1925 serum run to Nome, Aftermath, Air mail
A reenactment of the serum run was held in 1975, which took 6 days longer than the 1925 serum run, or more than twice the total time. Many of the participants were descendants of the original 20. In 1985, President Ronald Reagan sent a letter of recognition to Charlie Evans, Edgar Nollner, and Bill McCarty, the only remaining survivors. Nollner was the last to die, on January 18, 1999, of a heart attack.


1925 serum run to Nome, Aftermath, Popular media
The relay has been immortalized in various media. Shortly before WWII Czech teacher and writer František Omelka was fascinated by the story which resulted in the novella Štafeta (Relay) published in Czech in 1946. As an avid Esperantist, Omelka himself translated it into Esperanto with subsequent translations into German, Dutch, Frisian, Icelandic, Chinese and Japanese being published. There is also an English edition published as Relay by now defunct publishing house Jaspis.


1925 serum run to Nome, Aftermath, Popular media
In 1976, the story was retold in Race against Death: A True Story of the Far North, by noted children's author Seymour Reit, which was featured in a 1978 episode of The Book Bird, a long-running anthology of children's literature on PBS. The 1995 animated film Balto was loosely based on the events of the final leg of the serum run, although all of the characters besides Balto, and subplots, are fictional.


1925 serum run to Nome, Aftermath, Popular media
A detailed recounting of the people and events involved in the serum run, including the story of the native mushers and the local nurses who attended to the sick and dying, is given in the 2003 book, The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic, by Gay and Laney Salisbury. In 2013, a documentary titled Icebound — The Greatest Dog Story Ever Told, focused on the aftermath of the events. The Great Alaskan Race, a 2019 film, produced by Rebel Road Entertainment, is based on the serum run. Togo, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, debuted on December 20, 2019 on Disney+.


1925 serum run to Nome, Sled dog credit
There is much controversy surrounding Balto's role in the serum run and the statue in Central Park. A premier musher, Seppala ran 170 miles (270 km) east from Nome to just outside Shaktoolik, where he met the serum runner (to his surprise, since he had anticipated having to go all the way to Nulato and back alone), took the handoff, and returned another 91 miles (146 km), having run over 261 miles (420 km) across some of the most dangerous and treacherous parts of the run in total. He then handed the serum off to Charlie Olson.


1925 serum run to Nome, Sled dog credit
Olson carried it 25 miles (40 km) to Bluff where he turned it over to Gunnar Kaasen. Kaasen was supposed to hand off the serum to Rohn at Port Safety, but Rohn had gone to sleep and Kaasen decided to keep going to Nome. In all, Kaasen and Balto ran a total of 53 miles (85 km).


1925 serum run to Nome, Sled dog credit
Kaasen maintained that he decided to continue since there were no lights on in the cabin where Rohn was sleeping and he didn't want to waste time, but many, including Rohn based on conversations the two men had before leaving Nome, and other decorated mushers in the surrounding area, thought his decision to not wake Rohn was motivated by a desire to grab the glory for himself and Balto.


1925 serum run to Nome, Sled dog credit
According to Togo's musher, Leonhard Seppala, who was also Balto's owner, Balto was a scrub freight dog that he left behind when he set out on the trip. He also asserted that Kaasen's lead dog was actually a dog named Fox, but that news agents of the time thought that Balto was a more newsworthy name. No record exists of Seppala ever having used Balto as a leader in runs or races prior to 1925, and Seppala himself stated Balto "was never in a winning team." Because the pictures and video of Kaasen and Balto taken in Nome were recreated hours after their arrival once the sun had risen, speculation still exists as to whether Balto's position as lead dog was genuine, or was staged or exaggerated for media purposes.


1925 serum run to Nome, Sled dog credit
The Central Park statue of Balto was modeled after Balto, but shows him wearing Togo's colors (awards). The inscription reads, "Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxin 600 miles over rough ice, across treacherous waters, through arctic blizzards, from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome." In the last years of his life Seppala was heartbroken by the way the credit had gone to Balto; in his mind, Togo was the real hero of the serum race. According to the National Park Service, in 1960 Seppala said:


1925 serum run to Nome, Sled dog credit
I never had a better dog than Togo. His stamina, loyalty, and intelligence could not be improved upon. Togo was the best dog that ever traveled the Alaska trail.


1925 serum run to Nome, Sled dog credit
Katy Steinmetz, writing in Time magazine, also thought that Togo was the greatest sled dog of all time. In the serum run, she wrote, Togo was the real hero:


1925 serum run to Nome, Sled dog credit
... the dog that often gets credit for eventually saving the town is Balto, but he just happened to run the last, 55 miles [89 km] leg in the race. The sled dog who did the lion's share of the work was Togo. His journey, fraught with white-out storms, was the longest by  200 miles [320 km] and included a traverse across perilous Norton Sound — where he saved his team and driver in a courageous swim through ice floes.


1925 serum run to Nome, Relay participants and distances
Mushers (in order) and the distances they covered. Most legs were planned to be about 25 miles (40 km) long, generally accepted as an "extreme day's mush".


1925 serum run to Nome, Relay participants and distances
(Seppala traveled 91 miles with the serum, but also drove 170 miles from Nome to Shaktoolik to meet the serum for the turnaround of the relay; this makes his total miles covered 261 miles, the longest distance in the run by over 200 miles. On one day he covered 84 miles in a single drive.)


1925 serum run to Nome, Relay participants and distances
Musher Ed Rohn, who was supposed to take the serum the final leg into Nome, was asleep expecting Kaasen to be held up waiting out the blizzard. Kaasen, deciding not to wake Rohn and knowing the time it would take to prepare the dogs and sled for travel, began the final 21 mile leg. He arrived in Nome around 5:30 am for a total time of seven and a half hours.


1925 Úrvalsdeild
The 1925 Úrvalsdeild is an season of top-flight Icelandic football.


1925 Úrvalsdeild, Overview
It was contested by 4 teams, and Fram won the championship.


1925–1926 Massachusetts legislature
The 144th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1925 and 1926.


1925–26 Aberdeen F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was Aberdeen's 21st season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 22nd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One and the Scottish Cup.


1925–26 Allsvenskan
The 1925–26 Allsvenskan, part of the 1925–26 Swedish football season, was the second Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 2 August 1925 and the last match was played 6 June 1926. Örgryte IS won the league ahead of runners-up GAIS, while IFK Malmö and IK City were relegated.


1925–26 American Soccer League, Overview
In June 1925, the league admitted the Shawsheen Indians, winners of the 1924–25 National Challenge Cup. The team was owned by William Madison Wood who also owned the American Woolen Company. The team began on a high note, goings 10-4-1 through its first fifteen games. However, in mid-December it experienced a reversal of form, going 1-10-2. When Wood died in February, the team withdrew from the league and disbanded.


1925–26 American Soccer League, Overview
Beginning on September 12, 1925, the American Soccer League began a forty-four game schedule which ended on May 31, 1926. The league introduced an innovation this season. Previously winners were selected on cumulative points. With many teams not completing all their scheduled games, the league adopted an approach similar to professional baseball which used a win percentage to determine its champions. However, rather than calculating a win-lose percentage, the American Soccer League calculated the percentage of points won versus the number of points available.


1925–26 American Soccer League, Lewis Cup
The American Soccer League ran its second league cup during the season. The winners were awarded the H.E. Lewis Cup.


1925–26 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team
The 1925-26 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1925-26 college basketball season. They played their home games in Schmidt Gymnasium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It was Francis Schmidt's third year as head coach of the Hogs and the program's third season. The Hogs won their first conference championship in basketball, finishing with an 11-1 Southwest Conference record and a record of 23-2 overall.


1925–26 Arsenal F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was Arsenal's seventh season in the top division of English football.


1925–26 Arsenal F.C. season, Results, FA Cup
Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn to face Wolverhampton Wanderers.


1925–26 Atromitos F.C. season
The 1925–26 season of Atromitos F.C. was the 3rd in the club's history and the second season that the club were participating in the Athens Football Clubs Association League.


1925–26 Atromitos F.C. season
The chairman of the team was Andreas Tsouroutsoylou, the person that created the club.


1925–26 Atromitos F.C. season, AFCA League
Competition: The league was conducted in one group, from which the first team would be declared champions.


1925–26 Atromitos F.C. season, AFCA League, League Table
GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


1925–26 Austrian First League
The 1925–26 Austrian First League season was the fifteenth season of the top-tier football in Austria. It was contested by 13 teams which played 144 matches. SV Amateure won their second title as they finished four points ahead of second place First Vienna FC. ASV Hertha finished last and were relegated to the Second League.


1925–26 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Beerschot won the championship.


1925–26 Beşiktaş J.K. season
The 1925–26 season was the club's 6th official football season and their 23rd year in existence. It was the first year after Şeref Bey's retirement. The team failed to finish in the top 4 and missed the playoffs. Galatasaray S.K. won the cup.


1925–26 Birmingham F.C. season
The 1925–26 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 30th in the Football League and their 13th in the First Division. They finished in 14th position in the 22-team division. They also competed in the 1925–26 FA Cup, entering at the third round proper and losing to South Shields in the fourth.


1925–26 Birmingham F.C. season
Twenty players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were ten different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Dan Tremelling played in 43 of the 44 matches over the season; among outfield players, full-back Jack Jones and forward Johnny Crosbie played one fewer, and half-back George Liddell and forward Wally Harris each appeared in 41. Joe Bradford was leading scorer for the fifth successive year, with 27 goals, of which 26 were scored in the league.


1925–26 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 25th season (22nd consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing sixth.


1925–26 Blackpool F.C. season
Bert Fishwick was the club's top scorer, with nineteen goals.


1925–26 Blackpool F.C. season, Season synopsis
It was a slow start to the season, with only two victories procured in their first eight games.


1925–26 Blackpool F.C. season, Season synopsis
Despite Harry Bedford being sold to Derby County in late September, Blackpool's fortunes began to change. Bert Fishwick, signed from Plymouth Argyle as Bedford's replacement, assisted in a recovery that saw the club vanquish the previous campaign's tussle with relegation from their minds.


1925–26 Boston Bruins season
The 1925–26 Boston Bruins season was the team's second season in the NHL. The Bruins finished fourth in the league standings, failing to make the playoffs.


1925–26 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
Opening the season with a 2–1 loss to the expansion Pittsburgh Pirates,  it looked initially as if the Bruins would turn in as poor a season as the year before, as they won only two of their first ten games, and after two consecutive wins, turned in an 0–5–3 record for most of January.


1925–26 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
From a 5–0 shutout victory over the Maroons on January 30, however, the Bruins won 13 of their last 17 games, a 2–1 overtime loss to the Pirates on March 12 being the difference to lose out on a playoff berth to Pittsburgh by a single point. The winning percentage improvement of .328 from the previous season was a NHL record at the time, and remains the third best single season improvement ever.


1925–26 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
A healthy Carson Cooper contributed to a near doubling of goals scored to lead the league, while the purchase of veteran star defenseman Sprague Cleghorn from the Montreal Maroons solidified the defense – despite a knee injury in the opener against Pittsburgh that sidelined Cleghorn for a month – and saw goals allowed decline by over a third. Cooper and Jimmy "Sailor" Herbert finished second and third respectively in the league scoring race, behind Nels Stewart of the Maroons.


1925–26 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
Among other debuts was that of goaltender Moe Roberts, at age 19 the second youngest player in the league and its first Jewish player. Roberts would wind up with one of the longest professional careers on record, playing his final game for the Chicago Black Hawks in 1951, the oldest player ever to play in the NHL, prior to Gordie Howe. He was the youngest player ever to play goal for twenty years, until surpassed by future Bruin Harry Lumley.


1925–26 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutesNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1925–26 Boston Bruins season, Player statistics, Leading scorers
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1925–26 Boston Bruins season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


1925–26 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1925–26 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 19th in the club's history.


1925–26 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club finished 16th in Division Two, and reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup.


1925–26 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1925–26 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in 18th place, conceding a club record 94 goals.


1925–26 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Brentford manager Fred Halliday overhauled the club's squad during the 1925 off-season, with all but seven players being released. Despite running a deficit of £6,000 (equivalent to £344,700 in 2021), the board of directors pledged a "substantial sum of money" for the transfer of quality players and in came new goalkeeper John Thomson, four full backs, four half backs and new forwards Bill Finlayson and Bert Young. The club's colours were changed to the now-traditional red-and-white stripes, black shorts and black socks.


1925–26 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
9 defeats from the opening 10 matches of the season left Brentford rooted to the bottom of the Third Division South and forward Reginald Parker (one of the club's highest scorers during the previous two seasons) elected to transfer to South Shields. Griffin Park was closed by the Football League for the first and only time due to crowd disturbance during a 6–1 thrashing at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion on 12 September 1925. The ground was reopened 14 days later.


1925–26 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The poor run ended with the first victory of the season on 17 October, 2–1 over Bristol Rovers. Five wins in the following seven matches lifted the Bees out of the re-election places, with forwards Jack Lane, Bill Finlayson and full back Percival Whitton (who had been deployed up front by manager Halliday) all coming into form, with half back Alex Graham converting a number of penalties.


1925–26 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
By 20 February 1926, a run of just five defeats in 19 matches lifted Brentford to 13th in the table. The signing of forward Ernie Watkins from Southend United for a then-club record fee of £1,000 in January 1928 proved to be money well-spent, with Watkins scoring 11 goals in his first 12 matches, including a hat-trick in the Bees' biggest victory of the season, 5–1 versus Norwich City on 2 April. The Bees' form petered out in the final two months of the season, winning just 3 of the final 12 matches to finish 18th with the worst defensive record in the division. The 94 goals conceded during the 1925–26 season is a club record.


1925–26 British Home Championship
The 1925–26 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1925–26 season between the British Home Nations. The competition was won at a canter by Scotland, who whitewashed all three opponents, scoring eight goals in three games without reply.


1925–26 British Home Championship
Scotland began to competition as they finished it, with a 3–0 defeat of Wales in Cardiff as England and Ireland played a tame scoreless draw as the tournament opener. Ireland improved from their poor first match performance against Wales in their second game, running out 3–0 winners to move into second place, but were hammered 4–0 by Scotland in their final game, ending any hopes of a winners place. Hughie Gallacher scored three of Scotland's goals. England returned for the final two matches of the competition, but suffered disaster and crashed to last place as Wales won 3–1 in London and Scotland, already assured the trophy whatever the result, beat them by a single goal.


1925–26 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of Buffalo during the 1925–26 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Art Powell, coaching his eleventh season with the Bulls.


1925–26 Campeonato de Portugal
The 1925–26 Campeonato de Portugal was the 5th edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 1925–26 Campeonato de Portugal began on the 9 May 1926. The final was played on the 6 June 1926 at the Campo do Ameal.


1925–26 Campeonato de Portugal
Porto were the previous holders, having defeated Sporting 2–1 in the previous season's final. Marítimo defeated Belenenses, 2–0 in the final to win their first Campeonato de Portugal.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was the 25th year of competitive football played by Cardiff City F.C. and the team's fifth consecutive season in the First Division of the Football League. Having finished as runners-up in both the First Division and the FA Cup in the previous two seasons, the team's early optimism was misplaced as they finished in 16th position.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season
In the FA Cup, Cardiff progressed past Burnley in the third round but were eliminated by Newcastle United in the next round. The team were also knocked out of the Welsh Cup early on, losing to Merthyr Town. Willie Davies and Billy Hardy made the most appearances for the club during the season, both playing 39 times. Hughie Ferguson, who was signed for a club record £5,000 in November 1925, was the side's top goalscorer. He scored 21 times during the season, more than double the second highest player. The squad for the campaign contained a club record 16 players who had won at least one cap at international level.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, Background
Cardiff City entered the 1925–26 season with some optimism. The side had finished as runners-up to Huddersfield Town in the 1923–24 season on goal average and had reached the 1925 FA Cup Final before being defeated 1–0 by Sheffield United. The Football Echo was confident in the team's prospects for the campaign, writing "Supporters of Cardiff City are justified in believing that the team will do well this season." The paper attributed this to the settled nature of the squad, adding "All the players that contributed to the success of the club last year are again available  ... The players know each other's styles to perfection, and in this respect they have the advantage over other clubs that have been compelled to introduce new talent."


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, Background
Shortly before the start of the new season, the Football Association (FA) introduced changes to the offside rule that reduced the amount of defenders required between the attacker and goalkeeper from three to two. The change was designed to increase scoring opportunities, with Football League matches averaging 2.58 goals per game the previous year. In preparation for the law change, Cardiff played a trial match under the new regulations. The Football Echo reported that, during the game, the team had been "prompt with the opportunities that came their way" and expressed optimism that the law would benefit Cardiff's forwards.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, Background
Ahead of the new season, manager Fred Stewart made a handful of new signings. During a preseason tour in Ireland, he was impressed by Crusaders defender Tom Watson and promptly secured his addition. His teammate David Nelson, brother of Cardiff's Jimmy Nelson, was also signed from the tour. On returning to Wales, Stewart added Jack Jennings from Wigan Borough and Percy Richards from Merthyr Vale.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
Cardiff started the 1925–26 season with an away fixture against Manchester City on 29 August. More than 42,000 fans attended the fixture at Maine Road, the largest crowd Cardiff would play in front of all season, as the two sides entered the final five minutes tied at 2–2. Cardiff's captain, Jimmy Nelson became involved in a scuffle with an opposition forward and was subsequently shown a red card, becoming the first player in the club's history to be sent off.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
As the infringement took place in the Cardiff penalty area, Manchester City were also awarded a penalty kick, which Tommy Johnson converted to secure a 3–2 victory for his side. A second defeat followed two days later, as Cardiff lost 3–1 to West Ham United, with the Football Echo criticising the team by stating "they do not appear to have a fixed plan of campaign and they are not able in the circumstances to make profitable use of the advantages that should be theirs as a result of the alteration in the offside rule." The side registered their first win of the season in their next game, beating Everton 2–1 at Ninian Park following goals from Jimmy Gill and Harry Beadles.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
A 1–0 defeat in the reverse fixture against West Ham was followed by the club's first point away from home as they drew 1–1 with Huddersfield Town. Cardiff took the lead through Willie Davies before Clem Stephenson equalised. Nelson had the opportunity to win the match for Cardiff but failed to convert a penalty in the second half. In their next match, Cardiff defeated in-form Tottenham Hotspur, inflicting their opponents' first defeat of the season with goals from Davies and Denis Lawson.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
However, the team soon entered a poor run of form, losing the return fixture against Tottenham 1–0 before being defeated by the same scoreline against league leaders Sunderland. This was followed by a heavy 6–3 defeat against Blackburn Rovers. The club enjoyed a brief respite by defeating Bury 3–2 with goals from Joe Nicholson, Len Davies and Beadles, although The Times noted it was "strange to find a team so good as Cardiff City so near the bottom of the table." Three straight defeats followed.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
The run began with a defeat against Birmingham in which Stewart experimented with team selection, including defender Fred Keenor at centre-forward. Cardiff took a 2–0 lead with goals from Willie Davies and Keenor but Birmingham recovered to take the victory, winning 3–2. A 5–0 defeat against Arsenal and a 2–0 loss against Manchester United left Cardiff bottom of the table at the end of October.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
The Football Echo described how the Cardiff side had struggled to adapt to the new offside law change, writing "there are players who forget what is required of them under the new conditions, and adhere to the old methods." The team's struggles prompted wholesale changes from Stewart. Blair, Keenor and Willie Davies were absent due to international call-ups and Harry Wake was dropped from the defensive side of the line-up and the changes proved significant as they defeated Aston Villa 2–0.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
Stewart continued making changes and the club accepted an offer of £3,200 for Gill from Blackpool, the striker leaving after five years with Cardiff. The money was given to Stewart to reinvest in the squad and the directors provided further transfer funds as the manager reshaped the club's attack. Joe Cassidy was signed from Bolton Wanderers for £3,800 and George McLachlan from Clyde for £2,000. The most significant signing was the arrival of Hughie Ferguson from Motherwell for a club record fee of £5,000.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
The arrival of Ferguson was seen as a coup, with the Football Echo writing that the signing "was regarded as a triumph for Mr Fred Stewart  ...  for prevailing upon the Scottish officials to part with their star player". The new arrivals prompted a reshaping of the squad, with Beadles, Lawson and Jack Evans being largely omitted for the remainder of the season.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
All three new signings started the Cardiff's next match against Leicester City and the trio combined to earn the club's first points at home for a month. Willie Davies and Ferguson opened the scoring for Cardiff before Cassidy completed a hat-trick in a 5–2 victory. A 1–0 defeat to Leeds United followed, but a goalless draw with Newcastle United on 21 November was enough to lift the side above the relegation zone.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
A 1–0 victory over Bolton Wanderers began a much improved run of form for Cardiff who went on to win three of their five matches in December, led largely by the goals of Ferguson and Len Davies. A brace from Ferguson secured a 2–1 victory over Notts County before Ferguson and Len Davies scored one each to beat Liverpool a week later. The pair each scored again in a 3–2 defeat to bottom-placed Burnley, before Cardiff recovered to beat West Bromwich Albion 3–2.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
Len Davies opened the scoring, his third in three games, before another brace from Ferguson secured his seventh goal in five matches. His scoring run was brought to an end in the reverse fixture against West Brom, who won 3–0 on 26 December. Despite the defeat, Cardiff ended the calendar year in 16th place.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
On New Year's Day 1926, Cardiff travelled to play Sheffield United, suffering a heavy 11–2 defeat. The result remains the biggest defeat in Cardiff's history. Despite the damning nature of the defeat, the team rallied after the game and secured a 2–2 draw with Manchester City the following day, Cassidy scoring both of his side's goals, and a 1–1 draw with Everton 2 weeks later, McLachlan adding his first for the club. The side ended January with a 2–1 defeat to Huddersfield, having initially led 1–0 at half time, although the team was hampered by several injuries to first team players.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
Cardiff began February with a 4–1 victory over Blackburn Rovers, Len Davies and Cassidy giving Cardiff the lead before McLachlan added a brace. A 4–1 defeat away to Bury briefly interrupted form, but the club began a seven-match unbeaten run with a 2–0 win over Birmingham with goals from Ferguson and Len Davies. A goalless draw with Arsenal to end February and a victory over Aston Villa in March raised hopes that Cardiff had overcome their struggles to adapt to the new offside rule and the tactical changes it required.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
This coincided with Keenor's return to the side, with one report stating how there had been "justification for the belief that he could not adapt" but this had now "come to an end". This form continued, with victories over Leicester City and third placed Sunderland and a goalless draw with Leeds beginning to ease Cardiff away from the relegation zone. A single goal by Ferguson secured victory over Newcastle on 3 April before consecutive 1–0 defeats to Sheffield United and Bolton ended the club's unbeaten run.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, First Division
Ferguson scored his first hat-trick for the club on 17 April, helping Cardiff to a 4–2 win over Notts County, Keenor adding his side's fourth. Billy Hardy scored his first goal of the season in a 2–2 draw with Liverpool before Cardiff ended their campaign with away defeats to Manchester United and Burnley, finishing in 16th place.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
As FA Cup finalists the previous year, Cardiff held ambitions of again competing for the trophy at the start of the competition. The club's performances in the FA Cup in recent seasons led The Times to describe them as "stubborn Cup fighters" ahead of their first game. The side entered in the third round against fellow First Division team Burnley. The first meeting between the two sides at Ninian Park ended in a 2–2 draw, Cassidy and Len Davies scoring for Cardiff. In the replay, Cardiff secured a 2–0 victory at Turf Moor following a brace from Ferguson. However, they were eliminated in the fourth round after suffering a 2–0 defeat to Newcastle United.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, Cup matches, Welsh Cup
Cardiff entered the Welsh Cup in the fifth round but suffered an early exit after losing 2–1 to Third Division North side Merthyr Town.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, Player details
During the season, manager Fred Stewart used 28 players in all competitions. Willie Davies and Hardy made the most appearances, each playing in 39 matches, while Len Davies and Nelson made one less appearance with 38. Two players, Alfie Hagan and Harry McCracken, made only a single appearance for the club. McCracken's appearance in the Welsh Cup was his only game for the side. Despite signing for Cardiff midway through the season, Ferguson was the club's top goalscorer, netting 21 times in all competitions. Author James Leighton notes that without Ferguson's goals "Cardiff would probably have been relegated".


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, Player details
No other player reached double figures for goals during the campaign, Willie and Len Davies were both tied for second with nine goals each. In total, 13 players scored at least once during the campaign for Cardiff. The squad for the season contained 16 players with at least one cap at international level, a club record, while Tom Watson also won his first cap at the end of the campaign.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, Player details, Player statistics
FW = Forward, HB = Halfback, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, Aftermath
The team's struggles during the season led Stewart to reshape his squad at the end of the campaign. Jack Evans, Cardiff's first ever signing upon his arrival in 1910, left the club after 16 years. Cassidy, who had only joined the club midway through the season, returned to his Scotland. He had struggled with form since leaving his native country after a severe bout of influenza caused him to lose 22 pounds (10.0 kg) in weight. Several other players also left the club, including Herbie Evans, Alfie Hagan, Joe Hills, Lawson, Nicholson, Jack Page and Ebor Reed.


1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, Aftermath
Club captain Blair also departed, with Keenor being appointed in his place. Keenor went on to captain Cardiff to victory in the 1927 FA Cup Final the following season, as the club became the only team from outside England to win the competition in its history.


1925–26 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1925–26 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.


1925–26 Challenge Cup
The 1925–26 Challenge Cup was the 26th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1925–26 Challenge Cup, Final
Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.


1925–26 Challenge Cup, Final
This was Swinton's second appearance in the Final and their second Cup Final win. Their previous victory was in 1900.


1925–26 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Boyd Chambers, coaching his eighth season with the Bearcats. The team finished with an overall record of 17–2.


1925–26 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1925–26 collegiate men's basketball season. The Aggies completed the season with an 11–3 overall record. The Aggies were members of the New England Conference, where they ended the season with a 3–1 record. The Aggies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by third-year head coach Sumner A. Dole.


1925–26 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
The 1925–26 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 20th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 6th season.


1925–26 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
The Big Red began practicing in mid December with six games on their slate. In spite of the unpredictable nature of the weather, most of Cornell's game were scheduled to take place at Ithaca. With captain Tilton and Edminster forming the backbone of the team, the roster was compiled in early January and many of the players were familiar faces. One new arrival came in goal, Nash, necessitated by last year's starter having graduated. The team performed well in their first game with Tilton earning the game-winner with less than 3 minutes remaining.


1925–26 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
There was considerable improvement in the team over the course of the following week, but their next opponent, Dartmouth was a very strong outfit. The Indians ended up proving that with a 12–1 demolition, including 6 goals in the first. Tilton's goal was one of the few bright lights for the squad and, despite the score, Nash was credited with solid play in net. The next game for the team was much closer but still resulted in a loss. Boston University kept the Big Red from scoring a single goal and recorded their only tally of the game in the waning minutes. The defeat left a foul taste in the team's mouth over the examination break and they were chomping at the bit by early February.


1925–26 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Williams was next and coach Bawlf made several changed to the lineup. Ayers, a new entry, was put in as a starter on defense while Hoyt, now eligible in the new term, replaced Cooke at Left Wing. The new arrangement saw Cornell produce its biggest offensive output but the Ephs were able to use a fast start to say ahead of the Ithacans and win the match. The team continued its run of 1-goal losses against Princeton before finally winning its second game of the season to end the year. The final match was the first between Cornell and nearby Syracuse University on the ice and the Big Red earned their first shutout in over 3 years.


1925–26 Czechoslovak First League, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Sparta Prague won the championship. Jan Dvořáček was the league's top scorer with 32 goals.


1925–26 Divizia A
The 1925–26 Divizia A was the fourteenth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1925–26 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Futo (2 / 0); Huszmüller (5 / 0), Adalbert Ritter (10 / 0). Defenders: Balázs Hoksary (6 / 0); Adalbert Steiner (17 / 0); Jozsef Korom (10 / 0). Midfielders: Fenyvessi (5 / 0); Emerich Vogl (16 / 15); Eugen Lakatos (15 / 0); Ognyanov (1 / 0); Jozsef Patay II (1 / 0); Adalbert Rössler (13 / 0); Jozsef Bundy (3 / 0).


1925–26 Divizia A, Champion squad
Forwards: Beres (1 / 0); Coloman Lotter (2 / 0); Mihai Tänzer (17 / 13); Bruno Steiner (1 / 3); Augustin Semler (17 / 41); Rudolf Matek (17 / 8); Marschall (1 / 0); Ioan Tesler (15 / 8); Pavel Zelenak (2 / 0); Rudolf Wetzer (10 / 10). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1925–26 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry during the 1925–26 men's basketball season. The Blue and Gold, led by 1st year head coach Ernest Lange, played their home games at Main Building.


1925–26 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1922–23 men's college basketball season. The head coach was George Buchheit, coaching his second season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 8–12.


1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was the 49th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup and the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.


1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League
The fourth season in a row in the Second Division did not start well, and with only 3 wins recorded by the beginning of December any hopes of promotion had long gone. In the end however Dumbarton finished 11th out of 20 with 38 points - 21 behind champions Dunfermline Athletic.


1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton reached the fourth round before losing out to Celtic.


1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season, Dumbartonshire Cup
Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup, losing to Helesburgh in the final.


1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season, Dumbartonshire Charity Cup
Dumbarton were also runners-up in the Charity Cup, losing to Clydebank in the final.


1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season, Friendly
A benefit match was played at the beginning of the season against Clydebank.


1925–26 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers, Players out
In addition William Middleton played his last game in Dumbarton 'colours'.


1925–26 Dundee F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was the thirty-first season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 10th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out by Aberdeen in the 2nd round. For one season only, the Dee would wear a unique home jersey with a large white semicircle around the collar.


1925–26 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was the 15th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1925 to 30 June 1926.


1925–26 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 41 matches during the 1925–26 season.


1925–26 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1925–26 FA Cup
The FA Cup 1925–26 was the 51st staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Bolton Wanderers won the competition for the second time, beating Manchester City 1–0 in the final at Wembley.


1925–26 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined.


1925–26 FA Cup
If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played. This first edition of the competition with the modern naming convention of the FA cup First and Second Qualifying rounds became First and Second round proper and what was previously called First round proper became Third Round Proper.


1925–26 FA Cup, First round proper
At this stage 40 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 25 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Millwall, Bristol City, Crystal Palace and Plymouth Argyle were given a bye to the Third Round. Four Second Division sides, Barnsley, Darlington, Oldham Athletic and Swansea Town were entered at this stage. To make the number of matches up, seven non-league sides were given byes to this round. These were:


1925–26 FA Cup, First round proper
38 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 28 November 1925. Seven matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which four went to another replay, and one of these went to a third.


1925–26 FA Cup, Second round proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 12 December 1925. Four matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.


1925–26 FA Cup, Third round proper
40 of the 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage, along with Third Division South teams Millwall, Bristol City, Crystal Palace and Plymouth Argyle. Also given a bye to this round of the draw were amateur side Corinthian. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 9 January 1926. Nine matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which one went to a second replay.


1925–26 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 30 January 1926. Three games were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.


1925–26 FA Cup, Fifth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 20 February 1926. There were two replays, played in the next midweek fixture.


1925–26 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 6 March 1926. There was one replay, between Nottingham Forest and Bolton Wanderers, played in the following midweek fixture. This then went to a second replay the week after.


1925–26 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 27 March 1926. Both matches ended in 3–0 victories for Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers, who went on to meet in the final at Wembley.


1925–26 FA Cup, Final
The 1926 FA Cup Final was contested by Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City at Wembley. Bolton won by a single goal, scored by David Jack.


1925–26 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 1925–26 was the fifth edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 9 January 1926 and concluded on 17 March with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance of 25,000 people watched inspirational goalkeeper Bill O'Hagan guide Fordsons to their first and only FAI Cup title by defeating the defending champions Shamrock Rovers.


1925–26 FAI Cup, Notes
A. From 1923-1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.


1925–26 FAI Cup, Notes
B.   Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means. However, in the instances of capacity crowds attending, this practice might not have been as common as usual or have had as large an effect on actual attendances.


1925–26 FAI Cup, Notes
C.   The official attendance of 25,000 was a record for the first five FAI Cup finals and the joint highest official attendance for the first ten.


1925–26 FC Barcelona season
The 1925–26 season was the 27th season for FC Barcelona.


1925–26 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1925–26 season was their thirty third season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was Carl Burkhardt. It was Burkhardt's second period as chairman. At the AGM he took over the presidency from Karl Ibach. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.


1925–26 FC Basel season, Overview
Karl Bielser was team captain this season and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 33 matches in their 1925–26 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, two were in the newly created Swiss Cup and 15 were friendly matches. Of these 15 friendlies four were played at home in the Landhof and 11 were away games, five in Switzerland and three each in France and Germany. Four of these games were won, four draws and seven defeats. 29 goals were scored, but 32 were conceded.


1925–26 FC Basel season, Overview
During these friendly games, a highlight was the fixture in the Landhof as Huddersfield Town visited. Huddersfield had just won the English Football League championship for the third consecutive season. The game attracted 3,500 supporters. Basel lost the match against the English champions by five goals to one.


1925–26 FC Basel season, Overview
As in the previous seasons, this's season the Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The other teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and the newly promoted Solothurn. The teams that won each of the three groups would continue to the finals and the last placed teams in the groups had to play a play-off against relegation.


1925–26 FC Basel season, Overview
Basel visited the group newcomers for the first match and promptly lost 1–2. Following this initial shock, the team played twelve games in succession undefeated. However, only six of these games were won and six were drawn and at this point, despite having defeated the league leaders Young Boys, they were trailing by five points. Basel lost their last two home games and thus ended the season in second position. During their league season Basel won seven of their matches, drawing six and were defeated three times. They were nine points adrift of Young Boys, who continued to the finals.


1925–26 FC Basel season, Overview
Servette won the championship, Grasshopper Club were runners-up and YB were classified third. Grenchen ended the group stage at the bottom of the table and had to play the promotion/relegation play-off against Black Stars Basel, who had won the second tier championship. The teams each won one of the play-off matches and Grenchen won the deciding match to remain in the top tier.


1925–26 FC Basel season, Overview
In their 16 league matches the team scored 26 goals and conceded 14. Arnold Hürzeler, who had joined the team for this season, was the team's top league goal scorer with eight goals. He left the club after the season. Karl Bielser was second best league scorer with seven goals. Jules Düblin, Karl Putzendopler and Alfred Schlecht each scored two league goals.


1925–26 FC Basel season, Overview
The very first Swiss Cup tournament was organised this season by the Swiss Football Association (and has been organised by them annually since then). In the first round Basel were drawn against lower tier FC Horgen and the game took place on 4 October 1925. Basel won their first cup match 8–1 and Arnold Hürzeler proved his goal scoring qualities by securing the victory for his team by scoring six of the goals. In the next round, however, Basel were eliminated against Aarau, after a draw, by toss of a coin. Grasshopper Club won the final on 11 April 1926, played in the Letzigrund, 2–1 against FC Bern.


1925–26 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1925–26 FCA Championship
Statistics of Football Clubs Association Championship for the 1925–26 season.


1925–26 Football League
The 1925–26 season was the 34th season of The Football League.


1925–26 Football League, Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1925–26 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season on, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.


1925–26 French Ice Hockey Championship
The 1925–26 French Ice Hockey Championship was the 11th edition of the French Ice Hockey Championship, the national ice hockey championship in France. This year's champion is controversial. The official champion, as stated by the French Ice Hockey Federation, is Chamonix Hockey Club. However, some sports historians state that the season was won by Club des Sports d'Hiver de Paris, 1-0 over Chamonix, on January 25, 1926.


1925–26 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1925–26 French Rugby Union Championship was won by the club of Toulouse that defeated the US Perpignan.


1925–26 French Rugby Union Championship
The Stade Toulousain won the fourth title on five years (after won in 1922, 1923 and 1924)


1925–26 French Rugby Union Championship
The championship was contested by 36 teams divided into 12 pools of three.


1925–26 French Rugby Union Championship
The first of each pool was qualified for the four pools of Quarter of finals.


1925–26 French Rugby Union Championship, Other competitions
The 2 May 1926, in the final of "Championnat de France Honneur" (Second division), the Racing defeated SC Mazamet 17-3.


1925–26 French Rugby Union Championship, Other competitions
The SA Saint-Sever won the "Promotion" championship (3rd division) winning against The Dijon 16-11.


1925–26 French Rugby Union Championship, Other competitions
Le Stade Toulousain est champion of "2nd XV Championship" winning against the Stadoceste.


1925–26 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1925–26 season was Galatasaray SK's 22nd in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League.


1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1925–26 NCAA college basketball season. John O'Reilly coached it in his 10th season as head coach. Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C. The team posted a record of 5-8.


1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
During the mid-1920s, the Georgetown men's basketball program was struggling to survive. Faculty members opposed players missing classes for road games. Furthermore, on-campus Ryan Gymnasium, where the Hoyas had played their home games since the 1914-15 season, had no seating, accommodating fans on a standing-room only-basis on an indoor track above the court.


1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
This precluded the accommodation of significant crowds, providing the self-sustaining Basketball Association with little revenue with which to fund the team's travel expenses and limiting Georgetown to a very limited road schedule between the 1918-19 and 1926-27 seasons – often limited to an annual trip to Annapolis, Maryland, to play at Navy and sometimes a single trip to New York or Pennsylvania to play schools there – averaging no more than three road games a year in order to keep travel expenses and missed classes to a minimum.


1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The 1925-26 squad, however, was among the more traveled Georgetown teams of the era, going on the road to play at Army and Penn State in addition to trips to Annapolis and New York City. It nonetheless played only 13 games, and its 5-8 finish was only the second losing record in school history and the first since the 1909-10 team finished 5-7. It was the only losing season by an O'Reilly-coached team.


1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Sophomore forward Bob Nork had played only a single game as a reserve the previous year and gone scoreless, but this season he emerged as the team's leading scorer by a wide margin. While the rest of the team struggled in all aspects of the game, he averaged a career-high 10.4 points per game and scored a career-high 135 points, while the other four starters combined scored only 141 points. He scored 12 of the team's 20 points against Lafayette and 11 of its 20 points against Army


1925–26 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.


1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1925–26 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, so the February 24, 1926, game against the Crescent Athletic Club counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1925-26. 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.


1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season
The 1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 28th season of play for the program.


1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
After surrendering the league championship to Yale two years running, Harvard was desperate to regain their crown. Early in the season, however, the team didn't perform well. After a less-than-impressive win over MIT the Crimson lost three consecutive games, however, two of those losses were to Canadian schools and the experience from playing tougher squads served Harvard well. When they opened their conference schedule against Princeton Harvard started slow but built up steam after the first to score the final three goals of the game, including an overtime winner from new sophomore star John Chase. The rematch came at the end of the month and the Crimson again had to come back from a two-goal deficit to win another 4–3 match and capture the season series.


1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Harvard began February with a game against undefeated Hamilton but the Crimson proved superior with a dominating 11–1 victory. The team then had a 10-day layoff before the long-awaited match with Yale. From the start of the game Harvard assailed the Eli net and scored just five minutes in. Three more goals came from Crimson players with none in opposition giving Harvard the first leg of the series. The following week Harvard faced a dangerous Dartmouth team and downed the Indians 3–2 in overtime. In doing so the Crimson had essentially erased their early-season loss to Boston University by defeating two teams that had defeated the Terriers (Williams and Dartmouth) while remaining unbeaten against all other colleges.


1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Harvard, however, still had one final game to play and the rematch with Yale was held at the Madison Square Garden, the home of the New York Americans. The game was played before some 11,000 spectators, by far the largest recorded crowd for a college game at the time, and saw Harvard fight a much tougher contest with the Elis than the first game. Harvard scored first but were unable to find the net again and had to carry a slim, 1–0 lead for most of the game.


1925–26 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Captain Cummings did everything he could to keep the Elis from scoring and even with a furious effort in the third period the Yale scoresheet remained empty. Harvard tacked on a second goal just before the end of the game for a sweep of the Triangular League and a claim for the eastern Intercollegiate Championship.


1925–26 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1925–26 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1925–26 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1925–26 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, finished sixteenth out of 20 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1925–26 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1925–26  Hong Kong First Division League season was the 18th since its establishment.


1925–26 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
The 1925–26 Huddersfield Town season saw Town become the first team in English football to achieve the hat-trick of 1st Division championships, a feat which as of the end of the 2019–20 season has not been surpassed.


1925–26 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Under the leadership of Cecil Potter, Town finished 5 points clear of Arsenal, now managed by Herbert Chapman.


1925–26 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1925–26 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Following the sudden resignation of Herbert Chapman, who joined Arsenal as their new manager, Town brought in Cecil Potter to steer the ship. Town continued their brilliant run of form with Charlie Wilson and George Brown being joined in the strikeforce department by Chapman's last signing Alex Jackson. Unfortunately injury cost Wilson his season and he moved to Stoke City by the end of the season. However, George Cook joined Jackson and Brown up front and between them scored 65 of Town's 92 league goals during the season.


1925–26 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
They won their 3rd title with 2 games remaining after beating Bolton Wanderers 3-0 at Leeds Road with goals from Jackson, Billy Smith and Clem Stephenson. They finished 5 points clear of Chapman's Arsenal. That success was commemorated with a special trophy that has only been copied on 3 occasions for Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United.


1925–26 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1925–26 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1925–26 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by sixth-year head coach Dave MacMillan and played their home games on campus at the   in Moscow, Idaho.


1925–26 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 15–10 overall and 5–4 in conference play.


1925–26 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1925–26 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Craig Ruby began the 1925–26 season with a Fighting Illini team had eight returning letterman from a team that placed in a tie for third place a year earlier. This team finished in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten. Probably the greatest change for the Illini during this season was the opening of their new home, Huff Gymnasium. Originally named New Gymnasium, Huff Gymnasium was renamed in 1937 after George Huff, who was the school's athletic director from 1895 to 1935, Huff Gymnasium was home to the Fighting Illini's men's basketball program until 1963. The starting lineup included captain Leonard Haines and Kenneth Reynolds at guard, John Mauer at center and Jack Lipe, Russell Daugherity and Hollie Martin at forward.


1925–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games at the Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1925–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 12–5 and a conference record of 8–4, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference.


1925–26 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team (also known informally as Ames) represented Iowa State University during the 1925-26 NCAA College men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Bill Chandler, who was in his fifth season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the State Gymnasium in Ames, Iowa.


1925–26 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 4–14, 3–11 in Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association play to finish in ninth place.


1925–26 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1925–26 comprised 12 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship.


1925–26 Istanbul Football League
The 1925–26 İstanbul Football League season was the 19th season of the league. Galatasaray SK won the league for the 8th time. The tournament was single-elimination, not league as in the past.


1925–26 Istanbul Football League, Finals
Quarter FinalsGalatasaray - Beykozspor SK 6:2Fenerbahçe - Harbiye SK 3:2


1925–26 Istanbul Football League, Finals
Semi finalsFenerbahçe - Fatih İdman Yurdu SK 9:0Galatasaray SK - Vefa SK 2:1


1925–26 Isthmian League
The 1925–26 Isthmian League was the 17th season in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1925–26 Isthmian League
Dulwich Hamlet were champions, winning their second Isthmian League title.


1925–26 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1925–26 college men's basketball season.


1925–26 Lancashire Cup
The 1925–26 Lancashire Cup  was the eighteenth tournament in the history of this regional rugby league competition, and another new name was added to the trophy. This time it was the turn of Swinton, one of the founding members of the Northern Union, whose previous best had been as runners up to Oldham in 1910.


1925–26 Lancashire Cup, Background
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.


1925–26 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final
The final was due to be played on Saturday, 21 November 1925 but was postponed due to bad weather, in this case fog. The weather during that short period was atrocious and in fact Wigan had 5 matches postponed due to either a waterlogged pitch, a frozen pitch, fog or other bad weather in the four-week period from early November to early December. The final was eventually played on Wednesday 9 December 1925 and Swinton beat Wigan by 15–11. The match was played at the Cliff, Broughton, Salford. The attendance was 15,000 and receipts £1,116.


1925–26 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1925–26 Landsfodboldturneringen
The 1925–26 Landsfodboldturneringen was the 13th edition of the Danish national football championship play-offs, a Danish FA-organised club football tournament between the championship clubs from each of the six regional football associations. In advance of the tournament, a play-off structure had been agreed, which meant that the winners of KBUs Mesterskabsrække were directly qualified for the national championship final against the winner of the Provincial championship tournament.


1925–26 League of Ireland
The 1925–26 League of Ireland was the fifth season of the League of Ireland.


1925–26 League of Ireland, Changes from 1924–25
Brooklyn were not re-elected to the League, while Brideville were elected.


1925–26 League of Ireland, Season Overview
It began on 29 August 1925 and ended on 3 January 1926. Shamrock Rovers were the defending champions.


1925–26 Lega Sud
The Southern League was the amatorial football championship in Southern Italy during the 20's of the 20th century.


1925–26 Lega Sud
The 1925–26 season was organized within the Italian Football Federation. The winner had the honor to play against the Northern Champions.


1925–26 Lega Sud
The League maintained the goal to improve the quality of the game in the area. However, the League’s plan to abolish the regional tournaments was boycotted by the Roman and Apulia teams. After a year of different protests, the League collapsed under its internal tensions, and it was disbanded by the fascists which promoted three clubs to the new Divisione Nazionale white the other teams were forced into a new inter-regional championship.


1925–26 Lega Sud, Qualifications, Marche, Championship playoff
Anconitana was declared Marche's champion. Both teams were admitted to the Southern League semifinals.


1925–26 Lega Sud, Qualifications, Lazio, Pre-League qualifications
Because of the sole points were considered by the championship regulations, with no relevance to the aggregation of goals, a tie-break was needed.


1925–26 Lega Sud, Qualifications, Lazio, Pre-League qualifications
Audace Roma maintained his place in the First Division, but Roman was later admitted too.


1925–26 Lega Sud, Qualifications, Campania, Pre-League Qualifications
Salernitanaudax maintained his place in the First Division, but later retired. Stabia was admitted in his place.


1925–26 Lega Sud, Qualifications, Apulia
None of the Apulian teams were admitted to the National Division.


1925–26 Lega Sud, Qualifications, Sicily, Championship playoff
Palermo was declared Sicily's champion. Both teams were admitted to the Southern League semifinals. None of the teams were admitted to the National Division.


1925–26 Luxembourg National Division
The 1925–26 Luxembourg National Division was the 16th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1925–26 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 7 teams, and FA Red Boys Differdange won the championship.


1925–26 Magyar Kupa
The 1925–26 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 9th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1925–26 Malmö FF season
Malmö FF competed in Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien for the 1925–26 season.


1925–26 Maltese Premier League
The 1925–26 Maltese First Division was the 15th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 7 teams, and Sliema Wanderers F.C. won the championship.


1925–26 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was Manchester City F.C. 's thirty-fifth season of league football and twelfth consecutive season in the Football League First Division, excluding the four years during the First World War in which no competitive football was played.


1925–26 Manchester City F.C. season
Coming off the back of a series of mid-table finishes and largely unimpressive FA Cup campaigns, manager David Ashworth's resignation in November 1925 bizarrely resulted in both a first league relegation since 1909 and a first FA Cup final appearance since 1904 as well as a record 6–1 victory over rivals Manchester United, with much of the second half of the campaign being run in Ashworth's absence by a committee led by club Vice-Chairman Albert Alexander.


1925–26 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was Manchester United's 30th season in the Football League. Newly promoted to the First Division, they achieved their best finish since before the Great War by finishing ninth in the league.


1925–26 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season
The 1925–26 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season was the 4th season of play for the program.


1925–26 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
Marquette team continued to suffer from the effects of warm weather and were unable to practice much throughout the season. When the team opened the season against Wisconsin, the Badgers challenged Gordon Thomas's eligibility, saying that he had already used up his three years of eligibility. The captain was able to get in the second game, strengthening the team, but it didn't change the outcome and Marquette was swept in their opening weekend.


1925–26 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
The team played their first home game in nearly two years when they took on defending western champion Minnesota. The Blue and Gold demonstrated a great deal of improvement with a 0–0 tie I the first game. The Gophers couldn't be contained, however, and ended up winning the next game 4–1 with captain Thomas scoring Marquette's first goal of the season. The Blue and Gold were finally able to get a decent number of goals in the game against Notre Dame but, as the rest of their season went, the team still couldn't win a game.


1925–26 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
An additional difficulty the team had was the lack of a full-time coach. Art Schinner provided some guidance, but the team was mostly run by the players themselves. With only two returning for the following season, the team had its work cut out for it.


1925–26 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
Ted Wedemeyer served as team manager with Edward Barrett as an assistant.


1925–26 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Schedule and results
† Marquette record indicate the final three games of their season happened in late-March, early-April, however, Notre Dame's records indicate otherwise. Due to the reported warm winter, it's likely that Notre Dame's archive is accurate.


1925–26 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1925–26 season. The team tied with the Purdue Boilermakers, Indiana Hoosiers and Iowa Hawkeyes for the Western Conference Championship. E. J. Mather was in his seventh season as the coach. Team captain Richard Doyle became the school's first basketball All-American.


1925–26 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season record
December 12: Michigan 32, Ohio Wesleyan 27December 17: Michigan 34, Univ. of Pittsburgh 25 January 2: Michigan 27, Missouri 19 January 9: Michigan 32, Northwestern 30 January 11: Michigan 22, Iowa 16 January 16: Michigan 38, Michigan State 15 January 18: Illinois 31, Michigan 29 February 6: Michigan 33, Minnesota 22 February 8: Syracuse 36, Michigan 326February 13: Iowa 24, Michigan 21 February 15: Minnesota 28, Michigan 17 February 20: Ohio State 32, Michigan 31 February 22: Michigan 22, Wisconsin 13 February 26: Michigan 33, Illinois 24 March 1: Michigan 24, Wisconsin 23 March 6: Michigan 44, Ohio State 28 March 8: Michigan 46, Northwestern 14


1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 17th season and ninth as a member of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens lost their star goalie Georges Vezina to tuberculosis and struggled as a team, not making the playoffs. The league added teams in Pittsburgh and New York, New York taking the players of the former Hamilton Tigers franchise.


1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season
The team had a large turnover of personnel, partly due to Vezina's leaving. Alphonse Lacroix, Herb Rheaume and Bill Taugher all appeared in the Canadiens' net. New players included Bill Holmes, Wildor Larochelle, Albert Leduc, Alfred Lepine, Hector Lepine, Joe Matte and Roland Paulhus. Departures included the Cleghorn brothers, Odie and Sprague. Odie signed with Pittsburgh as playing-coach and Sprague was traded to the Boston Bruins for $5,000 on November 8, 1925. Cecil Hart took over as coach from Leo Dandurand, and Billy Coutu was named team captain.


1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
From 1911 Georges Vezina had been the Montreal Canadiens goaltender, and had led them to the Cup in 1924. In the first game of this season, he collapsed on the ice as the second period got underway. It was found that he had contracted tuberculosis and could no longer play. He went home to Chicoutimi, Quebec, where he died in March 1926. The team struggled with several goaltenders before Herb Rheaume won the job, but the team finished last.


1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
In the second half of the season, the team had a twelve-game losing streak, from February 13, losing 0–3 to Pittsburgh, until March 16, winning 6–1 over Toronto.


1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutesNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points


1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = shutouts, GAA = Goals against average


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season
The 1925–26 Montreal Maroons season saw the team win their first Stanley Cup in only their second season.


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season, Regular season
Rookie Nels Stewart led the league in goals, with 34, and points, 42, to win the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer. His accomplishments also won him the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player.


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutesNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season, Playoffs
The Maroons took on the first-year team Pittsburgh Pirates in a two-game, total-goals series. The Maroons won the first game 3–1 and tied the second to win the series six goals to four.


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season, Playoffs
In the second round, the Maroons took on the first-place Ottawa Senators. At home in the first game, the Maroons tied the Senators 1–1. Former Senator Punch Broadbent scored at 8 minutes of the second period to put the Maroons ahead. The lead lasted until King Clancy tied the game with ten seconds left. In the second game, held at Ottawa, the Maroons took the series with a 1–0 shutout victory to win the NHL championship. Babe Siebert on an individual rush, scored off his own rebound at the six-minute mark of the second period. Cy Denneny appeared to tie the score a minute later, but the play was off-side. The Maroons held off the attack of the Senators the rest of the way in front of a record attendance of 10,525.


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season, Playoffs
After the final game in Ottawa, an anonymous supporter gave a $1,000 cheque to team president James Strachan "to be divided up among the boys for their fighting victory."


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final
Nels Stewart was "Old Poison" to the Victoria Cougars, as he scored 6 goals in the 4 games and goaltender Clint Benedict shut out the westerners three times. All games were played at the Forum in Montreal.


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final
Montreal Maroons win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season, Player stats, Goaltenders
GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average


1925–26 Montreal Maroons season, Montreal Maroons 1926 Stanley Cup champions, Stanley Cup engraving
Eddie Gerard's name was misspelled when the ring was engraved as F. GERAD (MGR) instead of E. GERARD (MGR) on the 2nd version of the ring created in 1969. The mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.


1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1925, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1926.


1925–26 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 1925–26 season.


1925–26 NCAA season
The 1925–26 NCAA championships were contested by the NCAA during the 1925–26 collegiate academic school year, the NCAA's fifth year of hosting championships, to determine the team and individual national champions of its two sponsored sports.


1925–26 NCAA season
Before the introduction of the separate University Division and [NCAA Division II|College Division]] before the 1955–56 school year, the NCAA only conduced a single national championship for each sport. Women's sports were not added until 1981–82.


1925–26 NHL season
The 1925–26 NHL season was the ninth season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The NHL dropped the Hamilton, Ontario team and added two new teams in the United States (US), the New York Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates to bring the total number of teams to seven. The Ottawa Senators were the regular-season champion, but lost in the NHL playoff final to the Montreal Maroons. The Maroons then defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Victoria Cougars of the newly renamed Western Hockey League three games to one in a best-of-five series to win their first Stanley Cup.


1925–26 NHL season, League business
A special meeting was held on September 22, 1925, to discuss expansion to New York City. The NHL approved the dropping of the Hamilton Tigers franchise and the adding of the New York Americans club, which would sign the Hamilton players. The New York franchise was granted to Colonel J. S. Hammond and T. J. Duggan, although the ownership was held secretly by "Big Bill" Dwyer, an infamous bootlegger from New York City, to play in New York's Madison Square Garden.


1925–26 NHL season, League business
At the annual meeting on November 7, 1925, the league added another new expansion franchise, in Pittsburgh, the third United States-based team in the NHL. The Ottawa Senators objected to the adding of the team, but were outvoted. The Pittsburgh team, known as the Pirates was formed because former Toronto NHA owner Eddie Livingstone had been again threatening to form a rival league and mentioned Pittsburgh as one of the possible franchise locations. League president Frank Calder and the governors quickly agreed to grant the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets organization an NHL franchise, known as the Pittsburgh Pirates, like the baseball club. Odie Cleghorn left the Canadiens to sign on as playing-coach with Pittsburgh.


1925–26 NHL season, League business
Tommy Gorman and Ted Dey sold their interests in the Ottawa Senators to T. Franklin Ahearn. Ahearn then hired a successful junior executive, Dave Gill, to be secretary-treasurer (general manager) of the team and Gill hired Alex Curry, a former Senators player in the old NHA, to coach the team. Gorman joined the Americans' organization.


1925–26 NHL season, League business
The league imposed a salary cap of $35,000 per team in an effort to curb player's salaries. The Pittsburgh Pirates' Lionel Conacher was paid $7,500 for the season, the Montreal Maroons' Dunc Munro was also paid $7,500, the New York Americans' Billy Burch was paid $6,500, the Americans' Joe Simpson, and the Toronto Maple Leafs' Hap Day were paid $6,000.


1925–26 NHL season, Regular season
The Hamilton Tigers had spent their first five seasons in the NHL in last place until last season where they went from worst to first. The success enjoyed by the Tigers players was not carried over to New York, though, as the Americans finished fifth overall with a record of 12–20–4.


1925–26 NHL season, Regular season
Eddie Gerard improved the Montreal Maroons by signing Nels Stewart and Babe Siebert and signing former Olympian Dunc Munro for defence. The Maroons were on their way to glory. Nels Stewart not only set a record for goals by a first-year player, but became the first rookie to win the scoring title. Stewart also won the Hart Trophy as league MVP. Stewart's record of 34 goals remains an NHL record for rookies until 1970–71.


1925–26 NHL season, Regular season
From the 1910–11 season Georges Vezina had been the Montreal Canadiens goaltender, and had led them to the Cup in 1916 and 1924. In the first game of this season, he collapsed on the ice as the second period got underway. It was found he had tuberculosis, and he died in March 1926. The Canadiens would finish last in the standings and miss the playoffs.


1925–26 NHL season, Regular season
Ottawa's coach Curry was quite successful, as he took a team that had gone from fourth overall to first with an impressive record of 24–8–4, and the expansion Pittsburgh Pirates, with a strong cast of ex-amateurs led by future Hall of Famers Roy Worters and Lionel Conacher, finished third. The Pirates introduced "on-the-fly" player substitution to the NHL, a practice already in use in the Western League.


1925–26 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
The first regular-season game at Madison Square Garden between the Montreal Canadiens and the expansion New York Americans was a big event. Opening ceremonies included performances by the Governor-General's Bodyguard Band of Ottawa and the United States Military Band from West Point, displays of 'fancy skating', a miniature game between the team's mascots and the opening faceoff was made by New York Mayor John F. Hylan and Tex Rickard. The attendance was 19,000 and the ticket prices ranged from $1.50 to $11.50. Gate receipts were donated to the Neurological Society of New York. Montreal won the game, officiated by Cooper Smeaton 3–1, and were awarded the new Prince of Wales Trophy. (The Trophy would subsequently be given as an award to the NHL playoff champions.)


1925–26 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutesNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1925–26 NHL season, Playoffs
This is the last season that saw challengers from outside of the NHL compete for the Stanley Cup. At the beginning of the season, the Western Canada Hockey League renamed itself the Western Hockey League because one of its teams, the Regina Capitals, had moved to the States to play in Portland, Oregon. They were renamed the Portland Rosebuds.


1925–26 NHL season, Playoffs
Once again, the Victoria Cougars finished third in their league but once again won their league championship and the right to play for the Stanley Cup. The previous season, the Cougars beat the Montreal Canadiens for the Stanley Cup with that being the only time in NHL history in which a non-NHL team won the Cup. After the 1926 playoffs, the Western Hockey League would fold leaving the Stanley Cup entirely to the NHL. The Cup would never again be contested by a non-NHL team. This was also the only season in NHL history where the number of playoff berths was less than half of the number of teams in the league  and is the most recent season in which none of the Original Six qualified for the playoffs (as of 2016).


1925–26 NHL season, Playoffs, NHL championship
The second seed Montreal Maroons beat the third seed Pittsburgh Pirates and then went on to beat first place Ottawa Senators two goals to one in a two-game total goals series, thus capturing the O'Brien Cup, Prince of Wales Trophy and the right to play the Victoria Cougars for the Stanley Cup.


1925–26 NHL season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
Nels Stewart was "Old Poison" to the Victoria Cougars, as he scored six goals in the four games and goaltender Clint Benedict shut out the westerners three times.


1925–26 NHL season, Awards
The new Prince of Wales Trophy was introduced this season. It was first presented to the Montreal Canadiens as winners of the first game in the new Madison Square Garden. The Trophy was then intended to be used as a new trophy to be awarded to the champions of the National Hockey League. The existing O'Brien Cup, given also to the league champions, was not retired. Nels Stewart won the Hart for the first time in his career. Frank Nighbor won his second consecutive Lady Byng Trophy.


1925–26 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points


1925–26 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average


1925–26 NHL season, Player statistics, NHL Playoff leading scorer
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points


1925–26 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1925–26 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1925–26 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1925–26 (listed with their last team):


1925–26 National Challenge Cup
The 1925–26 National Challenge Cup was the annual open cup held by the United States Football Association now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.


1925–26 National Challenge Cup, History
There were 131 entrants to the tournament. Twenty-five teams (12 western and 13 eastern) were exempt from the qualifying stages because of their relative strength. These included primarily the ASL and St. Louis Soccer League teams. The remaining 106 teams played off for the seven remaining spots in the first round proper. The preliminary qualifying round featured 44 matches with 18 teams receiving byes. Canadian teams were admitted because several outfits from Essex County, Ontario were affiliated with the Michigan Soccer Association which in turn was a member of the USFA.


1925–26 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1925–26 National Football League was the 1st staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.


1925–26 National Football League (Ireland)
The inaugural NFL was won by Laois, captained by Dick Miller. They defeated Sligo in the semi-final after a lost game was ordered replayed, and beat Dublin in a low-scoring final despite losing two players, Paddy Lenihan and Bill Keeley, to emigration shortly before the final.


1925–26 National Football League (Ireland), Format
The league was organised on a provincial basis with a separate league for each province: three leagues for Leinster due to the large number of counties. The six league winners played a knockout tournament to decide the National Football League. It is mentioned that the three Leinster Group winners played off (Longford scratching, Laois beating Dublin) for a gold medal, but this does not seem to have formed part of the league proper.


1925–26 National Football League (Ireland), Group stage, Leinster II, Table
Westmeath forfeited the points from their win v Offaly due to being late on the field


1925–26 National Football League (Ireland), Knockout stage, Leinster League Inter-group Ties, Table
Laois won the Leinster Football League. This would appear to have been a separate competition, and this ties did not form part of the National Football League proper.


1925–26 National Hurling League
The 1925–26 National Hurling League was the first edition of the National Hurling League, which ran from 27 September 1925 until 16 May 1926.


1925–26 National Hurling League
The seven participating teams were Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick and Tipperary who agreed to play a six game format whereby each team would play each of their six rivals once with two points awarded for a win and one point awarded for a drawn game. The two teams with most points at the completion of the season would play a final, with the winners being declared National Hurling League champions.


1925–26 National Hurling League
Cork defeated Dublin by 3-7 to 1-5 in the final.


1925–26 National Hurling League
Cork also won the All-Ireland Championship in 1926, the first time that a team completed the league-championship double.


1925–26 Nelson F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was the 45th season in the history of Nelson F.C. and their fifth as a professional club in the Football League. The team competed in the Third Division North for the second consecutive season, having finished as runners-up to Darlington in the previous campaign. Nelson had a new manager in Percy Smith, following the departure of David Wilson in the summer of 1925. The team played well for the majority of the season, and achieved several good victories, including 7–0 wins against Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Borough. Nelson ended the season on 43 points, with a record of 16 wins, 11 draws and 15 defeats in their 42 matches.


1925–26 Nelson F.C. season
Nelson entered the FA Cup in the First Round, but were knocked out at that stage by Wigan Borough. In their 43 competitive matches, Nelson used a total of 25 different players. The majority of the championship-winning team remained with Nelson. New signings included centre forward Jimmy Hampson, who went on to become an England international, centre-half George Wilson and outside forward Edwin Earle. With 20 goals in 32 appearances, Joe Eddleston was the team's top goalscorer for the fifth season in succession. Wilson was the only player to appear in every match during the campaign, scoring five goals in 43 games.


1925–26 Nelson F.C. season
The highest attendance of the season at the club's Seedhill stadium was 14,143 against Bradford Park Avenue on 10 April 1926. Nelson's smallest crowd of the season was 3,989 in the penultimate home match of the campaign on 20 April 1926 against Chesterfield.


1925–26 Nelson F.C. season, FA Cup
Nelson entered the FA Cup at the First Round stage, the first time in their history they had played in the competition proper, having previously never progressed past the qualifying rounds. Nelson were drawn against fellow Third Division North outfit Wigan Borough, who they had faced in the Fifth Qualifying Round in the 1923–24 season. Then, Nelson had been beaten by one goal in a replay at Seedhill, following a 1–1 draw in the away tie.


1925–26 Nelson F.C. season, FA Cup
The team went into the cup match on 2 December 1925 having won five of their previous six league fixtures, and were unbeaten since the 0–1 loss to Coventry City on 3 October 1925. Nelson fielded the same starting line-up that had won the last match against Walsall, but were beaten 0–3 before a crowd of 3,836 spectators.


1925–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Ferencvárosi TC won the championship.


1925–26 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1925–1926 was contested by 50 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. SC Enschede won this year's championship by beating MVV Maastricht, Feijenoord, Stormvogels and Be Quick 1887.


1925–26 New York Americans season
The 1925–26 New York Americans season was the first season of the New York Americans ice hockey team of the National Hockey League. Despite having the roster of the previous season's top club, the Hamilton Tigers, the club finished in last place.


1925–26 New York Americans season, Offseason
Bill Dwyer became a hockey team owner by purchasing the suspended Hamilton Tigers franchise and the rights to its players for $80,000. Dwyer got Tommy Gorman to be general manager and coach from the Ottawa Senators, where he had been part-owner. Dwyer was convinced to buy the team by Bill MacBeth, an old friend and writer for the New York Herald-Tribune. MacBeth was convinced that the sport was a cinch to be successful in New York.


1925–26 New York Americans season, Offseason
The negotiations with Percy Thompson for the Hamilton players started in July and broke off in September after it was found out that Mickey Roach had retired and Billy Burch was under contract to coach in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gorman purchased Joe Simpson, Crutchy Morrison and Roy Rickey for $10,000 from the Edmonton Eskimos. Edmonton offered to sell the remaining players of the Eskimos, including Duke Keats and George Hainsworth for $45,000, but Gorman's counter-offer of $25,000 was rejected. When it became clear that the NHL was going to take back the Hamilton franchise, Thompson settled with Gorman for $75,000 on September 26, at the NHL meetings in New York. Burch would eventually sign with the Americans for the then-huge salary of $25,000 for three seasons.


1925–26 New York Americans season, Offseason
The players still had to pay their $200 fines before being allowed to play. Calder added the condition that each player had to write a letter of apology. Some of the first letters of apology were not acceptable to Calder and he demanded and got the players to rewrite the letters. $300 of each player's salary was held back until the end of the season to ensure they would play every game.


1925–26 New York Americans season, Offseason
On December 4, eleven days before the first home game of the season, Dwyer would be arrested for bootlegging. Dwyer would slip into the background and Thomas Duggan of Montreal was named chairman of the board, John Hammond of the Madison Square Garden was named club president and the club was promoted as "Tex Rickard's Americans", Tex Rickard being the owner of Madison Square Gardens.


1925–26 New York Americans season, Pre-season
The Americans held their first-ever training camp at Niagara Falls, Ontario. Thomas Duggan spoke about worries of the "Americanization" of ice hockey, stating that he had been approached in prior years about forming a four-team American league, but had turned it down. He convinced the other promoters to join the NHL. Duggan stated that the Americans instead signed with the NHL for $15,000 for the franchise and $85,000 for the players.


1925–26 New York Americans season, Regular season
The former Hamilton players moved to New York and most moved into Bill Dwyer's headquarters, the Forrest Hotel, on 49th street, a half-block from the Gardens. The Hotel was also the home of several gangsters such as Legs Diamond, Dutch Schultz and Owney Madden, and writer Damon Runyon. and the liquor and lifestyle would interfere with the team's on-ice play. Players would miss games due to drunkenness, although publicly the missed games would be attributed to injury. The Americans, although having the roster of the previous season's top team, would finish in last place. The highlight of the season was a four-game winning streak in February, three of the four games played on the road.


1925–26 New York Americans season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutesNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1925–26 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was Newport County's sixth season in the Football League, fifth season in the Third Division South and sixth season overall in the third tier.


1925–26 Newport County A.F.C. season, League table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points


1925–26 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team represented Niagara University during the 1925–26 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Peter Dwyer, coaching his third season with the Purple Eagles.


1925–26 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
The 1925–26 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The team finished the season with a 20–5 record and won the 1926 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.


1925–26 Northern Football League
The 1925–26 Northern Football League season was the 33rd in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.


1925–26 Northern Football League, Clubs
The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.


1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1925–26 Rugby Football League season was the 31st season of rugby league football.


1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Having ended the regular season as the league leaders, Wigan went on to claim their third Championship by beating Warrington 22-10 in the play-off final.


1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Hull Kingston Rovers won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 15–11 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Huddersfield 2–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.


1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.


1925–26 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
This was Swinton’s second appearance in the Final and their second Cup Final win. Their previous victory was in 1900.