1929 in sport
- 1928 in sport - 1929 in sport - 1930 in sport
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Automobile
- the Dutchman Sprenger van Eijk gains the Car rally Monte Carlo over a Graham-Paige.
- 24 hours of Mans: Bentley gains the 24:00 with the pilots Woolf Barnato and Henri Tim Birkin.
Baseball
- Philadelphia Athletics gain the World Series vis-a-vis the Chicago Cubs.
- Babe Ruth becomes the first player to strike 60 blows of circuit in one season.
Basketball
- the Alsatian Hearth Mulhouse champion of France.
Cycling
- the Belgian Charles Meunier takes a lead in the Paris-Roubaix.
- Tour de France (June 30th - July 29th): The Belgian Maurice De Waele asserts himself in front of the Italian Giuseppe Pancera and the Belgian Joseph Demuysère.
- detailed Article: Tour de France 1929
- the Belgian Georges Ronsse takes a lead in the Championship of the world on road of race on line.
Football
- February 3rd : The Espanyol Barcelona gains the Cut of Spain vis-a-vis the Real Madrid, 2-1.
- Rangers champion of Scotland.
- Sheffield Wednesday FC is champion of England.
- April 6th : Kilmarnock FC gains the Cut of Scotland vis-a-vis the Rangers, 4-0.
- April 27th : Bolton Wanderers FC gains the Coupe of England vis-a-vis Portsmouth FC, 2-0.
- May 5th : SO Montpellier gains the Coupe de France vis-a-vis FC This, 2-0.
- May 26th : the Rapid of Vienna is champion of Austria.
- the Royal Antwerp FC is champion of Belgium.
- PSV Eindhoven is champion of the Netherlands.
- FC Barcelona gains the first edition of the Championnat of Spain.
- June 30th : Huracan is champion of Argentina.
- July 7th : The Bologna FC is champion of Italy.
- July 28th : Fürth champion of Germany by imposing finally national 3-2 against the Hertha BSC Berlin.
- November 17th : The team of Argentina gains the Copa America
- detailed Article: 1929 in football
American football
- Green Bay Packers champion of NFL. detailed Article: Season NFL 1929
Canadian Football
- Grey Cup : Hamilton Tigers 14, Regina Roughriders 3
Golf
- the American Walter Hagen gains British Open
- the American Bobby Jones gains US the Open
- the American Leo Diegel gains the tournament of the USPGA
Hockey
- February 3rd: The Czechoslovakia gains the championship of Europe in front of the Poland.
- Cut Magnus: Chamonix is crowned champion France.
- HC Davos is crowned champion Suisse.
- the Bruins of Boston gain the Coupe Stanley 1929.
Water tournament
- Vincent Cianni gains the Grand Prix of Saint-Louis to Sète.
Motor bike
- Bowl of gold: Vroonen gains on a Waistcoat-Hertsal.
Rugby with XV
- the Scotland gains the Tournoi.
- Quillan is champion of France.
- Middlesex champion of England of the counties.
- Southland champion of New Zealand of the provinces.
- Western Province champion of South Africa of the provinces (Currie Cup).
Tennis
- Tournament of Roland-Garros.
- the French Rene Lacoste is essential into simple men.
- American the Helen Wills is essential into simple women.
- Tournament of Wimbledon.
- the French Henri Cochet is essential into simple men.
- American the Helen Wills is essential into simple women.
- championship of the USA.
- the American Bill Tilden is essential into simple men.
- American the Helen Wills is essential into simple women.
- Coupe Davis: France beats the United States: 3 - 2
Births
- January 17th: Frances Dafoe, artistic skater Canadian.
- February 6th: Sixten Jernberg, cross-country skier Swedish
- February 10th: Hallgeir Brenden, cross-country skier Norwegian. († September 21st 2007).
- February 15th: Graham Hill, racing driver English, world champion of Formula 1 in 1962 and 1968. († November 29th 1975).
- March 23rd: Roger Bannister, British athlete
- April 10th: Mike Hawthorn, pilot of automobile race English, world champion of Formula 1 in 1958. († January 22nd 1959).
- May 14th: Gump Worsley, Canadian player of Hockey. († January 26th 2007).
- June 14th: Alan Davidson, cricketer Australia N, cash 44 selections in Test cricket of 1953 with 1963.
- July 18th: Richard Short prop, American artistic skater
- August 10th: Joseph Ujlaki, Football French or of Hungarian origin . († February 13rd 2006).
- August 16th: Helmut Rahn, Football German or., world champion in 1954. († August 14th 2003).
- September 3rd: Carlo Clerici, Swiss racing cyclist. († January 28th 2007).
- September 10th: Arnold Micrometer caliper, American golfor
- September 17th: Stirling Moss, British racing driver
- September 25th: Jacques Lepatey, French player of Rugby to XV.
- September 30th: Sandor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer
- October 22nd: Lev Yachine, Russian Football or, legendary goalkeeper of the team of Soviet Union. († March 21st 1990).
- October 31st: Eddie Charlton, player Australia N of Snooker and English Billiards. († November 7th 2004).
- December 21st: Bernard Pariset, Judoka French. († December 6th 2004).
Principal deaths
- October 25th: James Lillywhite, 87 years, cricketer English. (° February 23rd 1842).
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