Events in Sport
- Jan 1 26th Rose Bowl: #3 Southern California beats #2 Tennessee, 14-0
- Jan 1 6th Sugar Bowl: #1 Texas A&M beats #5 Tulane, 14-13
- Jan 1 6th Orange Bowl: #16 Georgia Tech beats #6 Missouri, 21-7
- Jan 14 Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers
- Jan 14 2nd NFL All Star Game, Gilmore Stadium, LA, CA: Green Bay Packers beat NFL All-Stars, 16-7
- Jan 19 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Helen Hicks wins by 1 stroke ahead of Helen Dettweiler
- Jan 28 Chicago's Les Cunningham scores 5 points in one period to set an NHL record that stands until 1978; records 2 goals & 3 assists in a 10:04 span during the 3d period of an 8-1 win over Montreal
- Jan 29 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Nancye Wynne Bolton wins her 2nd Australian singles titles; beats Thelma Coyne 5-7, 6-4, 6-0
Australian Men's Tennis Open
Jan 29 Australian Championships men's Tennis: Australian Adrian Quist beats countryman Jack Crawford 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 for his 2nd Australian title
Adrian Quist
Donald Bradman
- Feb 28 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
Golf Tournament
Feb 29 American golfer Jimmy Demaret wins his third PGA Tour event within an 8-day span, taking the St. Petersburg Open by 1 stroke from Byron Nelson
Byron Nelson
Event of Interest
Mar 7 Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
Bronko Nagurski
- Mar 29 American boxer Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 rounds to retain heavyweight boxing title
- Mar 30 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas, 60-42; Hoosiers' forward Marvin Huffman is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Apr 5 99th Grand National: 25/1 shot Bogskar ridden by Royal Air Force sergeant Mervyn Jones wins by 4 lengths from MacMoffat; last true Aintree GN before a 5-year break due to World War II
- Apr 7 7th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Jimmy Demaret wins the first of his 3 Masters titles, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Lloyd Mangrum
- Apr 12 NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
- Apr 13 American athlete Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam, using a bamboo pole, becomes 1st man to pole vault 15 ft, at University of California, Berkeley
- Apr 13 Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2 for 4-2 series victory; Rangers last Cup win for 54 years
- Apr 15 44th Boston Marathon won by Gérard Côté of Canada in 2:28:28.6; first of 4 wins in the event
- Apr 16 Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller hurls the first and only Opening Day no-hitter in MLB history; beats Chicago WS, 1-0 at Comiskey Park
- Apr 23 NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
- Apr 30 Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 3-0
- May 1 Summer Olympics (scheduled for Helsinki) are cancelled by the Finnish OC because of WWII
- May 4 66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05
- May 11 65th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6
Event of Interest
May 14 Boston's Jimmie Foxx HR goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof
Jimmie Foxx
- May 20 Soccer team HZVV forms in Hoogeveen
- May 24 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
- May 24 NY Giants swat Boston Bees, 8-1, in 1st night game at Polo Grounds, NYC
- May 29 Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Wilbur Shaw wins in 4:22:31.201 (183.911 km/h)
- Jun 4 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)
- Jun 4 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2)
- Jun 8 72nd Belmont: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 2:29.6
- Jun 9 US Open Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Lawson Little defeats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only professional major title
- Jun 20 Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
- Jul 9 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
- Jul 25 American John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours, 46 minutes from St. Louis to Caruthersville, Missouri in the Mississippi River; 292 miles, longest solo swim of all time
- Jul 28 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
- Jul 29 SV. Urk Dutch soccer team forms
- Aug 5 St Louis Brown's pitcher John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings (rain shortened)
Event of Interest
Aug 24 Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits & 1 run
Ted Williams
- Aug 26 RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk
- Aug 29 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567)
- Sep 2 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Hershey CC: Byron Nelson wins his first PGA C'ship, beating Sam Snead 1 up in the Monday 36-hole final
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 9 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Donald McNeill beats fellow American Bobby Riggs 4-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 for his second major singles title
Bobby Riggs
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 9 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Alice Marble beats Helen Jacobs 6-2, 6-3 for her third US singles title
Alice Marble
Event of Interest
Sep 16 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot"
Leo Durocher
- Sep 27 Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller
- Sep 27 Yankees, lose to A's & eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935
- Sep 28 Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns
- Sep 28 Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands & attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan
- Oct 3 Cincinnati Reds' win Game 2 of the Baseball World Series, 5-2 v Detroit Tigers at Crosley Field; snap 10-game losing streak for NL going back to Game 6 in 1937; Reds win series, 4-3
- Oct 7 Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series
- Oct 8 Cincinnati Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series
- Oct 24 Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball
Event of Interest
Nov 5 Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)
Walter Johnson
- Nov 10 Pittsburgh Steelers & Philadelphia Eagles play one of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Steelers win 7-3 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
- Nov 17 Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
- Nov 25 Football team University of Michigan retires Tom Harmon's #98
- Nov 27 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB)
- Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup (Game 1), Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Ottawa beats Toronto Balmy Beach, 8-2
- Dec 1 Four sets of brothers play in one NHL game when Chicago Blackhawks beat NY Rangers, 4-1; Lynn & Muzz Patrick and Neil & Mac Colville (Rangers); Max & Doug Bentley and Bob & Bill Carse (Chicago)
- Dec 7 CFL Grey Cup (Game 2), Lansdowne Park, Ottawa: Ottawa beats Toronto Balmy Beach, 12-5
- Dec 8 National Football League Championship, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Chicago Bears beat Washington Redskins, 73-0; most one-sided victory in NFL history; first NFL title game broadcast on national radio
- Dec 10 1941 NFL Draft: Tom Harmon from University of Michigan first pick by Chicago Bears
- Dec 16 Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago
Event of Interest
Dec 20 Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000
Connie Mack
Birthdays in Sport
- Jan 1 Marlin McKeever, American NFL linebacker (Pro Bowl 1966; LA Rams), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming (d. 2006)
- Jan 3 Bernard Blaut, Polish soccer midfielder (36 caps; KP Legia Warsaw, FC Metz) and manager (UAE), born in Krapkowice, Poland (d. 2007)
- Jan 10 Harry Gant, American race car driver, born in Taylorsville, North Carolina
- Jan 12 Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer (1st NZer to take 100 Test wickets), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 2007)
- Jan 17 Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenyan athlete (Olympic gold 1,500m 1968, 3k steeplechase 1972), born in Kipsamo, Kenya
- Jan 17 Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (BDO World Champion 1978), born in Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, Wales (d. 2003)
- Jan 18 Pedro Rodriguez, Spanish racing driver, born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (d. 1971)
Mary Mills
Jan 19 Mary Mills, American golfer (US Open 1963, PGA 1964, 73), born in Laurel, Mississippi
Mary Mills
- Jan 20 Carol Heiss Jenkins, American figure skater (Olympic gold singles 1960; silver 1956; World C'ship gold 1956–1960), born in NYC, New York
- Jan 20 Lars-Åke Lagrell, Swedish sports administrator (President Swedish Football Association 1991-2012) and politician (Governor Kronoberg County), born in Växjö, Sweden (d. 2020)
Jack Nicklaus
Jan 21 Jack Nicklaus, American golfer (18 major titles, 73 PGA Tour titles), born in Columbus, Ohio
Jack Nicklaus
- Jan 22 George Seifert, American football coach
- Jan 26 Harold Lederman, American boxing judge, analyst (HBO), born in NYC, NY (d. 2019)
- Jan 29 Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver
- Feb 1 Hervé Filion, Canadian harness racing driver (World Driving C'ship 1970; Harness Tracks of America Driver of the Year 1969-74, 76, 78, 81, 89), born in Angers, Quebec (d. 2017)
- Feb 2 Wayne Fontes, American football coach
Fran Tarkenton
Feb 3 Fran Tarkenton, NFL quarterback (NY Giants, Minnesota Vikings), born in Richmond, Virginia
Fran Tarkenton
- Feb 10 Mary Rand, English field athlete (Olympic long jump gold 6.76m WR 1964), born in Wells, Somerset
- Feb 11 Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic gold 1968)
- Feb 14 Willie Hunter, Scottish soccer forward (3 caps; Motherwell) and manager (Queen of the South, Inverness Caledonian), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2020)
- Feb 15 John Hadl, American football player
- Feb 17 Dennis Gamsy, South African cricketer (South African bat in 2 Tests v Australia 1970), born in Glenwood, South Africa
- Feb 17 Willi Holdorf, German athlete (Olympic gold, United Team of Germany, decathlon 1964), born in Blomesche Wildnis, Germany (d. 2020)
- Feb 20 Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player
- Feb 21 Peter Gethin, British racing driver
- Feb 22 Chet Walker, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1964, 66, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74; NBA C'ship 1967, Philadelphia 76ers; Chicago Bulls), born in Bethlehem, Mississippi
- Feb 22 Larry Eisenhauer, American football defensive end (AFL All-Star 1962, 63, 64, 66; Boston Patriots), born in Hicksville, New York (d. 2020)
- Feb 24 Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ (1968-70), born in Louisville, Kentucky, (d. 2014)
- Feb 24 Denis Law, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Manchester City), born in Aberdeen, Scotland
- Feb 24 Nicolae Martinescu, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold 100kg 1972), born in Vişani, Romania (d. 2013)
- Feb 24 John Lyall, English soccer manager (West Ham United 1974-89; FA Cup 1980), born in Ilford, England (d. 2006)
- Feb 25 Billy Packer, Wellsville NY, basketball sportscaster (CBS)
- Feb 25 Ron Santo, American Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman (9-time MLB All Star; 5-time Gold Glove; Chicago Cubs), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2010)
Mario Andretti
Feb 28 Mario Andretti, Italian American race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500, 1978 Formula One World Champion), born in Montona, Italy
Mario Andretti
- Feb 29 Billy Turner Jr., American Thoroughbred flat racing trainer (US Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing 1977, Seattle Slew), born in Rochester, New York
- Mar 1 David Broome, Show Jumper (world champ-1970)
- Mar 2 Billy McNeill MBE, Scottish soccer defender (29 caps; Celtic) and manager (Celtic, Manchester City, Aston Villa), born in Bellshill, Scotland (d. 2019)
Willie Stargell
Mar 6 Willie Stargell, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder/1st baseman (7-time All Star), born in Earlsboro, Oklahoma (d. 2001)
Willie Stargell
- Mar 8 Theo Laseroms [The Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
- Mar 10 Joe Bugel, American football coach (offensive line Washington Redskins 'Hogs', Super Bowl 1982, 87; Phoenix Cardinals, Oakland Raiders), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
- Mar 12 Albert Johanneson, soccer star
- Mar 23 Brian Hastings, cricketer (NZ batsman in 70's)
- Mar 26 Braulio Baeza, American jockey, 1st Latin American to win Kentucky Derby (National Horse Racing Hall of Fame), born in Panama City
- Mar 28 Michael Plumb, American equestrian (Olympic 2 gold/4 silver-1976,84), born in Islip, New York
- Mar 28 Kevin Loughery, American NBA star and coach (Balt, Philadelphia), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jerry Lucas
Mar 30 Jerry Lucas, NBA center (Olympic gold 1960, NY Knicks), born in Middletown, Ohio
Jerry Lucas
- Mar 30 Norman Gifford, cricketer (respected England slow left-armer 1964-73)
- Mar 30 Jim Criner, American college football coach (Boise State, Iowa State, Scottish Claymores), born in Lurton, Arkansas
- Apr 2 Mike Hailwood, MBE GM, British motorcycle road racer (World C'ships: 250cc – 1961, 66, 67; 350cc – 1966, 67; 500cc –1962, 63, 64, 65; 76 Grand Prix wins), born in Great Milton, England (d. 1981)
- Apr 2 Don Jackson, CM OOnt, Canadian figure skater (World C'ship gold singles 1962; first triple lutz in international competition; Olympic bronze singles 1960), born in Oshawa, Ontario
- Apr 4 Richard Attwood, British racing driver, born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
- Apr 8 John Havlicek, American basketball Hall of Fame guard (8-time NBA champion-Boston Celtics; 13-time NBA All Star), born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio (d. 2019)
- Apr 9 Jim [James Wilfred] Roberts, Canadian NHL defenceman (1st Blues draft pick), born in Toronto (d. 2015)
- Apr 12 Woodie Fryman, American baseball player, born in Ewing, Kentucky (d. 2011)
- Apr 13 Mike Beuttler, British racing driver, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1988)
- Apr 15 Edy Hubacher, Swiss 4-man bobsled (Olympic gold 1972), born in Bern, Switzerland
Willie Davis
Apr 15 Willie Davis, American MLB center fielder (LA Dodgers), born in Mineral Springs, Arkansas (d. 2010)
Willie Davis
- Apr 16 David Holford, West Indian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests), born in Upper Collymore Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados
- Apr 17 John McCririck, English horse racing broadcaster, born in Surbiton, England (d. 2019)
- Apr 18 Ed Garvey, American labor leader (NFL Players Association), born in Burlington, Wisconsin (d. 2017)
- Apr 20 George Andrie, American NFL defensive end (5-time Pro Bowl), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2018)
- Apr 24 David Larter, Scottish cricket fast bowler (10 Tests England, 37 wickets; Northamptonshire), born in Inverness, Scotland
- Apr 25 Frank Foster, English rugby league lock (1 Test GB; Workington Town, Hull Kingston Rovers, Bradford Northern) and coach (Barrow, Whitehaven), born in Maryport, England (d. 2019)
- Apr 26 Cliff Watson, English rugby league front rower (30 Tests GB, 4 England; St Helens 373 games, Cronulla-Sutherland), born in London, England (d. 2018)
- Apr 29 Brian Taber, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & Marsh), born in Wagga Wagga, Australia
- May 2 Bryan Davis, West Indian cricketer (bro of Charlie WI batsman v Australia 1965), born in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad
- May 3 Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager, born in Beek, Netherlands
- May 4 Dick Curl, American offensive coordinator coach (Barcelona Dragons), born in Chester, Pennsylvania
- May 7 Mike Gillespie, American college baseball coach (College World Series 1998, Collegiate Coach of the Year 1998, USC), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2020)
- May 14 Tommy Lawrence, Scottish football player and goalkeeper (Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers), born in Dailly, Scotland (d. 2018)
- May 15 Álvaro Mejía, Colombian athlete (Boston Marathon 1971 2:18:45), born in Medellín, Colombia (d. 2021)
- May 18 Pat Trimborn, South African cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets), born in Durban, Natal, South Africa
- May 19 Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
- May 20 Stan Mikita, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (4 time NHL scoring leader), born in Sokolče, Slovak Republic (d. 2018)
- May 22 E. A. S. Prasanna, Indian cricketer (one of India's big four spinners), born in Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
- Jun 2 Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
- Jun 2 Jim Maloney, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1965; pitched 2 x no-hitters 1965, 1 in 1969; Cincinnati Reds), born in Fresno, California
- Jun 2 Yuri Pshenichnikov, Soviet soccer goalkeeper and coach (19 caps; FC Pakhtakor Tashkent, CSKA Moscow), born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (d. 2019)
- Jun 3 Richard Edwards, West Indian cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 18 wickets; Barbados), born in Christ Church, Barbados
- Jun 5 H R "Tiger" Lance, cricketer (South African batting all-rounder 1961-67)
- Jun 6 Willie-John McBride, British rugby player, born in Toomebridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Jun 17 Bobby Bell, American NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs), born in Shelby, North Carolina
- Jun 18 Jim Albus, American golfer (Senior Players C'ship 1991), born in Staton Island, NY
- Jun 19 Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, American drag racer (NHRA Top Fuel C'ship in 1977, 80, 82; International Motorsports Hall of Fame), born in Burlington, Vermont
- Jun 23 Mike Shrimpton, cricketer (occasional NZ Test batsman 1963-74)
- Jun 23 Simon Hobday, South African golfer (US Senior Open 1984), born in Mafikeng, South Africa (d. 2017)
- Jun 23 Wilma Rudolph, American athlete (3 Olympic gold 100/200/4x100m 1960), born in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee (d. 1994)
- Jun 29 John Dawes OBE, Welsh rugby union centre (22 caps Wales, 4 caps British & Irish Lions; London Welsh; Barbarians), born in Abercarn, Wales (d. 2021)
- Jun 29 Nancy Ramey, American swimmer (WR 100m butterfly 1:09.1 1959; 200m butterfly 2:40.5 1958; Olympic silver 100m butterfly 1956), born in Seattle, Washington
- Jul 1 Craig Brown, Scottish soccer wing half, coach and administrator (Scotland manager 1993-2001), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Jul 3 César Tovar, Venezuelan MLB baseball player (Minnesota Twins), born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1994)
- Jul 3 Lance Larson, American 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic silver 1960), born in Monterey Park, California
- Jul 6 Viktor Kuzkin, Soviet ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72), born in Moscow (d. 2008)
- Jul 9 Jair da Costa, Brazilian soccer winger (1 cap; Internazionale), born in Santo André, Brazil
- Jul 10 Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer (aggressive Australian opener 1966-74), born in Collingwood, Australia
- Jul 10 Tommy Troelsen, Danish soccer striker (16 caps; Vejle Boldklub) and broadcaster (Danmarks Radio, dk4), born in Nykøbing Mors, Denmark (d. 2021)
- Jul 18 Joe Torre, American baseball outfield and manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jul 21 Denis Menke, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1969, 70; Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds) born in Bancroft, Iowa (d. 2020)
- Jul 22 Yuriy Klimov, USSR, team handball (Olympic gold 1976)
- Jul 25 John Pennel, American pole vaulter (James E Sullivan Award-1963), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1993)
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
May 25 MLB outfielder Stan Musial (19) weds his high school sweetheart Lillian Labash in Daytona Beach
Stan Musial
Wedding of Interest
Aug 31 Football player and coach Vince Lombardi (27) weds Marie Planitz at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Bronx, New York
Vince Lombardi
Deaths in Sport
- Feb 7 Francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1894-95), dies
- Feb 11 Gunnar Höckert, Finnish athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m 1936), dies of war wounds at 29
- Mar 2 Matt Kilroy, American baseball pitcher (MLB single-season record 513 strikeouts 1886; MLB no-hitter 1886; Baltimore Orioles), dies at 73
- Mar 15 Alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies
- Mar 26 Spyridon Louis, Greek distance runner (winner first modern Olympics marathon 1896), dies at 67
- Mar 29 Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England, killed in an a plane crash while training for RAF at 24
- May 20 Amar Singh, Indian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 28 wickets; India's first half-century in Test cricket), dies of pneumonia at 29
- Jun 22 M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies
- Jul 3 George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa 1896-99), dies
- Jul 14 Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies
- Aug 3 Willard Hershberger, American baseball catcher (Cincinnati Reds), commits suicide at 30
Henri Desgrange
Aug 16 Henri Desgrange, French cyclist, journalist and founder of the Tour de France, dies at 75
Henri Desgrange
Walter Chrysler
Aug 18 Walter Chrysler, American automotive pioneer (Chrysler Corporation) and thoroughbred breeder, dies at 65
Walter Chrysler
- Aug 21 Ernest Thayer, American poet who wrote the famous baseball poem "Casey", dies at 77
- Nov 21 Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
- Dec 6 Charlie Hime, cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1895), dies
- Dec 13 Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies
- Dec 13 George Macaulay, cricketer (took 24 wkts in 8 Tests, Eng 22-33), dies
- Dec 16 Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (b. 1866)