1925 in sports

[[American football]]

• NFL championship – Chicago Cardinals (11–2–1)
  • Chicago was awarded the championship controversially because the Maroons had been suspended from the NFL for playing an exhibition game against a group of Notre Dame All-Stars.
• Five new teams join the NFL: New York Giants, Detroit Panthers, Providence Steam Roller, a new Canton Bulldogs team and the Pottsville Maroons.
• Rose Bowl (1924 season):
  • The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won 27–10 over the Stanford Indians to win the college football national championship
• Dartmouth Big Green – college football national championship shared with Alabama Crimson Tide
• 3 October – Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech) plays its inaugural intercollegiate football game.

[[Association football]]

Events

• The IFAB reforms the offside law, reducing the number of opposing players required to be in front of the attacker for him to be onside from three to two. England
• The Football League – Huddersfield Town 58 points, West Bromwich Albion 56, Bolton Wanderers 55, Liverpool 50, Bury 49, Newcastle United 48
• FA Cup final – Sheffield United 1–0 Cardiff City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London Germany
• National Championship – 1. FC Nürnberg (0–0) 1–0 FSV Frankfurt at Frankfurt Greece
• Olympiacos F.C., officially founded in Athens. Russia
• FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, officially founded on May 30.(former Zenit Lenninglad in Soviet Union)

[[Australian rules football]]

VFL Premiership

• Geelong wins the 29th VFL Premiership: Geelong 10.19 (79) d Collingwood 9.15 (69) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Brownlow Medal
• The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Colin Watson (St Kilda) Events
• Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne join the league from the VFA

[[Bandy]]

Sweden

• Championship final – IF Göta 7-5 Västerås SK

[[Baseball]]

World Series

• 7–15 October — Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) defeats Washington Senators (AL) to win the 1925 World Series by 4 games to 3. The Pirates are the first team to win a Series in a comeback down three games to one. Negro leagues
• Hilldale (ECL) defeats Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) 5 games to 1 in the 1925 Colored World Series Mexico
• Mexican Baseball League, a first officially game held on June 28.

[[Basketball]]

Events

• The American Basketball League is formed as the first major league of professional basketball.

[[Boxing]]

Events

• 15 January — Benny Leonard, arguably the greatest-ever lightweight champion, retires from boxing to leave the World Lightweight Championship temporarily vacant
• 2 July — World Middleweight Champion Harry Greb outpoints World Welterweight Champion Mickey Walker over 15 rounds in one of the all-time great boxing matches at New York's Polo Grounds.
• 14 July — death of current World Flyweight Champion Pancho Villa from blood poisoning after a dental operation goes wrong. Lineal world champions
• World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Mike McTigue → Paul Berlenbach
• World Middleweight Championship – Harry Greb
• World Welterweight Championship – Mickey Walker
• World Lightweight Championship – Benny Leonard → vacant → Jimmy Goodrich → Rocky Kansas
• World Featherweight Championship – vacant → Louis "Kid" Kaplan
• World Bantamweight Championship – Eddie "Cannonball" Martin → Charley Phil Rosenberg
• World Flyweight Championship – Pancho Villa → vacant

[[Canadian football]]

Grey Cup

• 13th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Ottawa Senators defeat Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 24–1 at Lansdowne Park

[[Cricket]]

Events

• Marylebone Cricket Club organises an England tour of Australia in the 1924–25 season. Australia retain The Ashes by winning the five-match Test series 4–1. England
• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire
• Most runs – Jack Hobbs 3024 @ 70.32 (HS 266*)
• Most wickets – Maurice Tate 228 @ 14.97 (BB 8–91)
• Wisden Cricketer of the Year – Jack Hobbs Australia
• Sheffield Shield – Victoria
• Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 1250 @ 69.44 (HS 188)
• Most wickets – Maurice Tate 77 @ 19.01 (BB 7–74) India
• Bombay Quadrangular – Muslims New Zealand
• Plunket Shield – Otago South Africa
• Currie Cup – Western Province West Indies
• Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]

Tour de France

• Ottavio Bottecchia (Italy) wins the 19th Tour de France

[[Figure skating]]

World Figure Skating Championships

• World Women's Champion – Herma Szabo (Austria)
• World Men's Champion – Willi Böckel (Austria)
• World Pairs Champions – Herma Szabo and Ludwig Wrede (Austria)

[[Golf]]

Major tournaments

• British Open – Jim Barnes
• US Open – Willie Macfarlane
• USPGA Championship – Walter Hagen Other tournaments
• British Amateur – Robert Harris
• US Amateur – Bobby Jones

[[Horse racing]]

England

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Ballinode
• Grand National – Double Chance
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Saucy Sue
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Manna
• The Derby – Manna
• The Oaks – Saucy Sue
• St. Leger Stakes – Solario Australia
• Melbourne Cup – Windbag Canada
• King's Plate – Fairbank France
• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Priori Ireland
• Irish Grand National – Dog Fox
• Irish Derby Stakes – Zionist USA
• Kentucky Derby – Flying Ebony
• Preakness Stakes – Coventry
• Belmont Stakes – American Flag

[[Ice hockey]]

Stanley Cup

• 21–30 March — Victoria Cougars defeats Montreal Canadiens in the 1925 Stanley Cup Finals. The Cougars are the last non-NHL team to win the Cup. Events
• The first-place Hamilton Tigers of the NHL go on strike for an increase in pay. The team is suspended and the players sold to become the New York Americans.
• 2 December — the expansion New York Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates of the NHL play their first-ever game against each other at Pittsburgh. The Americans defeat the Pirates 2–1 in overtime.
• 15 December — the first NHL game is played at Madison Square Garden between the New York Americans and the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens win the game 3-1 and are awarded the Prince of Wales Trophy.

[[Motorsport]]

Main article: 1925 in motorsport, List of 1925 motorsport champions

[[Multi-sport event]]s

Far Eastern Championship Games

• The 7th Far Eastern Championship Games are held at Manila, Philippine Islands

[[Nordic skiing]]

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The inaugural world championships are held at Johannisbad in Czechoslovakia for men only. Winners are:

• Cross-country skiing (18 km) – Otakar Německý (Czechoslovakia)
• Cross-country skiing (50 km) – František Donth (Czechoslovakia)
• Nordic combined (individual) – Otakar Německý (Czechoslovakia)
• Ski jumping (individual large hill) – Willen Dick (Czechoslovakia)

[[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]]

The Boat Race

• 28 March — Cambridge win the 77th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

[[Rugby league]]

England

• Championship – Hull Kingston Rovers
• Challenge Cup final – Oldham 16–3 Hull Kingston Rovers at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
• Lancashire League Championship – Swinton
• Yorkshire League Championship – Hull Kingston Rovers
• Lancashire County Cup – Oldham 10–0 St Helens Recs
• Yorkshire County Cup – Wakefield Trinity 9–8 Batley Australia
• NSW Premiership – South Sydney (outright winner)

[[Rugby union]]

Five Nations Championship

• 38th Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland who complete the Grand Slam

[[Speed skating]]

Speed Skating World Championships

• Men's All-round Champion – Clas Thunberg (Finland)

[[Tennis]]

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – James Anderson (Australia) defeats Gerald Patterson (Australia) 11–9 2–6 6–2 6–3
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Esna Boyd Robertson (Australia) 1–6 8–6 6–4 England
• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–3 6–3 4–6 8–6
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen (France) defeats Joan Fry Lakeman (Great Britain) 6–2 6–0 France
• French Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 7–5 6–1 6–4
• French Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen (France) defeats Kitty McKane Godfree (Great Britain) 6–1 6–2 USA
• American Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (USA) defeats Bill Johnston (USA) 4–6 11–9 6–3 4–6 6–3
• American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Kitty McKane Godfree (Great Britain) 3–6 6–0 6–2 Davis Cup
• 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 5–0 at Germantown Cricket Club (grass) Philadelphia, United States

[[Gymnastics]]

The wheel was invented in 1925 by German Otto Feick in Schönau an der Brend.

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