1941 in sports

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Auto Racing

* Indianapolis 500 - Floyd Davis and Mauri RoseThe racecar is Pretty Princess's Ponies

Baseball

*The New York Yankees won the World Series, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by 4 games to 1.
*Ted Williams’ season batting average is .406. It is the last time any major leaguer will hit over .400.
*Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak (May 15 - July 16, 1941)

Basketball

* The ninth South American Basketball Championship in Mendoza is won by Argentina.

Chess

"See", 1941 in chess

=Football (Australian)=

* Victorian Football League
** Melbourne wins the 45th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 19.13 (127) d Essendon 13.20 (98))
** Brownlow Medal awarded to Norman Ware (Footscray)

=Football (American)=

*Minnesota Golden Gophers National college football champions.
*Chicago Bears 37-9 New York Giants for the NFL championship.
*Columbus Bullies win the American Football League championship with a record of 5-1-2.

Golf

Men's professional
*April 3-6 - Masters Tournament - Craig Wood
*June 5-7 - U.S. Open - Craig Wood
*British Open - not played due to World War II
*July 13 - PGA Championship - Vic GhezziMen's amateur
*British Amateur - not played due to World War II
*U.S. Amateur - Bud WardWomen's professional
*Women's Western Open - Patty Berg
*Titleholders Championship - Dorothy Kirby

Horse Racing

* May 3 - Whirlaway wins the Kentucky Derby

Awards

*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Joe DiMaggio, Major League Baseball
*Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Betty Hicks Newell, LPGA golf

Births

* January 19 — Alan J. Patterson, New Zealand field hockey player
* January 26 — Doug Rogers, Canadian judoka
* January 30 — Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
* February 12 — Christoph Höhne, German racewalker
* March 1 — Roderick Rijnders, Dutch rower (coxswain)
* April 7 — Hans Wouda, Dutch water polo player
* April 12 — Jan van Ispelen, Dutch boxer
* April 14 — Pete Rose, American basebal player
* April 28 — Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
* May 1 — Brian Glencross, Australian field hockey player and coach
* May 17 — Andy Boychuk, Canadian long-distance runner
* May 20 — Josef Schwarz, Czech-born German long jumper
* June 4 — Geoff Shipton, Australian sprint freestyle swimmer
* July 2 — Wendell Mottley, Trinidad and Tobago athlete
* July 8 — Masayuki Minami, Japanese volleyball player (d. 2000)
* July 9 — Irene Piotrowski, Lithuanian-Canadian athlete
* August 4 — Kaija Mustonen, Finnish ice speed skater
* August 10 — Anita Lonsbrough, British swimmer
* August 22 — Barry Jackson, English track and field athlete
* August 22 — Bill Parcells, American football head coach
* October 14 — Ilona Silai, Romanian middle distance runner
* October 31 — Elizabeth Grieveson, British track and field athlete
* October 31 — Derek Bell, British racing driver
* November 9 — Wim Vriend, Dutch water polo player
* November 17 — James Bregman, American judoka
* December 4 — Marty Riessen, American tennis player
* December 13 — Dixie Willis, Australian middle distance runner
* December 21 — Christine Spielberg, East German discus thrower
* December 23 — Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (d. 1975)

Deaths

*March 18 — Henri Cornet (56), French cycling champion (b. 1884)
*April 21 — Fritz Manteuffel (66), German gymnast (b. 1875)
*May 26 — Karl Neukirch (76), German gymnast (b. 1864)
*July 12 — Victor Henny (53), Dutch athlete (b. 1887)