December 1949 in Sport

Events in Sport

Dec 5 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title

Dec 7 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E)
Dec 9 NFL merges Cleveland Browns, SF '49ers & Balt Colts from AAFC
Dec 11 Chic Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29)
Dec 11 Cleveland Browns beat SF '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game
Dec 18 Philadelphia Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game

Dec 4 Mary Bea Porter-King, LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic), born in Everett, Washington
Dec 5 Lanny Wadkins, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1977), born in Richmond, Virginia
Dec 6 Peter Willey, cricketer (England batsman late 70's early 80's)
Dec 9 Thomas O Kite Jr, PGA golfer (1978 BC Open, Crosby 1983), born in Austin, Texas
Dec 10 Linda Galloway, LPGA golfer
Dec 12 Ricardo Luis Carreras, American bantamweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1972), born in NYC, New York
Dec 13 Nana Alexandria, USSR, International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976)
Dec 14 Bill Buckner, California, 1st baseman, error cost Red Sox 1986 world series
Dec 17 Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
Dec 19 Claudia A Kolb, American 200m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic silver 1964)
Dec 20 Cecil Cooper, American baseball player
Dec 23 Wally Edwards, cricketer (three Tests Australia v England 1974)
Dec 24 Cameron Seward, LPGA golfer
Dec 24 Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver
Dec 25 Dan Pastorini, NFL quarterback (Raiders) [or May 26]
Dec 29 Syed Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer)
Dec 30 Bruce Davidson, equestrian 3-day (Olympic silver 1996)

Dec 28 Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (Olympic gold 1,500m 1936), dies in rail accident at 39