1932 in sports

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1932 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[edit] Alpine skiing

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

2nd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. 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 – Gustav Lantschner (Austria)
Men's Slalom – Friedl Däuber (Germany)
Men's Combined – Otto Furrer (Switzerland)
Women's Downhill – Paula Wiesinger (Italy)
Women's Slalom – Rösli Streiff (Switzerland)
Women's Combined – Rösli Streiff (Switzerland)

[edit] American football

NFL championship

Chicago Bears defeats Portsmouth Spartans 9–0 in the 1932 NFL Playoff Game. This is the first National Football League championship game.

College championship

College football national championship – Colgate Raiders, Michigan Wolverines and USC Trojans (shared)

Events

Washington Redskins founded

[edit] Association football

England

The Football League – Everton 56 points, Arsenal 54, Sheffield Wednesday 50, Huddersfield Town 48, Aston Villa 46, West Bromwich Albion 46
FA Cup final – Newcastle United 2–1 Arsenal at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

Germany

National Championship – Bayern Munich 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt at Nuremberg

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Eddie Tolan (USA) breaks the world record by running a time of 10.3 seconds

[edit] Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Richmond wins the 36th VFL Premiership: Richmond 13.14 (92) d Carlton 12.11 (83) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Brownlow Medal

The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Haydn Bunton senior (Fitzroy)

[edit] Bandy

Sweden

Championship final – IF Karlstad-Göta 3–2 Västerås SK

[edit] Baseball

World Series

28 September to 2 October — New York Yankees defeats Chicago Cubs to win the 1932 World Series by 4 games to 0. In Game 3, Babe Ruth hits his famous "called shot" home run, which is followed immediately by a Lou Gehrig solo home run.

Events

Brooklyn's major league baseball team, known informally until now as the "Superbas", the "Robins", or the "Trolley Dodgers", officially selects the name Brooklyn Dodgers

[edit] Basketball

Events

The South American Basketball Championship 1932 in Santiago, Chile, is won by Uruguay.

[edit] Bobsleigh

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Two bobsleigh events are held at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid :

2-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: Switzerland II; bronze: USA II
4-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: USA II; bronze: Germany I

[edit] Boxing

Events

Jack Sharkey wins the World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Max Schmeling on points over 15 rounds.

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Max Schmeling → Jack Sharkey
World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
World Middleweight Championship – vacant
World Welterweight Championship – Lou Brouillard → Jackie Fields
World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri
World Featherweight Championship – Bat Battalino → vacant
World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
World Flyweight Championship – vacant

[edit] Canadian football

Grey Cup

20th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Hamilton Tigers 25–6 Regina Roughriders

[edit] Cricket

Events

India plays its first Test match, against England. England wins by 159 runs.

England

County Championship – Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire
Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 3,336 @ 74.13 (HS 313)
Most wickets – Tich Freeman 253 @ 16.39 (BB 9–61)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ewart Astill, Freddie Brown, Alec Kennedy, C. K. Nayudu, Bill Voce

Australia

Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
Most runs – Don Bradman 1,403 @ 116.91 (HS 299*)
Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 77 @ 19.93 (BB 7–83)

India

Bombay Quadrangular – not contested

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Wellington

South Africa

Currie Cup – Western Province

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

[edit] Curling

1932 Winter Olympics

Curling is a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympic Games between four teams from Canada and four from the United States, Canada winning by 12 games to 4

[edit] Cycling

Tour de France

André Leducq wins the 26th Tour de France

Events

Antonio Pesenti wins the 1932 Giro d'Italia

[edit] Field hockey

1932 Summer Olympics (Men)

Gold Medal – India
Silver Medal – Japan
Bronze Medal – USA

[edit] Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

1932 Winter Olympics

Men's individual – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
Women's individual – Sonja Henie (Norway)
Pairs – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

[edit] Golf

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

[edit] Harness racing

USA

Hambletonian – The Marchioness
Kentucky Futurity – The Marchioness

[edit] Horse racing

England

Champion Hurdle – Insurance
Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller (first of five successive wins)
Grand National – Forbra
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Kandy
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Orwell
Epsom Derby – April the Fifth
Epsom Oaks – Udaipur
St. Leger Stakes – Firdaussi

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Peter Pan III

Canada

Queen's Plate – Queensway

France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Motrico

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Copper Court
Irish Derby Stakes – Dastur

USA

[edit] Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

5–9 April — Toronto Maple Leafs defeats New York Rangers in the 1932 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 0

Ice Hockey World Championships

Gold Medal – Canada
Silver Medal – USA
Bronze Medal – Germany

1932 Winter Olympics

Gold Medal – Canada
Silver Medal – USA
Bronze Medal – Germany

[edit] Motor racing

Grand Prix racing

17 April — the 4th Monaco Grand Prix is run at Monte Carlo over 318 km (198 mi) (100 laps). The winner is Tazio Nuvolari (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2300 Monza in 3:32:25.3.
5 June — the 10th Italian Grand Prix is run at Autodromo Nazionale Monza over 837.592 km (520.456 mi) (83 laps): i.e., as a 5 hour race. The winner is Tazio Nuvolari (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B. The race is officially titled the X Gran Premio d'Italia.
3 July — the 18th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Reims-Gueux over 719.992 km (447.382 mi) (92 laps): i.e., as a 5 hour race. The winner is Tazio Nuvolari (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XXVI Grand Prix de l'ACF.
17 July — the 6th German Grand Prix is run at the Nürburgring over 570.270 km (22.811 km x 25 laps). The winner is Rudolf Caracciola (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B in 4:47:22.8. The race is officially titled the VI Großer Preis von Deutschland.
European Championship – Tazio Nuvolari (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B.