World Sports History Timeline 1941-1950 |
| Year |
Soccer |
Athletics |
Baseball |
Cricket |
Tennis |
Hockey |
Basketball |
Golf |
Championships |
| 1941 |
Victorian Football League
Melbourne wins the 45th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 19.13 (127) d Essendon
13.20 (98))
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The New York Yankees won the World Series, beating the
Brooklyn Dodgers by 4 games to 1.
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The ninth South American Basketball Championship in
Mendoza is won by Argentina.
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| 1942 |
Victorian Football League - Essendon wins the 46th VFL
Premiership (Essendon 19.18 (132) d Richmond 11.13 (79)) |
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World Series: St. Louis Cardinals (NL) defeat New York
Yankees (AL), 4 games to 1.
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The tenth South American Basketball Championship in
Santiago is won by Argentina.
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| 1943 |
Victorian Football League - Richmond wins the 47th VFL
Premiership (Richmond 12.14 (86) d Essendon 11.15 (81)) |
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World Series: New York Yankees defeats St. Louis Cardinals,
4 games to 1. |
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The eleventh South American Basketball Championship
in Lima is won by Argentina. |
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| 1944 |
Victorian Football League - Fitzroy wins the 48th VFL Premiership
(Fitzroy 9.12 (66) d Richmond 7.9 (51)) |
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World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats St. Louis Browns,
4 games to 2.
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| 1945 |
Victorian Football League - Carlton wins the 49th VFL Premiership
(Carlton 15.13 (103) d South Melbourne 10.15 (76))
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World Series: Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago Cubs, 4
games to 3.
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The twelfth South American Basketball Championship
in Guayaquil is won by Brazil. |
Byron Nelson wins 18 tournaments in a calendar year to set an all-time PGA TOUR record. |
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| 1946 |
FA Cup - Derby County beat Charlton Athletic 4-1 after
extra time. |
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1st Test Cricket between Australia and New Zealand |
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the National Basketball Association formed as the Basketball
Association of America |
Sam Snead travels to St.Andrews to compete in the first post-war British Open, and is victorious, winning by four shots from Johnny Bulla and Bobby Locke.
The U.S. Women's Open is instituted. Patty Berg is the first winner.
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World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Horace
Lindrum 78-67, then announces his retirement from the event after this,
his 15th consecutive victory.
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| 1947 |
First Division - Liverpool win the 1946-47 title.
FA Cup - Charlton Athletic beat Burnley 1-0 after extra time |
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Mildred "Babe" Zaharias becomes the first American to win the British Women's Open, at Gullane.
Golf is televised for the first time, in a local St. Louis telecast of the U.S. Open.
Jim Ferrier becomes the first Australian to win a major championship.
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World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats
Fred Davis 82-63 |
| 1948 |
First Division - Arsenal win the 1947-48 title.
FA Cup - Manchester United beat Blackpool 4-2. |
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World Series: The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston
Braves, 4 games to 2. |
India's first series as an independent country
First five-day Tests in England. |
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India won the Gold Medal in London Olympic Games (men's
competition) |
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Henry Cotton wins his third British Open, at the age of 41.
Ben Hogan wins eleven tournaments during the season, including both the U.S.Open and PGA championships.
The U.S. Junior Amateur is instituted. Ken Venturi loses to Dean Lind in the first final.
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World Snooker Championship: Fred Davis beats Walter
Donaldson 84-61.
1948 Summer Olympics takes place in London, United Kingdom
United States wins the most medals (84), and the most gold medals (38).
1948 Winter Olympics takes place in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Norway and Sweden both win the most medals (10 each), and the most gold
medals (4 each).
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| 1949 |
First Division - Portsmouth win the 1948-49 title.
FA Cup: Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Leicester City 3–1. |
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The New York Giants sign their first black players: Negro
Leaguers outfielder Monte Irvin and pitcher Ford Smith. Both men are assigned
to Jersey City. Irvin will star for the Giants, but Smith will not reach
the major leagues. |
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The sixth European basketball championship, Eurobasket
1949, is won by Egypt.
The fourteenth South American Basketball Championship in Asunción is won by Uruguay. |
Bobby Locke becomes the first South African to win the British Open.
Louise Suggs wins the U.S. Women's Open by a record margin of 14 strokes.
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World Snooker Championship: Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 80-65. |
| 1950 |
1950 World Cup held in Brazil. Uruguay are the winners after beating Brazil in the final group decider. |
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World Series: New York Yankees win 4 games to 0 over the Philadelphia Phillies |
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Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
Australian Open - Frank Sedgman
French Open - Budge Patty
Wimbledon championships - Budge Patty
US Open - Arthur Larsen
Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
Australian Open - Louise Brough
French Open - Doris Hart
Wimbledon championships - Louise Brough
US Open - Margaret Osborne duPont
Davis Cup in world tennis: Australia won 4 to 1 over the United States |
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First FIBA World Championship. Argentina World Champion |
Grand Slam of golf results (Men's):
The Masters - Jimmy Demaret
US Open - Ben Hogan
British Open - Bobby Locke
PGA Championship - Chandler Harper
Women's Golf :
Babe Zaharias named Woman Athlete of the Half-Century by the Associated Press.
US Women's Open - Babe Zaharias
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World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51-46. |
| Year |
Soccer |
Athletics |
Baseball |
Cricket |
Tennis |
Hockey |
Basketball |
Golf |
Championships |
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