1908 in sports

See also: 1907 in sports, other events of 1908, 1909 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• The third Summer Olympic Games are held in London, England.
• July 13 - Women compete in modern Olympics for the first time.
• September 23 - Baseball/History: the "Merkle incident"
• December 26 - Jack Johnson becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia

Births

• February 17 - Red Barber, baseball announcer, sports journalist (+ 1992)
• August 27 - Don Bradman, Cricket player

Deaths

• April 20 - Henry Chadwick, baseball writer and historian