1933 in sports

1933 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 3rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Innsbruck, Austria. 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 – Walter Prager (Switzerland)
• Men's Slalom – Anton Seelos (Austria)
• Men's Combined – Anton Seelos (Austria)
• Women's Downhill – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)
• Women's Slalom – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)
• Women's Combined – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)

Events

• Taft Slalom, the first racing trail in North America, is cut on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire

American football

NFL championship

• 17 December — Chicago Bears defeats New York Giants 23–21 at Wrigley Field in the 1933 NFL Playoff Game

College championship

• College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State Buckeyes, Princeton Tigers and USC Trojans (shared)

Events

• Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers all founded

Association football

England

• The Football League – Arsenal 58 points, Aston Villa 54, Sheffield Wednesday 51, West Bromwich Albion 49, Newcastle United 49, Huddersfield Town 47
• FA Cup final – Everton 3–0 Manchester City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

Germany

• National Championship – Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–0 F.C. Schalke 04 at Köln

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

• South Melbourne wins the 37th VFL Premiership: South Melbourne 9.17 (71) d Richmond 4.5 (29) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Brownlow Medal

• The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Wilfred Smallhorn (Fitzroy)

Bandy

Sweden

• Championship final –

Baseball

World Series

• 3–7 October - San Francisco Giants (NL) defeats Washington Senators (AL) to win the 1933 World Series by 4 games to 1

Basketball

• Northwestern University wins the Big Ten Conference Championship in Men's College Basketball.

Boxing

Events

• 29 June – Primo Carnera defeats Jack Sharkey by a sixth round knockout at Long Island City to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Lineal world champions

• World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Sharkey → Primo Carnera
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
• World Middleweight Championship – vacant
• World Welterweight Championship – Jackie Fields → Young Corbett III → Jimmy McLarnin
• World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri → Barney Ross
• World Featherweight Championship – vacant
• World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
• World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Cricket

• England, employing bodyline tactics, beat Australia 4-1 to regain The Ashes.

Cycling

• Georges Speicher won the 1933 Tour de France
• Alfredo Binda won the 1933 Giro d'Italia (5th win)
• Georges Speicher won the men's road race at the 1933 UCI Road World Championships

Field hockey

• September 1 – foundation of Oranje Zwart, a Dutch club located in Eindhoven

Golf

Major tournaments

• British Open – Denny Shute
• U.S. Open – Johnny Goodman
• PGA Championship – Gene Sarazen

Other tournaments

• British Amateur – Michael Scott
• U.S. Amateur – George Dunlap
• Women's Western Open – June Beebe

Horse racing

England

• Champion Hurdle – Insurance (2nd successive win)
• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller (2nd successive win)
• Grand National – Kellsboro Jack
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Brown Betty
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Rodosto
• Epsom Derby – Hyperion
• Epsom Oaks – Chatelaine
• St. Leger Stakes – Hyperion

Australia

• Melbourne Cup – Hall Mark

Canada

• Queen's Plate – King O'Connor

France

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Crapom

Ireland

• Irish Grand National – Red Park
• Irish Derby Stakes – Harinero

USA

• Kentucky Derby – Broker's Tip
• Preakness Stakes – Head Play
• Belmont Stakes – Hurryoff

Ice hockey

• 4 April - 13 April - New York Rangers defeat Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in a best of five series to win their second Stanley Cup.

Motor racing

• 30 May - Louis Meyer wins the 21st running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Tydol Special Miller in 4:48:00.75.

Nordic skiing

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

• 7th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 are held at Innsbruck, Austria

Radiosport

Events

• First ever ARRL Field Day contest held in July

Rowing

The Boat Race

• 1 April — Cambridge wins the 85th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

• Championship –
• Challenge Cup final – at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
• Lancashire League Championship –
• Yorkshire League Championship –
• Lancashire Cup –
• Yorkshire Cup –

Australia

• NSW Premiership – Newtown 18–4 Western Suburbs (grand final)
• An exhibition match between Great Britain and Australia at Paris' Stade Pershing in December 1933 inspired the beginnings of rugby league in France.

Rugby union

Home Nations Championship

• 46th Home Nations Championship series is won by Scotland

Snooker

World Championship

• 7th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Willie Smith 25–18

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

• Men's All-round Champion – Hans Engnestangen (Norway)

Tennis

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Keith Gledhill (USA) 2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Joan Hartigan Bathurst (Australia) defeats Coral Buttsworth (Australia) 6–4, 6–3

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Ellsworth Vines (USA) 4–6, 11–9, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Dorothy Round Little (Great Britain) 6–4, 6–8, 6–3

France

• French Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Henri Cochet (France) 8–6, 6–1, 6–3
• French Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Scriven Vivian (Great Britain) defeats Simone Mathieu (France) 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

USA

• American Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry (Great Britain) defeats Jack Crawford (Australia) 6–3, 11–13, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1
• American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs (USA) defeats Helen Wills Moody (USA) 8–6, 3–6, 3–0, retired

Davis Cup

• 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – Great Britain at 3–2 France at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France

Awards

Associated Press Athlete of the Year

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Carl Hubbell (baseball)
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Helen Jacobs (tennis)