Events in Sport in 1937

Jan 5 Fingleton & Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt

Jan 6 Bradman scores 270 Aust v England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
Jan 17 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins inaugural event by 3 strokes ahead of Dorothy Kirby

Jan 19 Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Jan 30 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Nancye Wynne Bolton wins her first of 6 Australian singles titles; beats Emily Hood Westacott 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
Jan 30 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Vivian McGrath wins his only Grand Slam singles event; beats fellow Australian John Bromwich 6-3, 1-6, 6-0, 2-6, 6-1
Feb 3 Don Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th cricket test v England
Feb 12 Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise
Feb 13 Boston Redskins receive approval from NFL to move to Washington, D.C; to share baseball's Griffith Stadium with first Washington Senators of the American League
Feb 27 Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket v England in 223 minutes
Mar 19 96th Grand National: With King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in attendance, aptly-named Royal Mail ridden by jockey Evan Williams wins at odds of 100/6; estimated crowd, 300,000
Mar 20 England beats Scotland, 6-3 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh to clinch the Home Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown

Mar 25 It is revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads

Mar 26 Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replaces his 40 oz bat with a 36 oz one

Apr 4 4th Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Byron Nelson wins first of his 5 major titles by 2 strokes ahead of Ralph Guldahl

Apr 12 Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft at Rugby, England.
Apr 15 Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 3-0 for a 3-2 series win; back-to-back titles for Red Wings
Apr 19 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20
May 8 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
May 9 Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)
May 12 St Louis Cards beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3
May 15 62nd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4

May 30 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Pittsburgh Field Club: Defending champion Denny Shute defeats Jug McSpaden in 37 holes

May 30 Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory
May 30 61,756, second largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24
May 30 42nd Men's French Championships: Henner Henkel beats Bunny Austin (6-1, 6-4, 6-3)
May 30 42nd Women's French Championships: Hilde Sperling beats Simonne Mathieu (6-2, 6-4)
May 31 Brooklyn Dodgers snap NY Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak
May 31 Indianapolis 500: Wilbur Shaw wins in 4:24:07.861 (182.789 km/h)
Jun 1 Chicago White Sox pitcher Bill Dietrich no-hits St Louis Browns, 8-0
Jun 5 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6
Jun 6 Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game

Jun 12 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Ralph Guldahl wins first of his 2 consecutive US titles, 2 strokes ahead of Sam Snead

Jun 13 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns
Jun 19 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Beverly CC: Helen Hicks wins the first of her 2 major titles, defeating amateur Bea Barrett 6 & 5 in the final

Jun 22 Joe Louis KOs James J Braddock in 18 for his first heavyweight boxing title in significant moment in African American sporting history

Jun 26 Test cricket debut of Len Hutton v NZ at Lord's, scores 0 & 1
Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Don Budge beats Germany's Gottfried von Cramm 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 for first of back-to-back titles
Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothy Round of England beats Poland's Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 for her second Wimbledon title
Jul 5 NY Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio hits 20th HR of the season but 1st career grand slam in 8-4 win vs Boston Red Sox

Jul 7 5th MLB All Star Game, Griffin Stadium, Washington: AL wins 8-3, Lou Gehrig drives in 4 runs with HR & double

Jul 9 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Henry Cotton wins second of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of fellow Englishman Reg Whitcombe
Jul 25 31st Tour de France won by Roger Lapebie of France
Jul 27 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1)
Jul 30 Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base and registers no put outs
Aug 6 MLB overturns NY Yankees 7-6 win over Cleveland Indians because of umpire error
Aug 9 Ranger (US) easily beats Endeavour II (England) in race 4 to wrap up the 17th America's Cup yachting series, 4-0; it's the final competition for 21 years
Aug 14 Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs St Louis Browns
Aug 30 Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Sep 4 15 year old cyclist Doris Kopsky becomes 1st Amateur Bicycle League of America woman's national champion in 4:22.4 in Buffalo, NY
Sep 10 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0)
Sep 10 Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL game, lose 28-0
Sep 11 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Don Budge wins first of 2 straight US titles; beats Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-1, 7-9, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Sep 11 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Anita Lizana of Chile becomes first Latin American to win a major; beats Jadwiga Jędrzejowska of Poland 6-4, 6-2

Sep 16 Redskins NFL franchise play first game in Washington at Griffith Stadium; defeat the New York Giants in season opener, 13–3

Sep 29 Frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km)
Sep 30 Ryder Cup Golf, Southport & Ainsdale GC: US wins 8-4; first time the host team loses the competition
Oct 10 NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series
Nov 3 Frenchman Maurice Archambaud cycles world record for distance in one hour, 45.796 km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
Nov 3 Howie Morenz Memorial Game, Montreal Forum: NHL All-Stars beat Montreal All Stars, 6-5
Nov 30 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale (HB)

Dec 7 Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams

Dec 7 Russian chess player Alexander Alekhine recaptures his final world title from Dutch grand master Max Euwe by a large margin (+10−4=11)
Dec 11 25th CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Argonauts claim their 4th Championship; beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 4-3
Dec 12 National Football League Championship, Wrigley Field, Chicago: Washington Redskins beat Chicago Bears, 28-21
Dec 12 1938 NFL Draft: Corbett Davis from University of Indiana first pick by Cleveland Rams
Dec 21 O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW v South Aust
Dec 21 Chicago Black Hawks left wing Paul Thompson becomes first player in NHL history to score a goal against his brother; scores on bro Cecil of the Boston Bruins with just 9 seconds left in regulation; Bruins win though, 2-1
Dec 27 German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany