1933 in sports
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1933 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing [edit]
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 [edit]
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 [edit]
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
Athletics [edit]
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Australian rules football [edit]
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 [edit]
Sweden
Baseball [edit]
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 [edit]
- Northwestern University wins the Big Ten Conference Championship in Men's College Basketball.
Boxing [edit]
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[1]
- 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 [edit]
Cycling [edit]
- 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 [edit]
- September 1 – foundation of Oranje Zwart, a Dutch club located in Eindhoven
Golf [edit]
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
Horse racing [edit]
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 [edit]
- 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 [edit]
- 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.[2]
Nordic skiing [edit]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- 7th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 are held at Innsbruck, Austria
Radiosport [edit]
Events
Rowing [edit]
The Boat Race
- 1 April — Cambridge wins the 85th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Rugby league [edit]
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.[3]
Rugby union [edit]
Home Nations Championship
- 46th Home Nations Championship series is won by Scotland
Snooker [edit]
World Championship
- 7th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Willie Smith 25–18
Speed skating [edit]
Speed Skating World Championships
- Men's All-round Champion – Hans Engnestangen (Norway)
Tennis [edit]
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 [edit]
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)
References [edit]
- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone
- ^ Race results (via Indianapolis Star)
- ^ Lyle, Beaton (7 April 2009). "75 Years of French Rugby League". rleague.com. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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