1902 in sports
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[edit] Association football
[edit] Spain
Real Madrid founded on March 10
[edit] England
First Division - Sunderland win the 1901-02 title. FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Southampton 2-1 in a replay, after drawing 1-1.
[edit] Netherlands
Go Ahead Eagles, a Dutch football club, is founded on December 2 in Deventer.
[edit] Scotland
[edit] Baseball
April 23, infielder Luis Castro debuts with the Philadelphia Athletics in the American League. He is the first Latin-American to play in Major League Baseball.
[edit] minor leagues
The Winnipeg Maroons Win the first ever Northern League Championship.
[edit] Football (American)
January 1 - The first Rose Bowl game is played in Pasadena, California December 28 - The first indoor professional American football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden.
[edit] Football (Australian rules)
Victorian Football League
Collingwood wins the 6th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.6 (60) d Essendon 3.9 (27)) See also Victorian Football League season 1902
[edit] Golf
June 2-5 - British Open - Sandy Herd October 9-11 - U.S. Open - Laurie Auchterlonie becomes the first golfer to break 80 in all four rounds of the U.S. Open. British Amateur - Charles Hutchings U.S. Amateur - Louis N. James
[edit] Horse Racing
May 3 - Alan-a-Dale wins the Kentucky Derby
[edit] Ice Hockey
Winnipeg Victorias win their 3rd Stanley Cup, defeating the Toronto Wellingtons 2 games to 0. In a 2nd challenge, Montreal HC win their 1st Stanley Cup since 1894, defeating the Winnipeg Victorias 2 games to 1.
[edit] Motor racing
The first motor race in the United Kingdom iss held in Bexhill-on-Sea
[edit] Births
February 27 — Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999) March 17 — Bobby Jones, American Golfer (d. 1971) June 18 — Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish athlete (d. 1980) October 2 — Toivo Loukola, Finnish athlete (d. 1984) October 13 — Wilbur Shaw, American auto racing champion (d. 1954) October 26 — Jack Sharkey, American champion heavyweight boxer (d. 1994) November 26 — Moss Christie, Australian freestyle swimmer
