Sports year 1921
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Other events
Events
badminton
Soccer
athletics
- June 7 : Hermann Müller , Germany, completed the men's 50,000 meter walk in 4:40:15 h.
- June 12 : Paavo Nurmi , Finland, runs the men's 5000 meters in 14: 35.4 min.
- June 13 : Elizabeth Stine , USA, reaches 10.32 m in the women's triple jump .
- July 22nd : Paavo Nurmi , Finland, runs the men's 10,000 meters in 30: 40.2 minutes.
- July 23 : Edward Gourdin , USA, jumps 7.69 m in the men's long jump .
Cycling
- Giro d'Italia 1921
- Tour de France 1921
- UCI track world championships 1921
- UCI Road World Championships 1921
Wrestling
chess
- from March 15th : World Chess Championship 1921 between Emanuel Lasker and José Raúl Capablanca
- March 19 : The Fédération Française des Échecs is founded.
Born
January
- January 1 : Alain Mimoun , Algerian athlete († 2013 )
- January 7th : Yevgeny Babitsch , Soviet-Russian ice hockey player and Olympic champion 1956 († 1972 )
- January 10 : Rodger Ward , American racing car driver († 2004 )
- January 19 : Gunther Baumann , German soccer player († 1996 )
- January 22nd : Sepp Weiler , German ski jumper († 1997 )
February
- February 1 : Heinz Kluge , German handball player († 2001 )
- February 4 : Kurt Meyer , German soccer player († 2008 )
- February 9 : Eusebio Castigliano , Italian football player († 1949 )
- February 13 : Markus Bernhard , German handball and basketball player († 2002 )
- February 15 : Frank Seno , American football player († 1974 )
- February 16 : Jean Behra , French racing driver († 1959 )
- February 19 : Ernie McCoy , American racing driver († 2001 )
- February 24 : Gaston Reiff , Belgian athlete († 1992 )
March
- March 2 : Kazimierz Górski , Polish football player and coach († 2006 )
- March 12 : Don McCafferty , American football coach († 1974 )
- March 19 : Émile Bongiorni , French football player († 1949 )
- March 21 : Paco Godia , Spanish racing driver († 1990 )
- March 24th : Vasily Smyslow , Russian chess grandmaster († 2010 )
- March 27 : Paulo Moacyr Barbosa Nascimento , Brazilian soccer player († 2000 )
April
- April 6 : Christel Schulz , German athlete († 2014 )
- April 9 : Vince Banonis , American football player († 2010 )
- April 9 : Alfred Preißler , German soccer player († 2003 )
- April 15 : Ray Poole , American football player († 2008 )
- April 26 : François Picard , French racing driver († 1996 )
May
- May 7 : Gaston Rébuffat , French mountaineer († 1985 )
- May 11 : Geoffrey Crossley , British racing car driver († 2002 )
- May 15 : Čestmír Vycpálek , Czech football player and coach († 2002 )
- May 20 : Aldo Gordini , French racing car driver († 1995 )
- May 20 : Hal Newhouser , American baseball player († 1998 )
- May 28 : Bill Paschal , American football player († 2003 )
- May 30 : Frank Kilroy , American football player († 2007 )
June
- June 4 : Bobby Wanzer , American basketball player († 2016 )
- June 6 : Horst-Gregorio Canellas , German football official († 1999 )
- June 10 : Jean Robic , French cyclist († 1980 )
July
- July 7th : Rollo Gebhard , German single-handed sailor, author and animal rights activist († 2013 )
- July 17 : Louis Lachenal , French alpinist († 1955 )
- July 21 : Ted Schroeder , American tennis player († 2006 )
- July 22nd : Rudolf Diwald , Austrian table tennis player († 1952 )
- July 26 : Amedeo Amadei , Italian football player and coach († 2013 )
August
- August 1 : Jack Kramer , American tennis player († 2009 )
- August 2 : Rudi Michel , German sports journalist († 2008 )
- August 4 : Maurice Richard , Canadian ice hockey player († 2000 )
- August 16 : Dick Wildung , American football player († 2006 )
- August 23 : Franco Ossola , Italian football player († 1949 )
- August 24 : Ercole Rabitti , Italian football player and coach († 2009 )
- August 24 : Sam Tingle , Rhodesian racing driver († 2008 )
September
- September 5 : Karl Decker , Austrian soccer player and coach († 2005 )
- September 11th : Bruno Moravetz , German sports reporter († 2013 )
- September 11 : Ydnekachew Tessema , Ethiopian football player and sports official († 1987 )
- September 14 : Helmut Bantz , German gymnast († 2004 )
- September 20 : Carlo Parola , Italian football player and coach († 2000 )
- September 22nd : Ian Raby , British racing car driver († 1967 )
October
- October 2 : Mike Nazaruk , American racing driver († 1955 )
- October 2 : Giorgio Scarlatti , Italian racing driver († 1992 )
- October 3 : Ray Lindwall , Australian cricket and rugby league player († 1996 )
- October 6 : Rinaldo Martino , Argentinian-Italian soccer player († 2000 )
- October 7 : Raymond Goethals , Belgian football coach († 2004 )
- October 12 : Jaroslav Drobný , Czechoslovak tennis and ice hockey player († 2001 )
- October 13 : Jaroslav Juhan , Guatemalan racing car driver († 2011 )
- October 15 : Angelica Adelstein-Rozeanu , Romanian table tennis player († 2006 )
- October 15 : Al Pease , Canadian racing car driver († 2014 )
- October 19 : Gunnar Nordahl , Swedish football player († 1995 )
- October 20 : Manuel Ayulo , American racing driver († 1955 )
- October 20 : Heinz Lehmann , German chess player († 1995 )
- October 26 : Joe Fulks , American basketball player († 1976 )
November
- November 5 : Kurt Adolff , German racing driver († 2012 )
- November 11 : Bruno Banducci , American football player († 1985 )
- November 11th : Milorad Pavić , Yugoslav football coach († 2005 )
- November 15 : Gil Bouley , American football player († 2006 )
- November 16 : Edmondo Fabbri , Italian football player and coach († 1995 )
- November 17th : Edith Keller-Herrmann , German chess player († 2010 )
- November 20 : Robert Schwan , German football manager († 2002 )
- November 30th : Edward Adamczyk , Polish athlete and physical education teacher († 1993 )
December
- December 6 : Otto Graham , American football player and coach, basketball player († 2003 )
- December 10 : Richard Ackerschott , German football player († 2002 )
- December 11 : Bob Zimny , American football player († 2011 )
- December 14 : Charley Trippi , American football player and coach
- December 21 : Karl-Günther Bechem , German racing car driver († 2011 )
- December 21 : Paul Falk , German figure skater († 2017 )
- December 24 : Bill Dudley , American football player († 2010 )
- December 25th : Walter Than , German table tennis player († 2011 )
Exact date unknown
- Roland Schnell , German motorcycle racer († 1980 )
Died
- September 12 : Carlo Maffeis , Italian motorcycle racer (* 1883 )
- November 15 : James H. Johnson , British figure skater (pair skating) (* 1874 )
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