1936 in sports

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Years in sports:	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1 Events
2 Auto racing
3 Baseball
4 Field Hockey
5 Football (Australian rules football)
6 American Football
7 Football (soccer)
- 7.1 England
8 Ice Hockey
9 Speed Skating
10 Snooker
11 General sporting events
12 Awards
13 Births

[edit] Events

May 8: Jockey Ralph Neves was involved in a racing accident at Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo, California and mistakenly pronounced dead. A while later, he woke up in the morgue and promptly returned to the racetrack but was not allowed to compete in any of the remaining races because of his 'death.'

June 21: First Hungarian Grand Prix held in Budapest.

[edit] Auto racing

Grand Prix racing - Main article: 1936 Grand Prix season. European Champion: Bernd Rosemeyer

[edit] Baseball

Plans are announced for a Baseball Hall of Fame to be established in 1939, the game's supposed centennial, in Cooperstown, New York. In the first elections to select 15 initial inductees (5 from the 19th century and 10 from the 20th), Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson are selected from the 20th century; the election for 19th century players is plagued by problems and results in no selections. See: Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1936
World Series: New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants, 4-2.

[edit] Field Hockey

Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Berlin, London
- Gold Medal: India
- Silver Medal: Germany
- Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

Victorian Football League
- Collingwood wins the 40th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 11.23 (89) d South Melbourne 10.18 (78))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Dinny Ryan (Fitzroy)

[edit] American Football

Minnesota Golden Gophers National college football champions.
Green Bay Packers 21-6 Boston Redskins for the NFL championship. The game was moved from Boston to New York's Polo Grounds.
The first NFL Draft is held.

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

First Division - Sunderland win the 1935-36 title.
FA Cup - Arsenal beat Sheffield United 1-0, thanks to a Ted Drake goal.

[edit] Ice Hockey

The Detroit RedWings won the championship in the National Hockey League. Combine this with the Detroit Tigers World Series win and the Detroit Lions NFL Championship in 1934 and in one 12 month period Detroit played home to the Championship teams in the MLB, NFL, and NHL. This feat has yet to be duplicated by any other city.

[edit] Speed Skating

First Speed Skating World Championships for Women held in Stockholm
- Gold Medal: Kit Klein (United States)
- Silver Medal: Verné Lesche (Finland)
- Bronze Medal: Synnøve Lie (Norway)

[edit] Snooker

World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Horace Lindrum 34-27

[edit] General sporting events

1936 Summer Olympics takes place in Berlin, Germany
- Germany wins the most medals (89), and the most gold medals (33).
- Jesse Owens wins four gold medals.
- The first torch relay takes place from Olympia, Greece.

1936 Winter Olympics takes place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- Norway wins the most medals (15), and the most gold medals (7).

[edit] Awards

[edit] Births

January 14 — Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (d. 1999)
March 6 — Florentino "The Ox" Fernandez, Cuban boxer
April 15 — Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist
May 3 — José Torres, Puerto Rican boxer
June 2 — Vladimir Golubnichy, Soviet race walker
August 16 — Lindsay Gaze, Australian basketball player and coach
September 19 — Al Oerter, American discus thrower
October 30 — Polina Astakhova, Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005)
November 10 — Claudio "Tripa" Barrientos, Chilean boxer (d. 1982)
November 16 — Isaac Berger, Jewish-American weightlifter
December 12 — Iolanda Balaş, Romanian athlete
December 22 — Mieczysław Nowak, Polish weightlifter (d. 2006)

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1936 in sports

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[edit] Events

[edit] Auto racing

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Field Hockey

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

[edit] American Football

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

[edit] Ice Hockey

[edit] Speed Skating

[edit] Snooker

[edit] General sporting events

[edit] Awards

[edit] Births

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