American Football
NFL championship
- NFL championship – Akron Pros
College championship
- College football national championship – California Golden Bears, Harvard Crimson, Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Princeton Tigers (shared)
Events
- 17 September — the National Football League (NFL) is founded as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio. Of the teams in the current NFL, only the Decatur Staleys (renamed the the Chicago Bears) and the Racine (Chicago) Cardinals (the current Arizona Cardinals remain in existance.
- 14 December — death of Notre Dame player George Gipp (1895–1920), mainly remembered for his deathbed quote to coach Knute Rockne: "Win just one for the Gipper".
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