1933 in sports
| Years in sports: | 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s |
| Years: | 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 |
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
- 17 December — Chicago Bears defeats New York Giants 23–21 at Wrigley Field in the 1933 NFL Championship Game
- Rose Bowl (1932 season):
- The USC Trojans won 35-0 over the Pittsburgh Panthers to share the college football national championship
- College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines
- Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers all founded
Association football
Chile
- Chilean Primera Division, officially founded on May 31, and a first officially game held on July 22. [citation needed]
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
Italy
France
Athletics
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Australian rules football
- 30 September – South Melbourne wins the 37th VFL Premiership defeating Richmond 9.17 (71) to 4.5 (29) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the 1933 VFL Grand Final
Brownlow Medal
- The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to “Chicken” Smallhorn (Fitzroy)
South Australian National Football League
- 14 October – West Torrens win their second SANFL premiership, defeating Norwood 13.10 (88) to 9.11 (65)
- Magarey Medal awarded to Keith Dunn (Sturt)
Western Australian National Football League
- 16 September – George Doig becomes the first player to score 100 goals in a WA(N)FL season, doing this in the season of his league debut. Doig would score 100 goals every season until 1941, after which World War II ended open-age football until 1945.
- 14 October – East Fremantle wins its seventeenth WANFL premiership, defeating Subiaco 10.13 (73) to 7.7 (49)
- Sandover Medal awarded to Sammy Clarke (Claremont-Cottesloe)
Bandy
Sweden
- Championship final – IFK Uppsala beats IF Göta 11-1
Baseball
World Series
- 3–7 October - New York 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[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
Events
- County Championship – Yorkshire
- Minor Counties Championship – undecided[a]
- Most runs – Wally Hammond 3323 @ 67.81 (HS 264)
- Most wickets – Tich Freeman 298 @ 15.26 (BB 8–22)
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Fred Bakewell, George Headley, Stan Nichols, Leslie Townsend, Cyril Walters
- The West Indies make a second tour of England, and lose the three Test series two games to nil
Australia
- Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
- Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 1,318 @ 73.22 (HS 194)
- Most wickets – Bill O‘Reilly 62 @ 19.95 (BB 6–36)
India
- Bombay Quadrangular – not contested
New Zealand
South Africa
- Currie Cup – not contested
West Indies
- Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested
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
Figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's singles – Karl Schäfer
- Ladies’ singles – Sonja Henie
- Pairs – Emília Rotter and Laszlo Szollas
Golf
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
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
- The Derby – Hyperion
- The 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.
Motorsport
Nordic skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- 7th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 are held at Innsbruck, Austria
Radiosport
Events
Rowing
The Boat Race
- 1 April — Cambridge wins the 85th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Rugby league
England
- Championship – Salford
- Challenge Cup final – at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
- Lancashire League Championship – Salford
- Yorkshire League Championship – Castleford
- Lancashire County Cup – Warrington
- Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds
Australia
- NSW Premiership – Newtown 18–4 St. George (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.[2]
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 Simonne 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)
Notes
a An error in calculating points caused Yorkshire Second Eleven to meet and defeat Norfolk in the Minor Counties Challenge Match when that honour should have gone to Wiltshire; by the time the error was discovered, it was October and the weather was unsuitable for cricket, so the Championship was ruled “undecided”
References
- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone
- ^ Lyle, Beaton (7 April 2009). "75 Years of French Rugby League". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2011.