Sports year 1918

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Sports year 1918
The world war and the " Spanish flu " prevent most sporting events in 1918 .
chronology

Events

Soccer

• Austrian Football Cup 1917/18

athletics

• September 22nd : Anatole Bolin , Sweden, runs the men's 1000 meters in 2: 29.1 minutes.
• Finnish Athletics Championships 1918

swim

• German swimming championships 1918

Born

First half of the year

• 0January 4th : Naim Krieziu , Albanian football player († 2010 )
• 0January 8th : Sepp Bradl , Austrian ski jumper († 1982 )
• January 17th : Georges Sérès jr. , French cyclist († 1983 )
• January 22 : Elmer Lach , Canadian ice hockey player († 2015 )
• January 28 : Sandro Puppo , Italian football player and coach († 1986 )

• 0February 3 : Helen Stephens , American athlete († 1994 )
• February 22 : Sid Abel , Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2000 )
• February 22nd : George Constantine , American racing driver († 1968 )
• February 25 : Barney Ewell , American athlete and Olympic champion († 1996 )
• February 25 : Robert Riggs , American tennis player († 1995 )

• 0March 1 : Franz Becker , German football player († 1965 )
• 0March 3 : Fritz Thiedemann , German show jumper († 2000 )
• 0March 4 : Margaret Osborne duPont , American tennis player († 2012 )
• 0March 5 : Milt Schmidt , Canadian ice hockey player († 2017 )
• 0March 7th : Dario Ambrosini , Italian motorcycle racer († 1951 )
• March 12 : Willy Fitz , German national soccer player († 1993 )
• March 13 : George McAfee , American football player († 2009 )
• March 14 : Vic Sears , American football player († 2006 )
• March 22nd : Gotfrid Köchert , Austrian racing driver († 1986 )

• 0April 7 : Bobby Doerr , American baseball player († 2017 )
• April 26 : Fanny Blankers-Koen , Dutch athlete and Olympic champion († 2004 )
• April 30th : Donald McNeill , American tennis player († 1996 )

• May 12 : Alfred Bickel , Swiss football player and coach († 1999 )
• May 15 : John Siegal , American football player
• May 25 : Peder Lunde senior , Norwegian sailor († 2009 )

• 0June 1 : Hans Merkle , German soccer coach († 1993 )
• June 11th : Ruth Hughes Aarons American table tennis world champion († 1980 )

Second half of the year

• 0July 4th : Alec Bedser , English cricketer († 2010 )
• 0July 9 : Nile Kinnick , American football player († 1943 )
• 0July 9 : Drikus Veer , Dutch motorcycle racer († 2011 )
• July 10 : Fred Wacker , American racing driver († 1998 )
• July 13 : Alberto Ascari , Italian racing driver († 1955 )

• August 15 : Ernst Rudolph , German carom player († 1986 )
• August 31 : Bill Homeier , American racing driver († 2001 )

• 0September 2 : Georg Braun , German motorcycle racer († 1995 )
• 0September 6 : Ludwig Hörmann , German racing cyclist († 2001 )
• September 14 : Georges Berger , Belgian racing driver († 1967 )
• September 18 : Johnny Mantz , American racing driver († 1972 )

• 0October 4th : Berti Capellmann , German table tennis player († 2012 )
• 0October 6 : Max de Terra , Swiss racing driver († 1982 )
• October 12 : Frank Armi , American racing driver († 1992 )
• October 14th : Thelma Coyne Long , Australian tennis player († 2015 )
• October 15 : Joe Vetrano , American football player († 1995 )
• October 16 : Tony Rolt , British racing car driver († 2008 )

• 0November 1 : Ken Miles , British racing driver († 1966 )
• 0November 9th : Choi Hong Hi , South Korean general and developer of the martial art Taekwondo († 2002 )
• November 14 : John Bromwich , Australian tennis player († 1999 )
• November 15 : Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera , Argentine football player and coach († 1995 )
• November 19 : Dutch Elston , American football player († 1989 )
• November 20 : Dora Ratjen , German athlete († 2008 )
• November 21 : Dieter Mauritz , German table tennis player († 1988 )
• November 25 : Giuseppe Grezar , Italian football player († 1949 )

• 0December 7th : Max Merkel , Austrian soccer player and coach († 2006 )
• December 10 : Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov , Soviet ice hockey player and coach († 1995 )
• December 13 : Bill Vukovich , American racing driver († 1955 )
• December 20 : Achiel Buysse , Belgian cyclist († 1984 )
• December 31 : Gunder Hägg , Swedish athlete († 2004 )

Died

Date of death secured

• 0February 1 : Juho Halme , Finnish athlete (* 1888 )
• February 19 : Jakob Koch , German wrestler (* 1870 )

• March 27 : Martin Sheridan , American athlete (* 1881 )

• April 28th : Louis Darragon , French cyclist (* 1883 )

• June 25 : Jake Beckley , American baseball player (* 1867 )

• 0October 7th : Peter Günther , German racing cyclist (* 1882 )
• 0October 9 : Hanns Braun , German athlete (* 1886 )
• October 22nd : Georges Parent , French cyclist (* 1885 )

• December 27th : Carl Schlechter , Austrian chess player (* 1874 )

Exact date of death unknown

• Alois Lutz , Austrian figure skater (* 1898 )
• Alwin Vater , German track cyclist and speed skater (* 1869 )

See also

Portal: Sport  - Overview of Wikipedia content on sport

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