Sports year 1902
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Events
American football
- January 1st : The Rose Bowl is held for the first time.
badminton
The climax of the badminton year 1902 were the All England and the Irish Open .
International events
| event | Men's singles | Ladies singles | Men's doubles | Ladies doubles | Mixed |
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| All of England |
 Ralph Watling
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Meriel Lucas
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HL Mellersh F.S. Collier
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Ethel B. Thomson Meriel Lucas
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LU Ransford E. Moseley
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| Irish Open |
 Blayney Hamilton
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Willoughby Hamilton Blayney Hamilton
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Blayney Hamilton R. H. Goff
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Soccer
- September 7th : In the football game for the opening of the NNW-Platz in Berlin, the BFuCC Rapide 1893 defeated the second team of Britannia 92 with 7: 1.
- The Sunderland is English champion.
- Genoa 1893 wins its fourth championship in Italy.
- The Swiss champions are FC Zurich .
- The Liga Paulista , the first Brazilian soccer league , is founded. The first champion is the São Paulo Athletic Club , which also provides the top scorer in Charles William Miller .
athletics
Athletics records
- August 31 : Eric Lemming , Sweden, throws 50.44 m in the men's javelin .
- October 5th : Nandor Fothy , Hungary, throws the discus in the men's 40.61 m discipline.
Cycling
Motorsport
rowing
Wrestling
rugby
- March 15 : Wales wins the 1902 Home Nations Championship .
swim
Tennis / table tennis
- April 9th : The Berlin tennis and ping-pong society is founded.
Winter sports
figure skating
Ski jumping
- The Norwegian Nils Gjestvang reached 38.5 meters while ski jumping on Gustadbakken in Geithus, Norway.
- The Norwegian Nils Gjestvang reached 41 meters while ski jumping on Gustadbakken in Geithus, Norway.
Founding of clubs
- March 6 : The Spanish football club Madrid FC is founded. The club was given the addition of Real in 1920.
- March 12 : The Hungarian sports club Debreceni Vasutas SC is founded.
- June 2 : The Meidericher Spielverein von 1902 e. V. is founded in Meiderich , a suburb of Duisburg , and its football department is accepted into the West German Football Association on September 17th .
- July 21 : The Brazilian club Fluminense FC founded the first soccer club in Rio de Janeiro .
- August 18 : The all-round sports club Grazer Athletik-Sport-Club is founded after a group of middle school students was not accepted into the Academic Sports Club ( ASV ).
- September 15th : The SC Charlottenburg is founded.
- November 2nd : The Czech football club Slavia Prague is founded.
Born
First half of the year
- January 16 : Eric Liddell , Scottish athlete, Olympic champion and rugby player († 1945 )
- January 17 : Edoardo Teagno , Italian racing car driver († 1945 )
- January 30th : Giovanni Battista Guidotti , Italian racing driver and automobile manager († 1994 )
- February 2 : Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen , German racing car driver († 1932 )
- February 20 : Bertus Freese , Dutch football player († 1959 )
- February 22nd : Herma Szabo , Austrian figure skater († 1986 )
- February 23 : Tiny Feather , American football player († 1975 )
- February 25 : Hanns Geier , German racing car driver († 1986 )
- February 25 : Virginio Rosetta , Italian football player († 1975 )
- March 17 : Bobby Jones , American golfer († 1971 )
- March 20 : Mario Magnozzi , Italian football player and coach († 1971 )
- March 29 : Don Miller , American lawyer, American football player and coach († 1979 )
- March 31 : Bill Hoffman , American football player († 1994 )
- April 5 : Wal Handley , British motorcycle and automobile racer († 1941 )
- April 6 : Jane Gylling , Swedish swimmer († 1961 )
- April 7th : Paul Greifzu , German automobile and motorcycle racing driver († 1952 )
- April 11th : Max "Xam" Abegglen , Swiss football player († 1970 )
- April 13 : Philippe de Rothschild , French entrepreneur, automobile racing driver and pioneer of French viticulture († 1988 )
- April 15 : Paul Broccardo , French cyclist († 1987 )
- April 21 : Cyril Gill , British sprinter († 1989 )
- April 18 : Hans Hieronymus , German motorcycle racer († unknown)
- April 27 : Rudolf Schoeller , Swiss racing driver († 1978 )
- May 2 : Ernst Nagelschmitz , German soccer player († 1987 )
- May 16 : Guy Bouriat , French racing car driver († 1933 )
- June 5 : Georg Kieninger , German chess player († 1975 )
- June 18 : Paavo Yrjölä , Finnish decathlete and Olympic champion († 1980 )
- June 20 : Juan Evaristo , Argentinian football player († 1978 )
Second half of the year
- July 4 : Abe Saperstein , American entrepreneur and basketball manager († 1966 )
- July 7 : Ted Radcliffe , American baseball player († 2005 )
- July 21 : Georges Wambst , French cyclist and Olympic champion († 1981 )
- July 29 : David Arellano , Chilean football player († 1927 )
- August 7 : Douglas Lowe , British athlete and official, Olympic champion and lawyer († 1981 )
- August 11 : Alfredo Binda , Italian cyclist († 1986 )
- August 28 : Otto Neumann , German athlete († 1990 )
- September 1 : Eddie Kotal , American football player and coach, scout (sports) († 1973 )
- September 10 : Jim Crowley , American football player, coach and official († 1986 )
- September 21 : Ilmari Salminen , Finnish athlete († 1986 )
- October 14 : René Hamel , French cyclist and Olympic champion († 1992 )
- November 6th : Valter Ever , Estonian athlete († 1981 )
- November 11th : Teófilo Yldefonso , Filipino swimmer († 1942 )
- November 16 : Emil Dähne , German chess official († 1968 )
- November 20 : Giampiero Combi , Italian football player († 1956 )
- November 21 : Ferenc Hirzer , Hungarian football player and coach († 1957 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Albert Kusnets , Estonian wrestler († 1942 )
See also
Web links
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