1905 in sports
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See also: 1904 in sports, other events of 1905, 1906 in sports and the Sports timeline.
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Baseball
- World Series: the New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Athletics four games to one.
- Debutes: Hal Chase (April 14), Ty Cobb (August 30), Eddie Cicotte (September 3)
- Final season: Jesse Burkett
- Trades:
- January 16: The St. Louis Browns traded Jesse Burkett and Frank Huelsman to the Boston Americans for George Stone.
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Football (Australian Rules)
- Victorian Football League
- Fitzroy wins the 9th VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 4.6 (30) d Collingwood 2.5 (17))
- See also Victorian Football League season 1905
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Football (soccer)
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England
- First Division - Newcastle United win the 1904-05 title.
- FA Cup - Aston Villa beat Newcastle United 2-0.
- Alf Common becomes the first player ever to be transferred for £1000.
- The First and Second divisions are both expanded from eighteen to twenty teams for the 1905-06 season, bringing the total number of League clubs to 40.
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Turkey
- The Turkish football club Galatasaray is founded in Istanbul. The year 1905 appears on the club's logo.
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Football (American)
- The College football season is blighted by 15 fatal injuries, as a result of which US president Theodore Roosevelt calls upon the game's authorities to reform it.
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Ice Hockey
- Ottawa Silver Seven win their 3rd Stanley Cup, defeating the Rat Portage Thistles 2 games to 0.
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Births
- January 14 — Sven Rydell, Swedish football (soccer) player (d. 1975)
- April 8 — Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. ??)
- May 9 — Lili de Alvarez, Spanish multi-sport competitor, tennis champion, author and journalist (d. 1998)
- July 22 — Doc Cramer, American baseball player (d. 1990)
- September 29 — Fidel La Barba, US boxer and sportswriter (d. 1981)
- October 6 — Helen Wills, American tennis player (d. 1999)
- October 10 — Wally Berger, American baseball player (d. 1988)
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