1926 in sports

1926 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

 * NFL championship – Frankford Yellow Jackets (14–1–2)
 * Rose Bowl (1925 season):
 * The Alabama Crimson Tide won 20–19 over the Washington Huskies to share the college football national championship

Association football
England Germany Greece
 * The Football League – Huddersfield Town 57 points, Arsenal 52, Sunderland 48, Bury 47, Sheffield United 46, Aston Villa 44
 * FA Cup final – Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Manchester City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
 * Huddersfield Town is the first team to win the League championship title three times in succession.
 * National Championship – SpVgg Fürth 4–1 Hertha BSC at Frankfurt
 * Formation of the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF)

Athletics
Sweden
 * the Second Women's World Games, Gothenburg

Australian rules football
VFL Premiership Brownlow Medal
 * Melbourne wins the 30th VFL Premiership: Melbourne 17.17 (119) d Collingwood 9.8 (62) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
 * The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)

Bandy
Sweden
 * Championship final – Västerås SK 1-0 IK Sirius

Baseball
World Series Negro leagues
 * 2–10 October — St. Louis Cardinals (NL) defeats New York Yankees (AL) to win the 1926 World Series by 4 games to 3
 * Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League (NNL) and owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, suffers a nervous breakdown and has to be confined to an asylum. His protégé Dave Malarcher takes over as manager and leads the team to the NNL pennant.
 * The Chicago American Giants (NNL) defeat the Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey (ECL), 5 games to 3, in the 1926 Colored World Series.
 * Mule Suttles of the St. Louis Stars hits a Negro leagues record 27 home runs. His .498 batting average and 21 triples are also records.

Basketball
ABL Championship


 * Cleveland Rosenblums over Brooklyn Arcadians (3–0)

Boxing
Events Lineal world champions
 * 23 September — Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey over 10 rounds in Philadelphia to win the World Heavyweight Championship
 * Tiger Flowers twice defeats Harry Greb for the World Middleweight Championship but then loses it to former World Welterweight Champion Mickey Walker who holds it until 1931
 * World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey → Gene Tunney
 * World Light Heavyweight Championship – Paul Berlenbach → Jack Delaney
 * World Middleweight Championship – Harry Greb → Tiger Flowers → Mickey Walker
 * World Welterweight Championship – Mickey Walker → Pete Latzo
 * World Lightweight Championship – Rocky Kansas → Sammy Mandell
 * World Featherweight Championship – Louis "Kid" Kaplan → vacant
 * World Bantamweight Championship – Charley Phil Rosenberg
 * World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Canadian football
Grey Cup
 * 14th Grey Cup – Ottawa Senators 10–7 Toronto Varsity Blues

Cricket
Events England Australia India New Zealand South Africa West Indies
 * 31 May — India, New Zealand and West Indies are elected as Full Members of the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of nations playing Test cricket from three to six.
 * England regains The Ashes from Australia by winning the five-match Test series 1–0. After the first four Tests are drawn, England wins the final match at The Oval by 289 runs.
 * County Championship – Lancashire
 * Minor Counties Championship – Durham
 * Most runs – Jack Hobbs 2949 @ 77.60 (HS 316*)
 * Most wickets – Charlie Parker 213 @ 18.40 (BB 8–73)
 * Wisden Cricketers of the Year – George Geary, Harold Larwood, Jack Mercer, Bert Oldfield, Bill Woodfull
 * Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
 * Most runs – Arthur Richardson 904 @ 50.22 (HS 227)
 * Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 59 @ 30.40 (BB 6–76)
 * Victoria score 1,107 against New South Wales at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1926 - still the largest innings total in first-class cricket.
 * Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus
 * Plunket Shield – Wellington
 * Currie Cup –  not contested
 * Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling
Tour de France
 * Lucien Buysse (Belgium) wins the 20th Tour de France

Figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships
 * World Women's Champion – Herma Szabo (Austria)
 * World Men's Champion – Willi Böckel (Austria)
 * World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

Golf
Events Major tournaments Other tournaments
 * Bobby Jones becomes the first golfer to win the British and US Open titles in the same year.
 * British Open – Bobby Jones
 * US Open – Bobby Jones
 * USPGA Championship – Walter Hagen
 * British Amateur – Jess Sweetser
 * US Amateur – George Von Elm

Horse racing
England Australia Canada France Ireland USA
 * Cheltenham Gold Cup – Koko
 * Grand National – Jack Horner
 * 19 April – Willie Watkinson, the Grand National-winning jockey, dies three weeks after his victory in a fall at Bogside, Scotland
 * 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Pillion
 * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Colorado
 * The Derby – Coronach
 * The Oaks – Short Story
 * St. Leger Stakes – Coronach
 * Melbourne Cup – Spearfelt
 * King's Plate – Haplite
 * Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Biribi
 * Irish Grand National – Amberwave
 * Irish Derby Stakes – Embargo
 * Kentucky Derby – Bubbling Over
 * Preakness Stakes – Display
 * Belmont Stakes – Crusader

Ice hockey
Stanley Cup Events
 * 30 March to 6 April — Montreal Maroons defeats Victoria Cougars in the 1926 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 1
 * Allan Cup – University of Toronto defeats Port Arthur Bearcats
 * Memorial Cup – Calgary Canadians defeats Queen's University
 * The professional Western Hockey League folds; most players are sold for $300,000 to the National Hockey League (NHL).
 * December — new expansion teams debut in the NHL: Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars and New York Rangers

Lacrosse
Events
 * Rosabelle Sinclair establishes the United States' first women's lacrosse team at Bryn Mawr School

Nordic skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
 * 2nd FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926 are held at Lahti, Finland

Rowing
The Boat Race
 * 27 March — Cambridge wins the 78th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league
England Australia
 * Championship – Wigan
 * Challenge Cup final – Swinton 9–3 Oldham at Athletic Grounds, Rochdale
 * Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
 * Yorkshire League Championship – Hull Kingston Rovers
 * Lancashire County Cup – Swinton 15–11 Wigan
 * Yorkshire County Cup – Dewsbury 2–0 Huddersfield
 * NSW Premiership – South Sydney 11–5 University (grand final)

Rugby union
Five Nations Championship
 * 39th Five Nations Championship series is shared by Ireland and Scotland

Speed skating
Speed Skating World Championships
 * Men's Allround Champion @ Trondheim, Norway – Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)
 * Overall Ladies World Champion @ Saint John, New Brunswick – Lela Brooks (Canada)
 * World Outdoor Champion – Charles Gorman (Canada)
 * International Outdoor Champion in pack style – John Farrell (United States)

Tennis
Australia England France USA Davis Cup
 * Australian Men's Singles Championship – John Hawkes (Australia) defeats James Willard (Australia) 6–1 6–3 6–1
 * Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Esna Boyd Robertson (Australia) 6–1 6–3
 * Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Jean Borotra (France) defeats Howard Kinsey (USA) 8–6 6–1 6–3
 * Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Kitty McKane Godfree (Great Britain) defeats Lilí de Álvarez (Spain) 6–2 4–6 6–3
 * French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats René Lacoste (France) 6–2 6–4 6–3
 * French Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen (France) defeats Mary Browne (USA) 6–1 6–0
 * American Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–4 6–0 6–4
 * American Women's Singles Championship – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (Norway) defeats Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 4–6 6–4 9–7
 * 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 4–1  at Germantown Cricket Club (grass) Philadelphia, United States