1913 in sports

American football

• College football national championship – Harvard Crimson

Association football

• The Football League – Sunderland 54 points, Aston Villa 50, The Wednesday 49, Manchester United 46, Blackburn Rovers 45, Manchester City 44
• FA Cup final – Aston Villa 1–0 Sunderland at Crystal Palace, London
• Woolwich Arsenal, which has just been relegated to Division Two, moves across London from Manor Ground, Plumstead to the new Arsenal Stadium at Highbury in Islington. Soon afterwards, the club drops "Woolwich" from its name to be known as Arsenal F.C..

• National Championship – VfB Leipzig 3–1 Duisburger SpV at München-Sendling

• PSV Eindhoven founded in Eindhoven.

• Scottish Football League – Rangers
• Scottish Cup – Falkirk 2–0 Raith Rovers

• United States Soccer Federation is formed.

Australian rules football

• Fitzroy wins the 17th VFL Premiership: Fitzroy 7.14 d St Kilda 4.9 at Melbourne Cricket Ground

Bandy

• Inaugural European Championship is held in Davos, Switzerland, and is won by England

• Championship final – IFK Uppsala 2–1 AIK

Baseball

• 7–11 October — Philadelphia Athletics defeats New York Giants to win the 1913 World Series by 4 games to 1. That is three wins in four years for the Athletics under Connie Mack, three losses in three years for the Giants under John McGraw.

• The Brooklyn Dodgers move into their new stadium, Ebbets Field.

Boxing

• 14 May — Jack Johnson is convicted in Chicago of violating the 1910 Mann Act and is subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year and one day plus a fine of $1,000. In June, while still free with an appeal pending, Johnson flees the United States and does not return until July 1920. Johnson is the first person to be prosecuted under the Act, which prohibits so-called white slavery including the interstate transport of females for "immoral purposes". Johnson has had affairs with white prostitutes who have travelled with him to other states. In Johnson's case, it is held that the authorities are using the Act's ambiguous language to justify a selective prosecution which amounts to harassment, based on their desire to deprive him of his title for racist reasons. Johnson retains the title for another two years.
• Following victories in France against Georges Carpentier and Billy Papke, German-American boxer Frank Klaus re-establishes the lineage of the World Middleweight Championship, broken since the death of Stanley Ketchel in 1910.
• 11 October — Klaus is himself beaten by George Chip with a 6th-round knockout at Pittsburgh. Chip holds the middleweight title until 1914.

• World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
• World Middleweight Championship – vacant → Frank Klaus → George Chip
• World Welterweight Championship – vacant
• World Lightweight Championship – Willie Ritchie
• World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
• World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Coulon

Canadian football

• Hamilton plays a series of four matches against WCRFU opponents. They defeat them with a combined sore of 96-8
• The Hamilton Alerts are refused re-entry into the ORFU
• Interprovincial Rugby Football Union - Hamilton
• Ontario Rugby Football Union - Toronto Parkdale
• Western Canada Rugby Football Union - Regina
• Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union - McGill
• 5th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers defeat Toronto Parkdale 44-2

Cricket

• County Championship – Kent
• Minor Counties Championship – Norfolk
• Most runs – Phil Mead 2627 @ 50.51
• Most wickets – Major Booth 181 @ 18.46
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Major Booth, George Gunn, Bill Hitch, Albert Relf, Lionel Tennyson

• Sheffield Shield – South Australia
• Most runs – Victor Trumper 843 @ 84.30
• Most wickets – Jack Massie 59 @ 18.66

• Bombay Quadrangular – Parsees

• Plunket Shield – Canterbury

• Currie Cup – Natal

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

Cycling

• Philippe Thys wins the 11th Tour de France

Figure skating

• World Men's Champion – Fritz Kachler
• World Women's Champion – Opika von Méray Horváth
• World Pairs Champions – Helene Engelmann / Karl Mejstrik

Golf

• British Open – John Henry Taylor
• US Open – Francis Ouimet is the first amateur to win the US Open in a surprise playoff victory over Harry Vardon and Ted Ray

• British Amateur – Harold Hilton
• [United States Amateur Rugby Football League Championship|Championship (men's golf)|US Amateur] – Jerome Travers

Horse racing

• Grand National – Covertcoat
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Jest
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Louvois
• The Derby – Aboyeur
• The Oaks – Jest
• St. Leger Stakes – Night Hawk

• Melbourne Cup – Posinatus

• King's Plate – Hearts of Oak

• Irish Grand National – Little Hack II
• Irish Derby Stakes – Bachelor's Wedding

• Kentucky Derby – Donerail
• Preakness Stakes – Buskin
• Belmont Stakes – Prince Eugene

Ice hockey

• Quebec Bulldogs wins the National Hockey Association championship and the Stanley Cup for both the second time and second year in succession. The Bulldogs then defeat the Sydney Minors two games to none in a Stanley Cup challenge series.

• Winnipeg Hockey Club wins the Allan Cup
• Victoria Senators win the Pacific Coast Hockey Association championship before playing an exhibition series with the Bulldogs, which is won by the Aristocrats

Multi-sport events

• First Far Eastern Championship Games held in Manila, Philippines

Rowing

• 13 March — Oxford wins the 70th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

• 1913 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia

• Championship – Huddersfield
• Challenge Cup final – Huddersfield 9–5 Warrington at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
• Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
• Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
• Lancashire County Cup – Wigan 21–5 Rochdale Hornets
• Yorkshire County Cup – Batley 17–3 Hull F.C.

• NSW Premiership – Eastern Suburbs

Rugby union

• 31st Five Nations Championship series is won by England who complete the Grand Slam

Speed skating

• Men's All-round Champion – Oscar Mathisen

Tennis

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Ernie Parker defeats Harry Parker 2–6 6–1 6–3 6–2

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Anthony Wilding defeats Maurice McLoughlin 8–6 6–3 10–8
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers defeats Winifred Slocock McNair 6–0 6–4

• French Men's Singles Championship – Max Decugis defeats Georges Gault : details unknown
• French Women's Singles Championship – Marguerite Broquedis defeats Jeanne Matthey

• American Men's Singles Championship – Maurice McLoughlin defeats Richard Norris Williams 6–4 5–7 6–3 6–1
• American Women's Singles Championship – Mary Browne defeats Dorothy Green 6–2 7–5

• 1913 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 3–2 at Worple Road London, United Kingdom