1943 in sports
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Years in sports: | 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 |
Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II.
==Baseball== (America)
- World Series: New York Yankees defeats St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1.
Contents |
[edit] Basketball
- The eleventh South American Basketball Championship in Lima is won by Argentina.
[edit] Football (Australian)
- Victorian Football League - Richmond wins the 47th VFL Premiership (Richmond 12.14 (86) d Essendon 11.15 (81)).
[edit] Football (American)
- Chicago Bears 41-26 over Washington Redskins in the NFL championship game in Chicago
- Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame quarterback, wins Heisman Trophy.
[edit] Horse Racing
- May 1 - Count Fleet wins the Kentucky Derby
[edit] Awards
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Gunder Hägg, Track and field
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Patty Berg, LPGA golf
[edit] Births
- January 1 — Feike de Vries, Dutch water polo player
- January 31 — Richard Quick, American swimming coach
- March 1 — Ben Jipcho, Kenyan athlete
- March 16 — Dave McKenzie, New Zealand long-distance runner
- April 1 — Ad Moolhuijzen, Dutch water polo player
- April 7 — Joaquim Agostinho, Portuguese professional bicycle racer (d. 1984)
- April 20 — Eckart Suhl, German field hockey player
- April 24 — Ruud Stokvis, Dutch rower
- May 16 — Allan Wood, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 26 — Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, politician and president of the Dutch Olympic Committee
- June 5 — Buster Mathis, American amateur heavyweight boxer (d. 1995)
- June 6 — Steven Barnett, American water polo player
- June 7 — Bob Struble, Jr., American football quarterback.
- June 8 — Willie Davenport, American athlete (d. 2002)
- June 17 — Peter Doak, Australian swimmer
- July 7 — Jürgen Geschke, East German track cyclist
- July 11 — Pedro Carrasco, Spanish boxer (d. 2001)
- August 7 — Mieke Jaapies, Dutch canoer
- August 12 — Loet Geutjes, Dutch water polo player
- August 17 — Yukio Kasaya, Japanese ski jumper
- September 4 — Giuseppe Gentile, Italian triple jumper
- September 14 — Jan Snijders, Dutch judoka and referee
- October 26 — Diane Gerace, Canadian high jumper
- November 13 — Jay Sigel, American golfer
- November 25 — Janice Andrew, Australian butterfly swimmer
- November 27 — Herman Suselbeek, Dutch rower
- December 3 — Pentti Kahma, Finnish discus thrower
- December 19 — Ted Salmon, New Zealand field hockey player
[edit] Deaths
- January 20 — Attila Petschauer (38), Hungarian fencer (b. 1904)
- March 7 — Akilles Järvinen (37), Finnish athlete (b. 1905)
- July 27 — Herbert Barrett (69), British tennis player (b. 1873)
- September 14 — Ernst Linder (75), Swedish horse rider (b. 1868)
- December 2 — Jaap Meijer (38), Dutch track cyclist (b. 1905)
