1949 in sports
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| Years in sports: | 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 |
Contents |
[edit] Athletics
[edit] Marathon
[edit] International Races
- August 20 —
Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
- Men's Winner: Jack Holden (ENG) 2:20:52
- December 4 —
Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
- Men's Winner: Shinzo Koga (JPN) 2:40:26
[edit] National Champions
- May 15 —
United States
- Men's Winner: Victor Dyrgall — 2:38:48
- July 9 —
Canada
- Men's Winner: Paul Collins — 2:48:48
- July 30 —
England
- Men's Winner: Jack Holden — 2:34:10
- August 20 — Netherlands
- Men's Winner: Joop Overdijk — 2:32:00
- September 17 —
Australia
- Men's Winner: Robert Prentice — 2:43:46
- September 25 —
Hungary
- Men's Winner: Mihály Esztergomi — 2:40:28
[edit] Auto racing
- The first 24 hours of Le Mans is held since the beginning of World War II. Luigi Chinetti and Lord Seldson win the race in a Ferrari 166M.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Basketball
- The sixth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1949, is won by Egypt.
- The fourteenth South American Basketball Championship in Asunción is won by Uruguay.
[edit] 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
[edit] Football (American)
- 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 would joined the NFL for the 1950 season.
- Philadelphia Eagles 14-0 Los Angeles Rams for the NFL championship.
[edit] Football (Australian)
- 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)
[edit] Football (soccer)
[edit] England
- First Division - Portsmouth win the 1948-49 title.
- FA Cup: Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Leicester City 3–1.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Football (Rugby)
- New Zealand - September 3, blackest day in All Blacks history when they lost two test matches, 6-11 to the Wallabies in Wellington, and 3-9 to the Springboks in South Africa.
[edit] Ice hockey
[edit] Sweden
Canada defeats Denmark 47-0 at the 1949 World Hockey Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
[edit] United States
- NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - Boston College Eagles defeat Dartmouth College Big Green 4-3 in Colorado Springs, CO
[edit] Snooker
- World Snooker Championship: Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 80-65.
[edit] Volleyball
- Men's World Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Gold Medal: Soviet Union
- Silver Medal: Czechoslovakia
- Bronze Medal: Bulgaria
[edit] General sporting events
- 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.
[edit] Awards
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Leon Hart, College football
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Marlene Bauer, LPGA golf
[edit] Births
[edit] January
- January 6 — Michael Boit, Kenyan track and field athlete
- January 16 — Alfonso Pérez, Colombian boxer
- January 17 — Dick Nanninga, Dutch football player
- January 23 — Tom Forsyth, Scottish football player
- January 23 — Per Røntved, Danish football player
- January 31 — Ruben Pagnanini, Argentine football player
[edit] February
- February 1 — Franco Causio, Italian football player
- February 2 — Mitchell Ivey, American backstroke swimmer
- February 3 — Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist
- February 5 — Manuel Orantes, Spanish tennis player
- February 7 — Ricardo Cabot, Spanish field hockey player
- February 12 — John Blankenstein, Dutch soccer referee (d. 2006)
- February 21 — Ronnie Hellström, Swedish football goalkeeper
- February 21 — Mats Wallberg, Swedish ice speed skater
[edit] March
- March 2 — JPR Williams, Welsh rugby union player
- March 5 — Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (d. 1992)
- March 6 — Martin Buchan, Scottish football player
- March 8 — Teófilo Cubillas, Peruvian football player
- March 8 — Karel Lismont, Belgian marathon runner
- March 13 — Jan Vitacek, Czech football player
- March 24 — Ruud Krol, Dutch football player and coach
- March 28 — Ronnie Ray Smith, American track and field athlete
[edit] April
- April 2 — Alec Nastac, Romanian boxer
- April 15 — Trevor Smith, Australian field hockey player
- April 16 — Sandy Hawley, Canadian jockey
- April 17 — Heini Hemmi, Swiss alpine skier
- April 22 — Spencer Haywood, American basketball player
- April 23 — György Gedó, Hungarian boxer
- April 28 — Alan Chesney, New Zealand field hockey player
- April 29 — Eddie Hart, American track and field athlete
[edit] May
- May 1 — Margo Miller, American fencer
- May 6 — Per Halle, Norwegian long-distance runner
- May 7 — Michael Peter, German field hockey player
- May 12 — Tim Crooks, British rower
- May 16 — Paul Ackerley, New Zealand field hockey player and coach
- May 29 — Wilhelm Kreuz, Austrian football player
- May 29 — Leonid Pavlovski, Soviet field hockey player
[edit] June
- June 1 — Mike Boit, Kenyan middle distance runner
- June 3 — Leo Rwabwogo, Ugandan boxer
- June 5 — Arthur Borren, Dutch-born field hockey player from New Zealand
- June 7 — Lou Macari, Scottish football player
- June 8 — Hildegard Falck, German 800m runner
- June 20 — Paul Shaw, Canadian trap shooter
- June 29 — Lisette Sevens, Dutch field hockey defender
[edit] July
- July 1 — Francisco Fábregas, Spanish field hockey player
- July 11 — Émerson Leão, Brazilian football goalkeeper
- July 13 — Helena Fibingerova, Czech shot putter
- July 16 — Ann-Sofie Järnstrøm, Swedish ice speed skater
- July 16 — Robert Proctor, Australian field hockey player
- July 18 — Jennifer McDonald, New Zealand field hockey player
- July 19 — Marcello Fiasconaro, Italian athlete
- July 21 — Ludmila Smirnova, Soviet figure skater
- July 22 — Lasse Viren, Finnish track and field athlete
[edit] August
- August 20 — Antonio Rubio, Spanish boxer
- August 22 — Diana Nyad, American swimmer
- August 26 — John Baldwin, American light middleweight boxer
- August 28 — Roy Andersson, Swedish football player
- August 28 — Conny Torstensson, Swedish football player
[edit] September
- September 9 — John Curry, British figure skater (d. 1994)
- September 12 — Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater
- September 16 — William Mahony, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
- September 20 — Alan McIntyre, New Zealand field hockey player
- September 25 — Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player
- September 27 — Mike Schmidt, Baseball Hall of Famer
[edit] October
- October 2 — Rufat Riskiyev, Soviet boxer
- October 10 — Calixto Perez, Colombian boxer
- October 17 — Kim U-Gil, North Korean boxer
- October 20 — Valery Borzov, Soviet track and field athlete
- October 20 — Wayne Collett, American 400m runner
- October 21 — Laszlo Nagy, Hungarian football player
- October 24 — Betulio Gonzalez, Venezuelan boxer
- October 28 — Bruce Jenner, American decathalete
[edit] November
- November 3 — Roswitha Krause, Soviet swimmer
- November 6 — Malcolm Poole, Australian field hockey player
- November 8 — Cor Vriend, Dutch long-distance runner
- November 17 — Thomas Lionel Hill, American hurdler
- November 17 — Michael Wenden, Australian swimmer
- November 20 — Juha Mieto, Finnish skier
- November 23 — Olle Nordin, Swedish football player
[edit] December
- December 3 — John Akii-Bua, Ugandan hurdler (d. 1997)
- December 9— László Orbán, Hungarian boxer
- December 12— Ricardo Carreras, American bantamweight boxer
- December 14 — Nasser Hejazi, Iranian football goalkeeper
- December 19 — Claudia Kolb, American breast stroke swimmer
- December 21 — Daniel Killer, Argentine football player
- December 29 — Phil Boggs, American diver (d. 1990)
- December 30 — Julian Austin, Canadian field hockey player
- December 31 — Bruce Davidson, American equestrian
[edit] Deaths
- January 10 — Momcsilló Tapavicza (76), Hungarian tennis player, weightlifter and wrestler (b. 1872)
- January 28 — Jean-Pierre Wimille (40), French racing driver (b. 1908)
- March 9 — Charles Bennett (78), British athlete (b. 1870)
- June 25 — Buck Freeman (78), American baseball player (b. 1871)
- October 27 — Marcel Cerdan (33), Algerian-born French world boxing champion (b. 1916)
- December 28 — Jack Lovelock (39), New Zealand athlete (b. 1905)
- December 31 — Nándor Dáni (78), Hungarian athlete (b. 1871)
