1905 in sports

1905 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Years in sports: 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years: 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Alf Common: football's first £1,000 player

American football

College championship

Professional championships

Events

Association football

Argentina

England

Germany

Scotland

Turkey

Athletics

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Baseball

World Series

Boxing

Events

  • 13 May — James J. Jeffries announces his retirement from boxing and relinquishes the World Heavyweight Championship title
  • 3 July — Jeffries referees the Marvin Hart v. Jack Root fight at Reno and "awards" his title to Hart, who has won by a 12th round knockout. Besides winning this bout, Hart has earlier in the year defeated Jack Johnson over 20 rounds at San Francisco. Hart holds the title until 1906.
  • 9 September — Battling Nelson defeats Jimmy Britt by an eighteenth-round knockout to win the World Lightweight Championship.
  • 20 December — Bob Fitzsimmons loses his World Light Heavyweight Championship to Philadelphia Jack O'Brien on a 13th round technical knockout in San Francisco. O'Brien effectively relinquishes the title soon afterwards and it remains vacant until 1914.

Lineal world champions[5]

Cricket

England

Australia

India

South Africa

West Indies

Cycling

Tour de France

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

Golf

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

Horse racing

England

Australia

Canada

Ireland

USA

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

Events

Lacrosse

Events

  • The Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (ILA) is replaced by the Intercollegiate Lacrosse League, which will be renamed the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) in 1929.

Motor racing

Gordon Bennett Cup

Ardennes Circuit

  • The fourth Circuit des Ardennes is run on 7 August over 591.255 km (118.251 km x 5 laps) in the vicinity of Bastogne. The winner is Victor Hémery (France) driving a Darracq 80 hp in a time of 5:58:32.

Vanderbilt Cup

Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb

Rowing

The Boat Race

Rugby league

England

Rugby union

Home Nations Championship

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

Tennis

Events

Australia

England

France

USA

Davis Cup

References

  1. "FIRST LIGHT (1900 – 1929)". Coleman Company. Archived from the original on March 18, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  2. "The History of the NCAA". NCAA.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
  3. "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. Boston Athletic Association (2011). "Boston Marathon History: 1901-1905". www.baa.org. Boston: Boston Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 2011-02-21. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  5. Cyber Boxing Zone
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