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Football (American)

• January 1 - Rose Bowl - Georgia Tech 8, California 7: The highlight (or lowilght) of the game occurred when California's Roy Riegels ran the wrong way that would eventually be the outcome of the game as Georgia Tech scored on a safety 4 plays later.
• Green Bay Packers win National Football League title.
• November 28 - Ernie Nevers rushes for 6 touchdowns for Chicago Cardinals against Chicago Bears.

Football (soccer)

England

• First Division - Sheffield Wednesday win the 1928-29 title.
• FA Cup - Bolton Wanderers beat Portsmouth 2-0.

Golf

• May 7-10 - British Open - Walter Hagen
• June 30 - U.S. Open - Bobby Jones
• December 7 - PGA Championship - Leo Diegel
• British Amateur - Cyril Tolley
• U.S. Amateur - Harrison R. Johnston

Horse Racing

• May 18 - Clyde Van Dusen wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice Hockey

• Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins defeat New York Rangers 2-0
  • March 28 New York Rangers 0 2 at Boston Bruins
  • March 29 Boston Bruins 2 1 at New-York Rangers

Lacrosse

• The Intercollegiate Lacrosse League is renamed the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA).

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Tom Dennis 19-14

Births

• January 10 — Toon Pastor, Dutch boxer
• February 15 — Graham Hill, English motor racing champion (d. 1975)
• February 18 — Hannie Termeulen, Dutch freestyle swimmer (d. 2001)
• March 11 — Alfred Tonello, French cyclist (d. 1996)
• March 24 — Franz Krienbühl, Swiss speed skater (d. 2002)
• April 10 — Mike Hawthorn, English motor racing champion (d. 1959)
• April 19 — Eddie Crook, Jr., American boxer (d. 2005)
• April 19 — Duilio Loi, Italian boxer
• June 25 — Guillermo Solá, Chilean distance runner
• July 1 — Ödön Földessy, Hungarian long jumper
• July 5 — Jimmy Carruthers, Australian boxer (d. 1990)
• August 3 — Peter Salmon, Canadian swimmer
• August 14 — Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
• September 6 — Hein van der Zee, Dutch boxer (d. 1991)
• September 10 — Arnold Palmer, American golfer
• September 17 — Stirling Moss, English motor racing champion
• September 21 — Dick Cleveland, American swimmer (d. 2002)
• September 21 — Sandor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
• November 2 — Carwyn James, Welsh rugby coach (d. 1983)
• November 20 — Tonatiuh Gutiérrez, Mexican swimmer
• December 19 — Pentti Hämäläinen, Finnish boxer (d. 1984)
• December 23 — Costa Pereira, Portuguese football (soccer) goalkeeper (d. 1990)

Deaths

• January 24 — Wilfred Baddeley, British tennis player (b. 1872)
• October 31 — Norman Pritchard (54), Indian athlete and actor (b. 1875)

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