Sports year 1921

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Léon Scieur , winner of the Tour de France

Events

badminton

• All England 1921

Soccer

• Campeonato Sudamericano 1921

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

• World Wrestling Championships 1921
• European wrestling championships 1921

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

• 0January 1 : Alain Mimoun , Algerian athlete († 2013 )
• 0January 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

• 0February 1 : Heinz Kluge , German handball player († 2001 )
• 0February 4 : Kurt Meyer , German soccer player († 2008 )
• 0February 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 )

Kazimierz Górski

March

• 0March 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

• 0April 6 : Christel Schulz , German athlete († 2014 )
• 0April 9 : Vince Banonis , American football player († 2010 )
• 0April 9 : Alfred Preißler , German soccer player († 2003 )
• April 15 : Ray Poole , American football player († 2008 )
• April 26 : François Picard , French racing driver († 1996 )

May

• 0May 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

• 0June 4 : Bobby Wanzer , American basketball player († 2016 )
• 0June 6 : Horst-Gregorio Canellas , German football official († 1999 )
• June 10 : Jean Robic , French cyclist († 1980 )

July

• 0July 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

• 0August 1 : Jack Kramer , American tennis player († 2009 )
• 0August 2 : Rudi Michel , German sports journalist († 2008 )
• 0August 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

• 0September 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

• 0October 2 : Mike Nazaruk , American racing driver († 1955 )
• 0October 2 : Giorgio Scarlatti , Italian racing driver († 1992 )
• 0October 3 : Ray Lindwall , Australian cricket and rugby league player († 1996 )
• 0October 6 : Rinaldo Martino , Argentinian-Italian soccer player († 2000 )
• 0October 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

• 0November 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

• 0December 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 )

See also

Portal: Sport  - Overview of Wikipedia content on sport

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