1922 in sports

American football

• Canton Bulldogs wins the APFA title with a record of 10 wins, 0 losses and 2 ties.

• Cornell Big Red – college football national championship

• 24 June — the American Professional Football Association renames itself as the National Football League.

  Association football

• The Football League – Liverpool 57 points, Tottenham Hotspur 51, Burnley 49, Cardiff City 48, Aston Villa 47, Bolton Wanderers 47
• FA Cup final – Huddersfield Town 1–0 Preston North End at Stamford Bridge, London

• National Championship – no decision after Hamburger SV and 1. FC Nürnberg played two drawn games

• Spartak Moscow, as known well for former Soviet Union, officially founded on April 18.

  Athletics">Athletics (sport)">Athletics

• second Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo

• the first Women's World Games, Paris

  [Australian rules football]

• 14 October – Fitzroy wins the 26th VFL Premiership, defeating Collingwood 11.13 to 9.14 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in the 1922 VFL Grand Final.

• 30 September – Norwood 9.7 defeat West Adelaide 2.16 to win their fifteenth SAFL premiership.
• Magarey Medal won by Robert Barnes

• 23 September – East Perth 7.13 beat West Perth 5.9 to win their fourth successive premiership
• Sandover Medal won by Harold Boyd

  [Bandy]

• Championship final – IK Sirius 3-2 Västerås SK

  [Baseball]

• 4–8 October — New York Giants defeats New York Yankees to win the 1922 World Series by 4 games to 0 with one tie

• The Chicago American Giants win their third consecutive Negro National League pennant.

  [Boxing]

• 10 July — Joe Lynch regains the World Bantamweight Championship when he defeats Johnny Buff with a 14th-round technical knockout in New York
• 24 September — Battling Siki captures the World Light Heavyweight Championship when he knocks out Georges Carpentier in the 6th round in Paris.
• 1 November — Mickey Walker, one of the greatest boxing champions, wins his first world title when he defeats World Welterweight Champion Jack Britton over 15 rounds in New York

• World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Georges Carpentier → Battling Siki
• World Middleweight Championship – Johnny Wilson
• World Welterweight Championship – Jack Britton → Mickey Walker
• World Lightweight Championship – Benny Leonard
• World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
• World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Buff → Joe Lynch
• World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde

  [Canadian football]

• 10th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Queen's University 13–1 Edmonton Elks

  [Cricket]

• Yorkshire recovers the County Championship to begin a run of four successive titles.

• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire
• Most runs – Jack Russell 2575 @ 54.78
• Most wickets – Charlie Parker 206 @ 13.16
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Arthur Carr, Tich Freeman, Charlie Parker, Jack Russell, Andy Sandham

• Sheffield Shield – Victoria
• Most runs – Frank O'Keeffe 708 @ 118.00
• Most wickets – Ted McDonald 28 @ 21.50

• Bombay Quadrangular – Europeans

• Plunket Shield – Auckland

• Currie Cup – undecided

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados

  [Cycling]

• Firmin Lambot wins the 16th Tour de France

• 17 September — Dutch cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes World Champion in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Sprint.

  [Figure skating]

• World Men's Champion – Gillis Grafström
• World Women's Champion – Herma Szabo
• World Pairs Champions – Helene Engelmann and Alfred Berger

  [Golf]

• British Open – Walter Hagen
• US Open – Gene Sarazen
• USPGA Championship – Gene Sarazen

• British Amateur – Ernest Holderness
• US Amateur – Jess Sweetser

  [Horse racing]

• Grand National – Music Hall
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Silver Urn
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – St Louis
• The Derby – Captain Cuttle
• The Oaks – Pogrom
• St. Leger Stakes – Royal Lancer

• Melbourne Cup – King Ingoda

• Queen's Plate – South Shore

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Ksar

• Irish Grand National – Halston
• Irish Derby Stakes – Spike Island

• Kentucky Derby – Morvich
• Preakness Stakes – Pillory
• Belmont Stakes – Pillory

  [Ice hockey]

• 17–28 March — Toronto St. Pats defeats Vancouver Millionaires in the 1922 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 2

  [Motorsport]

Rowing">Rowing (sport)">Rowing

• 1 April — Cambridge wins the 74th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

  [Rugby league]

• Championship – Wigan
• Challenge Cup final – Rochdale Hornets 10–9 Hull F.C. at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
• Lancashire League Championship – Oldham
• Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
• Lancashire County Cup – Warrington 7–5 Oldham
• Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds 11–3 Dewsbury

• NSW Premiership – North Sydney 35–3 Glebe

  [Rugby union]

• 35th Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales

  [Speed skating]

• Men's All-round Champion – Harald Strøm

  Swimming">Swimming (sport)">Swimming

• Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 metres freestyle in 58.6 seconds to create a world record and break the "minute barrier"

  [Tennis]

• Inaugural Australian Women's Singles Championship is held.

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – James Anderson defeats Gerald Patterson 6–0 3–6 3–6 6–3 6–2
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Molesworth defeats Esna Boyd Robertson 6–3 10–8

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Gerald Patterson defeats Randolph Lycett 6–3 6–4 6–2
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen defeats Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6–2 6–0

• French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet defeats Jean Samazeuilh 8–6 6–3 7–5
• French Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen defeats Germaine Golding 6–4 6–2

• American Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden defeats Bill Johnston 4–6 3–6 6–2 6–3 6–4
• American Women's Singles Championship – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory defeats Helen Wills Moody 6–3 6–1

• 1922 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 4–1 at West Side Tennis Club New York City, United States

  Water skiing

• Water skiing invented in Lake City, Minnesota by Ralph Samuelson