1948 in sports

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Years in sports:	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951
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Years:	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951

Contents 1 Athletics 1.1 Marathon 2 Baseball 3 Field hockey 4 Figure skating 5 Football (American) 6 Football (Australian) 7 Football (soccer) 7.1 England 8 Ice hockey 8.1 United States 9 Radiosport 10 Snooker 11 General sporting events 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

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Marathon

• December 5 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Saburo Yamada (JPN) 2:37:25

[edit] Baseball

• January 29: Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players.
• February 27: Hall of Fame election: Voters select the recently deceased Herb Pennock, and Pie Traynor, as the newest inductees; Traynor is the first third baseman elected by the writers in 9 elections.
• World Series: The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves, 4 games to 2.

[edit] Field hockey

• Olympic Games (men's competition) in London, Great Britain
  • Gold: India

[edit] Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships
  • Men's champion: Dick Button, United States
  • Ladies' champion: Barbara Ann Scott, Canada
  • Pair skating champions: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet, Belgium

[edit] Football (American)

• University of Michigan wins college football national championship.
• Cleveland Browns 49-7 Buffalo Bills in the All-America Football Conference championship game.
• Philadelphia Eagles 7-0 Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League championship game. The game was played in a blizzard.

[edit] Football (Australian)

• Victorian Football League
  • Melbourne wins the 52nd VFL Premiership (Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew Essendon 7.27 (69), replay Melbourne 13.11 (89) d Essendon 7.8 (50))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Bill Morris (Richmond)

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

• First Division - Arsenal win the 1947-48 title.
• FA Cup - Manchester United beat Blackpool 4-2.

[edit] Ice hockey

[edit] United States

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - Michigan Wolverines defeat Dartmouth College Big Green 8-4 in Colorado Springs, CO to win the first official NCAA championship

[edit] Radiosport

• First CQ World Wide DX Contest held in October and November. This annual event would go on to become the radio contest with the largest participation world-wide.

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 84-61.

[edit] General sporting events

• 1948 Summer Olympics takes place in London, United Kingdom
  • United States wins the most medals (84), and the most gold medals (38).

• 1948 Winter Olympics takes place in St. Moritz, Switzerland
  • Norway and Sweden both win the most medals (10 each), and the most gold medals (4 each).

[edit] Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Lou Boudreau, Major League Baseball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Fanny Blankers-Koen, Track and field

[edit] Births

[edit] January

• January 1 — Dick Quax, Dutch-born New Zealand runner
• January 3 — Jan Bazen, Dutch ice speed skater
• January 4 — Reinhard Skricek, German boxer
• January 9 — Jan Tomaszewski, Polish football goalkeeper
• January 11 — Madeline Manning, American athlete
• January 12 — Brendan Foster, British distance runner
• January 14 — Valery Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1981)
• January 31 — Ton Schmidt, Dutch water polo player

[edit] February

• February 1 — Douglas Golder, Australian field hockey player
• February 16 — Piet de Zwarte, Dutch water polo player

[edit] March

• March 20 — Bobby Orr, American Hall of fame ice hockey player

[edit] April

• April 5 — Wolfgang Strödter, German field hockey player
• April 17 — Pekka Vasala, Finnish middle-distance athlete
• April 24 — Eddie James Hart, American track and field athlete
• April 27 — Hans van Helden, Dutch ice speed skater
• April 29 — John Christensen, New Zealand field hockey player

[edit] May

• May 11 — Alfred Matt, Austrian slalom skier
• May 14 — Bob Woolmer, English cricket coach
• May 15 — Peter Hussing, German heavyweight boxer

[edit] June

• June 6 — Barry Maister, New Zealand field hockey player
• June 13 — Garnet "Ace" Bailey, ice hockey player/scout (d. 2001)
• June 15 — Graeme Reid, Australian field hockey player
• June 18 — Eliezer Halfin, Israeli wrestler (d. 1972)
• June 22 — Peter Prijdekker, Dutch freestyle swimmer

[edit] July

• July 13 — Alf Hansen, Norwegian double sculls rower
• July 15 — Enrique Basilio, Mexican hurler, first woman to light Olympic flame
• July 17 — Cathy Ferguson, American backstroke swimmer
• July 18 — Jim Watt, Scottish boxer
• July 22 — Kevin Ryan, New Zealand long-distance runner
• July 26 — Norair Nurikian, Bulgarian bantam weight boxer

[edit] August

• August 5 — Tony DiCicco, US women's soccer coach
• August 7 — Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer
• August 10 — Pal Gerevich, Hungarian fencer

[edit] September

• September 3 — Ronald Harris, American lightweight boxer
• September 5 — Wayne Hammond, Australian field hockey player
• September 6 — Kevin Towns, New Zealand field hockey player and coach
• September 19 — Julius Sang, Kenyan runner (d. 2004)
• September 19 — Nadezhda Tkachenko, Soviet pentathlet
• September 29 — Viktor Krovopouskov, Soviet fencer

[edit] October

• October 14 — Terry Liskevych, Ukrainian-American volleyball coach
• October 20 — Andrei Suraikin, Soviet figure skater
• October 22 — John Peterson, American middleweight wrestler

[edit] November

• November 2 — Victor Galindez, Argentinian boxer (d. 1980)
• November 4 — Wim van de Schilde, Dutch water polo player
• November 5 — Janusz Gortat, Polish boxer
• November 9 — Sharon Stouder, American butterfly swimmer
• November 17 — Jaime Huelamo, Spanish cyclist
• November 23 — Gabriele Seyfert, German figure skater
• November 26 — Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian professional basketball player (d. 1995)
• November 26 — Galina Prozumenschikova, Soviet backstroke swimmer

[edit] December

• December 1 — Luciano Re Cecconi, Italian midfield footballer (d. 1977)
• December 2 — Jim Irvine, Australian field hockey defender and coach
• December 2 — Antonín Panenka, Czech footballer
• December 13 — Lillian Board, British track and field athlete (d. 1970)

[edit] Deaths

• January 30 — Herb Pennock, Major League pitcher
• February 2 — Bevil Rudd (53), South African athlete (b. 1894)
• February 8 — Gustav Schuft (71), German gymnast (b. 1876)
• February 17 — Jacobus Hoogveld (63), Dutch athlete (b. 1884)
• April 3 — Candy Jim Taylor, Negro League Baseball player and manager
• August 16 — Babe Ruth, American Hall of Fame baseball player