1916 Virgin Islands hurricane, Impact, Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas
Electric wires were blown down and warehouses were unroofed across Saint Thomas. The iron sheet roofs of homes were pried off by the wind. Many trees were uprooted or debarked. In the market square, trees laid mangled with communication and electric wires, littering public thoroughfares alongside amalgamations of wind-torn gutters and rooftop tiling. At the supply station of the West India and Panama Telegraph Company, ancillary buildings and storehouses were destroyed. Nearby, a coconut plantation was rendered infertile due to damage sustained to the tops of trees.


1916 Virgin Islands hurricane, Impact, Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas
As more sturdier structures, places of worship fared comparably well but were nevertheless subject to the violence of the winds; rectories were seriously damaged and a chapel was destroyed. Some people sought shelter in parsonages. In addition to the winds and surge, the hurricane also produced heavy rainfall; at Charlotte Amalie, the storm's rainfall total in 24 hours was a 1-in-20 year event. Merchant stocks were tarnished by the rainfall. Four deaths—all drownings—were documented at Saint Thomas; these occurred at the harbor in addition to several injuries.


1916 Virgin Islands hurricane, Impact, Virgin Islands, Other islands
On Saint Croix, destruction befell entire towns and many factories. The town of Christiansted reported extensive damage. The schooner Vigilant capsized in the Christiansted reef; the ship was raised after sinking in the 1876 San Felipe hurricane only to suffer the same fate in 1916. In Frederiksted, saltwater was found on the upper-stories of residences, marking the height of the storm's waves. The roof of one home destroyed a stable and a few rooms after being blown away. Ninety percent of fences and most trees were knocked down.


1916 Virgin Islands hurricane, Impact, Virgin Islands, Other islands
Heavy damage was also wrought in rural areas of Saint Croix, where telecommunications were disrupted. At several settlements, homes were badly damaged; only 4 homes of 23–25 at an estate in Annaly were destroyed. Anegada, Tortola, and Saint John of the Virgin Islands were devastated by the hurricane. At Tortola the hurricane's winds were strongest on the evening of October 9, holding at around 100 mph (160 km/h) for an hour. A report sent to The Sun, a New York-based newspaper, enumerated thirty-two fatalities in Tortola and eight in Saint John.


1916 Virgin Islands hurricane, Impact, Virgin Islands, Other islands
However, a later report indicated five deaths combined in Saint Croix and Saint John from injuries caused by falling walls or trees. More than 50 people were injured in Saint John. Nearly all houses on the Saint John and Tortola were destroyed. Most boats at Tortola were destroyed, and some were dispersed by the storm's wind and waves on inland hills. Significant damage was dealt to the island's crops. Two thousand people were displaced by the storm in Tortola. Across three settlements in Saint John, all houses except one were razed.


1916 Virgin Islands hurricane, Impact, Virgin Islands, Other islands
Swaths of trees were denuded in some areas of the island. Although the force of the storm was stronger on Saint John than on Saint Thomas, the island's lower population led to a lesser monetary toll to infrastructure; however, total casualties were higher in Saint John due to a lack of communications, leaving the island's residents unaware of the storm's approach.


1916 Virgin Islands hurricane, Aftermath
Many residents across the Danish West Indies were rendered destitute, with two-thirds in need of food and clothing and a third needing shelter. Damage from the hurricane was initially estimated by the American consulate at $2 million. However, further surveys of the damage suggested a smaller toll. Christopher Payne, the American Consul General to the Danish West Indies, appealed for $50,000 in immediate relief. The government of the Danish West Indies provisioned $5,000 for relief on October 11. Some of the funds allowed the poor to build new homes, though other parts were loaned without interest.


1916 Virgin Islands hurricane, Aftermath
Crews were dispatched to repair effaced mountain roads. Further assistance was provided by the Danish Ministry of Finance. The HMS Valkyrien embarked on a search-and-rescue operation following the storm, extracting survivors from the stricken barquentine Thor. The Valkyrien's junior surgeon was sent to Saint John to render assistance due to a lack of any medical personnel on the island. Galvanized by the devastation wrought by the hurricane, coal carriers—workers who refueled coal-powered ships—in Saint Thomas went on a successful strike to demand increased wages, ultimately forming a union with 2,700 members and negotiating a doubling of their pay.


1916 Virgin Islands hurricane, Aftermath
The loss of trees and foliage on Saint Croix caused by the storm led to decreased outputs of bananas, cocoa, mangoes, oranges, and pineapples; virtually every fruit tree was destroyed by the hurricane. In Saint John, oil extraction from the bay tree (Pimenta acris) in 1917 was a quarter of the annual average; many of the trees were stripped of their leaves. The lime industry was suspended by the severity of damage inflicted upon lime trees; the storm struck amid an effort to establish lime groves on abandoned estates.


1916 Virgin Islands hurricane, Aftermath
Difficult living conditions for older populations following the loss of homes and roofs led to increased mortality rates among those older than 40 years old in 1917; mortality rates recovered to longer-term averages by 1918. The extent of the damage to Saint Thomas's harbor may have increased support for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States in the 1916 Danish West Indian Islands sale referendum.


1916 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1916 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1916 college football season.


1916 WAFL season
The 1916 WAFL season was the 32nd season of the West Australian Football League.


1916 Wabash Little Giants football team
The 1916 Wabash Little Giants football team represented the Wabash College during the 1916 college football season. Under 2nd year head coach Paul Sheeks, the Little Giants compiled 7–2 record, and outscored their opponents by a total of 241 to 123.


1916 Wake Forest Baptists football team
The 1916 Wake Forest Baptists football team represented Wake Forest College during the 1916 college football season.


1916 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team
The 1916 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by forst-year head Sol Metzger, Washington & Jefferson compiled a record of 10–0–1.


1916 Washington Senators season
The 1916 Washington Senators won 76 games, lost 77, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.


1916 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1916 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1916 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Washington State football team
The 1916 Washington State football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1916 college football season. The team competed as an independent under head coach William Dietz, compiling a record of 4–2. The team joined the Pacific Coast Conference the following season, the PCC's second season.


1916 Washington and Lee Generals football team
The 1916 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented Washington and Lee University during the 1916 college football season. The Generals were coached by Jogger Elcock in his third year as head coach, compiling a record of 5–2–2 (1–0 SAIAA). The team gave John Heisman's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets its only blemish with a 7–7 tie. It was captained by College Football Hall of Fame inductee Harry Young.


1916 Washington and Lee Generals football team
Tackle Bob Ignico was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp.


1916 Washington football team
The 1916 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1916 college football season. In its ninth season under coach Gil Dobie, the team compiled a 6–0–1 record, was champion of the new Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 189 to 16. Louis Seagraves was the team captain.


1916 Washington football team
Washington played to a scoreless tie with border rival Oregon at Eugene. Both ended the season undefeated, but Oregon was invited to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.


1916 Washington football team
For a second consecutive year, Washington did not play in-state rival Washington State.


1916 Washington gubernatorial election
The 1916 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democrat Ernest Lister defeated Republican nominee Henry McBride with 48.10% of the vote.


1916 West Cork by-election
The West Cork by-election of 1916 was held on 15 November 1916. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent All-for-Ireland League MP, James Gilhooly. It was won by the Irish Parliamentary Party candidate Daniel O'Leary.


1916 West Cork by-election
During World War I the major political parties observed an electoral truce and most elections were uncontested with the incumbent party nominating a successor who was returned unopposed. Unusually, when Gilhooly died, the seat was contested by three candidates none of whom had official recognition from the Irish Nationalist political organisations but all of whom supported the broad Nationalist agenda.


1916 West Cork by-election
The by-election has its place in history as the first after the Easter Rising, the last in which the Irish Parliamentary Party captured a seat, the effective self-inflicted demise of the All-for-Ireland League and, in general, a pivotal point in the transition from one era to another. It was also the last great clash between the political rivals William O'Brien's All-for-Ireland League and John Redmond's Irish Parliamentary Party.


1916 West Cork by-election, Result
1 O'Leary had pledged to join the Irish Parliamentary Party and was a supporter of John Redmond. However, the official Nationalists' organisation (the United Irish League) had withheld approval of his candidacy.


1916 West Cork by-election, Result
2 Healy was imprisoned in Frongoch internment camp for supposedly being associated with Sinn Féin, but Sinn Féin repudiated his candidacy for not revoking to take his seat at Westminster, instead had been supported by William O'Brien, who was leader of the All-for-Ireland League.


1916 West Cork by-election, Result
3 Shipsey was a local member of the All-for-Ireland League who stood in protest against William O'Brien's adoption of an unofficial candidate.


1916 West Cork by-election, Result
The 1916 by-election, which contrasted so obviously with Gilhooly's long tenure of the seat, was viewed as a farce by Unionist opinion.


1916 West Tennessee State Normal football team
The 1916 West Tennessee State Normal football team was an American football team that represented West Tennessee State Normal School (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their first season under head coach Tom Shea, West Tennessee State Normal compiled a 2–3–1 record.


1916 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1916 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In its first season under head coach Mont McIntire, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 198 to 38.


1916 West Virginia gubernatorial election
The 1916 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1916, to elect the governor of West Virginia.


1916 Western Reserve football team
The 1916 Western Reserve football team represented Western Reserve University, now the Case Western Reserve University, during the 1916 college football season.


1916 Western State Hilltoppers football team
The 1916 Western State Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 5–1 record and outscored their opponents, 389 to 38. The 389 points scored by the 1916 team was the highest single season point total for a Western Michigan football team until the 2011 team scored 459 points. Quarterback Scott Burke was the 1916 team captain.


1916 Whitechapel by-election
The Whitechapel by-election, 1916 was a parliamentary by-election held on 28 December 1916 for the House of Commons constituency of Whitechapel, an electoral division of Tower Hamlets in East London.


1916 Whitechapel by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Liberal MP, Sir Stuart Samuel. Samuel had been MP for Whitechapel since 1900 when he took over representation of the seat from his uncle Samuel Montagu. It is not clear why Samuel resigned at this time. He was aged 59 years but does not seem to have been in ill-health. The resignation took place in the aftermath of change of prime minister on 7 December 1916 when Lloyd George replaced H H Asquith as head of a new wartime coalition.


1916 Whitechapel by-election, Vacancy
Samuel was the brother of Herbert Samuel who had been a close associate and supporter of Asquith and who had been Home Secretary in Asquith's coalition. Herbert Samuel told Lloyd George that he could not serve in the new government and that he did not like the way it had come about. Herbert Samuel did not resign and sat on the Opposition front bench with Asquith until the end of the War. Against this background it seems possible that Stuart Samuel felt it was time leave politics particularly as in July 1917 he was elected president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and may have been aware his name was being considered for this position.


1916 Whitechapel by-election, Candidates, Liberals
The Liberals chose Alderman James Daniel Kiley as their candidate to replace Samuel. Kiley was an East End businessman and local politician who was a former Mayor of Stepney.


1916 Whitechapel by-election, Candidates, Conservatives
There was a wartime electoral truce in operation and the Conservatives were recent partners in the new Lloyd George/Bonar Law Coalition. Their former candidate, George A Cohen, wrote to The Times to say that while he had been Unionist candidate in Whitechapel for three years and naturally took a keen interest in the welfare of the constituency, he had decided in the present state of the country, to offer no opposition to the official Liberal candidate. He did however object to the possible use by Kiley of the term Coalition candidate, as he (Cohen) had received no approach from the Whitechapel Liberal and Radical Association about the selection of a candidate. As a result, said Cohen, Kiley could not properly call himself a Coalition candidate.


1916 Whitechapel by-election, Process
The writ for the by-election was moved in the House of Commons on Friday 22 December. Nomination day was set for 28 December but there were no nominations except for Kiley who was therefore returned unopposed.


1916 Widnes by-election
The Widnes by-election of 1916 was held on 22 May 1916. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, William Walker resigning to permit him to donate his entire thoroughbred racing stock to create a National Stud in an arm's-length transaction. He was returned unopposed at the by-election.


1916 William & Mary Orange and Black football team
The 1916 William & Mary Orange and Black football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association (EVIAA) and the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) during the 1916 college football season. Led by Samuel H. Hubbard in his first and only year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season 2–5–2 overall, 1–4–1 in EVIAA play, and 0–2–1 against SAIAA opponents.


1916 Wimbledon by-election
The Wimbledon by-election of 1916 was held on 19 April 1916. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Chaplin, when he was raised to the peerage. It was won by the Conservative candidate Sir Stuart Coats.


1916 Winchester by-election
The Winchester by-election of 1916 was held on 19 October 1916. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Guy Baring, being killed in action in the Battle of the Somme. It was won by the Conservative candidate Douglas Carnegie.


1916 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1916 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1916 college football season.


1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916.


1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Incumbent Republican Governor Emanuel L. Philipp won the election with 52.70% of the vote, winning his second term as Governor. Philipp defeated Democratic Party candidate Burt Williams and Socialist candidate Rae Weaver.


1916 World Series
In the 1916 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins four games to one. It was the first World Series meeting between the teams.


1916 World Series
Casey Stengel shone on offense for the Robins in the 1916 Series, but the Red Sox pitching corps ultimately proved too much for the denizens of Flatbush. The Sox's Babe Ruth pitched 13 shutout innings in Game 2, starting a consecutive scoreless innings streak that would reach 29 in 1918. As with the 1915 Series, the Red Sox played their home games at the larger Braves Field, and it paid off as they drew a then-record 43,620 people for the final game.


1916 World Series
Brooklyn fielded some strong teams under their manager and namesake Wilbert Robinson in the late 1910s. The Robins, also interchangeably called the Dodgers, would win the pennant again in 1920, but the American League teams were generally stronger during that interval. It would be 39 years before the Dodgers would win their first World Series title in 1955.


1916 World Series
The two franchises met again in the postseason for the first time in 102 years in the 2018 World Series, 60 years after the Dodgers relocated to Los Angeles. The record for most innings played in a World Series game, set by Game 2 in 1916, at 14, was broken by Game 3 in 2018, at 18. Just like their first matchup in the World Series, the Red Sox would eventually go on to defeat the Dodgers in five games to win their fourth World Series championship.


1916 World Series, Summary
AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (1)


1916 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Until the ninth, Boston starter Ernie Shore was in control. Holding a comfortable 6–1 lead, a walk, hit batter, error and bases-loaded walk to Fred Merkle finally forced the Red Sox to call on Carl Mays from the bullpen to preserve a 6–5 win.


1916 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Robins scored in the top of the first on an inside-the-park home run by Hy Myers, and the Red Sox tied it in the bottom of the third, Ruth himself knocking in the run with a ground ball. The game remained 1–1 until the bottom of the 14th, when the Red Sox won it on a pinch-hit single by Del Gainer. The 14-inning game set a World Series record for longest game by innings.


1916 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
That mark was equaled in Game 3 of the 2005 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros, and then again in Game 1 of the 2015 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets, before being broken in Game 3 of the 2018 World Series between the Red Sox and Dodgers.


1916 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
A seventh-inning home run by Larry Gardner chased Brooklyn starter Jack Coombs and brought Boston to within one run. Jeff Pfeffer came through with 2+2⁄3 innings of hitless relief to save the victory for Coombs.


1916 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Brooklyn's first three batters reached safely off Dutch Leonard in a two-run first inning, but that's all the Dodgers would get. Larry Gardner's second home run in two days was an inside-the-park one to left-center that scored two teammates ahead of him, giving Leonard all he would need for the win.


1916 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
The final game was over in a snappy 1 hour, 43 minutes. Ernie Shore threw a three-hitter. Boston scratched out a run on a walk, sacrifice bunt, ground-out and passed ball. The Red Sox added more in the third, thanks to an error and a Chick Shorten RBI single, and the fifth when Harry Hooper singled and scored on a Hal Janvrin double. Casey Stengel led off the Dodger ninth with a hit, but Shore allowed no more. For the second straight series, Red Sox pitching dominated, this time holding the Robins to a team .200 batting average, contributing to an easy 5-game victory.


1916 World Series, Composite line score
1916 World Series (4–1): Boston Red Sox (A.L.) over Brooklyn Robins (N.L.)


1916 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1916 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1916 college football season. In its second season under head coach John Corbett, the team compiled a 1–4 record and was outscored by a total of 115 to 50. L. E. Mau was the team captain.


1916 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1916 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1916 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with an 8–1 record under first-year head coach Tad Jones. The team outscored its opponents by a combined score of 182 to 44 and suffered its only loss to Brown. Yale guard Clinton Black was a consensus pick for the 1916 College Football All-America Team, and four other Yale players (ends Charles Comerford and George Moseley, halfback Harry LeGore, and a guard with the surname Fox) also received first-team All-American honors from at least one selector in 1916.


1916 Zoning Resolution
The 1916 Zoning Resolution in New York City  was the first citywide zoning code in the United States. The zoning resolution reflected both borough and local interests, and was proposed after the bulky Equitable Building was erected in Lower Manhattan in 1915.


1916 Zoning Resolution
The resolution was a measure adopted primarily to stop massive buildings from preventing light and air from reaching the streets below, and established limits in building massing at certain heights, usually interpreted as a series of setbacks and, while not imposing height limits, restricted towers to 25% of the lot size. The chief authors of this resolution were George McAneny and Edward M. Bassett.


1916 Zoning Resolution, Impact
The 1916 Zoning Resolution had a major impact on urban development in both the United States and internationally. Architectural delineator Hugh Ferriss popularized these new regulations in 1922 through a series of massing studies, clearly depicting the possible forms and how to maximize building volumes. "By the end of the 1920s the setback skyscraper, originally built in response to a New York zoning code, became a style that caught on from Chicago to Shanghai," observe Eric Peter Nash and Norman McGrath, discussing the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building, which rose in isolation in Brooklyn, where no such zoning dictated form. The tiered Art Deco skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s are a direct result of this resolution.


1916 Zoning Resolution, Legacy
By the mid-century most new International Style buildings had met the setback requirements by adopting the use of plazas or low-rise buildings surrounding a monolithic tower centered on the site. This approach was often criticized.


1916 Zoning Resolution, Legacy
The New York City Department of City Planning passed the 1961 Zoning Resolution in October 1960, and the new zoning rules became effective in December 1961, superseding the 1916 Zoning Resolution. The new zoning solution used the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) regulation instead of setback rules. A building's maximum floor area is regulated according to the ratio that was imposed to the site where the building is located. Another feature of new zoning solution was adjacent public open space. If developers put adjacent public open space to their buildings, they could get additional area for their building as a bonus.


1916 Zoning Resolution, Legacy
This incentive bonus rule was created because of the strong influence from two representative skyscrapers. The Seagram building by Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson, and the Lever House by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill introduced the new ideas about office building with open space. These buildings changed the skyline of New York City with both the advent of simple glass box design and their treatment of adjacent open spaces. The new zoning encouraged privately owned public space to ease the density of the city.


1916 college football season
The 1916 college football season had no very clear cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army and Pittsburgh as national champions. Only Pittsburgh claims a national championship for the 1916 season. Georgetown led the nation in scoring with 464 points.


1916 college football season, Large scores
Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland 222 to 0. Sewanee also beat Cumberland 107 to 0.


1916 in Afghanistan
The following lists events that happened during 1916 in Afghanistan.


1916 in Afghanistan, Events
The amir maintained his neutrality in World War I, and the state did not become involved in the troubles of Persia. At the end of the year information was published concerning a German mission sent to Afghanistan in the previous year. It appeared that Kaiser Wilhelm had sent a German officer, Lieut. Werner Otto von Hentig, accompanied by certain Indian revolutionaries who lived in Berlin, on a mission to the amir, with the object of inducing him to attack India.


1916 in Afghanistan, Events
The members of the mission succeeded in making their way through Persia, by breaking up into small parties, and they remained in Afghanistan nearly a year. Nevertheless, the amir refused the Turco-German proposals, and after the mission left Afghanistan in May 1916, some of the members were captured by the Russians and British as they were trying to get back to Turkey.


1916 in Argentine football
1916 in Argentine football saw Racing Club win their 4th consecutive league championship. Rosario Central won the Copa de Honor and the Copa de Competencia but they were beaten in both of the international finals.


1916 in Argentine football
In international football Argentina hosted the first edition of Copa América (named "Campeonato Sudamericano" by then) where they finished as runners un to Uruguay although they won four minor trophies later in the year.


1916 in Argentine football, Argentina national team
To commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, Argentina hosted and participated in the first edition of the 1916 South American Championship, later named Copa América. Argentina finished as runners-up to Uruguay.


1916 in Argentine football, Argentina national team
The national squad won the Copa Círculo de la Prensa, Copa Lipton, Copa Newton and Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo that year.


1916 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1916 in Australia.


1916 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1916.


1916 in Australian literature, Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1916 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


1916 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1916 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1916 in Brazilian football
The following article presents a summary of the 1916 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 15th season of competitive football in the country.


1916 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Paulista
In 1916 there were two different editions of the Campeonato Paulista. One was organized by the Associação Paulista de Esportes Atléticos (APEA) while the other one was organized by the Liga Paulista de Foot-Ball (LPF).


1916 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Paulista, LPF's Campeonato Paulista
SC Internacional de São Paulo and Germânia matches were canceled, as both clubs abandoned the competition.


1916 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Paulista, LPF's Campeonato Paulista
The LPF's Campeonato Paulista was not concluded as APEA's and LPF's competitions fused, and Corinthians declared as the LPF's Campeonato Paulista champions.


1916 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1916.


1916 in British music
This is a summary of 1916 in music in the United Kingdom.


1916 in Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1916 in Chile.


1916 in El Salvador
The following lists events that happened in 1916 in El Salvador.


1916 in Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1916 in Iceland.


1916 in India, Deaths
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1916 in Italy, Events
Italy entered World War I in May 1915, declaring war on Austria-Hungary. The Royal Italian Army stands under command of Chief of Staff and Field Marshall Luigi Cadorna. The Isonzo is the main battlefield on the Italian Front. The goal of these offensives was the fortress of Gorizia, the capture of which would permit the Italian armies to pivot south and march on Trieste. The frequency of offensives, one every three months, was higher than demanded by the armies on the Western Front. Italian discipline was also harsher, with punishments for infractions of duty of a severity not known in the German, French, and British armies.


1916 in Japan
Events in the year 1916 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 5 (大正5年) in the Japanese calendar.


1916 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1916 in New Zealand.


1916 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government
The 19th New Zealand Parliament continued as a grand coalition led by the Reform Party.


1916 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Film
See : 1916 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1916 films


1916 in New Zealand, Sport, Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.


1916 in Norwegian football, Class A of local association leagues
Class A of local association leagues (kretsserier) is the predecessor of a national league competition. The champions qualify for the 1916 Norwegian Cup.


1916 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1916 in Norwegian music.


1916 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1916 in South Africa.


1916 in Taiwan
Events from the year 1916 in Taiwan, Empire of Japan.


1916 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1916 to Wales and its people.


1916 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1916 throughout the world.


1916 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1916  throughout the world.


1916 in chess
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1916 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1916.


1916 in jazz
Several musicians who were born in this year went on to become big names in jazz, such as the pianist and orchestra leader Buddy Cole.


1916 in motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 1916 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.


1916 in motorsport, Annual events
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.


1916 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1916.


1916 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1916.


1916 in paleontology, Plants, Newly named angiosperms
A mallow relative.Type species F. physalis,  jr synonym of Florissantia speirii (1886)


1916 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.


1916 in poetry
To know they dreamed and are dead;And what if excess of loveBewildered them till they died? I write it out in a verse—MacDonagh and MacBrideAnd Connolly and PearseNow and in time to be,Wherever green is worn,Are changed, changed utterly:


1916 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).


1916 in poetry, Works published in English, United Kingdom
I, that on my familiar hillSaw with uncomprehending eyesA hundred of thy sunsets spillTheir fresh and sanguine sacrifice,Ere the sun swings his noonday swordMust say good-bye to all of this; –By all delights that I shall miss,Help me to die, O Lord.


1916 in poetry, Works published in English, United States
I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.


1916 in poetry, Works published in English, United States
Hog Butcher for the World,  	Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, 	Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; 	Stormy, husky, brawling, 	City of the Big Shoulders:They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have


1916 in poetry, Works published in English, United States
And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes it is


1916 in poetry, Works published in other languages, Indian subcontinent
Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:


1916 in poetry, Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1916 in poetry, Deaths
Note "Killed in World War I" subsection, below. Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1916 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1916.


1916 in science
The year 1916 involved a number of significant events in science and technology, some of which are listed below.


1916 in science fiction
The year 1916 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.


1916 in science fiction, Awards
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.


1916 in sports
1916 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


1916 in the Belgian Congo
The following lists events that happened during 1916 in the Belgian Congo.


1916 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1916 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the First World War and is noted for the Easter Rising in Ireland.


1916 uprising in Hilla
The 1916 uprising in Hilla or the Akif incident was an Arab uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1916.


1916 uprising in Hilla, Background
The Ottoman defeat in the Battle of Shaiba in April 1915 had damaged the authority of the Ottomans in the eyes of the Arabs, leading to an uprising in Najaf in May 1915. Following their victory, emissaries from Najaf began encouraging an uprising in Hilla.


1916 uprising in Hilla, Uprising
The uprising in Hilla took place in November 1916. The Ottomans put up a desperate fight in the city but found themselves outnumbered by waves of Bedouin and deserters. After the rebels captured the city, the Ottomans sent a punitive force of 4,000-6,000 troops under ‘Ākif Beg. On the 11th, Ākif wrote a letter to Hillah, claiming that he needed to cross the city to get to Nasiriyah. He asked to meet the prominent people of the city to negotiate with them for permission to cross. When the leaders of the city, such as Muhammad ‘Ali al-Qazwini and others, met them, the Ottomans detained them and declared to the inhabitants of the city that if their crossing through the city to Nasiriyah was opposed, they would kill their hostages.


1916 uprising in Hilla, Aftermath
The residents abided by the Ottoman demands, but Akif reneged on his promise. Ottoman forces hung 128 or 126 people, carried of their women, and killed 1500 in all, as well as deporting "thousands" of people to Diyarbakır. This incident served to increase anti-Ottoman sentiment among Arab Shiites, some of whom came to Hilla to aid the rebels, but were too late.


1916 uprising in Hilla, Aftermath
This is a statement to the Arab nation and especially the Iraqi tribes [… ] Oh Arab brothers who have been cultivated by race and who trace their lineages back to Qahtan [one of the ‘fathers’ of the Arabs] [… ] oh those of jealousy, valour; and lords of aid and courage […] let everyone  who belongs to Qahtan know that this [Ottoman] state wants to wipe  you off the face of the earth and to replace you with their own Turkish kind […


1916 uprising in Hilla, Aftermath
] By God all who did nothing in the face of such deeds and who obeyed this unjust state have none of the Arabs’ zeal. Have you not read its [the state’s] newspapers? They discriminate and degrade Arabs, and here it is, overflowing with insults to the Arabs; they even call black dogs ‘Arab’.


1916 uprising in Hilla, Aftermath
Muhammad ‘Ali al-Qazwini was spared by the Ottomans and lived until 1937.


1916 Úrvalsdeild
The 1916 season of Úrvalsdeild was the fifth season of league football in Iceland. The same three teams participated that entered last year with Fram winning the championship for a fourth time in a row.


1916/17 NTFL season
The 1916/17 NTFL season was the 1st season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL). The Wanderers were the first team to win the premiership in NTFL history, winning it for finishing on top of the ladder after the home and away season. There were no finals until 1918/19.


1916–17 Aberdeen F.C. season
Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Football League in season 1916–17.


1916–17 Aberdeen F.C. season, Overview
For the first time in the club's history, Aberdeen finished bottom of the league table. Also this season, club records for the lowest attendance at Pittodrie Stadium and heaviest defeat were set. At the conclusion of the season, Aberdeen (along with other clubs) withdrew from football for two years due to the ongoing First World War.


1916–17 Aberdeen F.C. season, Results, Scottish Cup
The Scottish Cup was suspended this season because of the First World War.


1916–17 Army Cadets men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Army Cadets men's basketball team represented United States Military Academy during the 1916–17 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Arthur Conard, coaching his first season with the Cadets. The team captain was John Cole.


1916–17 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season
The 1916–17 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season was the 14th season of play for the program.


1916–17 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season, Season
For Frank Purdon's final season behind the bench, Army almost tripled the number of games on its schedule. The team benefitted from having an artificial ice rink for both practices and games for the first time, enabling the Cadets to finished with a winning record, defeating four other colleges along the way (a task they had a difficult time achieving over the previous few seasons).


1916–17 Austrian First Class
The 1916–17 Austrian First Class season was the sixth season of top-tier football in Austria. It was won by SK Rapid Wien who would finish two points ahead of second place Floridsdorfer AC.


1916–17 Belfast & District League
The Irish League in season 1916–17 was suspended due to the First World War. A Belfast & District League was played instead by 6 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1916–17 season was Blackpool F.C. 's second season in special wartime football during World War I. They competed in two Football League competitions spread over the full season — the Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition, for thirty games, and then in the Lancashire Section, Group C, Subsidiary Competition, for a further six games. The club finished in last place, 16th, in the principal competition and 10th in the subsidiary competition. Williamson was the club's top scorer, with ten goals (six in the principal competition, three in the subsidiary and one in other games). Harry Hampton, who scored over 200 goals for Aston Villa between 1904 and 1920, briefly played for Blackpool this season, scoring eight goals in seven league games.


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season
The FA Cup was suspended for the duration of the war.


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season, Background
For Blackpool, the second wartime season was quite different from the first. With the war escalating, the club's own players were not able to play as much for Blackpool. In addition, Blackburn Rovers decided to play in the league which meant that their players, who had played for Blackpool the previous season, would no longer be available. Blackpool often had to rely on finding players at the last minute for matches; therefore, unlike the first season, Blackpool rarely put out the same side in consecutive matches. Staff and recovering patients from the King's Lancashire Medical Convalescent Hospital (KLMCH) and staff from the Royal Army Medical Corps Depot (RAMC), both based at Squires Gate, provided players throughout the season.


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition
The Principal competition for the 1916–17 season consisted of sixteen teams, two more than in the 1915–16 season with the addition of Blackburn Rovers and Port Vale:


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition
Blackpool began the campaign on 2 September 1916, with a home match against Preston North End. The Seasiders team contained only six players who had played for the club in the previous season. The team included Jim Simmons, a Sheffield United player who was on honeymoon in Blackpool. Blackpool won the match 5–1 in front of a crowd of 3,000. By the third game, Blackpool had already used 17 different players, whereas they had used only 19 players throughout the whole of the 1915-16 season.


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition
The often-makeshift side suffered five consecutive defeats between 7 October and 4 November before a 1–1 draw at home to Bury on 11 November. However, a week later they lost 11–1 away to Port Vale. Although it is the club's heaviest defeat, it does not count in official records, being a wartime-season game.


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition
The club continued to struggle to field a team, and against Stoke City on 25 November began the game with only nine players. Two soldiers were called in at the last minute to join the game, and the side then managed to get a 1–1 draw. Private Williamson, a soldier from Merseyside, made his debut against Oldham Athletic on 2 December, and he went on to become the club's top scorer this season.


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition
The next win, only the second of the season following the opening day victory, came on 23 December with a 2–1 home victory over Blackburn Rovers, with Williamson scoring both goals. They won just four more games throughout the remainder of the principal-competition season, suffering further heavy defeats — 7–0 to Burnley on 30 December, when they had only nine players and had to borrow two players from their hosts, and 6–0 to Stockport County on 10 February 1917. However, they ended the season with a 9–0 win over Oldham Athletic on 17 March (including four goals from Hampton). They still finished bottom of the table with 19 points from thirty games. Liverpool were the Principal Competition champions.


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Group C, Subsidiary Competition
For the Subsidiary Competition, the Lancashire League was divided into four groups, unlike the 1915-16 season when there were two groups with six teams each (Northern and Southern). The games played were again though amalgamated at the end of the season to give a composite table.


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Group C, Subsidiary Competition
Blackpool were placed in Group C which contained four teams:


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Group C, Subsidiary Competition
Blackpool's first match in the subsidiary competition was on Christmas Day 1916, even though the Principal Competition was mid-season. They began with a  defeat at Burnley. The next match was not until 31 March 1917, away at Preston North End, and another defeat, this time 2–1. Blackpool won two of their six games, both against Blackburn Rovers, beating them 4–1 at Bloomfield Road on 7 April and 3–2 at Ewood Park in the last game of the season on 21 April. In the combined Subsidiary Competition table Blackpool finished 10th, with Rochdale emerging as champions.


1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season, Summary
In the Principal Competition, Blackpool used 54 different players, with a further eight players appearing in the Subsidiary Competition. Booth made the most appearances with 31 (28 in the Principal Competition and three in the Subsidiary Competition), missing just five league games all season. Connor was next with 30 league appearances (24 in the Principal Competition and six in the Subsidiary Competition), followed by Carlisle with 26 (25 in the Principal Competition and one in the Subsidiary Competition) and Bainbridge, with 24 (23 in the Principal Competition and one in the Subsidiary Competition).


1916–17 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1916–17 English football season, Brentford competed in the London Combination, due to the cessation of competitive football for the duration of the First World War. Restricted by league rules mandating that all players must be members of the armed forces or munitions workers, Brentford finished third-from-bottom, having been forced to field over 50 guest players.


1916–17 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Straddling the middle period the First World War, the London Combination introduced a new rule that for the 1916–17 season, stating all players must be members of the armed forces or munitions workers, which meant Brentford secretary-manager Fred Halliday (himself a worker at the Ministry of Munitions) had trouble securing players to play. Full back Dusty Rhodes, half back Alf Amos and forwards Patsy Hendren and Henry White would be the only pre-war Bees players to appear in more than half of the matches during the season.


1916–17 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Albert Chester joined the club from Millwall in December 1916 and also appeared in over half the matches. Due to a wrist injury suffered by Ted Price, Bradford Park Avenue's Frank Drabble was the main goalkeeper during the season, while Croydon Common's William Bushell was also a regular in the half back line.


1916–17 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Brentford had a torrid season, winning just 9 of the 40 matches. Defeats by three, four, five and six goal margins were a regular occurrence, contributing to a total of 99 goals conceded during the campaign. 16 goals were conceded in four matches versus Luton Town. The highlights were a 7–0 victory over Portsmouth at Griffin Park on 30 December 1916 and Henry White's performances, who top-scored for the third-consecutive season with 20 goals from 35 matches.


1916–17 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The Battle of the Somme, which began on 1 July 1916, represented the lowest period so far for the British Army during the war and a number of former Brentford players were killed in the battle:


1916–17 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of Buffalo during the 1916–17 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Art Powell, coaching his second season with the Bulls.


1916–17 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1916–17 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.


1916–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1916–17 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Ion Courtwright, coaching his first season with the Bearcats.


1916–17 Colgate men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Colgate Raiders men's basketball team represented Colgate University during the 1916–17 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Walt Hammond, coaching the Raiders in his fourth season. The team had finished with a final record of 15–4. The team captain was Ben Van Alystyne.


1916–17 Colgate men's ice hockey season
The 1916–17 Colgate men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program.


1916–17 Colgate men's ice hockey season, Season
Colgate increased their season schedule to three games and played one of the upper echelon teams, losing 3–7 to Yale.


1916–17 Colgate men's ice hockey season, Season
Due to World War I, Colgate did not field a team the following year and would not restart their program until 1920.


1916–17 Colgate men's ice hockey season, Season
Note: Colgate's athletic teams did not have a moniker until 'Red Raiders' was adopted in 1932.


1916–17 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1916–17 collegiate men's basketball season. The Aggies completed the season with a 4–6 overall record. The Aggies were members of the Athletic League of New England State Colleges, where they ended the season with a 2–3 record. The Aggies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by second-year head coach John F. Donahue.


1916–17 Danish National Football Tournament
Statistics of Danish National Football Tournament in the 1916/1917 season.


1916–17 Dartmouth men's ice hockey season
The 1916–17 Dartmouth men's ice hockey season was the 12th season of play for the program.


1916–17 Dartmouth men's ice hockey season, Season
After a disappointing finish the year before, Dartmouth got off to a great start with a win over perennial power, Princeton. With a loss to two-time defending champion Harvard in the next game, however, the Greens lost much hope of claiming the intercollegiate championship. That setback didn't deter them, however, as they won their next five intercollegiate matches, including Yale.


1916–17 Dartmouth men's ice hockey season, Season
A huge shock for the season was when Yale defeated Harvard in their best-of-three series and caused the three Intercollegiate Hockey League teams to tie for the conference title. The tie left the door open for Dartmouth but the loss to Harvard prevented the Greens from being able to claim a superior record. So long as Harvard could trump Dartmouth the Hanoverians could not claim the championship despite a 6–1 intercollegiate record, the best in the nation.


1916–17 Dartmouth men's ice hockey season, Season
Note: Dartmouth College did not possess a moniker for its athletic teams until the 1920s, however, the university had adopted 'Dartmouth Green' as its school color in 1866.


1916–17 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry during the 1916–17 men's basketball season. The Blue and Gold, led by 3rd year head coach E.L. Lucas, played their home games at Main Building.


1916–17 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1916–17 men's college basketball season. The head coach was Charles Doak, coaching his first season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 20–4.


1916–17 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1916–17 season was the 40th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.


1916–17 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League
This was the third season of war-time football, where the playing of all other national competitions, including the Scottish Cup, were suspended. Dumbarton finished 10th out of 20 in the league, with 35 points, 29 behind champions Celtic.


1916–17 Dumbarton F.C. season, Dumbartonshire Charity Cup
Dumbarton won the trophy for the first time by beating Dumbarton Harp in the final.


1916–17 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers, Players out
In addition James Arnott, John Chalmers, Alfred Gettins, Peter McFie and Arthur Murphy all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.


1916–17 Dundee F.C. season
The 1915–16 season was the twenty-fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 16th place. Due to the ongoing First World War, the Scottish Cup was cancelled for the 1916–17 season. At the end of the season, due to travel difficulties during wartime, Dundee were asked to retire from the league at the end of the season.


1916–17 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represents Duquesne University during the 1916–17 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Eugene McGuigan coaching the Dukes in his third year. The team finished the season with an overall record of 7–3.


1916–17 FC Barcelona season
The 1916–17 season was the 18th season for FC Barcelona.


1916–17 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1916–17 season was their twenty-fourth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Franz Rinderer. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.


1916–17 FC Basel season, Overview
Peter Riesterer was team captain and as captain he led the trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 28 matches in the 1916–17 season. 12 of these were in the domestic league and 16 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies eight were won, three were drawn and five ended in a defeat. There were three home fixtures played in the Landhof and 13 away games. Over the Christmas, New Year period the team were taken to a training camp in Barcelona. On Christmas eve and on boxing day they played to friendlies against Barcelona.


1916–17 FC Basel season, Overview
The first game ended in a defeat and the second was one. Two days later Basel played a friendly in same stadium, Camp de la Indústria, against La Chaux-de-Fonds and they were able to win this game too. On New Year's Eve and on New Year's Day Basel played two friendlies against local club Terrassa. Tarrassa were Serie B champions and played with five loaned first-class players. The first game was drawn and Basel won the second.


1916–17 FC Basel season, Overview
Four of these friendly matches were played in the so called Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. Due to the early date of the new season, the three teams decided to play the return matches of the Championship all on one day as a tournament and played shortened games, two halves each with just 30 minutes. FC Basel won the Championship.


1916–17 FC Basel season, Overview
The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1916–17, was divided into three regional groups, an east, a entral and a west group. There were eight teams in the east and the west group, but only seven in the central group. Basel and the two other local teams were allocated to the Central group. The other teams playing in the Central group were FC Bern, Young Boys Bern, Biel-Bienne and Aarau. Basel played a good season, suffering only two defeats.


1916–17 FC Basel season, Overview
Looking at things from the local point of view, Basel took three point from the two games against Old Boys and won both of their games against Nordstern Basel. Nordstern were in last position in the league table, but during the period of World War I there was not relegation/promotion between the Serie A and Serie B. Basel ended the season in second position with 15 points. In their 12 games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 20. Karl Wüthrich was the team's best goal scorer, netting six times in 11 games.


1916–17 FC Basel season, Overview
The Young Boys won the central group and continued to the finals. Here they played against La Chaux-de-Fonds and VFC Winterthur-Veltheim. Winterthur won both games in the finals and won the championship title.


1916–17 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1916–17 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1916–17 season was Galatasaray SK's 12th in existence and the club's 8th consecutive season in the IFL.


1916–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1916-17 NCAA college basketball season. John O'Reilly coached the team in his third season as head coach. Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C., and finished the season with a record of 8-4.


1916–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas' victory over Bucknell on the last day of the season began a home winning streak at Ryan Gymnasium that would reach 52 games before finally coming to an end during the 1923-24 season. Georgetown also defeated crosstown rival George Washington twice this season, giving the Hoyas a six-game winning streak against George Washington – five of the wins at Ryan Gymnasium – dating back to 1915.


1916–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
A graduate of St. Francis College of Pennsylvania, where he had played basketball, forward Fred Fees enrolled in Georgetown University Law School and joined the team – permitted despite his undergraduate playing time under the eligibility rules of the era – for the first of four seasons with the Hoyas.


1916–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
A free-throw shooting specialist in an era when the rules of college basketball allowed teams to choose which player shot its free throws, Fees exploited his free-throw prowess to establish himself as one of the top scorers in college basketball in the United States in each of his seasons with the Hoyas. This season he scored 195 of the team's 450 points, averaging 15.3 points per game to lead the team in scoring. He also shot 17-for-21 from the free-throw line in a game against George Washington, setting a school record for free throws made in a single game that no Hoya would exceed for 75 years.


1916–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys this season. The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown men's basketball history would not appear until the 1933-34 season.


1916–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1916–17 schedule and results
It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, and had the February 3, 1917, game against the Crescent Athletic Club not been cancelled, it would have counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1916-17. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951-52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.


1916–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1916–17 schedule and results
Trinity College of North Carolina was the future Duke University.


1916–17 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team
The 1916–17 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team represents the University of Georgia during the 1916–17 college men's basketball season. The team captain of the 1916–17 season was J.L. Morrison. The team claimed an SIAA championship.


1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season
The 1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 20th season of play for the program.


1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
With many of the players from the consecutive championship teams returning, it was a bit galling for Alfred Winsor to watch his team play so poorly in their first game against the Boston Athletic Association. Despite the loss of wingers Kissel and Bliss the hard practices arranged by Windsor seemed to wake up the Crimson and the team responded with a convincing 7–2 win over the Boston Hockey Club.


1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
After the winter break, Harvard played their first official game of the year, trouncing MIT 8–0. After a second shutout, this time over Dartmouth, Harvard left its home rink for the first time to play Princeton. The Tigers played Harvard tough all game long, attacking the Harvard net whenever they could. The first half ended with both team tied at 1, and the staunch defensive work from both goaltenders continued in the second half. Just when it looked like overtime would be needed, Princeton captain Schoen scored the winning goal with 15 seconds to play, putting a wrench in the works for Harvard's championship hopes.


1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Before the rematch Harvard faced Queen's and were able to exact their revenge from a year before with a 5–1 victory. Harvard flipped the script against Princeton by scoring first and keeping the pressure on the Tiger net, but Schoen scored twice in response to give Princeton a 2–1 lead at half. Harvard was undeterred and scored three times in the third period, carrying the play for most of the second half. Schoen completed his hat-trick late in the game but it was too late to change the outcome and Harvard tied the series to keep their championship window open.


1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
A week after a shutout of McGill, Harvard began their series against Yale in New Haven, and once more the Crimson offense couldn't get on track away from Boston. Yale's goaltender, York, stifled Harvard all game long, leading the Elis to a 2–0 win and the first shutout of Harvard by a contemporary in over seven years. The victory was the first for Yale over Harvard since February of 1914, but the Crimson would still have a chance to redeem themselves before the season ended.


1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
While Harvard was eager to even the series against Yale, they had to play the rubber match against Princeton first. With the game at home Harvard had the advantage, and a sterling effort from the defense allowed Wylde to record his fourth shutout of the season and gave the series to the Bostonians. With the Tigers thus defeated, Harvard was two wins away from another intercollegiate championship and after they evened the series with Yale by another shutout, it appeared that they were heading for a third consecutive title.


1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Unfortunately, their final game against Yale took place at the New Haven Arena, with a rink much smaller than the Crimson were used to at the Boston Arena. With the captains for both teams sitting out, the Elis relied on their speed and tenacity to keep Harvard at bay. The tactic worked and Yale were able to shut Harvard out for the second time, winning the series 2–1.


1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Because Princeton had triumphed over Yale, the three teams found themselves locked in a three-way tie in the IHL standings. Rather than try to determine a sole champion the tie was allowed to stand, leaving 1917 without a team able to claim the intercollegiate championship.


1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Wylde tied his program record with 5 shutouts on the season. His 10 career shutouts was an unofficial team record until 2005.


1916–17 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Less than a month after the season ended, the United States formally entered World War I. As a result the ice hockey program was mothballed until after the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918.


1916–17 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1916–17 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division and the East of Scotland Shield.


1916–17 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1916–17 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, finished sixteenth out of 20 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1916–17 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1916–17 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 9th since its establishment.


1916–17 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1916–17 campaign saw Town continuing to play in the wartime football league. Town played in the Midland League and finished in 4th place, as well as 6th place in the Subsidiary Competition.


1916–17 Idaho men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Idaho men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1916–17 college basketball season. Idaho was led by first-year head coach Hec Edmundson and played their home games on campus at the   in Moscow, Idaho.


1916–17 Idaho men's basketball team
Alumnus Edmundson, a Moscow native (and an Olympian in track in 1912) led the basketball program for two seasons, then coached at Washington in Seattle for decades, starting in 1920.


1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1916–17 season was the second Big Ten Conference championship for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Coached by Ralph Jones, the Illini continued their winning ways by finishing the season with an overall record of 13 wins and 3 losses and a 10 win 2 loss conference mark. The starting lineup included E. G. McKay, J. B. Felmley and Ralf Woods rotating at the forward position, captain and center C. G. Alwood, and guards George Halas and Ray Woods. Woods was named the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for his work during this season.


1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Awards and honors
Ray Woods was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. Woods was also selected as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year for the 1916–17 season.


1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Awards and honors
Clyde Alwood was named a Consensus All-American for the 1916-17 season.


1916–17 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Awards and honors
George Halas was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963), for his role in the development of the National Football League as well as for his coaching and playing for the Chicago Bears.


1916–17 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Guy Lowman, who was in his 1st and only year. The team played its home games at the Old Assembly Hall before moving to the newly constructed Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Western Conference.


1916–17 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 13–6 and a conference record of 3–5, finishing 5th in the Western Conference.


1916–17 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 1916–17 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Alfred Westphal, coaching the sycamores in his fifth season. The team played their home games at North Hall in Terre Haute, Indiana.


1916–17 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team (also known informally as Ames) represented Iowa State University during the 1916-17 NCAA College men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Harter Walter, who was in his second season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the State Gymnasium in Ames, Iowa.


1916–17 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 12–6, 6–4 in Missouri Valley play to finish in third place.


1916–17 Istanbul Football League
The 1916–17 İstanbul Football League season was the 12th season of the league. Altınordu İdman Yurdu SK won the league for the first time. NB: 3-2-1 point system.


1916–17 Istanbul Football League, Matches
Fenerbahçe SK - Küçükçekmece SK: 0-1Altınordu İdman Yurdu SK - Fenerbahçe SK : 1-1Fenerbahçe SK - Anadolu Üsküdar 1908 SK: 7-0Fenerbahçe SK - Anadolu Hisarı İdman Yurdu SK: 1-1Fenerbahçe SK - Galatasaray: 4-1 Küçükçekmece SK - Fenerbahçe SK: 2-1Fenerbahçe SK - Altınordu İdman Yurdu SK: 1-3Anadolu Üsküdar 1908 SK - Fenerbahçe SK: 2-1Galatasaray - Fenerbahçe SK: 2-3


1916–17 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1916–17 college men's basketball season.


1916–17 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represents Loyola University Chicago during the 1916–17 college men's basketball season. The team finished the season with an overall record of 1–3.


1916–17 Luxembourg National Division
The 1916–17 Luxembourg National Division was the 7th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1916–17 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was contested by 6 teams, and US Hollerich Bonnevoie won the championship.


1916–17 MIT Engineers men's ice hockey season
The 1916–17 MIT Engineers men's ice hockey season was the 18th season of play for the program.


1916–17 MIT Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season
The team did not have a head coach but Kenyon Roper served as team manager.


1916–17 MIT Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season
Note: Massachusetts Institute of Technology athletics were referred to as 'Engineers' or 'Techmen' during the first two decades of the 20th century. By 1920 all sports programs had adopted the Engineer moniker.


1916–17 Madrid FC season
The 1916–17 season  was Madrid Football Club's 15th season in existence. The club played some friendly matches. They also played in the Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship) and the Copa del Rey, winning both competitions.


1916–17 Maltese Premier League
The 1916–17 Maltese First Division was the sixth edition Maltese First Division and was won by St. George's in a final match decider against Sliema Wanderers, won 4–0 by the Cospicua-based club.


1916–17 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1916–17 season was Manchester City F.C. 's twenty-sixth season of league football.


1916–17 Manchester City F.C. season
Owing to World War I, once again Manchester City played non-competitive war league football. In the principal tournament they contested the Lancashire Section, which was expanded to 16 teams to give a more complete 30-game season. In the subsidiary tournament they contested Group D of the Lancashire Section, with the groups reduced to four teams in size to complement the increased playing season of the Principal Tournament.


1916–17 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1916–17 season was Manchester United's second season in the non-competitive War League.


1916–17 Manchester United F.C. season
With the ongoing First World War, once again Manchester United played non-competitive war league football. In the principal tournament they contested the Lancashire Section, which was expanded to 16 teams to give a more complete 30-game season. In the subsidiary tournament they contested Group D of the Lancashire Section, with the groups reduced to four teams in size to complement the increased playing season of the Principal Tournament. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League.


1916–17 Manchester United F.C. season
On 8 August 1916 while Fighting in France during the First World War, United former player Private Oscar Linkson went missing in the battle to seize Guillemont Station during the Battle of the Somme. His body was never recovered and he was recorded as missing presumed dead.


1916–17 Manchester United F.C. season
On 3 May 1917, Another United former player Sandy Turnbull was killed in France. Turnbull was killed in Arras while serving as a Lance Sergeant in the Eighth Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment of the British Army. His body was never found and he is commemorated on the Arras memorial.


1916–17 Marquette Blue and Gold men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Marquette Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented the Marquette University during the 1916–17 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Ralph Risch, it was his first season as head coach.


1916–17 Massachusetts Agricultural College Aggies men's ice hockey season
The 1916–17 Massachusetts Agricultural College Aggies men's ice hockey season was the 9th season of play for the program.


1916–17 Michigan State Normal Normalites men's basketball team
The 1916–17 team finished with a record of 16–1. It was the 2nd and last year for head coach Elmer D. Mitchell. The team captain was Elton Rynearson.


1916–17 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri during the 1916–17 college basketball season. The team was led by first year head coach John Miller. The captain of the team was Fred Williams.


1916–17 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team
Missouri finished with a 12–4 record overall and a 10–4 record in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association. This was good enough for a 2nd-place finish in the regular season conference standings.


1916–17 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1916–17 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's eighth season and eighth and last season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). The Canadiens entered the season as league and Stanley Cup champions. The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half of the season. The Canadiens then won the league playoff to win their second league championship, but lost in the Stanley Cup final series to Seattle.


1916–17 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
Harold McNamara, who had played for Cobalt in the Canadiens' first game in 1910, joined the Canadiens for this season. He would be released after the first two games and he would retire afterwards.


1916–17 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstAfter the 228th Battalion dropped out, and Toronto suspended, the schedule was revised so that the remaining teams would play a 20 game schedule of two halves containing 10 games each. Some of the games to that point were moved into the second half. The 'second half' standings therefore include some games that the228th and Toronto played.


1916–17 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
The games of the Cup finals were played at the Seattle Ice Arena. Games 1 and 3 were played under PCHA rules; Games 2 and 4 were played under NHA rules. In game one, Didier Pitre scored 4 goals as he led the Canadiens to an 8–4 victory. But the Mets won the next three contests to clinch the Cup, allowing only one goal in each game.


1916–17 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1916–17 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1916, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1917.


1916–17 NCAA men's basketball season, Conference membership changes
NOTE: Although Oregon joined the Pacific Coast Conference in 1915, it did not field a basketball team during the 1915–16 season, and its first season of Pacific Coast Conference play was 1916–17.


1916–17 NCAA men's basketball season, Awards, Helms College Basketball All-Americans
The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1916–17 season.


1916–17 NHA season
The 1916–17 NHA season was the eighth and final season of the National Hockey Association. Six teams were to play two half-seasons of ten games each, but this was disrupted and only four teams finished the season. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Ottawa Senators in a playoff to win the NHA championship.


1916–17 NHA season
The NHA franchise of the dormant Shamrocks was taken back from its owner Eddie Livingstone and used by the Toronto 228th Battalion, which had a number of NHA hockey players who had enlisted for military service. Also known as the Northern Fusiliers, the team played wearing khaki military uniforms and was the league's most popular and highest scoring club until the regiment was ordered overseas in February 1917 and the team was forced to withdraw. A scandal ensued when several stars were subsequently discharged, not having to fight and alleged they had been promised commissions solely to play hockey. The NHA would sue the 228th Battalion club for its withdrawal, though ultimately did not succeed.


1916–17 NHA season
A dispute also erupted over the playing schedule. After the 228th suspended play, the Toronto Blueshirts club was suspended for the rest of the season by the league, and some of its players played for other clubs for the rest of the schedule. The league intended for the players to be returned at the end of the season to whoever would own the Toronto club then. As the sale did not take place, the league kept them. The owner of the Blueshirts would file several lawsuits over the league's actions, sparking the events that led to the founding of the National Hockey League (NHL).


1916–17 NHA season, League business
The Ottawa club wanted to suspend play for the season due to the war, but was voted down.


1916–17 NHA season, League business, Rule changes
Throwing the stick to prevent a goal would mean the award of an automatic goal for the other team.


1916–17 NHA season, Regular season, Suspending the Blueshirts
On February 10, 1917, the Blueshirts played their final game, losing 4–1 at home to Ottawa. The following day, a meeting of the NHA executive in Montreal was held to deal with the 228th Battalion leaving for overseas. Toronto proposed continuing with a five-team league, but the other owners instead voted to suspend Toronto's team. The players were dispersed by a drawing of names.


1916–17 NHA season, Regular season, Suspending the Blueshirts
The following day, President Robinson was quoted as stating that the players would return to the club after the season, but he would not guarantee that the club would be allowed to return to play, stating that would be decided at the NHA annual meeting. On February 13, Livingstone issued a statement that he was through with the NHA and that the Blueshirts franchise was available to the highest bidder. Livingstone was going to work on the opening of several arenas and a new hockey league in the United States.


1916–17 NHA season, Regular season, Continuing the season
Ottawa, while not unhappy at the suspension of Toronto, nevertheless lost a game for the use of Cy Denneny in a game against the 228th, and saw the Wanderers and Quebec receive wins for games against the 228th. The club threatened to not play for the rest of the season. However, cooler heads prevailed and Ottawa went back to work.


1916–17 NHA season, Regular season, Continuing the season
The following weekend, Harry Meeking and Eddie Oatman arrived in Montreal, after being discharged by the 228th after arriving in Saint John, New Brunswick. Oatman charged that the 228th owed him $700 for his commission for his play with the 228th. As Oatman had gotten out of being drafted into the PCHA by being a member of the 228th, this set the Ottawa on again to reverse the game decision, claiming that Oatman was ineligible.


1916–17 NHA season, Regular season, Livingstone lawsuits
On March 3, the Blueshirts were reinstated, with the instruction that the club must be sold within 60 days. On March 9, Livingstone filed lawsuits against the NHA and its clubs, seeking damages, the prevention of the other teams employing his players, forfeiture of the NHA club bonds, the declaration that his team suspension was illegal and the dissolution of the NHA, over its actions. Livingstone served one of the notices to Martin Rosenthal of the Ottawa Senators during the final game of the Montreal-Ottawa playoff.


1916–17 NHA season, Regular season, Livingstone lawsuits
Livingstone asked Rosenthal to 'look them over when he had the chance' and Rosenthal left the envelope unopened until NHA Secretary Frank Calder called Rosenthal to ask if they had received any notices of Livingstone's legal actions. On March 18, Livingstone was granted a restraining order against the other teams to prevent the sale of the team.


1916–17 NHA season, Regular season, Livingstone lawsuits
Livingstone also sent a statement to newspapers claiming that the Wanderers had 'tampered' with the Toronto players by offering them employment in Montreal in the coming season for the Wanderers. Wanderers' president Sam Lichtenheim challenged Livingstone to come up with proof or he would seek libel charges against Livingstone.


1916–17 NHA season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstAfter the 228th Battalion dropped out, and Toronto suspended, the schedule was revised so that the remaining teams would play a 20 game schedule of two halves containing 10 games each. Some of the games to that point were moved into the second half. The 'second half' standings therefore include some games that the228th and Toronto played.


1916–17 NHA season, Playoff
Montreal qualified for the two-game total-goal playoff by winning the first half of the schedule. Ottawa defeated Quebec 16–1 in the final game of the schedule to take the second half title on the basis of goals, as both teams finished with 8–2 records for the second half.


1916–17 NHA season, Playoff
In the first game, held in Montreal, Bert Corbeau scored in the first to put Montreal ahead. The teams traded goals in the second period on goals by Frank Nighbor of Ottawa and Didier Pitre of Montreal. Eddie Gerard scored early in the third for Ottawa to tie the game again, but former Quebec player Tommy Smith scored 20 seconds later to put Montreal back in the lead. Montreal's Pitre and Newsy Lalonde then scored in the next three minutes to clinch the game for Montreal.


1916–17 NHA season, Playoff
Nighbor was knocked out by Smith in the second period and he remained out until the third period. He was knocked out again after Smith's goal but returned after the Canadiens had taken their three-goal lead. Nighbor was slashed across the face by Lalonde with one minute to go and was carried off for the third time. It was Lalonde's second match foul of the season and he was suspended for the second match of the playoff.


1916–17 NHA season, Playoff
In the second game, held in Ottawa before 7,500 fans, Nighbor played despite the injuries of the first playoff game. Jack Darragh of Ottawa scored a power-play goal to open the scoring in the first period. Darragh broke in on a breakaway but was driven wide by Montreal's goaltender Georges Vezina. Darragh then shot the puck out front of the net off a Canadiens' player and into the net. In the second, Bert Corbeau scored to put Montreal two goals ahead on the playoff. George Boucher scored before the second period ended to bring Ottawa back within a goal.


1916–17 NHA season, Playoff
In the third, Cy Denneny replaced Eddie Gerard and from a pass by Nighbor scored on Vezina to tie the playoff. With three minutes to play, Nighbor and Darragh broke in on Vezina, who stopped the shot and passed it out to Reg Noble. Noble brought it to the Ottawa line and shot it wide of the net. Ottawa goaltender Clint Benedict then set up the puck for an Ottawa player to pick up, but it was instead taken by Montreal's Smith. Benedict attempted to clear the puck, but Smith was able to poke it into the net to put Montreal ahead again to stay on the playoff.


1916–17 NHA season, Playoff
The Montreal Canadiens won the O'Brien Cup, but lost to the Seattle Metropolitans of the PCHA in the Stanley Cup Finals.


1916–17 NHA season, Schedule and results
‡ Ottawa lost game on use of ineligible Cy Denneny. † Wanderers given win for this game in revised second half. & Quebec given win for this game in revised second half. * 228th was ordered overseas. Toronto club was suspended by league.


1916–17 NHA season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
† Totals includes two 228th Battalion games played in second half, not counted in standings.


1916–17 Nantou earthquakes
The 1916–17 Nantou earthquakes (Chinese: 1916年南投地震系列; pinyin: 1916 nián Nántóu dìzhèn xìliè) affected central Taiwan in 1916 and 1917, causing heavy damage in sparsely populated Nanto Chō (modern-day Nantou County) and claiming 71 lives. The strongest quake registered at 6.8 ML and besides the loss of life caused widespread damage to agricultural and forestry industries in central Taiwan.


1916–17 Nantou earthquakes, Earthquakes
The series consisted of four main damaging quakes and dozens of smaller quakes which were not so damaging. The first major quake, on 28 August 1916, was the strongest at magnitude 6.8, but the hypocentre was relatively deep in the earth's crust. The most deadly quake in the series came on January 5 of the following year, registering at 6.2 on the Richter scale with a shallow hypocentre, killing 54 people.


1916–17 Nantou earthquakes, Earthquakes
Seismometers were installed in the area in 1898 shortly after the Japanese took control of Taiwan, but there was relatively little seismic activity in Nantou between then and 1916.


1916–17 Nantou earthquakes, Damage
According to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau, there were 70 or 71 killed by the quakes, while 98 people were seriously injured and 208 lightly injured. There were 1,212 dwellings completely destroyed, while a further 1,821 dwellings were partially destroyed. The assessed cost of damage for just the August 28 quake was ¥130,393. At the time the camphor industry was a major contributor to the Taiwanese economy, and the forested mountains of Nantou were where the majority of camphor trees were felled and processed. The earthquake destroyed 98 camphor extraction facilities, seriously affecting the local economy.


1916–17 National Association Foot Ball League season
Statistics of National Association Foot Ball League in season 1916-17.


1916–17 National Challenge Cup
The 1916–17 National Challenge Cup was the fourth annual cup tournament held by the United States Football Association. On May 5, 1917, Fall River Rovers defeated Bethlehem Steel to take the title. Thomas Swords scored the game-winning goal thirty seconds into the game. The second round match on January 28 between Bay Ridge of Brooklyn and the Newark Scottish-Americans was originally awarded to Bay Ridge for non-appearance of the Scots. Despite Bay Ridge having played and won their third-round game 2-0 over New York, the Bay Ridge/Scots game was ordered replayed by the cup committee. The Scots won the replay and went on to face New York in the third round.


1916–17 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represented the United States Naval Academy in intercollegiate basketball during the 1916–17 season. The head coach was James Colliflower, coaching his second season with the Midshipmen.


1916–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and MTK Hungária FC won the championship.


1916–17 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1916–1917 was contested by 35 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and western football division of the Netherlands. Go Ahead won this year's championship by beating UVV Utrecht, Willem II and Be Quick 1887.


1916–17 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team represented Niagara University during the 1916–17 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Tom Tracey, coaching his second season with the Purple Eagles.


1916–17 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
The 1916–17 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team (variously "North Carolina", "Carolina" or "Tar Heels") was the seventh varsity college basketball team to represent the University of North Carolina.


1916–17 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, Aftermath
The team was the first North Carolina squad to beat Virginia, which George Tennent later commented "when you beat Virginia in those days, you more or less had it made." The team was brought to Woollen Gymnasium in 1958 for a reunion. After the game, the team went to the North Carolina State Capitol where former teammate and then Governor of North Carolina Luther Hodges received them. The team reminisced and passed around a basketball and wound up breaking a chandelier in the building.


1916–17 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, References, Bibliography
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1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season
The 1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the second  season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc., with Brighouse Rangers and Barrow playing 17 games each while Broughton Rangers played 35 and several other clubs 32.


1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
The war was starting its third year and the Rugby League decided to continue with the Wartime Emergency League. This arrangement, as in other sports, meant that the sport could continue, which in turn would boost the public’s moral. The fixtures were usually quite local, thus cutting down on travelling time and costs, whilst not wasting precious war resources.


1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
Several of the clubs who had not participated in the competition in the previous season, now re-joined the League :-


1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
Dewsbury (81.25%) again finished the regular season top of the league, with Leeds (80.65%) again second. Dewsbury had played one game more, winning this and gaining two points more than Leeds, thus ending the season with a better win percentage. Dewsbury again took the title.


1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
There were no other trophies to play for during this season.


1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season, Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup Competition was suspended for the duration of the war. The majority of the trophies, such as the County Leagues and County Cups were also suspended for the duration of the First World War.


1916–17 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University. M. B. Banks was the head coach for Ohio. The Bobcats played their home games in Ohio Gymnasium.


1916–17 Ottawa Senators season
The 1916–17 Ottawa Senators season was the Ottawa Hockey Club's 32nd season of play. This  was the 8th and final season of the National Hockey Association. Teams were to play two half-seasons of 10 games each, though this was disrupted. Ottawa won the second half and played off against first-half winner Montreal Canadiens for the NHA title, but lost.


1916–17 Ottawa Senators season, Team business
The Ottawa club wanted to suspend play for the season due to the war, but was voted down.


1916–17 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Suspending the Blueshirts
On February 10, 1917, the Blueshirts played their final game, losing 4–1 at home to Ottawa. The following day, a meeting of the NHA executive in Montreal was held to deal with the 228th Battalion leaving for overseas. Toronto proposed continuing with a five-team league, but the other owners instead voted to suspend Toronto's team. The players were dispersed by a drawing of names. The following day, President Robinson was quoted as stating that the players would return to the club after the season, but he would not guarantee that the club would be allowed to return to play, stating that would be decided at the NHA annual meeting.


1916–17 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Continuing the season
Ottawa, while not unhappy at the suspension of Toronto, nevertheless lost a game for the use of Cy Denneny in a game against the 228th, and saw the Wanderers and Quebec receive wins for games against the 228th. The club threatened to not play for the rest of the season. However, cooler heads prevailed and Ottawa went back to work.


1916–17 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstAfter the 228th Battalion dropped out, and Toronto suspended, the schedule was revised so that the remaining teams would play a 20 game schedule of two halves containing 10 games each. Some of the games to that point were moved into the second half. The 'second half' standings therefore include some games that the228th and Toronto played.


1916–17 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Results
‡ Ottawa lost game on use of ineligible Cy Denneny. † Wanderers given win for this game in revised second half. * 228th was ordered overseas. Toronto club was suspended by league.


1916–17 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs
The Montreal Canadiens won the O'Brien Cup, but lost to the Seattle Metropolitans of the PCHA in the Stanley Cup Finals.


1916–17 PCHA season
The 1916–17 PCHA season was the sixth season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 1, 1916, until March 2, 1917. The season was expanded to 24 games per team, except that the final game was cancelled. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be PCHA champions. After the season the club would play the Stanley Cup finals series against the Montreal Canadiens, NHA champions. Seattle would win the best-of-five series 3–1 to win the Cup.


1916–17 PCHA season, League business
In the fall of 1916, the Canadian government expropriated Victoria's Patrick Arena for war-time training purposes, making the arena unavailable for ice hockey use. It was decided to move the Victoria Aristocrats to Spokane, Washington. This left Vancouver as the only Canadian team. The experiment in Spokane was not a success due to poor attendance. On February 15, 1917, the Spokane Arena announced that the remaining home games would be played in the other team's arenas. The final regular season game between Vancouver and Spokane was subsequently canceled.


1916–17 PCHA season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against


1916–17 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team
The 1916–17 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Penn State University during the 1916–17 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Burke Hermann, in his second season coaching the Nittany Lions. The team finished with a final record of 12–2.


1916–17 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1916–17 season was Port Vale's first season of football after going into abeyance during World War I. They were admitted into the Football League's Lancashire Region, going up against some of the country's biggest clubs after years of playing non-league football. Losing 16 of their 30 league games, they still managed a remarkable 11–1 victory over Blackpool.