Events in Sport
- Dec 1 Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
- Dec 2 NY Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry
- Dec 9 7th Heisman Trophy Award: Bruce Smith, Minnesota (HB)
- Dec 14 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14
- Dec 21 Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point
- Dec 21 Chicago bears win the NFL championship
- Dec 22 1942 NFL Draft: Bill Dudley from University of Virginia first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers
Birthdays in Sport
- Dec 2 Sugar Ramos [Ultiminio Ramos], Cuban-Mexican boxer (World Featherweight champion), born in Matanzas, Cuba (d. 2017)
- Dec 4 Raul Blanco, Australian soccer asst coach (Olyroos, Olympics 1996)
- Dec 8 Geoff Hurst, cricketer (Essex 1962, better known as soccer immortal)
- Dec 8 Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
- Dec 10 Jeff Jones, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler in 60's)
- Dec 14 Barry Hadlee, cricketer (bro of Dayle & Richard, NZ World Cup 1975)
- Dec 15 Austin Savage, Welsh hockey player
- Dec 23 Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (d. 1975)
- Dec 28 Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner (1959-77)
- Dec 30 Mel Renfro, American football player
- Dec 31 Milkha Singh, cricketer (bro of Kripal Singh India batsman in 4 Tests)
- Dec 31 Sir Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager
Deaths in Sport
- Dec 1 Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies