 |
1948 in sports
Totally Explained
|
|  |
|
NEW! |
All the latest news in the worlds of
computer gaming,
entertainment,
the environment,
finance,
health,
politics,
science,
stocks & shares,
technology
and much,
much,
more.
|
Everything about 1948 In Sports totally explained
Auto Racing
Indianapolis 500 - Mauri Rose
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.
NCAA Basketball Championship - Kentucky beat Baylor 58-42
NBA Finals - Baltimore Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors 4 games to 2
June 25 - At New York's Yankee Stadium: Joe Louis knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott in the 11th round to retain his heavyweight title for the 25th time. Shortly after the bout, Louis announced his retirement from boxing.
Olympic Games (men's competition) in London, Great Britain
World Figure Skating Championships
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.
Victorian Football League
England
First Division - Arsenal win the 1947-48 title.
FA Cup - Manchester United beat Blackpool 4-2.
Grand Slam of Golf results
April 8-11 - The Masters - Claude Harmon
May 25 - PGA Championship - Ben Hogan
June 10-12 - U.S. Open - Ben Hogan
June 30-July 2 - British Open - Henry Cotton
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
Stanley Cup Finals - Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings in 4 straight games to win their 5th Stanley Cup title.
May 1 - Kentucky Derby - Citation
Preakness - Citation
Belmont Stakes - Citation
Citation became the 8th horse to win the Triple Crown, it would be 25 years before Secretariat wins the triple crown.
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.
World Snooker Championship: Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 84-61.
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).
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
Births
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 — Al Feuerbach, American shot putter
January 14 — Valery Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1981)
January 31 — Ton Schmidt, Dutch water polo player
February
February 1 — Douglas Golder, Australian field hockey player
February 16 — Piet de Zwarte, Dutch water polo player
February 28 — Kjell Isaksson, Swedish pole vaulter
March
March 20 — Bobby Orr, American Hall of fame ice hockey player
April
April 5 — Wolfgang Strödter, German field hockey player
April 15 — Werner Otto, East German track cyclist
April 17 — Pekka Vasala, Finnish middle-distance athlete
April 17 — Wilf Wedmann, Canadian high jumper
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
May
May 11 — Alfred Matt, Austrian slalom skier
May 14 — Bob Woolmer, English cricket coach
May 15 — Peter Hussing, German heavyweight boxer
June
June 5 — Bill Smart, Canadian middle distance runner
June 6 — Barry Maister, New Zealand field hockey player
June 10 — Tom Sneva, American Indianapolis 500 race car driver champion (1983)
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
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
August
August 5 — Tony DiCicco, US women's soccer coach
August 7 — Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer
August 7 — Walter Schmidt, German hammer thrower
August 10 — Pal Gerevich, Hungarian fencer
August 31 — Tomás Nistal, Spanish road cyclist
September
September 2 — Terry Bradshaw, American football player
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 23 — Vera Nikolić, Serbian track and field athlete
September 29 — Viktor Krovopouskov, Soviet fencer
October
October 14 — Terry Liskevych, Ukrainian-American volleyball coach
October 16 — Peter Asch, American water polo player
October 16 — Günter Haritz, German road and track cyclist
October 20 — Andrei Suraikin, Soviet figure skater
October 22 — John Peterson, American middleweight wrestler
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 Huélamo, 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
December
December 1 — Luciano Re Cecconi, Italian football midfielder (d. 1977)
December 2 — Jim Irvine, Australian field hockey defender and coach
December 2 — Antonín Panenka, Czech footballer
December 7 — Jay Dahlgren, Canadian javelin thrower
December 13 — Lillian Board, British track and field athlete (d. 1970)
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
Further Information
Get more info on '1948 In Sports'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://1948_in_sports.totallyexplained.com">1948 in sports Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
|
|
