1937 in sports

none 1937 sports 1937 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 7th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Chamonix, France. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are: Men's Downhill – Emile Allais (France) Men's Slalom – Emile Allais (France) Men's Combined – Emile Allais (France) Women's Downhill – Christl Cranz (Germany) Women's Slalom – Christl Cranz (Germany) Women's Combined – Christl Cranz (Germany) American football NFL Championship – the Washington Redskins won 28–21 over the Chicago Bears at Wrigley Field. First Cotton Bowl Classic is played in Dallas. Pittsburgh Panthers – college football national championship The Cleveland Rams join the National Football League. Association football England First Division – Manchester City win the 1936–37 title. FA Cup – Sunderland beat Preston North End 3–1. Spain La Liga – not contested due to the Spanish Civil War Germany German football championship won by Schalke 04 Italy Serie A won by Bologna Portugal Primeira Liga won by S.L. Benfica France French Division 1 won by Olympique de Marseille Sweden Allsvenskan 1936/1937: AIK Australian rules football Victorian Football League 25 September – Geelong wins the 41st VFL Premiership, defeating Collingwood 18.14 (122) to 12.18 (90) in the 1937 VFL Grand Final Brownlow Medal awarded to Dick Reynolds (Essendon) South Australian National Football League 2 October – Port Adelaide 13.16 (94) defeat South Adelaide 10.10 (70) to win their second consecutive SANFL premiership. Magarey Medal won by Harold Hawke (North Adelaide) Western Australian National Football League 9 October – East Fremantle 14.13 (97) defeat Claremont 13.9 (87) to win their eighteenth premiership. Sandover Medal won by "Scranno" Jenkins (South Fremantle). Baseball World Series – New York Yankees defeat New York Giants, 4–1. Hall of Fame election – Continuing toward the goal of 10 initial inductees from the 20th century, voters select Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young. A special committee selects managers Connie Mack and John McGraw, former league presidents Morgan Bulkeley and Ban Johnson, and pioneer shortstop/promoter George Wright. Selections of nineteenth-century players are postponed. Aguilas Cibaenas, a club of Dominican Republic, officially founded in Santiago de los Caballeros on January 28.December 2016 Basketball Events Major professional basketball returns with the formation of the National Basketball League. Eurobasket 1937 – Lithuania win the second European basketball championship. The fifth South American Basketball Championship in Valparaíso and Santiago is won by Chile. The first NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament played in Kansas City. Boxing Events 22 June – Joe Louis defeats James J. Braddock at Chicago by an eighth-round knockout to win the World Heavyweight Championship. 30 August – in his first title defence, Louis defeats Tommy Farr at Bronx on a fifteen-round decision Lineal world championsCyber Boxing Zone World Heavyweight Championship – James J. Braddock → Joe Louis World Light Heavyweight Championship – John Henry Lewis World Middleweight Championship – vacant World Welterweight Championship – Barney Ross World Lightweight Championship – Lou Ambers World Featherweight Championship – vacant → Henry Armstrong World Bantamweight Championship – Sixto Escobar → Harry Jeffra World Flyweight Championship – vacant → Benny Lynch Cricket Events England tours Australia, losing the five-Test series two games to three, despite winning the first two games. England County Championship – Yorkshire Minor Counties Championship – Lancashire Second Eleven Most runs – Wally Hammond 3,252 @ 65.04 (HS 217) Most wickets – Tom Goddard 248 @ 16.76 (BB 10–113) New Zealand play a three-test series against England, losing the series one Test to nil with two draws. Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Tom Goddard, Joe Hardstaff, Jr., Leonard Hutton, Jim Parks, Sr., Eddie Paynter Australia Sheffield Shield – Victoria Most runs – Don Bradman 1,552 @ 86.22 (HS 270) Most wickets Chuck Fleetwood-Smith 53 @ 20.24 (BB 8–79) Frank Ward 53 @ 28.41 (BB 7–127) India Ranji Trophy – Nawanagar beat Bengal by 256 runs Bombay Pentangular – Muslims New Zealand Plunket Shield – Auckland South Africa Currie Cup – not contested West Indies Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad Cycling Tour de France Roger Lapébie wins the Tour de France.Cycling-Tour de France list of winners https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/cycling-tour-de-france-list-of-winners_sto7851605/story.shtml Eurosport UK 18 February 2021 en 26 August 2020 Giro d'Italia Gino Bartali of Legnano wins the 25th Giro d'Italia Field hockey July 14 – foundation of HC Den Bosch, a Dutch club based in 's-Hertogenbosch 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 Golf Men's professional Masters Tournament – Byron Nelson PGA Championship – Denny Shute U.S. Open – Ralph Guldahl British Open – Henry Cotton Men's amateur British Amateur – Robert Sweeny Jr. U.S. Amateur – Johnny Goodman Women's professional Women's Western Open – Helen Hicks Titleholders Championship – Patty Berg Horse racing Steeplechases Cheltenham Gold Cup – not held due to flooding of Cheltenham Racecourse Grand National – Royal Mail Hurdle races Champion Hurdle – Free Fare Flat races Australia – Melbourne Cup won by The Trump Canada – King's Plate won by Goldlure France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Corrida Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Phideas English Triple Crown Races: 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Le Ksar The Derby – Mid-day SunEpsom Derby History, Winners, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/sports/Derby-horse-race www.britannica.com 2 January 2022 en St. Leger Stakes – Chulmleigh United States Triple Crown Races: Kentucky Derby – War Admiral Preakness Stakes – War Admiral Belmont Stakes – War Admiral Ice hockey April 15 – The Detroit Red Wings defeat the New York Rangers 3–0 to win the 1937 Stanley Cup Finals April 17 – The Winnipeg Monarchs defeat the Copper Cliff Redmen 7–0 to win the 1937 Memorial Cup Motorsport 1937 in motorsport List of 1937 motorsport champions Nordic skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 10th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1937 are held at Chamonix, France Rowing The Boat Race 24 March — Oxford wins the 89th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Rugby league 1936–37 European Rugby League Championship 1937 New Zealand rugby league season 1937 NSWRFL season 1936–37 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1937–38 Northern Rugby Football League season 1937–38 Kangaroo tour Rugby union 50th Home Nations Championship series is won by England Snooker World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Horace Lindrum 32–29 Speed skating Speed Skating World Championships Men's All-round Champion – Michael Staksrud (Norway) Women's All-round Champion – Laila Schou Nilsen (Norway) Tennis Australia Australian Men's Singles Championship – Vivian McGrath (Australia) defeats John Bromwich (Australia) 6–3, 1–6, 6–0, 2–6, 6–1 Australian Women's Singles Championship – Nancye Wynne Bolton (Australia) defeats Emily Hood Westacott (Australia) 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 England Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Don Budge (USA) defeats Gottfried von Cramm (Germany) 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothy Round Little (Great Britain) defeats Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (Poland) 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 France French Men's Singles Championship – Henner Henkel (Germany) defeats Bunny Austin (Great Britain) 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 French Women's Singles Championship – Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (Germany) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–2, 6–4 USA American Men's Singles Championship – Don Budge (USA) defeats Gottfried von Cramm (Germany) 6–1, 7–9, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 American Women's Singles Championship – Anita Lizana (Chile) defeats Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (Poland) 6–4, 6–2 Davis Cup 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – USA 1912 4–1 GBR at Centre Court, Wimbledon (grass) London, United Kingdom Yacht racing The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Ranger defeats British challenger Endeavour II, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, 4 races to 0 Awards Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Don Budge, Tennis Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Katherine Rawls, Swimming References Category:Sports by year