1908_in_sports

1908 in sports - Definition and Overview

See also: 1907 in sports, other events of 1908, 1909 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents

2 Football (Australian Rules)

3 General sporting events

Baseball

The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, four games to one, in the World Series.

September 23 - The Merkle incident

Football (Australian Rules)

Victorian Football League
- Richmond and University join the league
- Carlton wins the 12th VFL Premiership (Carlton 5.5 (35) d Essendon 3.8 (26))
- See also Victorian Football League season 1908

General sporting events

1908 Summer Olympics takes place in London, United Kingdom
- Great Britain wins the most medals (145), and the most gold medals (56).

December 26 - Jack Johnson becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia

Births

February 17 - Red Barber, baseball announcer, sports journalist (+ 1992)
August 27 - Don Bradman, Cricket player

Deaths

April 20 - Henry Chadwick, baseball writer and historian

Example Usage of sports
	tommywheelart: Awesome night at the Dream Center! The event on the 20th at the LA sports Center will be amazing!!!!!
	faelow: Just left the UT game. We just mashed USC!!!! CHECK sports CENTER!! Now its back to lab , GOTTA GET IT IN FOR THE NEW PROJECT!!
	polarscribe: What a crummy night for Vandal sports. Men and women both blow leads and lose. Arrrrrrrgh.

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