1938 in sports
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1938 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s |
| Years: | 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 |
Contents |
[edit] American football
- New York Giants 23–17 Green Bay Packers for the NFL title.
- First High School Oil Bowl is played.
[edit] Association football
- 1938 World Cup held in France – Italy retain their title, beating Hungary 4-2 in the final.
[edit] England
- First Division – Arsenal win the 1937–38 title
- FA Cup – Preston North End beat Huddersfield Town 1-0
[edit] Athletics
- March 3 – Glenn Cunningham breaks the world record for the indoor mile run by completing the distance in 4 minutes, 4.4 seconds.
[edit] Marathon
- September 4 –
European Championships Marathon, Paris, France
- Men's Winner: Väinö Muinonen (FIN) 2:37:29
[edit] Australian rules football
- Victorian Football League
- Carlton wins the 42nd VFL Premiership (Carlton 15.10 (100) d Collingwood 13.7 (85))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
[edit] Baseball
- World Series – New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4–0.
- Hall of Fame election – Continuing toward the goal of 10 initial inductees at the 1939 opening of the Hall, voters select Grover Cleveland Alexander. A special committee selects organizer Alexander Cartwright and promoter Henry Chadwick; selections of 19th century players are again postponed.
- Starting pitcher Johnny Vander Meer throws back–to–back no–hitters, meaning they came in two consecutive starts, something not accomplished before or since.
[edit] Basketball
- The sixth South American Basketball Championship in Lima is won by Peru.
[edit] Boxing
- May 23 – Dutch boxer Bep van Klaveren claims the European title in the middleweight division by defeating Frenchman Edouard Tenet in a match held in the Feijenoord Stadium in his native Rotterdam.
- American boxer Henry Armstrong simultaneously holds the featherweight, welterweight & lightweight world titles.
[edit] British Empire Games
- February – British Empire Games held in Sydney, Australia
[edit] Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Felix Kaspar, Austria
- Ladies' champion: Megan Taylor, Great Britain
- Pair skating champion: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier, Germany
[edit] Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament – Henry Picard
- U.S. Open – Ralph Guldahl
- British Open – Reg Whitcombe
- PGA Championship – Paul Runyan
Men's amateur
Women's professional
[edit] Horse Racing
- May 7 – Lawrin wins the Kentucky Derby
- In what was billed as the "Match of the Century", Seabiscuit defeated the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing champion, War Admiral.
[edit] Motor racing
- European Grand Prix champion – Rudolf Caracciola
[edit] Skiing
- The Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, the first aerial tramway in the United States, opens at Cannon Mountain Ski Area.
[edit] Snooker
- World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Sidney Smith 37–24
[edit] Tennis
- Don Budge becomes the first male tennis player to complete the Grand Slam in tennis of all 4 Championships.
[edit] Awards
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Don Budge, Tennis
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Patty Berg, LPGA golf
[edit] Births
- January 17 – David Theile, Australian backstroke swimmer
- January 18 – Tilly van der Zwaard, Dutch middle distance runner
- February 11 – Mohammed Gammoudi, Tunisian athlete
- February 19 – Wim van Spingelen, Dutch water polo player
- February 26 – Brian Kilby, British marathon runner
- February 28 – Terence Spinks, British boxer
- March 16 – Thomas A. Robinson, Bahamian track and field athlete
- April 12 – Clement Quartey, Ghanaian boxer
- April 20 – Betty Cuthbert, Australian athlete
- April 26 – Nino Benvenuti, Italian boxer
- May 1 – Nikolay Karpol, Russian women's volleyball coach
- May 7 – John Caldwell, Irish boxer
- May 10 – Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
- May 11 – Siegmar Ohlemann, Canadian track and field athlete
- May 20 – Stien Kaiser, Dutch ice speed skater
- May 20 – Harry Vriend, Dutch water polo player
- May 22 – Rafael Romero, Venezuelan track and field athlete
- May 31 – Ron Laird, American race walker
- June 5 – Roy Higgins, Australian jockey
- June 24 – Boris Lagutin, Soviet boxer
- July 12 – Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
- July 20 – Roger Hunt, English footballer
- July 25 – Léon Syrovatski, French javelin thrower
- August 4 – Jo Ann Terry, American hurdler
- August 13 – Luis Estaba, Venezuelan boxer
- August 25 – Cherrie Sherrard, American track and field athlete
- August 30 – Alfred Meakin, British track and field athlete
- September 4 – Robert Carmody, American boxer (d. 1967)
- September 8 – Kenichi Horie, Japanese solo yachtsman
- September 10 – Dave Edstrom, American decathlete
- October 3 – Alessandro Mazzinghi, Italian boxer
- October 6 – Brunon Bendig, Polish boxer (d. 2006)
- October 7 – Anny Haydon, tennis champion
- October 10 – Héctor Thomas, Venezuelan decathlete
- October 13 – Fred van Dorp, Dutch water polo player
- October 17 – Lorraine Crapp, Australian swimmer
- October 24 – Ross McPherson, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
- November 3 – Frank McKinney, American backstroke swimmer (d. 1992)
- December 2 – Luis Artime, Argentine soccer player
- December 8 – Gennadiy Kondrashov, Soviet hammer thrower
[edit] Deaths
- January 27 – Bernd Rosemeyer (28), German race car driver (b. 1909)
- March 22 – Frigyes Wiesner (50), Hungarian athlete (b. 1887)
- July 4 – Suzanne Lenglen (39), French tennis player (b. 1899)
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