- 1932 in sports
yearbox
in?=in sports
cp=19th century
c=20th century
cf=21st centuryyp1=1929
yp2=1930
yp3=1931
year=1932
ya1=1933
ya2=1934
ya3=1935
dp3=1900s
dp2=1910s
dp1=1920s
d=1930s
da=0
dn1=1940s
dn2=1950s
dn3=1960s|Auto racing *Grand Prix racing - "Main article:
1932 Grand Prix season ." European Champion:Tazio Nuvolari Baseball *Brooklyn's major league
baseball team, known informally until now as the "Superbas", the "Robins", or the "Trolley Dodgers", officially selects the nameBrooklyn Dodgers .
*TheNew York Yankees defeat theChicago Cubs in theWorld Series , 4-0.Babe Ruth hits his famous "called shot" home run--which is followed immediately by aLou Gehrig solo home run--in Game 3.Basketball * The
South American Basketball Championship 1932 inSantiago, Chile is won by Uruguay.Cricket *25 June-28 June,
London -India plays its first Test match, againstEngland . England win by 159 runs.Field Hockey * Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in
Los Angeles ,United States
** Gold Medal: India
** Silver Medal: Japan
** Bronze Medal: United StatesFootball (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League
** Richmond wins the 36th VFL Premiership (Richmond 13.14 (92) d Carlton 12.11 (83))
**Brownlow Medal awarded toHaydn Bunton, Sr (Fitzroy)American Football *
Chicago Bears win theNational Football League title, defeating thePortsmouth Spartans , 9-0, in the1932 NFL Playoff Game .
*TheWashington Redskins are founded.Football (soccer) England
* First Division - Everton win the 1931-32 title.
*FA Cup - Newcastle United beat Arsenal 2-1.Golf Men's professional
*June 10 - U.S. Open -Gene Sarazen
*June 25 - British Open -Gene Sarazen
*September 4 -PGA Championship -Olin Dutra Men's amateur
*British Amateur - John De Forest
*U.S. Amateur -Ross Somerville Women's professional
*Women's Western Open -Jane Weiller Horse Racing *
May 7 -Burgoo King wins theKentucky Derby Snooker *
World Snooker Championship :Joe Davis beatsClark McConachy 30-19Multi-sport event s*
1932 Summer Olympics takes place in Los Angeles,United States
**United States wins the most medals (103), and the most gold medals (41).*
1932 Winter Olympics takes place in Lake Placid,United States
**United States wins the most medals (12), and the most gold medals (6).*The
Toronto Maple Leafs win theStanley Cup .
*France defeats theUnited States in theDavis Cup .
*Eddie Tolan sets the men'sworld record for the 100 meter dash in 10.3 seconds.
*Karl Schäfer wins theWorld Figure Skating Championships .Awards
*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year:
Gene Sarazen , PGA golf
*Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Babe Didrikson,Track and field Births
*
January 14 —Tony DeMarco , American boxer
*January 15 —Jules Maenen , Dutch road bicycle and track cyclist (d.2007 )
*January 27 —Boris Shakhlin , Russian gymnast (d.2008 )
*January 28 —Parry O'Brien , American shot put champion
*February 9 —Daniel Bekker , South African boxer
*February 23 —Fidel Negrete , Mexican long-distance runner
*March 20 —Tetsuo Okamoto , Brazilian swimmer
*April 14 —Eliana Gaete , Chilean hurdler
*April 19 —Andrea Mead-Lawrence , American alpine skier
*May 21 —Jean Stablinski , French cyclist of Polish origin
*May 23 —Jack Foster , New Zealand long-distance runner (d.2004 )
*June 3 —Sandro Gamba , Italian basketball coach and player
*June 12 —Mamo Wolde , Ethiopian runner (d.2002 )
*June 15 —Arnoldo Devonish , Venezuelan athlete
*July 4 —Aurèle Vandendriessche , Belgian marathon runner
*July 22 —Doug Kyle , Canadian long-distance runner
*August 28 —Andy Bathgate , AmericanHockey Hall of Fame player
*September 22 —Ingemar Johansson , Swedish heavyweight boxer
*October 14 —Francisco Caballer , Spanish field hockey player
*Bernie Faloney — CFL football player (d.1999 )
*October 25 —Jerzy Pawłowski , Polish fencer (d.2005 )
*November 27 —Mustapha Larfaoui , AlgerianIOC -member andFINA -president
*December 8 —Charly Gaul , Luxembourgish cyclist (d.2005 )
*December 20 —Teijiro Tanikawa , Japanese swimmerDeaths
*
February 9 — Paul Neumann (56), Austrian swimmer (b.1875 )
*April 2 —Phar Lap , Australian Horse
*April 25 —Lia Manoliu , Romanian discus thrower
*September 9 —Alojz Sokol (61), Slovak athlete from the Kingdom of Hungary (b.1871 )
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.