1902 In Sports

American Football

• January 1 - The first Rose Bowl game is played in Pasadena, California
• December 28 - The first indoor professional American football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden.

Baseball

• April 23 - Luis Castro made his major league debut with the Philadelphia Athletics in the American League. He is the first baseball player from Colombia to play professional baseball in the United States. Likewise, Castro was the first Latin American ballplayer to play in Major League Baseball.

• The Winnipeg Maroons Win the first ever Northern League Championship.

Football (Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League
• Collingwood wins the 6th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.6 (60) d Essendon 3.9 (27))
• See also Victorian Football League season 1902

Motor racing

Births

• October 26 Jack Sharkey, World champion heavyweight boxer (+ 1994)

Deaths

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