Events in Sport
- Dec 1 NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty
- Dec 6 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Balmy Beach win their 2nd and final title; defeat Regina Roughriders, 11-6
- Dec 7 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Fresh Meadows CC: American based Scotsman Tommy Armour defeats Gene Sarazen 1 up in the final for the 2nd of his 3 major titles
- Dec 12 Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book, ball bouncing into stands not a HR, now a double
- Dec 13 George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him
- Dec 14 NY Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game
- Dec 14 National Football League Championship: Green Bay Packers (10-3-1) repeat with best record in first past the post title
Donald Bradman
Event of Interest
Dec 16 Golfer Bobby Jones is the first to win the James E. Sullivan Award (best US amateur athlete)
Bobby Jones
Birthdays in Sport
- Dec 4 Harvey Kuenn, American baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953), born in West Allis, Wisconsin (d. 1988)
- Dec 15 Alim-ud-Din, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62)
- Dec 18 Bill Skowron [Moose], MLB First baseman (NY Yankees), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
- Dec 25 Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian boxer and coach and father of Andre Agassi, born in Salmas, Iran