1948 IN SPORTS

==Athletics

Contents

Auto Racing

Awards

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

=Marathon===

★ December 5 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan

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★ Men's Winner: Saburo Yamada (JPN) 2:37:25

Auto Racing

★ Indianapolis 500 - Mauri Rose
==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.
== Basketball ==

★ NCAA Basketball Championship - Kentucky beat Baylor 58-42

★ NBA Finals - Baltimore Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors 4 games to 2
== Boxing ==

★ 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.
==Field hockey==

★ Olympic Games (men's competition) in London, Great Britain

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★ Gold: India
==Figure skating==

★ World Figure Skating Championships

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★ Men's champion: Dick Button, United States

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★ Ladies' champion: Barbara Ann Scott, Canada

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★ Pair skating champions: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet, Belgium
==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.
==Football (Australian)==

★ Victorian Football League

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★ 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))

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★ Brownlow Medal awarded to Bill Morris (Richmond)
==Football (soccer)==

England

★ First Division - Arsenal win the 1947-48 title.

★ FA Cup - Manchester United beat Blackpool 4-2.
== Golf ==

★ Grand Slam of Golf results

★ April - The Masters - Claude Harmon

★ June - U.S. Open - Ben Hogan

★ July British Open - Henry Cotton

★ August PGA Championship - Ben Hogan
==Ice hockey==

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.
== Horse Racing ==

★ 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.
==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.
==Snooker==

★ World Snooker Championship: Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 84-61.
==General sporting events==

★ 1948 Summer Olympics takes place in London, United Kingdom

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★ United States wins the most medals (84), and the most gold medals (38).

★ 1948 Winter Olympics takes place in St. Moritz, Switzerland

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★ 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 — 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

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 10 — Pal Gerevich, Hungarian fencer

★ August 31 — Tomás Nistal, Spanish road cyclist

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

October

★ October 14 — Terry Liskevych, Ukrainian-American volleyball coach

★ 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