1947 in sports
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| Years in sports: | 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 |
Contents |
[edit] Athletics
[edit] Marathon
- August 20 —
Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
- Men's Winner: Eero Riikonen (FIN) 2:44:13
- December 7 —
Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
- Men's Winner: Toshikazu Wada (JPN) 2:45:45
[edit] Auto racing
- Wally Parks founds the Southern California Timing Association, to better organize drag racing.
[edit] Baseball
- Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American baseball player in Major League Baseball.
- April 27 - Babe Ruth day was celebrated all across the Major Leagues, Babe himself appeared in Yankee Stadium. Although stricken with throat cancer, Ruth said to the audience "The only real game I think in the world is baseball."
- World Series - New York Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers 4 games to 3.
[edit] Boxing
- Rocky Graziano defeats Tony Zale to win boxing’s world middleweight championship.
- December 5 - Joe Louis defeats Jersey Joe Walcott to retain his heavyweight championship
[edit] Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's champion: Hans Gerschwiler, Switzerland
- Ladies' champion: Barbara Ann Scott, Canada
- Pair skating champions: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet, Belgium
[edit] Football (NFL)
- The Chicago Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-21.
[edit] Football (Australian)
- Victorian Football League
- Carlton wins the 51st VFL Premiership (Carlton 13.8 (86) d Essendon 11.17 (83))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Bert Deacon (Carlton)
[edit] Football (soccer)
[edit] England
- First Division - Liverpool win the 1946-47 title.
- FA Cup - Charlton Athletic beat Burnley 1-0 after extra time
[edit] Golf
Men's professional
- April 3-6 - Masters Tournament - Jimmy Demaret
- June 12-15 - U.S. Open - Lew Worsham
- June 24 - PGA Championship - Jim Ferrier
- July 1-4 - British Open - Fred Daly
Men's amateur
Women's professional
- Women's Western Open - Louise Suggs
- U.S. Women's Open - Betty Jameson
- Titleholders Championship - Babe Zaharias
[edit] Horse Racing
- May 3 - Kentucky Derby - Jet Pilot
- Preakness - Faultless: this race is remembered for Clem McCarthy calling Jet Pilot the winner when in reality it was Faultless, a true major radio blunder
- Belmont Stakes - Phalanx
[edit] Snooker
- World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 82-63.
[edit] Awards
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Johnny Lujack, College football
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, LPGA golf
[edit] Births
[edit] January
- January 1 — Juan Martínez, Mexican long-distance runner
- January 18 — Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player
- January 20 — Cyrille Guimard, French racing cyclist
- January 25 — Bruce Bradley, American water polo player
- January 31 — Nolan Ryan, Baseball Hall of Famer
[edit] February
- February 1 — Gaston Rahier, Belgian motocross racer (d. 2005)
- February 5 — Darrell Waltrip, American automobile racer and broadcaster
- February 18 — Gary Sheerer, American polo player
- February 28 — Włodzimierz Lubański, Polish football (soccer) striker
[edit] March
- March 3 — Ian O'Brien, Australian breaststroke swimmer
- March 7 — Walter Röhrl, German car racer
- March 10 — Zachary Zorn, American swimmer
- March 21 — Ferenc Szekeres, Hungarian long-distance runner
- March 26 — John van Reenen, South African discus thrower
[edit] April
- April 5 — Đurđica Bjedov, Yugoslav breaststroke swimmer
- April 15 — Onny Parun, New Zealand tennis player
[edit] May
- May 21 — Hans Hoogveld, Dutch water polo player
- May 22 — Alberto Alberani, Italian water polo player
- May 27 — Branko Oblak, Slovenian football (soccer) player and coach
- May 29 — Peter Lown, UK-born Canadian field hockey player
[edit] June
- June 2 — Giorgio Cagnotto, Italian diver
- June 2 — Sonia Robertson and Sandra Chick, Zimbabwean field hockey players and twin sisters
- June 6 — Marion Coakes, English equestrian show jumper
- June 19 — James Mason, Australian field hockey player
- June 25 — John Powell, American discus thrower
- June 27 — Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
[edit] July
- July 22 — Amado Morales, Puerto Rican javelin thrower
- July 24 — Jacques Fouroux, French rugby union player (d. 2005)
- July 30 — James Slatton, American water polo player
[edit] August
- August 26 — Jan Krekels, Dutch cyclist
- August 28 — Boris Zaychuk, Soviet hammer thrower
[edit] September
- September 7 — Wim Hermsen, Dutch water polo player
- September 8 — Amos Biwott, Kenyan athlete
- September 20 — Victor Zilberman, Romanian boxer
- September 25 — Ali Parvin, Iranian football (soccer) player
- September 27 — Jan Borren, Dutch-born New Zealand field hockey player and coach
[edit] October
- October 3 — Carroll Morgan, Canadian heavyweight boxer
- October 6 — Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver
- October 8 — Emiel Puttemans, Belgian middle- and long-distance runner
- October 9 — Isaac Ikhouria, Nigerian boxer
- October 11 — Alan Pascoe, British athlete
- October 23 — Kazimierz Deyna, Polish football (soccer) player (d. 1989)
[edit] November
- November 1 — Rolando Garbey, Cuban boxer
- November 5 — Oleg Antropov, Soviet volleyball player
- November 17 — Keith Remfry, British judoka
[edit] December
- December 5 — Ain Roost, Swedish-Canadian discus thrower
- December 16 — Vincent Matthews, American track and field athlete
- December 22 — Mitsuo Tsukahara, Japanese gymnast
- December 27 — Willy Polleunis, Belgian long-distance runner
[edit] Deaths
- January 20 — Josh Gibson (35), famed Negro League slugger
- January 21 — Hermann Müller, German race walker (b. 1885)
- February 6 — Theodor Nauman (61), Swedish water polo player (b. 1885)