1949 in sports

none 1949 sports 1949 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. American football NFL Championship: the Philadelphia Eagles won 14–0 over the Los Angeles Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Cleveland Browns 21–7 San Francisco 49ers for the All-America Football Conference championship. After the 1949 season, the Browns, 49ers and original Baltimore Colts all joined the NFL for the 1950 season. The decades–long "color barrier" in athletics for the Big Seven Conference is broken by Harold Robinson, playing football for Kansas State. Robinson would go on to be named All–Conference in 1950. Notre Dame Fighting Irish – college football national championship Association football England First Division – Portsmouth win the 1948–49 title. FA Cup – Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Leicester City 3–1. Italy Superga air disaster – a plane carrying the Torino team crashes into a mountain on May 4, killing everyone on board. Of the entire squad, only one player (who didn't fly, due to injury) survived, as well as potential signing Ladislao Kubala, who was due to fly but did not, due to his son's ill health. On 21 September 1949 at Goodison Park, Liverpool, the home of Everton, England were defeated 2–0 by Ireland in a friendly international. Australian rules football Victorian Football League Essendon wins the 53rd VFL Premiership (Essendon 18.17 (125) d Carlton 6.16 (52)) Brownlow Medal awarded to Ron Clegg (South Melbourne) and Col Austen (Hawthorn) Baseball January 28 – The New York Giants sign their first black players: Negro leaguers outfielder Monte Irvin and pitcher Ford Smith. Both men are assigned to Jersey City. Irvin will star for the Giants, but Smith will not reach the major leagues. May 5 – Hall of Fame election. After a runoff election was necessary, Charlie Gehringer is selected for induction; on May 9, the Old-Timers Committee elects Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown and Kid Nichols as its first selections in 3 years. June 5 – MLB Commissioner Happy Chandler lifts the ban on all players who jumped to the Mexican League, starting in 1946. June 15 – Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus is shot in Chicago by deranged fan Ruth Ann Steinhagen. June 25 – College World Series - Texas Longhorns defeated Wake Forest 10 to 3 The New York Yankees won the World Series over the Brooklyn Dodgers four games to one. December 5 – Hiroshima Carp, officially founded, with participation in Central League of Japan.December 2016 Basketball BAA (NBA) Finals Minneapolis Lakers over Washington Capitols (4–2) NBL Championship Anderson Packers over Oshkosh All-Stars (3–0) Events On August 3 the NBL merges with the BAA. The BAA also renames itself as the National Basketball Association. The sixth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1949, is won by Egypt. The fourteenth South American Basketball Championship in Asunción is won by Uruguay. Boxing October 27 – death of Marcel Cerdan (33), Algerian–born French world middleweight champion, in an air crash Cricket In the course of playing a Ranji Trophy semi-final at Poona in March, Bombay and Maharashtra set the still-standing record for the highest match aggregate of runs scored in a first-class match – 2,376 runs.The Home of CricketArchive https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18796.html CricketArchive.com 28 February 2017Mukherjee Abhishek Bombay and Maharashtra engage in run feast in the Ranji Trophy http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/ranji-trophy-1948-49-bombay-and-maharashtra-engage-in-record-run-feast-23892 CricketCountry.com 23 January 2015 Figure skating World Figure Skating Championships – Men's champion: Dick Button, United States Ladies' champion: Aja Zanova, Czechoslovakia Pair skating champion: Andrea Kékesy & Ede Király, Hungary Golf Men's professional Masters Tournament – Sam Snead PGA Championship – Sam Snead U.S. Open – Cary Middlecoff British Open – Bobby Locke Men's amateur British Amateur – Max McCready U.S. Amateur – Charles Coe Women's professional Women's Western Open – Louise Suggs U.S. Women's Open – Louise Suggs Titleholders Championship – Peggy Kirk Horse racing Steeplechases Cheltenham Gold Cup – Cottage Rake Grand National – Russian Hero Hurdle races Champion Hurdle – Hatton's Grace Flat races Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Foxzami Canada – King's Plate won by Epic France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Coronation Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Hindostan English Triple Crown Races: 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Nimbus The Derby – NimbusEpsom Derby History, Winners, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/sports/Derby-horse-race www.britannica.com 3 January 2022 en St. Leger Stakes – Ridge Wood United States Triple Crown Races: Kentucky Derby – Ponder Preakness Stakes – Capot Belmont Stakes – Capot Ice hockey Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs sweep the Detroit Red Wings four games to none. Sweden Canada defeats Denmark 47–0 at the 1949 World Hockey Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. United States NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – Boston College Eagles defeat Dartmouth Big Green 4–3 in Colorado Springs, Colorado Motorsport 1949 in motorsport List of 1949 motorsport champions Netball The 1949 England Scotland Wales Netball Series sees England, Scotland and Wales all play their debut netball test matches.https://www.ournetballhistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1-JM-History-of-Netball.pdf All England Netball Association: A History of Netball in England Through the Ages To Present Day www.ournetballhistory.org.uk June 2002 12 March 2024https://www.netballscotland.com/about/netball-history/ Our History – 73 Years since the first Thistles international match – 1947-1949 www.netballscotland.com 20 February 2025 20 October 2025 Rowing The Boat Race 26 March — Cambridge wins the 95th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Rugby league 1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France 1949 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand Australia 1949 NSWRFL season England 1948–49 Northern Rugby Football League season/1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby union Five Nations Championship 55th Five Nations Championship series is won by Ireland 3 September – "blackest day" in All Blacks history as two Test matches are lost on the same day: 6–11 at home to the Wallabies; and 3–9 on tour to South Africa. Snooker World Snooker Championship – Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 80–65. Speed skating Speed Skating World Championships Men's All-round Champion – Kornél Pajor (Hungary) Women's All-round Champion – Maria Isakova (USSR) Tennis Australia Australian Men's Singles Championship – Frank Sedgman (Australia) defeats John Bromwich (Australia) 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 Australian Women's Singles Championship – Doris Hart (USA) defeats Nancye Wynne Bolton (Australia) 6–3, 6–4 England Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Ted Schroeder (USA) defeats Jaroslav Drobný (Czechoslovakia) 3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Louise Brough Clapp (USA) defeats Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) 10–8, 1–6, 10–8 France French Men's Singles Championship – Frank Parker (USA) defeats Budge Patty (USA) 6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 French Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) defeats Nelly Adamson Landry (France) 7–5, 6–2 USA American Men's Singles Championship – Pancho Gonzales (USA) defeats Ted Schroeder (USA) 16–18, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 American Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) defeats Doris Hart (USA) 6–3, 6–1 Davis Cup 1949 Davis Cup – USA 1912 4–1 AUS at West Side Tennis Club (grass) New York City, United States Volleyball Men's World Championship in Prague won by the USSR Awards Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Leon Hart, College football Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Marlene Bauer, LPGA golf References Category:Sports by year