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Sports-related events of 1923
Overview of the events of 1923 in sports
1923 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
NFL championship
College championship
Bulgaria
England
The Football League –
Liverpool 60 points,
Sunderland 54,
Huddersfield Town 53,
Newcastle United 48,
Everton 47,
Aston Villa 46
FA Cup final –
Bolton Wanderers 2–0
West Ham United at
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London . The match, known as the "
White Horse Final ", is the inaugural Wembley final.
The
Third Division North expands from 20 to 22 clubs, bringing the total number of
Football League clubs to 88. With
Stalybridge Celtic expelled, the new clubs are
Doncaster Rovers ,
New Brighton (1923–1951) and
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic .
Germany
Romania
Rapid București is founded under the name "Cultural and Sporting Association CFR" (in Romanian: Asociatia culturala si sportiva C.F.R.) by a group of workers at the
Grivita workshops.
Spain
Turkey
Monaco
UK
US
VFL Premiership
South Australian Football League
West Australian Football League
Sweden
World Series
Major League Baseball
Negro leagues
The
Eastern Colored League (ECL) plays its first season with six teams:
Hilldale Daisies ,
Brooklyn Royal Giants ,
Cuban Stars (East) ,
New York Lincoln Giants ,
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants , and
Baltimore Black Sox . Hilldale wins the first pennant. Afterward the league votes for expansion to eight teams, accepting the
Harrisburg Giants and the
Washington Potomacs .
The
Negro National League completes its fourth season with the
Kansas City Monarchs winning their first pennant after three years of domination by
Rube Foster 's
Chicago American Giants . The other teams in the league are
Indianapolis ABC's ,
Detroit Stars ,
St. Louis Stars ,
Cuban Stars (West) ,
Toledo Tigers , and
Milwaukee Bears . The Tigers and Bears disband during the season and three teams play under "associate" status for the remainder of the season:
Cleveland Tate Stars ,
Birmingham Black Barons , and
Memphis Red Sox .
Oscar "Heavy" Johnson wins the NNL
triple crown , leading in
batting average ,
home runs , and
RBI , while
Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan leads in wins and strikeouts.
Raleigh "Biz" Mackey is the batting leader in the ECL with
Jesse "Nip" Winters leading in most pitching categories.
There is no
World Series between the two champions this year, owing to enmity between
Rube Foster and the ECL president
Ed Bolden
Events
Lineal world champions
[1]
Grey Cup
Events
England
Australia
India
New Zealand
South Africa
West Indies
Tour de France
Giro d'Italia
World Figure Skating Championships
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
England
Australia
Canada
France
Ireland
USA
Stanley Cup
Sweden
Far Eastern Championship Games
The Boat Race
England
Australia
Five Nations Championship
Speed Skating World Championships
Australia
England
France
USA
Davis Cup
Notes
a The Grand Final was postponed owing to heavy rain, creating the latest finish to a VFL/AFL season.
References
Sports by year (1901–1950)