1929 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
American football edit
- NFL championship – Green Bay Packers (12–0–1)
- Rose Bowl (1928 season):
- The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets won 8–7 over the California Golden Bears to share the college football national championship
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish – college football national championship
- 28 November – Ernie Nevers scores 6 rushing touchdowns for Chicago Cardinals against Chicago Bears
Association football edit
Ecuador
- Emelec of Guayaquil officially founded on April 28.[citation needed]
England
- The Football League – Sheffield Wednesday 52 points, Leicester City 51, Aston Villa 50, Sunderland 47, Liverpool 46, Derby County 46
- FA Cup final – Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Portsmouth at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Germany
- National Championship – SpVgg Fürth 3–2 Hertha BSC at Nuremberg
Australian rules football edit
VFL Premiership
- Collingwood achieves the only perfect home-and-away season in VFL/AFL history, but lose the second semi-final to Richmond 8.13 (61) to 18.15 (123)
- Collingwood wins the 33rd VFL Premiership, beating Richmond 11.13 (79) to 7.8 (50) in the 1929 VFL Grand Final.
Brownlow Medal
- The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Albert Collier (Collingwood)
Bandy edit
Sweden
Baseball edit
- April 16 - New York Yankees become 1st team to use numbers on uniforms
World Series
- 8–14 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeat Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1929 World Series by 4 games to 1.
Basketball edit
ABL Championship
- Cleveland Rosenblums over Fort Wayne Hoosiers (4–0)
Europe
- Italian club Virtus Bologna, officially founded.[citation needed]
France
- Limoges CSP, was founded in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on November 13.[page needed]
Boxing edit
Events
- September — having successfully defended the World Light Heavyweight Championship this year against both Mickey Walker and James J. Braddock, Tommy Loughran relinquishes the title to fight as a heavyweight
Lineal world champions[1]
- World Heavyweight Championship – vacant
- World Light Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Loughran → vacant
- World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker
- World Welterweight Championship – Joe Dundee → Jackie Fields
- World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell
- World Featherweight Championship – Andre Routis → Bat Battalino
- World Bantamweight Championship – vacant → "Panama" Al Brown
- World Flyweight Championship – vacant
Canadian football edit
Grey Cup
Cricket edit
Events
- Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) organises the England tour of Australia in the 1928–29 season. England retains The Ashes, winning the first four Tests against Australia and losing the last for a 4–1 series victory. But, ominously for England, a young batsman called Don Bradman makes his Test debut for Australia.
England
- County Championship – Nottinghamshire
- Minor Counties Championship – Oxfordshire
- Most runs – Frank Woolley 2804 @ 56.08 (HS 176)
- Most wickets – Tich Freeman 267 @ 18.27 (BB 10–131)
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ted Bowley, K. S. Duleepsinhji, Tuppy Owen-Smith, Walter Robins, Bob Wyatt
Australia
- Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
- Most runs – Don Bradman 1690 @ 93.88 (HS 340*)
- Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 71 @ 34.25 (BB 6–109)
India
New Zealand
South Africa
West Indies
Cycling edit
Tour de France
- Maurice De Waele (Belgium) wins the 23rd Tour de France[2]
Figure skating edit
World Figure Skating Championships
- World Men's Champion – Gillis Grafström (Sweden)
- World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
- World Pairs Champions – Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser (Austria)
Golf edit
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
Horse racing edit
England
- Champion Hurdle – Royal Falcon
- Cheltenham Gold Cup – Easter Hero
- Grand National – Gregalach
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Taj Mah
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Mr Jinks
- The Derby – Trigo[3]
- The Oaks – Pennycomequick
- St. Leger Stakes – Trigo
Australia
- Melbourne Cup – Nightmarch
Canada
- King's Plate – Shorelint
France
- Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Ortello
Ireland
- Irish Grand National – Alike
- Irish Derby Stakes – Kopi
US
Ice hockey edit
Stanley Cup
- 28–29 March — Boston Bruins defeats New York Rangers by 2 games to 0 in the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals
Lacrosse edit
Events
- The Intercollegiate Lacrosse League is renamed the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA).
Motorsport edit
Nordic skiing edit
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- 4th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1929 are held at Zakopane, Poland
Rowing edit
The Boat Race
- 23 March — Cambridge wins the 81st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Rugby league edit
- The Australia national rugby league team embarked on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.
England
- Championship – Huddersfield
- Challenge Cup final – Wigan 13–2 Dewsbury at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
- Lancashire League Championship – Swinton
- Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
- Lancashire County Cup – Wigan 5–4 Widnes
- Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds 5–0 Featherstone Rovers
Australia
- NSW Premiership – South Sydney 30–10 Newtown (grand final)
Rugby union edit
Five Nations Championship
- 42nd Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland
Snooker edit
World Championship
- 3rd World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Tom Dennis 19–14
Speed skating edit
Speed Skating World Championships
- Men's All-round Champion – Clas Thunberg (Finland)
Tennis edit
Australia
- Australian Men's Singles Championship – Colin Gregory (Great Britain) defeats Richard Schlesinger (Australia) 6–2 6–2 5–7 7–5
- Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Louise Bickerton (Australia) 6–1 5–7 6–2
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–4 6–3 6–4
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Helen Jacobs (US) 6–1 6–2
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–3 2–6 6–0 2–6 8–6
- French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–3 6–4
US
- American Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (US) defeats Francis Hunter (US) 3–6 6–3 4–6 6–2 6–4
- American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Phoebe Holcroft Watson (Great Britain) 6–4 6–2
Davis Cup
References edit
- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone
- ^ "Cycling-Tour de France list of winners". Eurosport UK. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.