Events in Sport
- Dec 7 23rd CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger Cats, 18-12
- Dec 7 CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Ham Tigers, 18-12 at Hamilton
- Dec 9 1st Heisman Trophy Award: Jay Berwanger, Chicago (HB)
- Dec 10 As sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150,000
- Dec 10 White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000
- Dec 14 Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith v South Africa, Durban
- Dec 15 Detroit Lions win NFL championship
- Dec 15 Max Euwe becomes world champ chess beating Alexander Alekhine
Event of Interest
Donald Bradman
Birthdays in Sport
- Dec 1 Roger Christian, American ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1960)
- Dec 4 Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)
- Dec 5 Yury Vlasov, Soviet weightlifter
- Dec 8 Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player
- Dec 10 Terry Allcock, English footballer
- Dec 13 Joe Christopher, American baseball player
- Dec 13 Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player
- Dec 14 David White, cricketer (England opening attack Brown & White v Pak 1961)
- Dec 17 Cal Ripken Sr, American MLB manager (Baltimore Orioles), born in Aberdeen, Maryland (d. 1999)
- Dec 20 Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, cricketer (166 on debut Pakistan v Aust 1964)
- Dec 21 Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racecar driver (d. 1967)
- Dec 22 Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov, Russian pairs skater (Olympic gold 1964, 68)
- Dec 23 Paul Hornung, Green Bay Packer (the Golden Boy)
- Dec 25 Al Jackson, baseball player
- Dec 26 Barbara J Jacket, US athletic coach (Olympics 1972)
- Dec 26 Rohan Kanhai, cricketer (one of West Indies' finest batsmen)
- Dec 30 Sandy Koufax, Dodger pitcher (Cy Young '63, '65, '66, perfect-1967)
- Dec 31 Peter Allan, cricketer (1 Test Australia v England 1965, 2-58 & 0-25)