Sports year 1905
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Events
badminton
The high points of the badminton year 1905 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 |
 Henry Norman Marrett
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Meriel Lucas
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CTJ Barnes Stewart Marsden Massey
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Ethel B. Thomson Meriel Lucas
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Henry Norman Marrett Hazel Hogarth
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| Irish Open |
Henry Norman Marrett
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Henry Norman Marrett Albert Davis Prebble
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Meriel Lucas Ethel B. Thomson
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Norman Wood Hazel Hogarth
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Soccer
Championships
- April 9th : Juventus Turin become Italian champions.
- April 16 : The Grasshopper Club Zurich becomes Swiss champions.
- June 11th : The Berlin TuFC Union 92 becomes German champions.
- Newcastle United become English football champions for the first time.
Founding of clubs
- March 10 : The English football club FC Chelsea is founded in the London borough of Fulham .
- May 3rd : The 1st Bielefeld FC Arminia is founded.
- May 22nd : The Innsbruck Football Association is founded.
- August 3 : FC Mühlburg is founded.
- October 1st : The merger of two Jedleseer football clubs creates the 1st Groß-Floridsdorfer SK Admira .
- November: FC Teutonia Munich is founded.
Weightlifting
- The International Weightlifting Federation based in Budapest is founded.
hockey
- November 5th : The Berlin Hockey Club is founded.
athletics
- November 19 : Mill Valley , California hosts the first Dipsea Race , now the second oldest running event in the United States after the Boston Marathon .
- Helen Kempton , USA, jumps 8.22 m in the women's triple jump .
Cycling
Louis Trousselier is the most successful cyclist of the year
- Easter Sunday: Louis Trousselier wins the Paris – Roubaix race .
- June 18th : The first event takes place on the newly built St. Gallen Velorennbahn . The official opening takes place one week later.
- 9. bis 30th July : Louis Trousselier wins the 1905 Tour de France .
- July 16 , 21 and 23 : The 1905 UCI Track World Championships take place on the Antwerp Velodrome.
- September 7th : The Cologne – Wroclaw long-distance cycle tour begins . It is the longest cycle race ever held on German soil. The winner is Otto Goetzke from Berlin , who needs 54 hours, 37 minutes and 50 seconds for the route.
- Mid-October: The Lombardy Tour is held for the first time. The winner is Giovanni Gerbi .
Motorsport
rowing
Wrestling
- April 8 : In Berlin are world championships held in wrestling.
- June 11th : Duisburg hosts an "unofficial" world championship tournament .
rugby
- March 18 : Wales wins the 1905 Home Nations Championship .
- September 16 : The Original All Blacks , the New Zealand national team , embark on a five-month tour of the British Isles, France and the United States. Of the 35 games they have played during that time, they only lose one against Wales.
swim
- December 3 : Zoltán von Halmay , Hungary, swims the 100 meters freestyle in Vienna in 01: 05.8. This first swimming record will last for almost three years .
do gymnastics
- April 22nd / 23rd : The second World Gymnastics Championships take place in Bordeaux . There are only five competitions for men: all- around , horizontal bar , parallel bars , pommel horse , and a team competition. The dominant nation is France, which can secure almost all medals.
Winter sports
- January: The Austrian ski pioneer Mathias Zdarsky carries out the first steep descent.
- January 22nd : The Austrian Max Bohatsch wins the European figure skating championship in 1905 in Bonn.
- February 4 to 12 : In Stockholm and Östersund, the Nordic Games will be held for the second time in a four-year cycle comparable to the Olympic Games .
- February 5th / 6th : The World Figure Skating Championship in Stockholm in 1905 as part of the Nordic Games is the last one where there is only one men's competition. World champion Ulrich Salchow of Sweden against European champion Max Bohatsch.
- March 19 : After inventing a new ski swing near Lilienfeld, Mathias Zdarsky organized the first slalom run in ski history .
- The Ottawa Senators win the Stanley Cup .
Others
- May 24th : The British Olympic Association is established during a session of the House of Commons .
- October 1 : Ali Sami Yen founds the multi-sports club Galatasaray Spor Kulübü with several like-minded people in Istanbul - still unofficial due to the current ban on clubs in the Ottoman Empire. From October 20th the club will also play football.
- The Polish sports club CWKS Resovia is founded.
Born
January to April
- January 19 : Max Amann , German swimmer and water polo player († 1945 )
- January 23 : Erich Borchmeyer , German athlete († 2000 )
- January 31 : Theodor Burkhardt , German national football player († 1958 )
- January 31 : Jack London , British athlete († 1966 )
- February 9 : David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter , British athlete and longtime IAAF President († 1981 )
- February 14 : Frank Hussey , American athlete and Olympic champion († 1974 )
- February 17 : Eric Fernihough , British motorcycle racer († 1938 )
- February 23 : Richard Czaya , German chess official and chess player († 1978 )
- March 14 : Herbert Heinicke , German chess player († 1988 )
- March 18 : Benny Friedman , American football player and coach († 1982 )
- March 30th : Archie Birkin , British motorcycle racer († 1927 )
- April 1 : Eugenio Siena , Italian racing driver († 1938 )
- April 7th : Georg Richter , German rower († 1995 )
- April 8 : Joachim Büchner , German athlete († 1978 )
- April 8 : Erwin Keller , German hockey player († 1971 )
- April 11 : Joseph Platz , German-American chess player († 1981 )
- April 14 : Georg Lammers , German athlete († 1987 )
May to August
- May 6 : René Dreyfus , French racing driver († 1993 )
- May 16 : Ken Doherty , American decathlete († 1996 )
- May 28 : Stefan Auer , Romanian-Hungarian football player († 1977 )
- May 27 : Signe Johansson , Swedish swimmer († 2010 )
- June 7 : Jim Braddock , American boxer († 1974 )
- June 12 : Ray Barbuti , American sprinter and Olympic champion († 1988 )
- June 21 : Jacques Goddet , French sports journalist († 2000 )
- June 26 : August Momberger , German racing car driver and engineer († 1969 )
- July 3 : Richard Corts , German athlete († 1974 )
- July 7th : Baldur Hönlinger , Austrian chess master († 1990 )
- July 17th : Abraham Patusca da Silveira , Brazilian soccer player († 1990 )
- July 18 : Hugh Caulfield Hamilton , Northern Irish racing driver († 1934 )
- July 24th : Omobono Tenni , Italian motorcycle racer († 1948 )
- July 25 : Georges Grignard , French racing car driver († 1977 )
- August 15 : Manfred von Brauchitsch , German racing driver († 2003 )
- August 23 : Phyllis King , British tennis player († 2006 )
- August 25 : Wilhelm Ernst , German chess player († 1952 )
- August 27 : Paul Gehlhaar , German football player († 1968 )
- August 31 : El Sayed Mohammed Nosseir , Egyptian weightlifter († 1977 )
September to December
- September 12 : Helmut Körnig , German athlete († 1972 )
- September 13 : Leni Junker , German sprinter († 1997 )
- September 15 : Pat O'Callaghan , Irish hammer thrower and Olympic champion († 1991 )
- September 19 : Giuseppe Cavanna , Italian football goalkeeper († 1976 )
- September 19 : Akilles Järvinen , Finnish athlete († 1943 )
- September 22nd : Marie Vierdag , Dutch swimmer († 2005 )
- September 26 : Karl Rappan , Austrian soccer player and soccer coach († 1996 )
- September 26 : Max Bulla , Austrian cyclist († 1990 )
- September 27 : Ernst Baier , German figure skater († 2001 )
- September 28 : Max Schmeling , German heavyweight boxer († 2005 )
- October 5 : Karl Gall , Austrian football player († 1943 )
- October 6 : Helen Wills Moody , American tennis player († 1998 )
- October 15 : Ivan Eklind , Swedish football referee († 1981 )
- October 15 : Angelo Schiavio , Italian football player († 1990 )
- October 16 : Ernst Kuzorra , German football player († 1990 )
- October 22nd : Manuel "Nolo" Ferreira , Argentinian football player († 1983 )
- October 23 : Gertrude Ederle , first woman to swim the English Channel († 2003 )
- November 5 : Louis Rosier , French automobile and motorcycle racing driver († 1956 )
- November 14 : Giordano Aldrighetti , Italian motorcycle and automobile racing driver († 1939 )
- November 19 : Isaac Kashdan , American grandmaster and author in chess († 1985 )
- November 20 : Friedl Rinder , German chess player († 2001 )
- November 23 : Carlos Torre Repetto , Mexican chess player († 1978 )
- November 27 : Gottfried Hürtgen , German racing cyclist († unknown)
- December 11th : Ludwig Engels , German chess master († 1967 )
- December 19 : Giovanni Lurani , Italian automobile designer , journalist, racing team owner, motorsport official and automobile racing driver († 1995 )
- December 22nd : Pierre Levegh , French racing driver († 1955 )
- December 23 : Georg Euler , German football player († 1993 )
- December 24th : Hans Geiger , German football player († 1974 )
- December 26 : Anfilogino Guarisi , Brazilian-Italian football player († 1974 )
- December 26th : Mario Varglien , Italian football player and coach († 1978 )
- December 27th : Antonio Brivio , Italian racing driver, bobsleigh driver and motorsport official († 1995 )
- December 28 : Fulvio Bernardini , Italian football player and coach († 1984 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Ernst von Halle , German racing driver († 1928 )
- Mario Tadini , Italian entrepreneur and racing car driver († 1983 )
Died
- June 27th : Harold Mahony , British tennis player (* 1867 )
- September 11th : Arnous de Rivière , French chess player (* 1830 )
- September 18 : Willy Schmitter , German racing cyclist (* 1884 )
See also
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