melbourne wins the 30th VFL Premiership: Melbourne 17.17 d Collingwood 9.8 at Melbourne Cricket Ground

• The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Ivor Warne-Smith

  [Bandy]

• Championship final – Västerås SK 1-0 IK Sirius

  [Baseball]

• 2–10 October — St. Louis Cardinals defeats New York Yankees to win the 1926 World Series by 4 games to 3

• Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League and owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, suffers a nervous breakdown and has to be confined to an asylum. His protégé Dave Malarcher takes over as manager and leads the team to the NNL pennant.
• The Chicago American Giants defeat the Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey, 5 games to 3, in the Negro League World Series.
• Mule Suttles of the St. Louis Stars hits a Negro League record 27 home runs. His.498 batting average and 21 triples are also records.

  [Basketball]

• Cleveland Rosenblums win three games to none over the Brooklyn Arcadians

  [Boxing]

• 23 September — Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey over 10 rounds in Philadelphia to win the World Heavyweight Championship
• Tiger Flowers twice defeats Harry Greb for the World Middleweight Championship but then loses it to former World Welterweight Champion Mickey Walker who holds it until 1931

• World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey → Gene Tunney
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Paul Berlenbach → Jack Delaney
• World Middleweight Championship – Harry Greb → Tiger Flowers → Mickey Walker
• World Welterweight Championship – Mickey Walker → Pete Latzo
• World Lightweight Championship – Rocky Kansas → Sammy Mandell
• World Featherweight Championship – Louis "Kid" Kaplan → vacant
• World Bantamweight Championship – Charley Phil Rosenberg
• World Flyweight Championship – vacant

  [Canadian football]

• 14th Grey Cup – Ottawa Senators 10–7 Toronto Varsity Blues

  [Cricket]

• 31 May — India, New Zealand and West Indies are elected as Full Members of the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of nations playing Test cricket from three to six.
• England regains The Ashes from Australia by winning the five-match Test series 1–0. After the first four Tests are drawn, England wins the final match at The Oval by 289 runs.

• County Championship – Lancashire
• Minor Counties Championship – Durham
• Most runs – Jack Hobbs 2949 @ 77.60
• Most wickets – Charlie Parker 213 @ 18.40
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – George Geary, Harold Larwood, Jack Mercer, Bert Oldfield, Bill Woodfull

• Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
• Most runs – Arthur Richardson 904 @ 50.22
• Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 59 @ 30.40
• Victoria score 1,107 against New South Wales at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1926 - still the largest innings total in first-class cricket.

• Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus

• Plunket Shield – Wellington

• Currie Cup – Transvaal

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

  [Cycling]

• Lucien Buysse wins the 20th Tour de France

  [Figure skating]

• World Women's Champion – Herma Szabo
• World Men's Champion – Willi Böckel
• World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet

  [Golf]

• Bobby Jones becomes the first golfer to win the British and US Open titles in the same year.

• British Open – Bobby Jones
• US Open – Bobby Jones
• USPGA Championship – Walter Hagen

• British Amateur – Jess Sweetser
• US Amateur – George Von Elm

  [Horse racing]

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Koko
• Grand National – Jack Horner
• * 19 April – Willie Watkinson, the Grand National-winning jockey, dies three weeks after his victory in a fall at Bogside, Scotland
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Pillion
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Colorado
• The Derby – Coronach
• The Oaks – Short Story
• St. Leger Stakes – Coronach

• Melbourne Cup – Spearfelt

• Queen's Plate – Haplite

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Biribi

• Irish Grand National – Amberwave
• Irish Derby Stakes – Embargo

• Kentucky Derby – Bubbling Over
• Preakness Stakes – Display
• Belmont Stakes – Crusader

  [Ice hockey]

• 30 March to 6 April — Montreal Maroons defeats Victoria Cougars in the 1926 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 1

• Allan Cup – University of Toronto defeats Port Arthur Bearcats
• Memorial Cup – Calgary Canadians defeats Queen's University
• The professional Western Hockey League folds; most players are sold for $300,000 to the National Hockey League.
• December — new expansion teams debut in the NHL: Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars and New York Rangers

  [Lacrosse]

• Rosabelle Sinclair establishes the United States' first women's lacrosse team at Bryn Mawr School

  [Motorsport]

[Nordic skiing]

• 2nd FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 are held at Lahti, Finland

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• 27 March — Cambridge wins the 78th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

  [Rugby league]

• Championship – Wigan
• Challenge Cup final – Swinton 9–3 Oldham at Athletic Grounds, Rochdale
• Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
• Yorkshire League Championship – Hull Kingston Rovers
• Lancashire County Cup – Swinton 15–11 Wigan
• Yorkshire County Cup – Dewsbury 2–0 Huddersfield

• NSW Premiership – South Sydney 11–5 University

  [Rugby union]

• 39th Five Nations Championship series is shared by Ireland and Scotland

  [Speed skating]

• Men's Allround Champion @ Trondheim, Norway – Ivar Ballangrud
• Overall Ladies World Champion @ Saint John, New Brunswick – Lela Brooks
• World Outdoor Champion – Charles Gorman
• International Outdoor Champion in pack style – John Farrell

  [Tennis]

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – John Hawkes defeats James Willard 6–1 6–3 6–1
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens defeats Esna Boyd Robertson 6–1 6–3

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Jean Borotra defeats Howard Kinsey 8–6 6–1 6–3
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Kitty McKane Godfree defeats Lilí de Álvarez 6–2 4–6 6–3

• French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet defeats René Lacoste 6–2 6–4 6–3
• French Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen defeats Mary Browne 6–1 6–0

• American Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste defeats Jean Borotra 6–4 6–0 6–4
• American Women's Singles Championship – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory defeats Elizabeth Ryan 4–6 6–4 9–7

• 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 4–1 at Germantown Cricket Club Philadelphia, United States