1938_in_sports

Years in sports:	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

Contents 1 Athletics 1.1 Marathon 2 Auto racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Figure skating 7 Football (American) 8 Football (Australian) 9 Football (soccer) 9.1 England 10 Snooker 11 Tennis 12 Events 13 Awards 14 Births 15 Deaths

Athletics

Marathon

• September 4 — European Championships Marathon, Paris, France
  • Men\'s Winner: Vaino Muinonen (FIN) 2:37:29

Auto racing

• Grand Prix racing - Main article: 1938 Grand Prix season. European Champion: Rudolf Caracciola

Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4-0.
• Hall of Fame election: Continuing toward the goal of 10 initial inductees at the 1939 opening of the Hall, voters select Grover Cleveland Alexander. A special committee selects organizer Alexander Cartwright and promoter Henry Chadwick; selections of 19th century players are again postponed.
• Starting pitcher, Johnny Vander Meer throws back-to-back no-hitters, meaning they came in two consecutive starts, something not accomplished before or since.

Basketball

• The sixth South American Basketball Championship in Lima is won by Peru.

Boxing

• May 23 – Dutch boxer Bep van Klaveren claims the European title in the middleweight division by defeating Frenchman Edouard Tenet in a match held in the Feijenoord Stadium in his native Rotterdam.
• American boxer Henry Armstrong simultaneously holds the featherweight, welterweight & lightweight world titles.

Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men\'s champion: Felix Kaspar, Austria
  • Ladies\' champion: Megan Taylor, Great Britain
  • Pair skating champion: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier, Germany

Football (American)

• New York Giants 23-17 Green Bay Packers for the NFL title.
• First High School Oil Bowl is played.

Football (Australian)

• Victorian Football League
  • Carlton wins the 42nd VFL Premiership (Carlton 15.10 (100) d Collingwood 13.7 (85))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Dick Reynolds (Essendon)

Football (soccer)

• 1938 World Cup held in France - Italy retain their title, beating Hungary 4-2 in the final.

England

• First Division - Arsenal win the 1937-38 title.
• FA Cup - Preston North End beat Huddersfield Town 1-0.

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Sidney Smith 37-24

Tennis

• American, Don Budge becomes the first male tennis player to complete the Grand Slam in tennis of all 4 Championships.

Events

• February - British Empire Games held in Sydney, Australia
• March 3 - Glenn Cunningham breaks the world record for the indoor mile run by completing the distance in 4 minutes, 4.4 seconds.
• In what was billed as the "Match of the Century", Seabiscuit defeated the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing champion, War Admiral.
• The Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, the first aerial tramway in the United States, opens at Cannon Mountain Ski Area.

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Don Budge, Tennis
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Patty Berg, LPGA golf

Births

• January 17 — David Theile, Australian backstroke swimmer
• January 18 — Tilly van der Zwaard, Dutch middle distance runner
• February 11 — Mohammed Gammoudi, Tunisian athlete
• February 19 — Wim van Spingelen, Dutch water polo player
• February 26 — Brian Kilby, British marathon runner
• February 28 — Terence Spinks, British boxer
• April 12 — Clement Quartey, Ghanaian boxer
• April 20 — Betty Cuthbert, Australian athlete
• April 26 — Nino Benvenuti, Italian boxer
• May 1 — Nikolay Karpol, Russian women\'s volleyball coach
• May 7 — John Caldwell, Irish boxer
• May 10 — Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
• May 11 — Siegmar Ohlemann, Canadian track and field athlete
• May 20 — Stien Kaiser, Dutch ice speed skater
• May 20 — Harry Vriend, Dutch water polo player
• June 5 — Roy Higgins, Australian jockey
• June 24 — Boris Lagutin, Soviet boxer
• July 12 — Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
• August 13 — Luis Estaba, Venezuelan boxer
• August 30 — Alfred Meakin, British track and field athlete
• September 8 — Kenichi Horie, Japanese solo yachtsman
• October 3 — Alessandro Mazzinghi, Italian boxer
• October 6 — Brunon Bendig, Polish boxer (d. 2006)
• October 7 — Anny Haydon, tennis champion
• October 13 — Fred van Dorp, Dutch water polo player
• October 17 — Lorraine Crapp, Australian swimmer
• October 24 — Ross McPherson, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
• November 3 — Frank McKinney, American backstroke swimmer (d. 1992)

Deaths

• January 27 — Bernd Rosemeyer (28), German race car driver (b. 1909)
• March 22 — Frigyes Wiesner (50), Hungarian athlete (b. 1887)
• July 4 — Suzanne Lenglen (39), French tennis player (b. 1899)

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