1928 in sports

Template:Short description Template:Year nav sports topic5 1928 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

NFL championship – Providence Steam Roller (8–1–2)
USC Trojans – college football national championship shared with Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Association football

England

The Football League – Everton 53 points, Huddersfield Town 51, Leicester City 48, Derby County 44, Bury 44, Cardiff City 44
FA Cup final – Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Huddersfield Town at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

Germany

National Championship – Hamburger SV 5–2 Hertha BSC at Hamburg-Altona

Spain

La Liga (Primera División del España), a professional top football league of Spain, was officially founded on February 10.Template:Citation needed

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Collingwood wins the 32nd VFL Premiership: Collingwood 13.18 (96) d Richmond 9.9 (63) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Brownlow Medal

The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)

Bandy

Sweden

Championship final – IF Göta 5-3 IK Sirius

Baseball

World Series

4–9 October — New York Yankees (AL) defeats St. Louis Cardinals (NL) to win the 1928 World Series by 4 games to 0

Basketball

ABL Championship

New York Celtics over Fort Wayne Hoosiers (3–1)

Bobsleigh

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

A 5-man bob event is held at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St Moritz.
The gold medal is won by USA II ahead of USA I (silver) and Germany II (bronze).

Boxing

Events

26 July — Gene Tunney's final fight is a 12th-round technical knockout of Tom Heeney in the Bronx; the World Heavyweight Championship becomes vacant until 1930

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World Heavyweight Championship – Gene Tunney → vacant
World Light Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Loughran
World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker
World Welterweight Championship – Joe Dundee
World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell
World Featherweight Championship – vacant → Tony Canzoneri → Andre Routis
World Bantamweight Championship – vacant
World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Canadian football

Grey Cup

16th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers 30–0 Regina Roughriders

Cricket

Events

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is inaugurated.
The West Indian team touring England in the 1928 season is the first to play Test cricket but is not very successful, losing all three Tests by an innings and winning only five out of 30 first-class matches.

England

County Championship – Lancashire
Minor Counties Championship – Berkshire
Most runs – Frank Woolley 3352 @ 60.94 (HS 198)
Most wickets – Tich Freeman 304 @ 18.05 (BB 9–104)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Leslie Ames, George Duckworth, Maurice Leyland, Sam Staples, Jack White

Australia

Sheffield Shield – Victoria
Most runs – Bill Ponsford 1217 @ 152.12 (HS 437)
Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 42 @ 27.40 (BB 8–57)

India

Bombay Quadrangular – Europeans

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Wellington

South Africa

Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling

Tour de France

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Field hockey

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Gold Medal – India
Silver Medal – Netherlands
Bronze Medal – Germany

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
World Men's Champion – Willi Böckel (Austria)
World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

Golf

Major tournaments

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US Open – Johnny Farrell
USPGA Championship – Leo Diegel

Other tournaments

British Amateur – Philip Perkins
US Amateur – Bobby Jones

Horse racing

England

Champion Hurdle –Brown Jack
Cheltenham Gold Cup – Patron Saint
Grand National – Tipperary Tim
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Scuttle
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Flamingo
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The Oaks – Toboggan
St. Leger Stakes – Fairway

Australia

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King's Plate – Young Kitty

France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Kantar

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Don Sancho
Irish Derby Stakes – Baytown

USA

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

5–14 April — New York Rangers defeats Montreal Maroons in the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 2

Motorsport

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Nordic skiing

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Cross-country skiing (18 km) – gold medal: Johan Grøttumsbråten (Norway)
Cross-country skiing (50 km) – gold medal: Per-Erik Hedlund (Sweden)
Ski jumping – gold medal: Alf Andersen (Norway)
Nordic combined – gold medal: Johan Grøttumsbråten (Norway)

Olympic Games

1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics takes place at St Moritz in Switzerland (February 11 - February 19)
Norway wins the most medals (15) and the most gold medals (6)

1928 Summer Olympics