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 National Football League Championship, Philadelphia Eagles beat Los Angeles Rams, 14-0; played in driving rain that caused field to become a mud pit

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 Tom Kite Jr, American golfer (US Open 1992; 19 PGA Tour titles, The Tradition 2000), born in McKinney, Texas
Dec 12 Ricardo Luis Carreras, American bantamweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1972), born in NYC, New York
Dec 13 Nana Alexandria, Georgian International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976), born in Poti, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Dec 14 Bill Buckner, American MLB 1st baseman (1986 World Series infamous fielding error; NL batting champ 1980), born in Vallejo, California (d. 2019)
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, born in Brenham, Texas
Dec 23 Wally Edwards, Australian cricketer (three Tests Australia v England 1974), born in Subiaco, Australia
Dec 24 Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver, born in Sydney, Australia
Dec 25 Dan Pastorini, NFL quarterback (Raiders) [or May 26]
Dec 29 Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), born in Chennai, India
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