1906 in sports

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See also: 1905 in sports, other events of 1906, 1907 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Football (Australian Rules) 3 Football (soccer) 3.1 England 4 Ice Hockey 5 Ice skating 6 Events 7 Births 8 Deaths

Baseball

• The Chicago White Sox defeat the Chicago Cubs, four games to two, in the World Series

Football (Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League
  • Carlton wins the 10th VFL Premiership (Carlton 15.4 (94) d Fitzroy 6.9 (45))
  • See also Victorian Football League season 1906

Football (soccer)

England

• First Division - Liverpool win the 1905-06 title, the first club to win promotion to the First Division and the title in successive seasons.
• FA Cup - Everton beat Newcastle United 1-0.

Ice Hockey

• Ottawa Silver Seven win their 4th Stanley Cup, defeating Smiths Falls 2 games to 0. Later in the season, the Montreal Wanderers won their 1st championship, defeating the Silver Seven 2 games to 1.

Ice skating

• First ISU Championships for Ladies' Figure Skating held in Davos, Switzerland

ottawa going all the way in 2006 team canada win the torino olimpicks 2006

Events

• March 31 - The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) is established to set rules for amateur sports in the United States, including revisions to American football rules that legalize the forward pass. The IAAUS would later become the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910.
• May 22 - The 1906 Summer Olympics, now not recognized as an Olympic Games, opens in Athens.

Births

• May 2 — Aileen Riggin, American swimmer and diver (d. 2002)
• October 26 — Primo Carnera, Italian heavyweight boxing champion (d. 1967)

Deaths

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