1947 in sports
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1947 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
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[edit] American football
- Chicago Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 to win the NFL championship.
[edit] Association football
England
- First Division – Liverpool win the 1946-47 title.
- FA Cup – Charlton Athletic beat Burnley 1-0 after extra time
[edit] Australian rules football
- Victorian Football League
- Carlton wins the 51st VFL Premiership (Carlton 13.8 (86) d Essendon 11.17 (83))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Bert Deacon (Carlton)
[edit] Baseball
- January 20 – death of Josh Gibson (35), famed Negro League slugger
- Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American baseball player in Major League Baseball.
- April 27 – Babe Ruth Day was celebrated all across the Major Leagues, with Babe himself appearing at Yankee Stadium. Although stricken with throat cancer, Ruth said to the audience: "The only real game I think in the world is baseball."
- World Series – New York Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers 4 games to 3.
- June 27–28 – In the inaugural College World Series, California defeats Yale 2 games to 0 in the best-of-three series. The Yale team featured future U.S. President George Bush.
[edit] Basketball
BAA Finals
- Philadelphia Warriors win four games to one over the Chicago Stags
NBL Championship
- Chicago American Gears win three games to two over the Rochester Royals
[edit] Boxing
- Rocky Graziano defeats Tony Zale to win boxing’s world middleweight championship.
- December 5 – Joe Louis defeats Jersey Joe Walcott to retain his heavyweight championship
[edit] Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's champion: Hans Gerschwiler, Switzerland
- Ladies' champion: Barbara Ann Scott, Canada
- Pair skating champions: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet, Belgium
[edit] Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament – Jimmy Demaret
- U.S. Open – Lew Worsham
- PGA Championship – Jim Ferrier
- British Open – Fred Daly
Men's amateur
Women's professional
- Women's Western Open – Louise Suggs
- U.S. Women's Open – Betty Jameson
- Titleholders Championship – Babe Zaharias
[edit] Horse racing
Steeplechases
Flat races
- Septtember 1, 1947: Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky became the first stable in Thoroughbred racing history to surpass $1 million in annual earnings when Armed won the Washington Park Handicap.
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by
- Canada – Queen's Plate won by
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by
- English Triple Crown Races:
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Kentucky Derby – Jet Pilot
- Preakness Stakes – Faultless. This race is remembered for radio race caller Clem McCarthy declaring Jet Pilot the winner when in reality it was Faultless.
- Belmont Stakes – Phalanx
[edit] Ice hockey
- Toronto Maple Leafs defeats Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 to win the Stanley Cup. Ted "Teeder" Kennedy scores the match-winning goal late in game six to win the Maple Leafs their first of three straight Cups, the first time any NHL team has accomplished that feat.
[edit] Motor racing
- FIA formalizes a new World Drivers' Championship for Formula A (Formula One) open-wheel racing. It replaces the European Championship.
- Wally Parks founds the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) to better organize drag racing.
- 30 May – Mauri Rose wins the 31st running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Blue Crown Spark Plug Special Deidt-Offenhauser
- 16 September – J. R. Cobb in the Railton Special breaks his own prewar land speed record, raising the mark to 394.19 mph (634.39 km/h). In doing so, Cobb records the first one-way pass over 400 mph (640 km/h).
- 14 December – at the Ebony Bar at the Streamline Hotel, Daytona Beach, Florida, "Big Bill" France begins talks with influential racers and promoters that will lead to the creation of NASCAR.
[edit] Rowing
The Boat Race
- 29 March — Cambridge wins the 93rd Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
[edit] Rugby union
Five Nations Championship
- 53rd Five Nations Championship series is shared by England and Wales
[edit] Snooker
- World Snooker Championship – Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 82-63.
[edit] Speed skating
Speed Skating World Championships
- Men's All-round Champion – Lassi Parkkinen (Finland)
- Women's All-round Champion – Verné Lesche (Finland)
[edit] Tennis
Australia
- Australian Men's Singles Championship – Dinny Pails (Australia) defeats John Bromwich (Australia) 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6
- Australian Women's Singles Championship – Nancye Wynne Bolton (Australia) defeats Nell Hall Hopman (Australia) 6–3, 6–2
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Jack Kramer (USA) defeats Tom Brown (USA) 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) defeats Doris Hart (USA) 6–2, 6–4
France
USA
Davis Cup
- 1947 Davis Cup –
United States 4–1 
Australia at West Side Tennis Club (grass) New York City, United States
[edit] Awards
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Johnny Lujack, College football
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, LPGA golf
[edit] References
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