Sports year 1903
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Events
badminton
The climax of the badminton year 1903 were the All England and the Irish Open . Ralph Watling defends his men's singles title at the All England 1903 in March . The Irish Open in Badminton will be held for the second time. Irishman Blayney Hamilton wins the individual at the 1903 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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Ethel B. Thomson
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Stewart Marsden Massey E.L. Huson
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Mabel Hardy Dorothea K. Douglas
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George Alan Thomas Ethel B. Thomson
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| Irish Open |
 Blayney Hamilton
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G. Lucas R.D. Marshall
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Meriel Lucas Mabel Hardy
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LU Ransford Mabel Hardy
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baseball
- The Boston Americans win the first World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates . The World Series is planned as a one-time event between the American League and National League , which were previously at odds .
Soccer
- April 18 : The Berlin BC 03 is founded.
- March 20 : By merging three existing football clubs, Aberdeen FC is founded.
- May 30th : With a 7-2 final win over DFC Prague , VfB Leipzig wins the first championship of the German Football Association . The challenge cup dedicated to Victoria in 1900 was awarded for the first time.
- June 7th : 36 schoolchildren and apprentices, who previously only played in “wild” teams, found the soccer club FC Union from 1903 Altona .
- August 1st : The Portuguese football club Boavista Porto is founded.
- September 15 : The Brazilian football club Grêmio Porto Alegre is founded.
- 23 September : A football department is founded at the former pure gymnastics club TV Fürth 1860 .
- Of CASG Paris is founded.
- The Berlin tennis and ping-pong society discovered football for itself and acquired a license to participate in the German championship.
athletics
- August 23 / August 30 / September 6 : The 1903 German Athletics Championships are held in six disciplines at different locations in Germany. As before, only men take part in the sixth German championships .
- The Cross of Nations will be held for the first time in Hamilton, Scotland. The winner is the Englishman Alfred Shrubb .
Cycling
- July 1st to 19th : The Tour de France is held for the first time. The Frenchman Maurice Garin won the 1903 Tour de France , which was held in six stages .
- UCI track world championships 1903
Motorsport
rowing
Wrestling
rugby
do gymnastics
- August 14th to 18th : Only four nations take part in the 1903 World Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp. These first ever gymnastics world championships are an event exclusively for men who compete in six different competitions.
swim
Winter sports
- 20 / 21 February : Ulrich Salchow is world champion at the World Figure Skating Championships 1903 in St. Petersburg.
- February: The Nordic Winter Sports Week is held in Kristiania .
- The English Ice Hockey League is the first professional ice hockey league in Europe.
Founding of clubs
- March 19 : Despite the ban on clubs in the Ottoman Empire, the Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü sports club is founded in Istanbul , where wrestling, boxing, weightlifting and gymnastics are predominantly practiced.
- August: Before the start of the school year, two sports clubs are founded in Lviv: students from the Lviv grammar school found the sports club Lechia , and students from the Lviv secondary school found the sports club Sława .
Born
First half of the year
- January 4 : Gustav Wegner , German athlete († 1942 )
- January 7th : Josef Breuer , German chess player († 1981 )
- January 13 : Arthur Dom , Dutch-German motorcycle racer and engineer († 1996 )
- January 16 : William Grover-Williams , British-French racing car driver and SOE spy († 1945 )
- January 17 : Wilhelm Sebastian , German automobile racing driver and racing mechanic († 1978 )
- February 10 : Franco Cortese , Italian racing driver († 1986 )
- February 10 : Matthias Sindelar , Austrian football player († 1939 )
- February 20 : Charles Pélissier , French cyclist († 1959 )
- March 2 : Fritz Giegold , German chess problem composer and chess player († 1978 )
- March 8 : Heinrich Troßbach , German athlete († 1947 )
- March 20 : Vincent Richards , American tennis player († 1958 )
- March 21 : Julius Eisenecker , German fencer († 1981 )
- April 1 : Salo Landau , Dutch chess player († 1944 )
- April 3 : Piero Pastore , Italian football player and actor († 1968 )
- April 10 : Hugh Adcock , British football player († 1975 )
- April 12 : Arthur Geiss , German motorcycle racer († 1982 )
- April 20 : Franz Weselik , Austrian football player († 1962 )
- April 24 : Mike Michalske , American football player († 1983 )
- May 5th : Janus Braspennincx , Dutch cyclist († 1977 )
- May 10 : Kay Petre , Canadian racing car driver and journalist († 1994 )
- May 23 : Ernst Klodwig , German racing driver († 1973 )
- May 25 : Johan Schreiner , Norwegian historian († 1967 )
- May 27 : Walt Kiesling , American football player and coach († 1962 )
- June 5 : Adolf Kainz , Austrian canoeist († 1948 )
- June 8 : Johannes Ludwig , German national soccer player († 1985 )
- June 9 : Felice Bonetto , Italian racing car driver († 1953 )
- June 10 : Albéric Loqueheux , French racing car driver († 1985 )
- June 13 : Red Grange , American football player († 1991 )
- June 19 : Lou Gehrig , American baseball player († 1941 )
- June 21 : Hermann Engelhard , German athlete († 1984 )
Second half of the year
- July 3 : Ace Bailey , Canadian ice hockey player († 1992 )
- July 12 : Norbert-Jean Mahé , French racing car driver († after 1953)
- July 19 : Willi Multhaup , German soccer coach († 1982 )
- July 28th : Colin Gregory , British tennis player († 1959 )
- July 31 : Emil Hirschfeld , German athlete († 1968 )
- August 5th : Nicholas of Romania , Romanian nobleman and racing car driver († 1978 )
- August 17th : Olav Sunde , Norwegian javelin thrower († 1985 )
- September 1 : Ray Flaherty , American football player and coach († 1994 )
- September 5 : Béla Szepes , Hungarian athlete († 1986 )
- September 17 : George Koltanowski , Belgian-American chess player († 2000 )
- September 30th : Otto Ley , German motorcycle racer († 1977 )
- October 1 : Pierre Veyron , French racing driver († 1970 )
- October 6 : Jupp Merkens , German cyclist and pacemaker († 1981 )
- October 18 : Lina Radke , German athlete († 1983 )
- October 19 : Otto Furrer , Swiss winter sports enthusiast, co-founder of the winter sports resort Zermatt († 1951 )
- October 19 : Tor Johnson , Swedish catcher and actor († 1971 )
- October 27 : Karl Gall , Austrian motorcycle racer († 1939 )
- November 8 : Luigi Allemandi , Italian football player († 1978 )
- November 17th : Lucien Michard , French cyclist and Olympic champion († 1985 )
- November 23 : Juan Jover , Spanish racing car driver († 1960 )
- November 25 : Paul Oszmella , German racing cyclist († 1967 )
- November 27 : Carlo Baschieri , Italian motorcycle racer († unknown)
- November 27 : John McNally , American football player († 1985 )
- December 7th : Brian Lewis, 2nd Baron Essendon , British nobleman and racing car driver († 1978 )
- December 14 : Walter Rangeley , British athlete and Olympic champion († 1982 )
- December 23 : Armand Blanchonnet , French cyclist († 1968 )
- December 26 : Fuzzy Vandivier , American basketball player († 1983 )
- December 31 : Hans Erhard Bock , German sports physician († 2004 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Audrey Sale-Barker , British ski racer and pilot († 1994 )
- Fritz Steuri , Swiss ski racer and mountain guide († 1955 )
Died
- May 24th : Marcel Renault , French automobile designer and racing driver (* 1872 )
- May 30th : Harry Elkes , American cyclist (* 1878 )
- November 20 : Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat , French racing car driver (* 1867 )
See also
Web links
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