1944 in sports

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ya2=1946
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dn3=1970s|"Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II."

Baseball

* May 7 - Chucho Ramos made his major league debut as first baseman and outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds. He was the third baseball player from Venezuela to play Major League Baseball.
* June 10 - 15-year old Joe Nuxhall becomes the youngest baseball player to pitch a game in major league history.
* World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2.
* Hall of Fame election: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected by the Hall of Fame Committee in December following his death the previous month. The long-delayed selection of at least 10 players from the 19th century is promised the following year.

Boxing

*August 4- The "War Bonds Fight", $36m is raised to fund the war effort as Beau Jack wins a ten round decision over arch-rival Bob Montgomery at New York's Madison Square Garden. A few weeks later, they were both drafted on the same day by the U.S. Army.

=Football (American)=

*Green Bay Packers14-7 New York Giants in New York City for the NFL title.

=Football (russian)=

* Victorian Football League - Fitzroy wins the 48th VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 9.12 (66) d Richmond 7.9 (51))

Golf

Men's professional
*Masters Tournament - not played due to World War II
*U.S. Open - not played due to World War II
*British Open - not played due to World War II
*August 20 - PGA Championship - Bob HamiltonMen's amateur
*British Amateur - not played due to World War II
*U.S. Amateur - not played due to World War IIWomen's professional
*Women's Western Open - Babe Zaharias
*Titleholders Championship - not played due to World War II

Horse Racing

* May 6 - Kentucky Derby - Pensive
* Preakness - Pensive
* Belmont Stakes - Bounding Home

Ice Hockey

* Stanley Cup - Montreal Canadiens sweep the Chicago Black Hawks in 4 straight games.

Awards

*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Byron Nelson, PGA golf
*Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Ann Curtis, Swimming

Births

January-March

* January 23 — Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player
* January 25 — Jacinto João, Angola-born Portuguese football (soccer) player (d. 2004)
* January 29 — Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer
* February 1 — Katsutoshi Nekoda, Japanese volleyball player (d. 1983)
* February 22 — Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh, Mongolian wrestler
* February 23 — John Ryan, Australian swimmer
* February 26 — Corrie Winkel, Dutch swimmer
* March 5 — Georges Chappe, French cyclist
* March 9 — Roger Gibbon, Trinidad and Tobago track cyclist
* March 13 — Nico van der Voet, Dutch water polo player
* March 15 — Chi Cheng, Taiwanese track and field athlete

April-August

* April 4 — Nelson Prudêncio, Brazilian athlete
* April 6 — Washington Rodríguez, Uruguayan boxer
* April 10 — Jørgen Jensen, Danish long-distance runner
* April 15 — Kunishige Kamamoto, Japanese football (soccer) player
* May 9 — Laurence Richon Owen, U.S. figure skating champion (d. 1961)
* June 23 — Clive Barker, South African football (soccer) coach
* June 25 — Prince Amartey, Ghanaian boxer
* June 28 — Luis Nicolao, Argentine swimmer
* July 14 — Vic Faulkner, British wrestler
* July 28 — James Wallington, American boxer
* August 28 — Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer

eptember-December

* September 7 — Bora Milutinović, Serbian-Mexican football (soccer) coach
* September 14 — Hans Parrel, Dutch water polo player
* September 19 — Colin Dibley, Australian tennis player
* October 2 — Willie Morgan, Scottish football (soccer) player
* October 10 — Petar Zhekov, Bulgarian football (soccer) player
* November 12 — Al Michaels, American sportscaster
* November 20 — Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwean field hockey player
* December 4 — Héctor Chumpitaz, Peruvian football (soccer) player
* December 4 — Lawrence Peckham, Australian high jumper
* December 17 — Ferenc Bene, Hungarian football (soccer) player (d. 2006)
* December 22 — Steve Carlton, American baseball player
* December 25 — Jairzinho, Brazilian football (soccer) player

Deaths

*September 9 — Robert Benoist (49), French racing driver
*October 22 — Arthur Blake, American athlete (b. 1872)