1921 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

NFL championship Throughout its history, the National Football League (NFL) and other rival American football leagues have used several different formats to determine their league champions, including a period of inter-league matchups to determine a true national c ...

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Chicago Staleys The Chicago Bears American football franchise is a charter member of the National Football League (NFL), and has played in all of the league's 100 seasons. The team has captured nine NFL championships – eight NFL championships and one Super ...

(later renamed the Chicago Bears; 9–1–1) * Rose Bowl (1920 season): ** The

California Golden Bears The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as ''California'' or ''Cal'', the university fields 30 varsity athletic programs and various club te ...

won 21–0 over the

Ohio State Buckeyes The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Ohio State University, located in Columbus, Ohio. The athletic programs are named after the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and after the state tree ...

to win the college football

national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

Cornell Big Red The Cornell Big Red is the informal name of the sports teams, and other competitive teams, that represent Cornell University, located in Ithaca, New York. The university sponsors 37 varsity sports, as well as numerous intramural and club team ...

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college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

* 8 October — the first radio broadcast of a college game takes place between West Virginia and Pittsburgh

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

Brazil * Cruzeiro of Belo Horizonte, officially founded on January 2. England *

The Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

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Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

59 points,

Manchester City Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...

54,

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

52,

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

51,

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...

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Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...

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FA Cup final The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just the Cup Final, is the last match in the FA Cup, Football Association Challenge Cup. It has regularly been one of the List of sports attendance figures, most attended domestic football ev ...

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Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

Stamford Bridge Stamford Bridge may refer to: * Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England ** Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066 * Stamford Bridge (bridge), a bridge in the village of Stamford Bridge * Stamford Bridge (stadium), in L ...

, London * The Football League is expanded by the conversion of the Third Division (founded in 1920) into the

Third Division South The Third Division South of The Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran in parallel with the Third Division North with clubs elected to the League or relegated from Division Two allocated to on ...

(D3S: 22 clubs) and the creation of the

Third Division North The Third Division North of the Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran in parallel with the Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to ...

(D3N: 20 clubs). This brings the total number of League clubs to 86. Existing league clubs in D3N are

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional association football, football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they wer ...

(relegated from the

Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

) and

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...

(transferred from the former Third Division). New league members in D3N are:

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history ...

(1921–1961),

Ashington Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the ...

(1921–1929), Barrow (1921–1972),

Chesterfield Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ...

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

, Durham City (1921–1928),

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

, Lincoln City,

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

(1921–1931),

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Irish ...

(1921–1978),

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...

(1921–1923),

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they adop ...

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...

, Wigan Borough (1921–1931) and

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

. * Apart from Grimsby Town (now in D3N) and

Crystal Palace Crystal Palace may refer to: Places Canada * Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick * Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario * Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building ...

(promoted to the Second Division), all the remaining members of the former Third Division are transferred to D3S. Two new clubs are elected to this division: Aberdare Athletic (1921–1927) and

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

. Germany *

National Championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

– FC Nuremberg 5–0 Berliner FC Vorwärts 1890 at Düsseldorf Republic of Ireland * Formation of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI). It applies solely to the Republic of Ireland and is not to be confused with the

Irish Football Association The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland. It organised the Ireland national football team from 1880 to 1950, which after 1954, became the Northern Ireland national football team. ...

(IFA), which is now the organising body for football in Northern Ireland only. The split in Irish football governance is not reflected in other sports such as

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

and

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

, in which

Cricket Ireland Cricket Ireland, officially the Irish Cricket Union, is the national governing body for cricket on the island of Ireland (both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland), and oversees the national men's and women's cricket teams. It also org ...

and the

Irish Rugby Football Union The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) ( ga, Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ...

administer both countries.

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

Men's 100 metres *

Charlie Paddock Charles William Paddock (August 11, 1900 – July 21, 1943) was an American athlete and two time Olympic champion. Biography Paddock was born in Gainesville, Texas to Charles H. and Lulu (Robinson) Paddock. His family moved to Pasadena, Cal ...

(USA) breaks the world record by running a time of 10.4 at

Redlands, California Redlands ( ) is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 73,168, up from 68,747 at the 2010 census. The city is located approximately west of Palm Springs and east of Lo ...

. Lithuania * Officially established

Lithuanian Athletics Championships Lithuanian Athletics Championships ( lt, Lietuvos lengvosios atletikos čempionatas) is the national championship in athletics, organized by the Athletic Federation of Lithuania. The first competition was held in 1921. Women participated since the 1 ...

. Monaco * first Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

* 30 June –

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

disbands in an attempt to merge with VFL club

Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington *Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport *Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United King ...

and is disqualified from the rest of the VFA season; the merger is precluded by a veto by the government of Essendon moving to

Arden Street Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...

. VFL Premiership *

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

wins the 25th VFL Premiership, defeating

Carlton Carlton may refer to: People * Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname * Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy * Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian ...

5.6 (36) to 4.8 (32) in the Grand Final

South Australian Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as the ...

* 7 May – Glenelg become the SAFL's eighth club when they play their first match against West Adelaide, losing 6.5 (41) to 18.10 (118). * 8 October –

Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ...

4.8 (32) defeat Norwood 3.6 (24) for their ninth SAFL premiership. *

Magarey Medal The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires. The award was created by Willia ...

won by Dan Moriarty (South Adelaide), Charlie Adams (Port Adelaide),

John Karney John "Jack" Karney (4 February 1895 – 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Torrens in the South Australian Football League (SAFL). Karney could play as either a centreman or rover and first appeared for West Torrens ...

(West Torrens) and

Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'', ''Rob Roy (n ...

(Norwood) West Australian Football League * 1 October –

East Perth East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from ...

5.9 (39) defeats

East Fremantle East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...

4.8 (32) to win its third consecutive premiership. * The inaugural

Sandover Medal The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League. The award was donated by Alfred Sandover M.B.E., a prominent Perth hardware merchant and be ...

is won by Tom Outridge, Sr. ( Subiaco), and posthumously awarded retrospectively to Cyril Hoft (

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

Sweden * Championship final –

IK Sirius IK Sirius is a Swedish bandy club located in Uppsala, currently playing in Elitserien. IK Sirius were formed in 1907 and play their home games at Studenternas Idrottsplats. History IK Sirius' first success was becoming Swedish runners-up in 1 ...

5–2

IFK Uppsala IFK Uppsala is a Swedish sports club located in Uppsala in Sweden, with several departments: * IFK Uppsala Fotboll, association football department * IFK Uppsala Bandy, bandy department The club was established in 1895. On 30 January 1921, t ...

(replay following 2–2 draw)

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

World Series * 5–13 October —

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

(NL) defeats

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...

(AL) to win the

1921 World Series The 1921 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1921 season. The 18th edition of the World Series, it matched the National League champion New York Giants and the American League champion New York Yankees. Th ...

by 5 games to 3 Major League Baseball *

Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Su ...

home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...

s for the

, establishing a new single-season record for the third consecutive year Negro leagues * The

Chicago American Giants The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Fo ...

win their second consecutive Negro National League pennant

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

Events * 2 July — boxing's first “million dollar gate” occurs when Jack Dempsey meets Georges Carpentier in a “hastily assembled outdoor arena built on a farm in Jersey City, New Jersey”. A crowd of more than 80,000 attends an event billed by its promoter Tex Rickard as the "Battle of the Century". Dempsey wins by a fourth-round knockout in a scheduled 12-round fight which is also special for its radio broadcast. It is the first-ever broadcast to a "mass audience" with ringside commentary relayed over the new radiophone to hundreds of thousands of people in the northeastern United States. * Pete Herman, Pete “Kid” Herman regains the World Bantamweight Championship but is beaten soon afterwards by new champion Johnny Buff. Lineal world champions * World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey * World Light Heavyweight Championship – Georges Carpentier * World Middleweight Championship – Johnny Wilson (boxer), Johnny Wilson * World Welterweight Championship – Jack Britton * World Lightweight Championship – Benny Leonard * World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane * World Bantamweight Championship – Joe Lynch (boxer), Joe Lynch → Pete Herman, Pete "Kid" Herman → Johnny Buff * World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde

Canadian football

Grey Cup * 9th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Toronto Argonauts 23–0 Edmonton Eskimos

Cricket

Events * England national cricket team, England tours Australia and becomes the first team to lose every match in a five-match Test cricket, Test series. In the 1921 English cricket season, 1921 English season, Australia national cricket team, Australia emphasises the post-war superiority that it owes, in particular, to the pace duo of Jack Gregory (cricketer), Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald. Having won 5–0 in Australia the previous winter, the Australians win the first three Tests of the 1921 tour and then draw the last two. England * 1921 County Championship, County Championship – Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middlesex * Minor Counties Championship – Staffordshire County Cricket Club, Staffordshire * Most runs – Phil Mead 3179 @ 69.10 (HS 280*) * Most wickets – Alec Kennedy 186 @ 21.55 (BB 8–11) * Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Hubert Ashton, Jack Bryan, Jack Gregory (cricketer), Jack Gregory, Charlie Macartney, Ted McDonald Australia * 1920-21 Sheffield Shield season, Sheffield Shield – New South Wales cricket team, New South Wales * Most runs – Patsy Hendren 1178 @ 62.00 (HS 271) * Most wickets – Arthur Mailey 81 @ 22.53 (BB 9–121) India * Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus cricket team, Hindus and Parsees cricket team, Parsees (shared) New Zealand * Plunket Shield – Wellington cricket team, Wellington South Africa * SuperSport Series, Currie Cup – ''not contested'' West Indies * Inter-Colonial Tournament – unfinished

Cycle sport, Cycling

Tour de France * Léon Scieur (Belgium) wins the 15th 1921 Tour de France, Tour de France Giro d'Italia * Giovanni Brunero of Legnano wins the ninth 1921 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships * The championships are not held in 1921

Golf

Major tournaments * 1921 Open Championship, Open Championship – Jock Hutchison * 1921 U.S. Open (golf), US Open – Jim Barnes * 1921 PGA Championship, USPGA Championship – Walter Hagen Other tournaments * The Amateur Championship, British Amateur – Willie Hunter (golfer), Willie Hunter * United States Amateur Championship (men's golf), US Amateur – Jesse Guilford

Horse racing

England * 1921 Grand National, Grand National – Shaun Spadah * 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Bettina (horse), Bettina * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Craig an Eran * Epsom Derby, The Derby – Humorist (horse), Humorist * Epsom Oaks, The Oaks – Love in Idleness (horse), Love in Idleness * St. Leger Stakes – Polemarch (horse), Polemarch Australia * 1921 Melbourne Cup, Melbourne Cup – Sister Olive Canada * King's Plate – Herendesy France * Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Ksar (horse), Ksar Ireland * Irish Grand National – Bohernore * Irish Derby Stakes – Ballyheron USA * 1921 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby – Behave Yourself * Preakness Stakes – Broomspun * Belmont Stakes – Grey Lag

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup * Ottawa Senators (original), Ottawa Senators defeats 1920–21 Toronto St. Patricks season, Toronto St. Patricks to win the National Hockey League, NHL 1920–21 NHL season, championship. * Vancouver Millionaires defeats Seattle Metropolitans in a two–game total–goal series 1–3, 6–0 (7–3) to win the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, PCHA 1920–21 NHL season, championship. * 21 March – 4 April — Ottawa Senators defeats Vancouver Millionaires in the 1921 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 2

Motorsport

Multi-sport events

Far Eastern Championship Games * Fifth 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games, Far Eastern Championship Games held in Shanghai. Women's World Games * The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event

Rowing (sport), Rowing

The Boat Race * 30 March — Cambridge University Boat Club, Cambridge wins the 73rd The Boat Race 1921, Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England * 1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Championship – Hull F.C., Hull * 1920–21 Challenge Cup, Challenge Cup final – Leigh Centurions, Leigh 13–0 Halifax R.L.F.C., Halifax at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, Broughton * Rugby league county leagues, Lancashire League Championship – Wigan Warriors, Wigan * Rugby league county leagues, Yorkshire League Championship – Halifax R.L.F.C., Halifax * 1920–21 Lancashire Cup, Lancashire Rugby league county cups, County Cup – Broughton Rangers 6–3 Leigh Centurions, Leigh * 1920–21 Yorkshire Cup, Yorkshire Rugby league county cups, County Cup – Hull Kingston Rovers 2–0 Hull F.C., Hull Australia * 1921 NSWRFL season, NSW Premiership – North Sydney Bears, North Sydney (outright winner)

Rugby union

Five Nations Championship * 34th 1921 Five Nations Championship, Five Nations Championship series is won by England national rugby union team, England who complete the Grand Slam (rugby union), Grand Slam

Shooting sports, Shooting

Germany *National championship won by Mr. Janich firing an Ortgies 7.65 mm Semi-Automatic Pistol, Ortgies semi-automatic pistol.Koelliker, Donald W., "Ortgies: A Well-Known but Little Studied German Armsmaker of the Early Post-War Years," ''Gun Collector's Digest'' 1981, accessed April 19, 2010
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Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships * not contested

Tennis

Australia * 1921 Australasian Championships – Singles, Australian Men's Singles Championship – Rhys Gemmell (Australia) defeats Alf Hedeman (Australia) 7–5 6–1 6–4 England * 1921 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (USA) defeats Brian Norton (tennis), Brian Norton (South Africa) 4–6 2–6 6–1 6–0 7–5 * 1921 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen (France) defeats Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 6–2, 6–0 France * List of French Open Men's Singles champions and finalists, French Men's Singles Championship – Jean Samazeuilh (France) defeats André Gobert (France) 6–3 6–3 2–6 7–5 * List of French Open Women's Singles champions, French Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen (France) defeats Germaine Golding (France) by a walkover USA * 1921 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles, American Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (USA) defeats Bill Johnston (tennis player), Bill Johnston (USA) 6–1 1–6 7–5 5–7 6–3 * 1921 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles, American Women's Singles Championship – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (Norway) defeats Mary Browne (USA) 4–6 6–4 6–2 Davis Cup * 1921 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 5–0 at West Side Tennis Club (grass) New York City, United States

Notes

Awarded retrospectively by the SANFL in 1998.
By 1997 Westar Rules season, Westar Rules in 1997.

References

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