1933 in Sport

• Jan 2 Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers in NY 13-3

• Jan 2 19th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Pittsburgh, 35-0
• Jan 16 Cricket's Bodyline Tour: Australian batsman Bert Oldfield's skull fractured by delivery bowled by Englishman Harold Larwood during the third test in Adelaide
• Jan 17 Australian cricket batting champion Don Bradman takes only his 2nd Test wicket; bowls England's Walter Hammond for 85 during 338-run 3rd Test defeat in Adelaide
• Jan 30 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Melbourne: Joan Hartigan Bathurst beats Coral McInnes Buttsworth 6-4, 6-3
• Jan 30 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Jack Crawford wins his 3rd straight Australian title; beats Keith Gledhill of the US 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2
• Feb 25 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line)
• Feb 25 Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox
• Mar 4 Noordwijk soccer team forms
• Mar 24 92nd Grand National: Dudley Williams aboard 25/1 chance Kellsboro' Jack wins by 3 lengths and a neck from Really True
• Mar 28 1st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Mississippi State, 46-27
• Apr 1 Scotland beats Ireland, 8-6 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin to win the Home Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown

• Apr 17 Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating NY Giants 23-21
• Apr 17 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson in 2:31:01.6


• Apr 23 Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal
• Apr 24 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell)
• Apr 25 NY Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0
• May 6 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
• May 13 58th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02
• May 18 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair
• May 26 Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs St Louis Cards
• May 27 Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11
• May 30 Indianapolis 500: Louis Meyer wins in 4:48:00.774 (167.632 km/h)

• Jun 5 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Jack Crawford wins his first and only French title; beats home favourite Henri Cochet 8-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Jun 5 French Championship Women's Tennis: England's Margaret Scriven is first woman from that country to win the singles title in Paris; beats beats Simonne Mathieu 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

• Jun 10 US Open Men's Golf, North Shore CC: Amateur Johnny Goodman outlasts Ralph Guldahl by a single stroke to win his only major championship
• Jun 10 65th Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Hurryoff wins in 2:32.6

• Jun 27 Ryder Cup Golf, Southport & Ainsdale GC: Great Britain wins, 6½-5½; GB's last Cup victory until 1957
• Jun 29 Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
• Jun 30 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: June Beebe beats Jane Weiller, 3 & 2 for golf's only major title
• Jun 30 Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2
• Jul 2 NY Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell works 18 innings of shutout ball without a walk to beat St Louis Cardinals 1-0

• Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Jack Crawford wins his only Wimbledon singles title beating American Ellsworth Vines 4-6, 11-9, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4

• Jul 9 Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles
• Jul 19 1st time in MLB 2 brothers on opposite teams hit homers in same game - Rick Ferrell (Red Sox) and Wes Ferrell (Cleveland Indians)
• Jul 23 27th Tour de France won by Georges Speicher of France

• Jul 28 NFL divides into (2) 5 team divisions
• Jul 30 28th International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris: Fred Perry beats André Merlin 4-6, 8-6, 6-2, 7-5 to give Great Britain a 3-2 victory over France
• Aug 1 NY's future Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell sets MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings at 45 1/3 as Giants lose 3-1 v Boston Braves
• Aug 3 Philadelphia A's beat NY Yankees, 7-0, first time in 308 games 'Bronx Bombers' are shut out
• Aug 10 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Helen Jacobs beats Helen Wills Moody 8-6, 3-6, 3-0, ret
• Aug 13 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Blue Mound CC: Gene Sarazen defeats Willie Goggin, 5 & 4 for 3rd of his 3 PGA C'ship titles; 6th of his 7 majors
• Aug 13 Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist
• Aug 17 MLB player Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game
• Aug 23 1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton & Laurie Raiteri in London
• Aug 26 Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
• Sep 10 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry robs Australian Jack Crawford of his Grand Slam chance; wins final 6-3, 11-13, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
• Sep 11 Antwerps Sportpaleis, the largest indoor arena in Europe opens; renovated 2010-13
• Sep 19 NY Giants clinch the pennant
• Sep 20 Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2
• Oct 1 New York Giants make no 1st downs, but still beat the Green Bay Packers, 10-7 in a week 3 NFL matchup at Borchert Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Oct 1 Washington Senators coach Nick Altrock plays in a MLB game at age 57 as a pinch-hitter; faces Rube Walberg of the Philadelphia A's; goes hitless in 3-0 loss
• Oct 1 Babe Ruth makes his final pitching appearance in MLB; pitches all 9 innings in a season ending 6-5 win v Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium; hits his 34th home run of the season in 5th inning
• Oct 7 NY Giants beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 1 in 30th World Series
• Oct 13 Soccer team STEVO forms in Geesteren
• Oct 15 Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to NY Giants 56-0
• Oct 19 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936
• Oct 22 Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• Nov 5 Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0)
• Nov 7 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
• Nov 12 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Bkln Dodgers 32-0

• Dec 3 Joe Lilliard QBs Chic Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946
• Dec 9 CFL Grey Cup, Athletic Park, Sarnia: Toronto Argonauts edge Sarnia Imperials, 4-3 for their 3rd Championship

• Dec 15 Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15
• Dec 17 B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, Eng v India at Bombay
• Dec 17 Lala Amarnath scores century on Test Cricket debut (went on to 118)

• Dec 29 New York Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth to manage the Cincinnati Reds

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 104

• Jan 7 Diane Leather, British athlete (first woman to run sub-5 minute mile), born in Streetly, England (d. 2018)
• Jan 10 Len Coldwell, English cricket player (England medium-fast bowler in 7 Tests 1962-64), born in Newton Abbot, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
• Jan 13 Tom B Gola, NBA Hall-of-Famer, (d. 2014)
• Jan 26 Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist
• Feb 7 John Anderton, English footballer
• Feb 9 Jo Ann Prentice, American golfer (6 LPGA titles, US Open runner-up 1962), born in Birmingham, Alabama
• Feb 18 Sir Bobby Robson, English soccer forward, coach (20 caps; England manager 1982-90), born in Sacriston, County Durham (d. 2009)
• Feb 22 Bobby Smith, English soccer centre forward (15 caps; Tottenham Hotspur 271 games, 176 goals), born in Lingdale, England
• Feb 23 Lee Calhoun, Laurel, Mississippi, American 110m hurdler (Olympic gold 1956, 60)
• Feb 27 Raymond Berry, American NFL hall of famer (Baltimore Colts), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
• Feb 28 Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (d. 1989)
• Feb 28 Charles Vinci, American weightlifter (Olympic bantamweight gold 1956, 60), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2018)
• Mar 5 Evgeni Vasiukov, Russian chess grandmaster (World Senior Champion 1995), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2018)
• Mar 6 Kim Elgie, South African cricketer (South African bat v NZ 1961-62, Scotland RU intl)
• Mar 6 Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• Mar 7 Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1998)
• Mar 20 George Altman, American MLB player, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina
• Mar 20 Ian Walsh, Australian rugby league hooker, captain and coach (25 Tests; St. George), born in Bogan Gate, New South Wales (d. 2013)
• Mar 22 Chris Duckworth, South African cricketer (South African batsman v England 1956-57)
• Apr 3 Rod Funseth, American golfer (US Masters runner-up 1978), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1985)
• Apr 4 Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2007)
• Apr 5 Larry Felser, American sports columnist, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2013)
• Apr 10 Ron Murphy, Canadian NHL player (New York Rangers), born in Ontario, Canada (d. 2014)
• Apr 19 Harold "Dickie" Bird, English cricket umpire (66 Tests, 69 ODI), born in Barnsley, England
• Apr 24 Alan Eagleson, Canadian ice hockey agent and promoter, born in St. Catharines, Canada
• Apr 29 Edwin "Ed" Charles, American MLB third baseman (Miracle Mets-1969), born in Daytona Beach, Florida (d. 2018)
• May 4 J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer and teacher, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2007)
• May 5 Collie Smith, West Indies cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, HS 168), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1959)

• May 14 John Mortimore, cricketer (England off-spinner 1959-64)
• May 24 Hemchandra Tukaram "Bal" Dani, Indian cricketer (Test Ind v Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB), born in Dudhani, Maharashtra (d. 1999)
• May 25 Ray Spencer, English footballer, born in Kings Norton, Birmingham (d. 2016)
• May 29 Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle road racer (2-time world champion 1957-58), born in Roveleto di Cadeo, Emilia-Romagna (d. 2005)
• Jun 1 Alan "the Horse" American NFL fullback (Baltimore Colts), born in Ameche, Wisconsin
• Jun 1 Ian Sinclair, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1956, bowling average 120.00)
• Jun 2 Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player, born in Lincoln, Missouri, (d. 2014)
• Jun 7 Herb Score, American baseball pitcher (Cleveland Indians), born in Rosedale, New York (d. 2008)
• Jun 14 Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach, born in Liski, Russian SFSR (d. 2017)
• Jun 15 Mark Jones, English footballer (d. 1958)
• Jun 16 Ken Johnson, MLB player - 1st pitcher to lose a complete game nine-inning no-hitter, born in West Palm Beach, Florida (d. 2015)
• Jun 18 Jean Wicki, Swiss 4-man bobsled (Olympic gold 1972)
• Jun 20 Jean Boiteux, French 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1952)
• Jun 29 Bob Shaw, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), born in Bronx, New York (d. 2010)
• Jun 30 Mike Smith, English cricket batsman and captain (50 Tests; last England dual international [1 rugby union cap]), born in Westcotes, Leicestershire
• Jul 1 Peter Walwyn, British thoroughbred trainer (champion trainer 1974-75), born in Lambourn, England (d.2017)
• Jul 1 Sam Rutigliano, American NFL coach and broadcaster (Cleveland Browns), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Jul 6 Frank Austin, English footballer, born in Stoke-on-Trent, England
• Jul 7 Murray Halberg, New Zealand, 5K runner (Olympic gold 1960)
• Jul 10 Chuan-Kwang Yang, Taiwanese decathlete (Olympic silver 1960), born in Taitung, Taiwan (d. 2007)
• Jul 17 Tony Pithey, cricketer (brother of David, South African batsman in 17 Tests)
• Jul 17 Bruce Wells, English boxer (European amateur light middleweight champion 1953) & actor (Dr. Who 1965-73), born in Harlesden, Middlesex (d.2009)
• Jul 20 Nelson Doubleday, publisher (Doubleday)/owner (NY Mets)
• Jul 24 Doug Sanders, American golfer (20 PGA Tour titles), born in Cedartown, Georgia
• Jul 27 Roger Harris, New Zealand cricketer (NZ opening batsman vs England 1959), born in Otahuhu, Auckland
• Jul 28 Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Jul 29 Cammie Smith, West Indian cricket batsman (5 Tests), born in Saint Michael, Barbados
• Aug 1 Masaichi Kaneda, Korean-Japanese baseball player, born in Heiwa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
• Aug 3 Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1956), born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2009)
• Aug 4 Nathan Eugene Brooks, flyweight boxer (Olympic gold 1952), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Aug 6 A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959)
• Aug 10 Bill Nieder, shot putter, (Olympic gold 1960)
• Aug 10 Rocky Colavito, baseball player (Hit 4 HRs in a game), born in The Bronx, New York
• Aug 17 Kenny Sears, American NBA player (NY Knicks), born in Watsonville, California (d. 2017)
• Aug 18 Just Fontaine, French footballer, born in Marrakesh, Morocco
• Aug 23 Manfred Donike, German cyclist and chemist drug test pioneer, born in Köttingen, Germany (d. 1995)
• Sep 3 Basil Butcher, West Indies cricket batsman (44 Tests; 3,104 runs @ 43.11), born in Port Mourant, British Guyana
• Sep 12 Stafford Heginbotham, British toymaker (Tebro Toys) and Football Club Chairman

• Sep 20 Dennis Viollet, English former soccer player (Manchester United), born in Fallowfield, Manchester, England (d. 1999)
• Sep 25 Hubie Brown, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach, broadcaster (2-time NBA Coach of the Year), born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
• Oct 3 Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player, coach (3-time Grand Slam winner, Australian Davis Cup captain), born in Melbourne, Victoria
• Oct 18 Forrest Gregg, American Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle, coach (9-time Pro Bowl; Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys), born in Birthright, TX (d. 2019)
• Oct 19 Brian Booth, cricketer (dual Australian cricket/hockey international)
• Oct 19 Wilfried Dietrich, German FR, super-heavyweight (Olympic gold 1960)
• Oct 21 Francisco Gento, Spanish soccer winger (Spain 43 caps, Real Madrid), born in El Astillero, Spain
• Oct 22 Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer (d. 2007)
• Oct 23 Tom Dewdney, cricket pace bowler (WI of 50's)
• Oct 25 Ron Archer, Australian cricketer (Aussie all-rounder mid-50's), born in Highgate Hill, Queensland
• Oct 25 Roy Swetman, English cricketer (England wicket-keeper late 50's), born in Westminster, London
• Oct 27 Valentin Boreyko, Russian rower (Olympic gold 1960), born in Leningrad (d. 2012)
• Oct 28 Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (d. 1983)
• Oct 31 Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Lachine, Canada

• Nov 1 Davey Moore, American boxer (world featherweight champion 1959-63), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1963)
• Nov 4 Mildred McDaniel, US high jumper (Olympic gold 1956)
• Nov 4 Tito Francona, American baseball player
• Nov 6 Knut Johannesen, Norwegian 5K/10K speed skater (Olympic gold 1964), born in Oslo, Norway
• Nov 10 Seymour Nurse, cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 258 v NZ 1969)
• Nov 12 Peter Post, Dutch cyclist (8x European Champion at Derny-drive)
• Nov 17 Orlando Peña, Cuban baseball player
• Nov 23 Hayes Jenkins, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1956)
• Nov 25 Lenny Moore, NFL back (Baltimore Colts)
• Nov 30 Norman Deeley, English footballer (d. 2007)
• Dec 2 Michael Larrabee, American athlete (d. 2003)
• Dec 6 Jim Pothecary, cricketer (South African pace bowler on 1960 England tour)
• Dec 9 Milt Campbell, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1956), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2012)
• Dec 9 Orville Moody, American golfer (US Open 1969), born in Chickasha Oklahoma (d. 2008)
• Dec 10 Grenville Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer (NZ tourist to Aust 1973-74), born in Invercargill, New Zealand
• Dec 10 Larry Morris, NFL Linebacker (NFL 1960s All-Decade Team), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2012)
• Dec 17 Bruce Morrison, cricketer (one Test NZ v England 1963)

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• Jan 9 Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Australian tennis player (5-time Australasian C'ship winner), dies of ectopic pregnancy at 29
• Jan 17 John Hodges, Australian cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies
• Feb 16 Archie Jackson, Austrian cricketer, dies at 23
• Feb 18 James J. Corbett, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1892-97), dies at 66
• Mar 27 Lionel Palairet, British cricketer (49 runs in 2 Tests for England 1902), dies at 62
• Apr 2 Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Indian cricketer (989 Test runs, 1st-class avg 56) and politician (Maharaja of Nawanagar), dies at 60

• May 29 Frank Sugg, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for England 1888), dies
• Jun 2 Frank Jarvis, American athlete (Olympic 100m Champion-1900), dies at 54
• Jun 3 William Muldoon, American wrestler and owner of NY health institute "The Olympia", dies at 88
• Jun 22 Henry Birkin, British racing driver (Bentley Boys), dies at 36
• Aug 29 Frank Cavanagh, American football player and coach, dies at 57
• Sep 16 George Gore, American baseball player, dies at 79
• Sep 24 Mike Donlin, American baseball player (NY Giants), dies at 55
• Nov 15 Affie Jarvis, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia, 9 catches), dies
• Dec 9 Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies

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