1944 in sports
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See also: 1943 in sports, other events of 1944, 1945 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II.
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[edit] Baseball
- May 7 - Chucho Ramos made his major league debut as first baseman and outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds. He was the third baseball player from Venezuela to play Major League Baseball.
- June 10 - 15-year old Joe Nuxhall becomes the youngest baseball player to pitch a game in major league history.
- World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2.
- Hall of Fame election: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected by the Hall of Fame Committee in December following his death the previous month. The long-delayed selection of at least 10 players from the 19th century is promised the following year.
[edit] Boxing
- August 4- The "War Bonds Fight", $36m is raised to fund the war effort as Beau Jack wins a ten round decision over arch-rival Bob Montgomery at New York's Madison Square Garden. A few weeks later, they were both drafted on the same day by the U.S. Army.
[edit] Football (American)
- Green Bay Packers14-7 New York Giants in New York City for the NFL title.
[edit] Football (Australian)
- Victorian Football League - Fitzroy wins the 48th VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 9.12 (66) d Richmond 7.9 (51))
[edit] Births
- January 23 — Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player
- January 25 — Jacinto João, Angola-born Portuguese football (soccer) player (d. 2004)
- January 29 — Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer
- February 22 — Khorloo Baianmunkh, Mongolian wrestler
- February 23 — John Ryan, Australian swimmer
- February 26 — Corrie Winkel, Dutch swimmer
- March 13 — Nico van der Voet, Dutch water polo player
- March 15 — Chi Cheng, Taiwanese track and field athlete
- April 4 — Nelson Prudêncio, Brazilian athlete
- April 6 — Washington Rodríguez, Uruguayan boxer
- April 15 — Kunishige Kamamoto, Japanese football (soccer) player
- May 9 — Laurence Richon Owen, U.S. figure skating champion (d. 1961)
- June 25 — Prince Amartey, Ghanaian boxer
- July 14 — Vic Faulkner, British wrestler
- August 28 — Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer
- September 7 — Bora Milutinović, Serbian-Mexican football (soccer) coach
- September 14 — Hans Parrel, Dutch water polo player
- September 19 — Colin Dibley, Australian tennis player
- October 2 — Willie Morgan, Scottish football (soccer) player
- October 10 — Petar Zhekov, Bulgarian football (soccer) player
- November 20 — Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- December 4 — Héctor Chumpitaz, Peruvian football (soccer) player
- December 17 — Ferenc Bene, Hungarian football (soccer) player (d. 2006)
- December 25 — Jairzinho, Brazilian football (soccer) player
[edit] Deaths
- October 22 — Arthur Blake, American athlete (b. 1872)
