Years in sports:	1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years:	1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950

Contents 1 Athletics 1.1 Marathon 2 Auto racing 3 Baseball 4 Boxing 5 Figure skating 6 Football (NFL) 7 Football (Australian) 8 Football (soccer) 8.1 England 9 Golf 10 Horse Racing 11 Snooker 12 Awards 13 Births 13.1 January 13.2 February 13.3 March 13.4 April 13.5 May 13.6 June 13.7 July 13.8 August 13.9 September 13.10 October 13.11 November 13.12 December 14 Deaths

Athletics

Marathon

• August 20 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
  • Men's Winner: Eero Riikonen (FIN) 2:44:13

• December 7 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Toshikazu Wada (JPN) 2:45:45

Auto racing

• Wally Parks founds the Southern California Timing Association, to better organize drag racing.

Baseball

• Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American baseball player in Major League Baseball.

• April 27 - Babe Ruth day was celebrated all across the Major Leagues, Babe himself appeared in Yankee Stadium. Although stricken with throat cancer, Ruth said to the audience "The only real game I think in the world is baseball."

• World Series - New York Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers 4 games to 3.

Boxing

• Rocky Graziano defeats Tony Zale to win boxing’s world middleweight championship.
• December 5 - Joe Louis defeats Jersey Joe Walcott to retain his heavyweight championship

Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships
  • Men's champion: Hans Gerschwiler, Switzerland
  • Ladies' champion: Barbara Ann Scott, Canada
  • Pair skating champions: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet, Belgium

Football (NFL)

• The Chicago Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-21.

Football (Australian)

• Victorian Football League
  • Carlton wins the 51st VFL Premiership (Carlton 13.8 (86) d Essendon 11.17 (83))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Bert Deacon (Carlton)

Football (soccer)

England

• First Division - Liverpool win the 1946-47 title.
• FA Cup - Charlton Athletic beat Burnley 1-0 after extra time

Golf

Men's professional

• April 3-6 - Masters Tournament - Jimmy Demaret
• June 12-15 - U.S. Open - Lew Worsham
• June 24 - PGA Championship - Jim Ferrier
• July 1-4 - British Open - Fred Daly

Men's amateur

• British Amateur - Willie Turnesa
• U.S. Amateur - Skee Riegel

Women's professional

• Women's Western Open - Louise Suggs
• U.S. Women's Open - Betty Jameson
• Titleholders Championship - Babe Zaharias

Horse Racing

• May 3 - Kentucky Derby - Jet Pilot
• Preakness - Faultless: this race is remembered for Clem McCarthy calling Jet Pilot the winner when in reality it was Faultless, a true major radio blunder
• Belmont Stakes - Phalanx

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 82-63.

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Johnny Lujack, College football
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, LPGA golf

Births

January

• January 1 — Juan Martínez, Mexican long-distance runner
• January 18 — Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player
• January 20 — Cyrille Guimard, French racing cyclist
• January 25 — Bruce Bradley, American water polo player
• January 31 — Nolan Ryan, Baseball Hall of Famer

February

• February 1 — Gaston Rahier, Belgian motocross racer (d. 2005)
• February 5 — Darrell Waltrip, American automobile racer and broadcaster
• February 18 — Gary Sheerer, American polo player
• February 28 — Włodzimierz Lubański, Polish football (soccer) striker

March

• March 3 — Ian O'Brien, Australian breaststroke swimmer
• March 7 — Walter Röhrl, German car racer
• March 10 — Zachary Zorn, American swimmer
• March 21 — Ferenc Szekeres, Hungarian long-distance runner
• March 26 — John van Reenen, South African discus thrower

April

• April 5 — Đurđica Bjedov, Yugoslav breaststroke swimmer
• April 15 — Onny Parun, New Zealand tennis player

May

• May 21 — Hans Hoogveld, Dutch water polo player
• May 22 — Alberto Alberani, Italian water polo player
• May 27 — Branko Oblak, Slovenian football (soccer) player and coach
• May 29 — Peter Lown, UK-born Canadian field hockey player

June

• June 2 — Giorgio Cagnotto, Italian diver
• June 2 — Sonia Robertson and Sandra Chick, Zimbabwean field hockey players and twin sisters
• June 6 — Marion Coakes, English equestrian show jumper
• June 19 — James Mason, Australian field hockey player
• June 25 — John Powell, American discus thrower
• June 27 — Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)

July

• July 22 — Amado Morales, Puerto Rican javelin thrower
• July 24 — Jacques Fouroux, French rugby union player (d. 2005)
• July 30 — James Slatton, American water polo player

August

• August 26 — Jan Krekels, Dutch cyclist
• August 28 — Boris Zaychuk, Soviet hammer thrower

September

• September 7 — Wim Hermsen, Dutch water polo player
• September 8 — Amos Biwott, Kenyan athlete
• September 20 — Victor Zilberman, Romanian boxer
• September 25 — Ali Parvin, Iranian football (soccer) player
• September 27 — Jan Borren, Dutch-born New Zealand field hockey player and coach

October

• October 3 — Carroll Morgan, Canadian heavyweight boxer
• October 6 — Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver
• October 8 — Emiel Puttemans, Belgian middle- and long-distance runner
• October 9 — Isaac Ikhouria, Nigerian boxer
• October 11 — Alan Pascoe, British athlete
• October 23 — Kazimierz Deyna, Polish football (soccer) player (d. 1989)

November

• November 1 — Rolando Garbey, Cuban boxer
• November 5 — Oleg Antropov, Soviet volleyball player
• November 17 — Keith Remfry, British judoka

December

• December 5 — Ain Roost, Swedish-Canadian discus thrower
• December 16 — Vincent Matthews, American track and field athlete
• December 22 — Mitsuo Tsukahara, Japanese gymnast
• December 27 — Willy Polleunis, Belgian long-distance runner

Deaths

• January 20 — Josh Gibson (35), famed Negro League slugger
• January 21 — Hermann Müller, German race walker (b. 1885)
• February 6 — Theodor Nauman (61), Swedish water polo player (b. 1885)

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