Events in Sport
- Dec 7 CFL Grey Cup, AAA Grounds, Hamilton: Winnipeg Pegs (later Blue Bombers) defeat Hamilton Tigers, 18-12
- 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 National Football League Championship, University of Detroit Stadium: Detroit Lions beat New York Giants, 26-7; Lions first title
- 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, English cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65), born in Stepney, London
- Dec 5 Yury Vlasov, Soviet weightlifter and writer, born in Makeyevka, Ukrainian SSR
- Dec 8 Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player
- Dec 10 Terry Allcock, English footballer (Norwich City), born in Leeds, England
- Dec 13 Joe Christopher, American baseball player, born in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Dec 13 Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player, born in Hollis, Oklahoma
- Dec 14 Butch [David William] White, English cricketer (England opening attack Brown & White v Pak 1961), born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire
- Dec 17 Cal Ripken Sr, American MLB manager (Baltimore Orioles), born in Aberdeen, Maryland (d. 1999)
- Dec 20 Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer (166 on debut Pakistan v Aust 1964), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- Dec 21 Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racecar driver, born in Marj, Libya (d. 1967)
- Dec 22 Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov, Russian pairs skater (Olympic gold 1964, 68), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Dec 23 Paul Hornung, Green Bay Packer (the Golden Boy), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- 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, Australian cricketer (1 Test Australia v England 1965, 2-58 & 0-25), born in Brisbane, Australia