1933 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Events calendar edit
Unknown date edit
| Sport | Venue/Event | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|
| Figure skating |  European Figure Skating Championships
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Men's singles:  Karl SchäferLadies' singles:  Sonja HeniePair skating: Idi Papez / Karl Zwack
|
| Golf |  IV Women's Western Open
|
June Beebe
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| Shooting |  / XXIX ISSF World Shooting Championships
|
 Sweden
|
Alpine skiing edit
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 edit
- NFL Championship: the Chicago Bears won 23–21 over the New York Giants at Wrigley Field
- 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 edit
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
Australian rules football edit
- 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 edit
Sweden
- Championship final – IFK Uppsala beats IF Göta 11-1
Baseball edit
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 edit
- Northwestern University wins the Big Ten Conference Championship in men's College Basketball.
- A first year of professional basketball game in Spain, Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was held on October 15. (as predecessor of Liga ACB)[citation needed]
Boxing edit
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[5]
- 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 edit
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 edit
- Georges Speicher won the 1933 Tour de France[6]
- 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 edit
- September 1 – foundation of Oranje Zwart, a Dutch club located in Eindhoven
Figure skating edit
World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's singles – Karl Schäfer
- Ladies’ singles – Sonja Henie
- Pairs – Emília Rotter and László Szollás
Golf edit
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
Horse racing edit
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[7]
- The Oaks – Chatelaine
- St. Leger Stakes – Hyperion
Australia
- Melbourne Cup – Hall Mark
Canada
- King'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 edit
- 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 edit
- February 22 - Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 272.46 mph driving his famous Blue Bird car at Daytona Beach, Florida
Nordic skiing edit
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- 7th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 are held at Innsbruck, Austria
Radiosport edit
Events
Rowing edit
The Boat Race
- 1 April — Cambridge wins the 85th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Rugby league edit
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.[8]
Rugby union edit
Home Nations Championship
- 46th Home Nations Championship series is won by Scotland
Snooker edit
World Championship
- 7th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Willie Smith 25–18
Speed skating edit
Speed Skating World Championships
- Men's All-round Champion – Hans Engnestangen (Norway)
Tennis edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone
- ^ "Cycling-Tour de France list of winners". Eurosport UK. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ 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.