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

[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

[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

[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 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)

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