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Baseball

Football (Australian rules football)

  • Victorian Football League - Carlton wins the 19th VFL Premiership (Carlton 11.12 (78) d Collingwood 6.9 (45))

    Football (soccer)

    England

  • First Division - Everton win the 1914-15 title
  • FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Chelsea 3-0.
  • The outbreak of World War I means that first-class football is suspended at the end of the 1914-15 season, with many footballers signing up to fight for their country. The FA Cup and Football League are not contested, although regional leagues and cups are set up in their place.

    Golf

  • June 16-18 - U.S. Open - Jerry Travers
  • The British Open is suspended due to World War I

    Horse Racing

  • May 8 - Regret wins the Kentucky Derby

    Ice Hockey

  • Vancouver Millionaires defeat the Ottawa Senators 3 games to 0 to win their 1st Stanley Cup.

    Multi-sport events

  • Second Far Eastern Championship Games held in Shanghai, Republic of China.

    Running

  • First official running of the Mount Marathon Race, Seward, Alaska.

    Births

  • January 23Herma Bauma, Austrian athlete (d. 2003)
  • March 17Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian champion
  • July 19Moacyr Daiuto, Brazilian basketball coach
  • November – Chick Hearn, American pro-basketball announcer (d. 2002)

    Deaths

  • February 5 - Ross Barnes, baseball player
  • May 9Tony Wilding, champion tennis player and soldier
  • September 9 - Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer
  • October 23 - W G Grace, England cricketer

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