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".
Read more about this topic: 1920 In Sports
Famous quotes containing the words american and/or football:
“While the focus in the landscape of Old World cities was commonly government structures, churches, or the residences of rulers, the landscape and the skyline of American cities have boasted their hotels, department stores, office buildings, apartments, and skyscrapers. In this grandeur, Americans have expressed their Booster Pride, their hopes for visitors and new settlers, and customers, for thriving commerce and industry.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“...I’m not money hungry.... People who are rich want to be richer, but what’s the difference? You can’t take it with you. The toys get different, that’s all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It’s all relative.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)