Events in Sport
Sports History
Aug 11 NY Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell registers first MLB victory, a 4-0 shutout of Philadelphia Phillies at the Polo Grounds, NYC
- Aug 12 IX Summer Olympic Games close in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Aug 16 Belgian cyclist Georges Ronsse wins men's road race at UCI Road World Championships in Budapest, Hungary
- Aug 25 Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina & Winnipeg
- Aug 27 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Helen Wills defeats fellow American Helen Jacobs 6–2, 6–1 for her 5th of 7 US singles crowns
Birthdays in Sport
- Aug 2 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), born in Chadderton, Lancashire (d. 1990)
- Aug 4 Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic gold 1952, 56, 64), born in Sansarpur, India (d. 2000)
- Aug 4 Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver, born in Kortrijk, Belgium (d. 2003)
- Aug 6 Janice-Lee York Romary, California, fencer (Olympics 1948-68)
- Aug 6 Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- Aug 11 Bill Bartholomay, American businessman and MLB owner (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves 1962-76), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
- Aug 12 Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001)
- Aug 18 Marge Schott, American MLB owner (Cincinnati Reds), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2004)
- Aug 20 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (33 caps; Stormvogels, Elinkwijk), born in Alblasserdam, Netherlands (d. 1984)
- Aug 21 Gillian Sheen, British fencer (Olympic gold individual foil 1956), born in London, England (d. 2021)
- Aug 25 Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, born in Horace, Nebraska (d. 2004)
- Aug 27 Joan Kroc [Mansfield], American 3rd wife of Ray Kroc, the owner of McDonald's and the San Diego Padres, born in West St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2003)
- Aug 27 Othmar Schneider, Austrian alpine skier (Olympic gold men's slalom, silver downhill 1952), born in Lech am Arlberg, Austria (d. 2012)
- Aug 30 Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (Casner Motor Racing Division team), born in Miami, Florida (d. 1965)