Sports year 1919

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Sports year 1919
Brazil become South American soccer champions .
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After the First World War, the first attempts to revive competitive sport began in England. The London Championships take place in December 1919 . George Alan Thomas wins there in all three possible disciplines.

baseball

The losing side of the White Sox

The 1919 World Series is overshadowed by the " Black Sox Scandal ". This ends the so-called deadball era in Major League Baseball .

Soccer

Championships

May 11th to 29th : Brazil wins the Campeonato Sudamericano for the first time .

With four clubs, including the Steyr football club Vorwärts , an Upper Austrian league championship will be held for the first time .

Founding of clubs

January 1st : The Austrian football club SC Parndorf is officially founded.
January 15 : The Tunisian sports club Espérance Tunis is founded, best known for its football and handball department.
March 18th : The football club FC Valencia is officially founded after a presidential election on March 5th . The first game of the new club was lost on March 21st with 0-1 against Valencia Gimnástico .
March 23rd : The Steyr football club Vorwärts is founded, the official founding ceremony is held on April 14th in the Casino Steyr. Vorwärts Steyr will play his first game on June 15 in Linz against the Linz athletic sports club Siegfried . It ends 2-2.

“Family tree” with the previous clubs of VfB Lübeck

The team of the 1st ČsŠK Bratislava

May 3 : In Bratislava the football club is the first CSSK Bratislava was established and in 1953 ŠK Slovan Bratislava renaming.
June 2 : The merger of the three clubs SC Germania 1887 , Hamburger FC 1888 and FC Falke 06 creates Hamburger SV .

August 28th : The ball sports club Vorwärts 1919 Lübeck is founded.

Handball

The Berlin gymnastics teacher Carl Schelenz is further developing the handball game designed by Oberturnwart Max Heiser for girls . He also makes it attractive to boys and men by allowing one-on-one fights and by making the ball smaller, placing the throwing in the foreground. He also introduces bouncing. Schelenz takes over the rest of the basics such as playing field, team size and referee from football. Then handball became more and more popular and the first club teams were formed.

athletics

Athletics championships

11. bis 13. April : In Montevideo, which are South American Championships in Athletics in 1919 instead.

Athletics world records

June 16 : Jean Bouin , France, runs the men's 10,000 meters in 30: 58.8 minutes.
August 13 : Jonni Myyrä , Finland, reaches 65.55 m in the men's javelin .
October 23 : Jonni Myyrä , Finland, reaches 66.10 m in the men's javelin.

Cycling race

tennis

Winter sports

The final in the Stanley Cup is canceled after five games because of the Spanish flu .
Memorial Cup 1919

Born

January to June

0January 1 : Rocky Graziano , American boxer († 1990 )
0January 5 : Al Blozis , American football player († 1945 )
January 13 : Ludwig Janda , German football player († 1981 )
January 18 : Anton Turek , German soccer player († 1984 )
January 23 : Bob Paisley , English football player and coach († 1996 )
January 26 : Valentino Mazzola , Italian football player († 1949 )
January 26 : Bill Nicholson , British football player († 2004 )

0February 2 : Georg Gawliczek , German football player and coach († 1999 )
0February 8 : Leopold Neumer , German and Austrian soccer player († 1990 )
February 10 : Eddie Johnson , American racing car driver († 1974 )
February 11 : Gretchen Fraser , American ski racer († 1994 )
February 12 : Ferruccio Valcareggi , Italian football player and coach († 2005 )
February 17 : Joseph Hunt , American tennis player († 1945 )
February 26th : Hendrika Mastenbroek , Dutch swimmer († 2003 )

0March 4 : Juan Carlos Muñoz , Argentine football player and coach († 2009 )
March 10 : Bulldog Turner , American football player and coach († 1998 )

0April 2 : Delfo Cabrera , Argentine marathon runner († 1981 )
0April 7th : Aldo Campatelli , Italian football player and coach († 1984 )
0April 7th : Edoardo Mangiarotti , Italian fencer († 2012 )
April 10 : Richard Bergmann , Austrian table tennis player († 1970 )

0May 5 : Tony Canadeo , American football player († 2003 )
0May 6 : André Guelfi , Moroccan racing car driver († 2016 )
May 13 : Hanns Aderhold , German water diver († 1987 )

0June 9 : Isaak Boleslawski , Soviet chess player († 1977 )

July to December

0July 2 : Albert Batteux , French football player and coach († 2003 )
0July 9 : Max Nathan , German automobile racing driver († 1960 )
July 20 : Edmund Hillary , New Zealand mountaineer, expedition leader († 2008 )
July 24th : Ferdy Kübler , Swiss cyclist († 2016 )

0August 6 : Pauline Betz , American tennis player († 2011 )
0August 9 : Ralph Houk , American baseball manager († 2010 )
August 12 : Clark Templeman , American racing driver († 1962 )
August 23 : Dries van der Lof , Dutch racing driver († 1990 )
August 29 : Herbert Wahrendorf , German educator, athlete and sports official († 1993 )

0September 2 : Lance Macklin , English racing driver († 2002 )
0September 4 : Sante Geminiani , Italian motorcycle racer († 1951 )
0September 5 : Romeo Menti , Italian football player († 1949 )
0September 7th : Albéric Schotte , Belgian cyclist († 2004 )
0September 9 : Gottfried Dienst , Swiss football referee († 1998 )
September 15 : Fausto Coppi , Italian cyclist († 1960 )
September 18 : Marga Petersen , German athlete and Olympic participant († 2002 )
September 26 : Ezio Loik , Italian football player († 1949 )
September 30 : Roberto Bonomi , Argentine racing car driver († 1992 )
September 30th : Cecil Green , American racing driver († 1951 )

0October 2 : Jan Flinterman , Dutch racing driver († 1992 )
0October 8 : Jack McGrath , American racing car driver († 1955 )
October 11 : Kader Firoud , French football player and coach († 2005 )
October 15 : Chuck Stevenson , American racing driver († 1995 )
October 27 : Willi Arlt , German football player († 1947 )
October 28 : Walt Hansgen , American racing driver († 1966 )

0November 4th : Eric Thompson , British racing driver († 2015 )
0November 7th : Helmuth Hoffmann , German table tennis player († 2010 )
0November 9 : Johann Herberger , German soccer player († 2002 )
November 10 : Abderrahman Ibrir , Algerian-French football player († 1990 )
November 20 : Alan Brown , British racing driver and racing team owner († 2004 )
November 23 : Jupp Schlaf , German table tennis official and player († 1989 )

0December 4 : Heinz Bung Bottle , German soccer player († 1972 )
0December 5 : Hennes Weisweiler , German soccer coach († 1983 )
0December 7th : Ed Ulinski , American football player and coach († 2006 )
December 12th : Paavo Johannes Aaltonen , Finnish gymnast († 1962 )
December 12 : Hermann Neuberger , German journalist and sports official, President of the German Football Association († 1992 )
December 14 : Bob Drake , American racing driver († 1990 )

Died

April 9th : Emil Schallopp , German chess master (* 1843 )

May 30 : Roberto Chery , Uruguayan football goalkeeper (* 1896 )

August 28 : Adolf Schmal , Austrian fencer and cyclist (* 1872 )

October 20 : Walter Brack , German swimmer (* 1880 )

November 22nd : Mary Rudge , British world chess champion (* 1842 )
November 29th : Szymon Winawer , Polish chess player (* 1838 )

0December 1 : Josef Rosemeyer , German track cyclist, inventor and entrepreneur (* 1872 )
December 18 : Henri Fournier , French racing driver (* 1871 )
December 22nd : Hermann Weingärtner , German gymnast and Olympic champion (* 1864 )

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