1927 in sports

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See also: 1926 in sports, other events of 1927, 1928 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents 1 Football (American) 2 Football (Australian Rules) 3 Football (soccer) 3.1 England 4 Golf 5 Hockey (Ice) 6 Snooker 7 General sporting events 8 Births 9 Deaths

Football (American)

• New York Giants win National Football League title

Football (Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League
  • Collingwood wins the 31st VFL Premiership (Collingwood 2.13 (25) d Richmond 1.7 (13))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Syd Coventry (Collingwood)

Football (soccer)

England

• First Division - Newcastle United win the 1926-27 title.
• FA Cup - Cardiff City beat Arsenal 1-0, the only time the FA Cup has been won by a club outside England.

Golf

• First Ryder Cup held in Worcester, Massachusetts. United States beats Britain 9 1/2 to 2 1/2

Hockey (Ice)

• Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators defeat the Boston Bruins 2-0 in four games

• • April 7 Ottawa Senators 0 0 at Boston Bruins
  • April 9 Ottawa Senators 3 1 at Boston Bruins
  • April 11 Boston Bruins 1 1 at Ottawa Senators
  • April 13 Boston Bruins 1 3 at Ottawa Senators

Snooker

• First World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Tom Dennis 20-11

General sporting events

• 8th Far Eastern Championship Games held in Shanghai, Republic of China

Births

• April 24 — Josy Barthel, Luxembourg athlete (d. 1992)
• April 27 — Gerard Cieślik, Polish football player
• June 30 — Shirley Fry, American tennis player
• July 26 — Lucas Sebastião da Fonseca, Mozambican-born Portuguese football player (d. 2000)
• August 27 — Ben Kniest, Dutch water polo player (d. 1992)
• November 8 — Eduardo Lausse, Argentinian middleweight boxer (d. 1994)

Deaths

• February 26 — Willie Simms, American Hall of Fame jockey
• March 27 — Joe Start, American Major League Baseball player (1871 - 1886)
• July 14 — Fritz Hoffmann (56), German athlete (b. 1871)

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