See also:
1924 in sports,
other events of 1925,
1926 in sports and the
list of 'years in sports'.
- The IFAB reform the offside law, reducing the number of opposing players required to be in front of the attacker for him to be onside from three to two.
England
Births
- January 18 — Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player and coach (d. 1992)
- February 19 — Leslie Laing, Jamaican athlete
- June 2 — Wally Pipp, first baseman of the New York Yankees, asks for a day off due to a headache. He is replaced in the lineup by Lou Gehrig, who also starts the next 2,128 consecutive games.
- June 10 — Lennart Bergelin, Swedish tennis player
- July 18 — - Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete and triple Olympic gold medallist (d. 2004)
- July 28 — Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan football (soccer) player (d. 2002)
- July 29 — Ted Lindsay, ice hockey Hall of Fame player
- November 4 — Teodor Anioła, Polish footballer (d. 1993)
- November 25 — Ernst Happel, Austrian football player and coach (d. 1992)
Deaths
1925 | 1925 in sports
1925 en sport | 1925年のスポーツ | Sportåret 1925