1945 in sports

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See also: 1944 in sports, other events of 1945, 1946 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II.

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Basketball 3 Football (Australian) 4 Football (American) 5 Football (soccer) 5.1 England 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Baseball

• January 28: Hall of Fame election: Baseball writers fail to elect a new inductee. Frank Chance, Rube Waddell, and Ed Walsh come closest, but none gets the required three-fourths of the vote. Voting is heavily divided, strongly favoring earlier candidates.
• April 25: The Hall of Fame Committee, which had promised at least 10 long-awaited inductees from the 19th century, responds to the deadlocked writers' voting by primarily choosing popular candidates whose careers bridged the turn of the century: Roger Bresnahan, Dan Brouthers, Fred Clarke, Jimmy Collins, Ed Delahanty, Hugh Duffy, Hughie Jennings, King Kelly, Wilbert Robinson and Jim O'Rourke.
• World Series: Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3.

[edit] Basketball

• The twelfth South American Basketball Championship in Guayaquil is won by Brazil.

[edit] Football (Australian)

• Victorian Football League - Carlton wins the 49th VFL Premiership (Carlton 15.13 (103) d South Melbourne 10.15 (76))

[edit] Football (American)

• Cleveland Rams 15-14 Washington Redskins at Cleveland, Ohio to win the NFL championship. The Rams relocated after the season to Los Angeles.

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

• With the end of World War II, the FA Cup is reinstated for the 1945-46 season; played on a two-legged basis. However, clubs are not yet prepared for a full league programme, so the Football League does not resume; regional leagues remain for another year.

[edit] Births

• January 10 — Jerome Drayton, German-born Canadian long-distance runner
• February 3 — Philip Waruinge, Kenyan boxer
• March 17 — Hassan Bchara, Lebanese wrestler
• March 27 — Robert Haigh, Australian field hockey player
• March 28 — Johnny Famechon, France-born Australian boxer
• April 20 — Naftali Temu, Kenyan athlete (d. 2003)
• May 11 — Rollerball Rocco, British wrestler
• May 12 — Alan Ball, English football (soccer) player
• June 3 — Hale Irwin, American golfer
• June 4 — John Sherwood, British track and field athlete
• June 5 — John Carlos, American track and field champion
• June 8 — Klenie Bimolt, Dutch swimmer
• June 12 — Pat Jennings, Northern Irish soccer goalkeeper
• June 24 — Betty Stöve, Dutch female tennis player
• July 1 — Jane Cederqvist, Swedish freestyle swimmer
• July 21 — John Lowe, English darts player
• August 29 — Wyomia Tyus, American athlete
• August 31 — Earnie Shavers, American boxer
• September 12 — Jacques Lemaire, Canadian pro hockey coach
• September 17 — Phil Jackson, American basketball coach
• October 3 — Viktor Saneyev, Russian triple jumper
• October 14 — Allan Stone, Australian tennis player
• November 1 — Vladimir Nazlymov, Russian sabre fencer
• November 15 — Sadok Sassi, Tunisian soccer goalkeeper
• November 17 — Elvin Hayes, American basketball player
• December 16 — Bobby George, English darts player
• December 19 — Trevor Manning, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper

[edit] Deaths

• November 11 — Al Bummy Davis, American lightweight and welterweight boxer (b. 1918)