Events in Sport
- Jan 1 32nd Rose Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #11 Southern California, 34-14
- Jan 1 12th Sugar Bowl: #5 Oklahoma State beats #7 Saint Mary's (CA), 33-13
- Jan 1 12th Orange Bowl: Miami (FL) beats #16 Holy Cross, 13-6
- Jan 11 Bert Bell becomes second NFL commissioner, moves Chicago headquarters to Philadelphia
- Jan 12 NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA
- Jan 14 1946 NFL Draft: Frank Dancewicz from University of Notre Dame first pick by Boston Yanks
- Jan 29 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Nancye Wynne Bolton beats Joyce Fitch 6-4, 6-4 for her 3rd Australian singles crown
- Jan 29 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: John Bromwich wins his 2nd Australian title; beats fellow Australian Dinny Pails 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Feb 15 Cornelius Johnson, American high jumper (Olympic gold 1936), dies from bronchopneumonia at 32
- Feb 19 Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League
Event of Interest
Mar 9 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League, he refuses
Ted Williams
- Mar 21 Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933
- Mar 23 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina, 43-40; Cowboys' back-to-back titles and center Bob Kurland MOP for 2nd straight year
- Mar 29 1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ
- Mar 29 Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller & Tallon
- Mar 30 Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
- Mar 30 Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 & 3-19)
- Apr 5 100th Grand National: Capt. Robert Petre wins aboard 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage; first true GN since 1940 due to World War II; last on a Friday
US Masters Golf
Apr 7 10th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: American Herman Keiser wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of tour money-leader Ben Hogan; first Masters in 4 years because of World War II
Ben Hogan
- Apr 9 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 6-3 for a 4-1 series victory
Golf Tournament
Apr 12 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her first major title by 2 strokes from Eileen Stulb
Louise Suggs
Event of Interest
Apr 18 Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals
Jackie Robinson
- Apr 20 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs
- Apr 23 Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
- Apr 30 Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller's 2nd career MLB no-hitter; beats New York Yankees, 1-0
- May 4 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6
- May 8 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
- May 10 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
- May 11 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
- May 11 71st Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4
- May 20 Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances
- May 26 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball
- May 30 Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Resumes after WWII; George Robson wins by 44 seconds ahead of rookie Jimmy Jackson
- Jun 1 78th Belmont Stakes: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:30.8; 7th horse to win the Triple Crown
- Jun 6 The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City.
US Golf Open
Jun 16 US Open Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: World War II veteran Lloyd Mangrum defeats Byron Nelson and Vic Ghezzi in 36 playoff holes to win his only major title
Byron Nelson
- Jun 19 1st TV sports/boxing spectacular-Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn
- Jun 22 Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket
- Jun 22 Bill Veeck purchases Cleveland Indians
- Jun 28 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
- Jul 5 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frenchman Yvon Petra beats Australian Geoff Brown 6-2, 6-4, 7-9, 5-7, 6-4 for his only Wimbledon title
British Golf Open
Jul 5 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: In first post-WWII Championship, Sam Snead wins his only Open title, 4 strokes clear of runners-up Johnny Bulla & Bobby Locke
Sam Snead
- Jul 6 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-American matchup Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough 6-2, 6-4 for her only Wimbledon crown
- Jul 8 Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
- Jul 9 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
- Jul 12 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR
- Jul 14 Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles & HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs
- Jul 24 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League) die in a bus crash
- Jul 27 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs
- Jul 27 45th Men's French Championships: Marcel Bernard beats Jaroslav Drobny (3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3)
- Jul 27 45th Women's French Championships: Margaret Osborne beats Pauline Betz (1-6, 8-6, 7-5)
- Aug 8 Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney & John Galbreath for $25 million
- Aug 9 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night
- Aug 18 Golf Writers Associaton of America forms
- Aug 22 Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it
- Aug 22 Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55)
- Aug 23 13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97,380)
- Aug 25 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Portland GC: Ben Hogan beats Ed Oliver, 6 & 4 for first of his 9 major titles
- Sep 1 1st US Open Women's Golf, Spokane CC: Patty Berg wins inaugural Open and only one played in match play format; takes 36-hole final 5 & 4 over Betty Jameson
- Sep 2 American golfer Ben Hogan wins the Golden State Open at California CC in Los Angeles; his 3rd consecutive PGA event and 11th title of the season; 2nd time that year he wins 3 straight tournaments
- Sep 5 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
- Sep 6 All-America Football Conference begins regular season play as the Cleveland Browns beat the Miami Seahawks 44-0 before 60,135 at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium
- Sep 8 SF 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to NY Yankees 21-7
- Sep 8 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Jack Kramer beats fellow American Tom Brown Jr. 9-7, 6-3, 6-0 for his first of 2 straight US singles crowns
- Sep 8 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final Pauline Betz Addie beats Patricia Canning Todd 11-9, 6-3 for her 4th and last US singles title
- Sep 13 Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant
- Sep 15 Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats
- Sep 18 Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
- Sep 24 Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs
- Sep 29 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards & Dodgers)
- Sep 29 Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA
- Oct 1 St. Louis Cardinals beats Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-2 in first MLB play-off game for a league championship (NL); St Louis wins series, 2-0
- Oct 1 Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller claims his MLB record 348th strikeout of season in a 4-1 win v Detroit; record stands for 19 years
- Oct 15 Smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140)
- Oct 15 St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 43rd World Series
- Oct 20 Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants
- Nov 1 First Basketball Association of America game; New York Knicks beat Toronto Huskies 68-66 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
- Nov 11 New York Knicks' 1st game at Madison Square Garden, lose 78-68 to Chicago Stags
Donald Bradman
- Nov 15 Ted Williams is picked as AL MVP
- Nov 27 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2
- Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Argonauts claim 7th Championship and retain title with 28-6 win over Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Nov 30 Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba
- Dec 2 In rain affected 1st Test in Brisbane, Australia compiles 1st innings total 645 on Day 3 v India (Bradman 187, Hassett 128 ); Australia wins by an innings and 332
- Dec 3 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)
- Dec 15 National Football League Championship, Polo Grounds, NYC: Chicago Bears beat New York Giants, 24-14; record attendance 58,346 at final NFL title game played at Polo Grounds
- Dec 15 Giants Filchock & Hapes suspended by NFL, didn't report bribe attempt
- Dec 16 1947 NFL Draft: Bob Fenimore from University of Oklahoma A&M first pick by Chicago Bears
- Dec 17 Bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wicket stand, score 234 each
- Dec 22 Cleveland Browns beat NY Yankees 14-9 in AAFC championship game
- Dec 26 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0)
Birthdays in Sport
- Jan 1 Rivellino, Brazilian soccer midfielder and broadcaster (92 caps; 1970 FIFA World Cup; Corinthians; TV Cultura), born in São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Jan 3 Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek soccer striker (28 caps; Olympiacos), born in Kaisariani, Greece (d. 2002)
- Jan 6 Harold Jackson, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Jan 8 Elaine Cheris, American Olympic fencer (Olympics 1996), born in Dothan, Alabama
- Jan 8 Fritz Künzli, Swiss soccer striker (44 caps; FC Zürich, FC Winterthur, FC Lausanne-Sport), born in Glarus, Switzerland (d. 2019)
- Jan 10 Alexis Nihon Jr, Canadian-born wrestler (Olympics 1968), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jan 11 Ludmila Poradnik, USSR, team handball (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
- Jan 23 Asif Masood, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani quick with long & erratic run-up), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- Jan 23 Don Whittington, American racing driver, born in Lubbock, Texas
- Jan 31 Subroto Guha, Indian cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), born in India
- Feb 1 Karen Krantzcke, Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1968; Federation Cup 1970), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 1977)
- Feb 2 Gerrie Mühren, Dutch soccer midfielder (10 caps; Ajax, Volendam), born in Volendam, Netherlands (d. 2013)
- Feb 4 Mary Meyer, American 500m speed skater (Olympic silver 1968)
- Feb 9 Vince Papale, American football player
- Feb 11 Ian Porterfield, English footballer, born in Dunfermline, United Kingdom (d. 2007)
- Feb 16 Aleksandr Shaparenko, USSR, 1K kayaker (Olympic gold 1972)
- Feb 17 Valdemar Bandolowski, Danish sailor (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
- Feb 21 Desmond Lewis, West Indian cricket batsman/keeper (avg 86.33 in 3 Tests)
- Feb 21 Bob Ryan, Boston sports columnist
- Feb 26 Bobby "Bingo" Smith, American NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Feb 28 Graham Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (son of Giff, 5 Tests for NZ 1965-72), born in Auckland New Zealand
- Mar 1 Jan Kodeš, Czech tennis player (French Open 1970-71, Wimbledon 1973), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Mar 1 Elvin Bethea, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (8 × Pro Bowl; 5 × All-Pro; Houston Oilers), born in Trenton, New Jersey
- Mar 3 John Virgo, British snooker player
- Mar 5 Rocky Bleier, Wisc, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Mar 8 Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket spin bowler (14 Tests, best 7/99 1969), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Mar 10 Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
- Mar 14 Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, MVP 1969)
- Mar 15 Bobby Bond, baseball player (Giants, Yankees, etc)
- Mar 15 Bobby Bonds, American MLB outfielder and coach (father of Barry Bonds), born in Riverside, California (died 2003)
- Mar 18 Michel Leclère, French racing driver
- Mar 19 Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69)
- Mar 22 Don Chaney, NBA player (Houston Rockets)/coach (Detroit Pistons)
- Mar 25 Cliff Balsam, English footballer
- Mar 27 Bill Sudakis, American baseball player, born in Joliet, Illinois
- Mar 31 Aftab Gul, Pakistani cricket batsman (6 Tests @ 22.75), born in Gujar Khan, Punjab
- Apr 1 Manfred Stengl, Austrian luger (Olympic gold men's doubles 1964), born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1992)
- Apr 1 Arrigo Sacchi, Italian soccer coach (Italy national team 1991-96; Serie A 1987-88; European Cup 1989, 90; AC Milan; Atlético Madrid, Parma), born in Fusignano, Italy
- Apr 2 Richard Collinge, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (35 Tests, 116 wickets), born in Wellington, New Zealand
- Apr 7 Colette Besson, French runner (d. 2005)
- Apr 8 Jim "Catfish" Hunter, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (MLB All-Star 1966, 67, 70, 72–1976; World Series 1972–74, 77, 78; AL Cy Young Award 1974; Oakland A's, NY Yankees), born in Hertford, North Carolina (d. 1999)
- Apr 9 Alan Knott, English cricket wicket-keeper (1967-81), born in Belvedere, Kent
- Apr 17 Clare Francis, British yachtswoman and novelist (Come Hell or High Water), born in Thames Ditton, Surrey
- Apr 20 Gordon Smiley, American racecar driver, born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1982)
- Apr 21 S Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee)
- Apr 27 John Maclean, Australian cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1978-79), born in Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Apr 30 Donald Schollander, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-64), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
- May 3 Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- May 3 Norm Chow, American football coach, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- May 4 Renee Powell, American golfer, broadcaster (first woman to compete in a men's golf tournament), born in East Canton, Ohio
- May 4 John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- May 12 Leonard Baichan, cricketer (WI opener, 103 v Pakistan on debut 1975)
- May 17 Sinaida Turchina, USSR, team handball (Olympic gold 1976)
Reggie Jackson
May 18 Reggie Jackson, American Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder (14-time All Star)), born in Wyncote, Pennsylvania
Reggie Jackson
- May 20 Bakhaavaa Buidaa, Mongolia, wrestler (Olympic silver 1972) disqualified
- May 20 Craig Patrick, American NHL center and executive (USA Olympic gold 1980; GM Pittsburgh Penguins, Stanley Cup 1991-92, 2009), born in Detroit, Michigan
- May 20 Bobby Murcer, American baseball outfielder (5-time MLB All Star), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2008)
- May 21 David Hill, Australian TV-reporter/owner (Fox Sports)
- May 22 George Best, Northern Irish footballer (Manchester United, Northern Ireland), born in Belfast
- May 22 Howard Kendall, English footballer and football manager (Everton), born in Ryton, County Durham (d. 2015)
- May 23 David Graham, Australian golfer (PGA C'ship 1979, US Open 1981), born in Windsor, NSW
- May 24 Irina Szewińska, Polish athlete, administrator (Olympic various sprint gold 1964, 68, 76), born in Leningrad, Russia (d. 2018)
- May 24 Thomas Nordahl, Swedish soccer midfielder and manager (15 caps; Örebro), born in Norrköping, Sweden
- May 25 Irena Szewińska, Polish 200m runner (Olympic Gold 1964, 68, 76), born in Leningrad, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
- May 28 Skip Jutze, American baseball player
- May 31 Steve Bucknor, cricketer (West Indian Test umpire, FIFA referee)
- Jun 2 Roger Freed, baseball player
- Jun 8 Richie Robinson, Australian cricketer (Victorian keeper, Australian batsman 1977), born in East Melbourne, Victoria
- Jun 11 Jenny Pitman, British racehorse trainer and 1st female Grand National winning trainer, born in Hoby, Leicestershire
- Jun 15 Roger Tolchard, cricketer (Engl keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977)
- Jul 6 Fred Dryer, American NFL defensive end (Pro Bowl 1975; First-team All-Pro 1974; NY Giants, LA Rams) and actor (Hunter), born in Hawthorne, California
- Jul 7 Jim Day, Canadian equestrian show jumper (Olympic gold 1968)
- Jul 12 Graham Roope, Englishcricketer (England batsman in 21 Tests 1972-78), born in Fareham, Hampshire, England (d. 2006)
- Jul 13 Bob Kauffman, American basketball forward (3-time NBA All Star), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2015)
- Jul 16 Ron Yary, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 16 John Hollins, British retired footballer, born in Guildford, Surrey
Ilie Năstase
Jul 19 Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player (US Open 1972), born in Bucharest, Romania
Ilie Năstase
- Jul 21 Zbigniew Kaczmarek, Polish lightweight (Olympic gold 1976)
- Jul 30 Neil Bonnett, American race car driver, born in Hueytown, Alabama (d. 1994)
- Aug 3 Petko Petkov, Bulgarian soccer forward (33 caps; Beroe Stara Zagora, Austria Wien), born in Sinitevo, Bulgaria (d. 2020)
- Aug 5 Gary Beban, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1967, UCLA: NFL: Washington Redskins), born in San Francisco, California
- Aug 6 Dusty Rhodes, Australian baseball coach (Olympics 1996)
- Aug 9 Jim Kiick, American football player
- Aug 10 Jimmy Conway, Irish soccer midfielder (20 caps Republic of Ireland; Fulham), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2020)
- Aug 17 Hans Vandenburg, Dutch singer/guitarist (Gruppo Sportivo)
- Aug 21 Lev Alburt, International Chess Master (1976), born in Orenburg, Russia
- Aug 25 Rollie Fingers, American baseball relief pitcher (Oakland Athletics, AL MVP, Cy Young Award 1981), born in Steubenville, Ohio
- Aug 25 Charlie Sanders, American football player (Detroit Lions), born in Richlands, North Carolina (d. 2015)
- Aug 27 Tony Howard, cricketer (WI off-spinner one Test v NZ 1972)
- Aug 29 Bob Beamon, American high jumper (Olympic gold 1968, 29' 2½" 8.9m), born in Queens, New York
- Sep 7 Willie Crawford, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
- Sep 8 L. C. Greenwood, American football player, born in Canton, Mississippi (d. 2013)
- Sep 10 Jim Hines, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m relay 1968), born in Dumas, Arkansas
- Sep 15 Fighting Mack, [Edwin Alberto], Antillian welterweight boxer
- Sep 17 Billy Bonds, English soccer defender and manager (Charlton, West Ham United), born in Woolwich, London, England
- Sep 18 Otis Sistrunk, American football player (Oakland Raiders), born in Columbus, Georgia
- Sep 19 Brian Henton, English racing driver, born in Castle Donington, Leicestershire
- Sep 24 "Mean" Joe Greene, American NFL tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers), Coke spokesman, born in Temple, Texas
- Sep 24 Pat Pocock, cricketer (intermittent England off-spinner 1968-85)
- Sep 25 Bishan Bedi, Indian cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), born in Amritsar, Punjab, British India
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Feb 10 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
Jackie Robinson
Wedding of Interest
Feb 18 MLB baseball player Hank Greenberg (35) weds heiress Caral Gimbel in Sea Island, Georgia
Hank Greenberg
Deaths in Sport
- Jan 2 Joe Darling, Australian cricket batsman & captain (34 Tests, 21 as captain), dies following a gall bladder operation at 75
- Jan 9 Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (b. 1874)
- Feb 27 James Cecil Parke, Irish tennis, rugby player (Australasian C'ship 1912, Ireland rugby 20 caps), dies at 64
- Mar 24 Alexander Alekhine, Russian-French chess player (world champion 1927-35, 37-46), dies choking on meat at 53
- Mar 28 Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904)
- Apr 16 Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automobile designer (b. 1884)
- Apr 17 John Iddon, cricketer (car accident 5 Tests for Eng 1934-35), dies
- Apr 21 Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for South Africa in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
- Apr 25 Albert Knight, cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies
- Apr 25 Joseph Vine, cricketer (batted in two Tests Eng v Aust 1911-12), dies
- May 1 Bill Johnston, American tennis player (US Open 1915, 19; Wimbledon 1923), dies of tuberculosis at 51
- May 7 Joe Humphries, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies at 69
- Jun 5 Maud Watson, British tennis player (first Wimbledon female champion 1884-85), dies at 81
- Jun 10 Jack Johnson, American boxer (1st African-American heavyweight champion [1908-15]), dies in a car accident aged 68
- Jun 29 Frank Hadow, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1878; first exponent of the lob), dies at 91
- Jul 15 Razor Smith, English cricket spin bowler (245 first class matches, Surry), dies at 68
- Aug 6 Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player, dies at 42
- Aug 6 Blanche Bingley-Hillyard, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1886, 89, 94, 97, 99-1900), dies at 82
- Aug 6 Benny Lynch, Scottish boxer (World flyweight title 1937-38), dies of malnutrition-induced respiratory failure at 33
- Aug 9 Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (South Africa, 15 Tests, 64 wkts), dies at 69
- Aug 15 Edward R. Bradley, American businessman and horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners), dies at 86
- Oct 4 Barney Oldfield, American auto racer (International Motorsports Hall of Fame; first to drive at 60mph on circular track), dies of a heart attack at 67
- Oct 11 Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer, dies at 35
- Oct 16 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS/SD), hanged at 43
- Nov 18 John King, cricketer (scored 60 & 4 in only Test Eng v Aus 1909), dies
- Nov 18 Johnny Lush, American MLB pitcher (2 no-hitters), dies at 61
- Nov 22 Bertie Rose-Innes, cricketer (South Africa's Test), dies
Walter Johnson
Dec 10 Walter Johnson, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (3-time Triple Crown: Washington Senators), dies of a brain tumour at 59
Walter Johnson