1916

Football (Australian Rules)

 * Victorian Football League - Fitzroy wins the 20th VFL Premiership (12.13 (85) d Carlton 8.8 (56))

Baseball

 * The Winnipeg Maroons win the Northern League Championship.
 * 1916 World Series
 * 1916 in baseball

Ice Hockey

 * Montreal Canadiens defeat the Portland Rosebuds 3 games to 2 to win their 1st Stanley Cup.

Births

 * May 20 &mdash; Trebisonda Valla, Italian track and field athlete

Deaths

 * April 21 - Georges Boillot, Grand Prix motor racing driver
 * August 23 - John Robinson, British field hockey player (b. 1885)