- 1924 in sports
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dn3=1950s|*Washington Senators def. New York Giants (4-3) in the
World Series .*
Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) defeats Hilldale (ECL) 5 games to 4 with 1 tie in the first official Negro League World Series.
*The pitcherNip Winters wins a record 27 games for Hilldale in the ECL regular season.
=Football (American)=*
Cleveland Bulldogs winNational Football League titleFootball (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League
** Essendon wins the 28th VFL Premiership (under the finals system used, no grand final was played)
**Brownlow Medal awarded for the first time, toEdward Greeves (Geelong).Football (soccer) England
*First Division - Huddersfield Town win the 1923-24 title.
*FA Cup - Newcastle United beat Aston Villa 2-0.Golf *June 4-6 - U.S. Open -
Cyril Walker
*June 24-27 - British Open -Walter Hagen
*September 20 -PGA Championship -Walter Hagen
*British Amateur -Ernest Holderness
*U.S. Amateur - Bobby Jones* The
International Hockey Federation (FIH) is founded onJanuary 7 inParis by seven member states:Austria ,Belgium ,Czechoslovakia ,France ,Hungary ,Spain , andSwitzerland .*
Montreal Canadiens win their 2ndStanley Cup , defeating theCalgary Tigers 2 games to 0.Horse Racing *
May 17 -Black Gold wins theKentucky Derby Multi-sport event s*
1924 Summer Olympics takes place inParis ,France
**United States wins the most medals (99), and the most gold medals (45).
*1924 Winter Olympics , the firstWinter Olympics , takes place inChamonix ,France
**Norway wins the most medals (17), and bothNorway andFinland win the most gold medals (4).Births
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July 18 —Inge Sørensen , Danish female swimmer
*September 5 — Nick Carter, New Zealand cyclist (d.2003 )
*September 22 —Norvel Lee , American boxer (d.1992 )
*September 27 —Magnar Estenstad , Norwegian cross country skier (d.2004 )
*September 29 —Esther Brand , South African athlete
*October 10 —Balbir Singh Sr. , Indian field hockey player
*October 11 —Mal Whitfield , American athleteDeaths
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March 8 —Ernestus Greven (38), Dutch athlete (b.1885 )
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