• Source: 1946 in sports

      • 1946 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Although World War II had ended in 1945, a number of major sporting events were still precluded by planning difficulties, which the war had produced, the 1946 FIFA World Cup being perhaps the best known. However, the year is still notable as several sporting events resumed for the first time since the start of the war.


      American football


      NFL Championship: the Chicago Bears won 24–14 over the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds
      All-America Football Conference begins play. Cleveland Browns win the championship by beating New York Yankees 14–9.
      The San Francisco 49ers are established and the Cleveland Rams move to Los Angeles, becoming the first professional sports teams in California.
      Notre Dame Fighting Irish – college football national championship


      Association football


      International

      FIFA World Cup – not held due to World War II
      Colombia

      Millonarios F.C. was founded in Teusaquillo area, Bogota on June 18.
      Spain

      La Liga – won by Sevilla
      England

      FA Cup – Derby County beat Charlton Athletic 4–1 after extra time.
      The Football League resumes playing for the 1946–47 season.
      Germany

      No major football is held due to the Allied occupation of Germany.
      Italy

      Serie A-B[a] – won by Torino
      Portugal

      Primeira Liga – won by C.F. Os Belenenses[b]
      France

      French Division 1 – won by Lille OSC


      Athletics


      The third European Athletics Championships held from August 22 to August 25 at the Bislett Stadion in Oslo. For the first time, it is a combined event for men and women; and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosts the championships.


      Australian rules football


      Victorian Football League
      Essendon wins the 50th VFL Premiership, defeating Melbourne 22.18 (150) to 13.9 (87) in the Grand Final.
      Brownlow Medal awarded to Don Cordner (Melbourne)
      South Australian National Football League
      5 October: Norwood 13.14 (92) beat Port Adelaide 9.10 (64) for their twentieth premiership, and the first of ten for coach Jack Oatey.
      Western Australian National Football League
      5 October: East Fremantle complete the only perfect season in open-age WANFL football by beating West Perth 11.13 (79) to 10.13 (73) in the Grand Final.


      Baseball


      January 23 – Hall of Fame election – the writers' vote again fails to select an inductee, despite a newly revamped voting process. Voting again favors earlier candidates from the 1900s and 1910s, but none is able to gain 75% of the vote.
      Jackie Robinson plays for the Montreal Royals, the AAA affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African-American to play in organised baseball in the 20th century. Vincent "Manny" McIntyre from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada becomes the first Black Canadian to sign a professional baseball contract (with the Sherbrooke Canadians).
      April 23 – the Hall of Fame Committee clears the deadlock at the top of the writers' ballot by selecting 11 new inductees, primarily from the popular candidates of the 1900s and 1910s: Jesse Burkett, Frank Chance, Jack Chesbro, Johnny Evers, Clark Griffith, Tommy McCarthy, Joe McGinnity, Eddie Plank, Joe Tinker, Rube Waddell and Ed Walsh. Selections of 19th century players are largely postponed. It is decided that the writers will henceforth select only players retired within the more recent past, rather than from the entire 20th century.
      June 15 – when some ballplayers jump to the Mexican League, MLB Commissioner Happy Chandler mentions a lifetime suspension for them, but his penalty is later reduced (1949).
      July 14 – player–manager Lou Boudreau of Cleveland Indians hits four doubles and one home run, but Ted Williams wallops three HRs and drives in eight runs, as the Boston Red Sox top the Indians 11–10. In the Sox second–game win, the famous "Boudreau Shift" is born. Boudreau shifts all his players, except the third baseman and left fielder, to the right side of the diamond in an effort to stop Williams, who grounds out and walks twice while ignoring the shift.
      World Series – St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Boston Red Sox 4 games to 3.
      Negro World Series – Newark Eagles defeat the Kansas City Monarchs, 4 games to 3.
      Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional) first official game held on January 12.


      Basketball


      NBL Championship

      Rochester Royals over Sheboygan Redskins (3–0)
      Events

      On June 6 the NBA is founded as the Basketball Association of America. Unlike the NBL, this second major professional league attempts to operate primarily in large arenas in major cities.
      Boston Celtics, a major National Basketball Association club was founded in Massachusetts, United States.
      Continental Basketball Association formed as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League
      Fourth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1946, is won by Czechoslovakia.
      Slovenia (former part of Yugoslavia)

      KK Olimpija (Košarkarski Kulb Olimpija) was founded in Ljubljana, however this club was dissolution in 2019.


      Cricket


      29 March: With the end of the war, Test cricket is played for the first time since August 1939, and Australia destroys New Zealand by an innings and 103 runs on a rain-affected pitch.
      Australia

      Although first-class cricket was resumed after the lifting of bans on weekday sport in 1945–46, the Sheffield Shield was not awarded.
      Most runs – Sid Barnes 794 @ 88.22 (HS 200)
      Most wickets – George Tribe 40 @ 19.02 (BB 9–45)
      England

      County Championship – won by Yorkshire
      Minor Counties Championship – won by Suffolk
      Most runs – Denis Compton 2,403 @ 61.61 (HS 235)
      Most wickets – Eric Hollies 184 @ 15.60 (BB 10–49)
      England defeat India one Test to nil with two draws
      India

      Ranji Trophy – Holkar beat Baroda by 374 runs.
      New Zealand

      Plunket Shield – won by Canterbury


      Cycling


      Tour de France

      not contested due to World War II
      Giro d'Italia

      won by Gino Bartali


      Figure skating


      The World Figure Skating Championships were not held due to World War II.


      Golf


      Men's professional

      Masters Tournament – Herman Keiser
      U.S. Open – Lloyd Mangrum
      British Open – Sam Snead
      PGA Championship – Ben Hogan
      Men's amateur

      British Amateur – Jimmy Bruen
      U.S. Amateur – Ted Bishop
      Women's professional

      Women's Western Open – Louise Suggs
      U.S. Women's Open – Patty Berg
      Titleholders Championship – Louise Suggs


      Horse racing


      Steeplechases

      Cheltenham Gold Cup – won by Prince Regent
      Grand National – won by Lovely Cottage
      Hurdle races

      Champion Hurdle – won by Distel
      Flat races

      Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Russia
      Canada – King's Plate won by Kingarvie
      France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Caracalla
      Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Bright News
      English Triple Crown Races:
      2,000 Guineas Stakes – Happy Knight
      The Derby – Airborne
      St. Leger Stakes – Airborne
      United States Triple Crown Races:
      Kentucky Derby – Assault
      Preakness Stakes – Assault
      Belmont Stakes – Assault


      Ice hockey


      Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins four games to one.
      A first game for Soviet Championship League, as predecessor of Kontinental Hockey League was held on December 22.


      Motorsport




      Rowing


      The Boat Race

      30 March — Oxford wins the 92nd Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race


      Rugby league


      1945–46 European Rugby League Championship / 1946–47 European Rugby League Championship
      1946 New Zealand rugby league season
      1946 NSWRFL season
      1945–46 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season


      Rugby union


      Five Nations Championship series is not contested due to World War II


      Snooker


      World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Horace Lindrum 78–67, then announces his retirement from the event after this, his fifteenth consecutive victory.


      Speed skating


      Speed Skating World Championships

      not contested due to World War II


      Tennis


      Australia

      Australian Men's Singles Championship – John Bromwich (Australia) defeats Dinny Pails (Australia) 5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
      Australian Women's Singles Championship – Nancye Wynne Bolton (Australia) defeats Joyce Fitch (Australia) 6–4, 6–4
      England

      Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Yvon Petra (France) defeats Geoff Brown (Australia) 6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4
      Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Pauline Betz Addie (USA) defeats Louise Brough Clapp (USA) 6–2, 6–4
      France

      French Men's Singles Championship – Marcel Bernard (France) defeats Jaroslav Drobný (Czechoslovakia) 3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
      French Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) defeats Pauline Betz Addie (USA) 1–6, 8–6, 7–5
      USA

      American Men's Singles Championship – Jack Kramer (USA) defeats Tom Brown (USA) 9–7, 6–3, 6–0
      American Women's Singles Championship – Pauline Betz Addie (USA) defeats Doris Hart (USA) 11–9, 6–3
      Davis Cup

      1946 Davis Cup – United States 5–0 Australia at Kooyong Stadium (grass) Melbourne, Australia


      Awards


      Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Glenn Davis, College football
      Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, LPGA golf


      Notes


      a Although Torino's scudetto is considered official, because Serie B teams from southern Italy played it is not usually included in statistics.
      b This is the first of only two instances where a team other than the "Big Three" has won the Primeira Liga.


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