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1909 in sports

See also: 1908 in sports, other events of 1909, 1910 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents

1 Australian Rules Football 2 Baseball 3 Boxing 4 Cricket 5 Events 6 Births 7 Deaths

Australian Rules Football

• Victorian Football League - South Melbourne wins the 13th VFL Premiership (South Melbourne 4.14 (38) d Carlton 4.12 (36))

Baseball

• The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Detroit Tigers, four games to three, in the World Series.

Boxing

June 19 - Monte Attell, won the World Bantamweight Championship joining his brother Abe Attell, who held the World Featherweight Championship, to become the first pair of brothers to hold world titles simultaneously.

Cricket

• June 15 - Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lords and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.

Events

• November 30 - A goal is scored in the St. Andrew's Day match of the Eton Wall Game at Eton College. As of 2003, no more goals have been scored in the St. Andrew's day game (which is the most important match of the year) but points have been scored by other methods.

Births

• February 11 - Max Baer (The Livermore Larruper), American boxer/actor
• February 15 - Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes, Spanish football player

Deaths

• January 6 - George Dixon, the first black world boxing champion

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