1945 in sports

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in?=in sports
cp=19th century
c=20th century
cf=21st century

yp1=1942
yp2=1943
yp3=1944
year=1945
ya1=1946
ya2=1947
ya3=1948
dp3=1910s
dp2=1920s
dp1=1930s
d=1940s
da=0
dn1=1950s
dn2=1960s
dn3=1970s|"Some sporting events did not take place because of World War II."

Baseball

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Basketball

* The twelfth South American Basketball Championship in Guayaquil is won by Brazil.

=Football (Australian)=

* Victorian Football League - Carlton wins the 49th VFL Premiership (Carlton 15.13 (103) d South Melbourne 10.15 (76))

=Football (American)=

*Cleveland Rams 15-14 Washington Redskins at Cleveland, Ohio to win the NFL championship. The Rams relocated after the season to Los Angeles.

Football (soccer)

England

* With the end of World War II, the FA Cup is reinstated for the 1945-46 season; played on a two-legged basis. However, clubs are not yet prepared for a full league programme, so the Football League does not resume; regional leagues remain for another year.

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
*July 15 - PGA Championship - Byron Nelson
*PGA Tour money leader - Byron Nelson - $63,336Men'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

* June 9 - Kentucky Derby - Hoop Jr.
* Preakness - Polynesian
* Belmont Stakes - Pavot

Awards

*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Byron Nelson, PGA golf
*Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, LPGA golf

Births

January-May

*January 1 — Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing car driver
*January 10 — Jerome Drayton, German-born Canadian long-distance runner
*February 3 — Philip Waruinge, Kenyan boxer
*February 3 — Bob Griese, American football player
*February 5 — Nancy McCredie, Canadian track and field athlete
*February 25 — Roy Saari, American freestyle and medley swimmer
*February 26 — Peter Brock, Australian racing car driver (d. 2006)
*March 16 — Vojtech Christov, Slovak football referee
*March 17 — Hassan Bchara, Lebanese wrestler
*March 17 — Dave Bailey, Canadian track and field athlete
*March 27 — Robert Haigh, Australian field hockey player
*March 28 — Johnny Famechon, France-born Australian boxer
*April 2 — Don Sutton, American baseball player
*April 3 — Bernie Parent, Hockey hall of famer
*April 10 — Kevin Berry, Australian butterfly swimmer (d. 2006)
*April 20 — Naftali Temu, Kenyan athlete (d. 2003)
*April 26 — Dick Johnson, Australian racing car driver
*May 12 — Alan Ball, English football (soccer) player
*May 12 — Carl Robie, American butterfly swimmer
*May 14 — Yochanan Vollach, Israeli football (soccer) player, President of Maccabi Haifa accosiation
*May 23 — Roel Luynenburg, Dutch rower

June-November

*June 1 — Brian Oldfield, American track and field athlete
*June 1 — Russell Webb, American water polo player
*June 3 — Hale Irwin, American golfer
*June 4 — John Sherwood, British track and field athlete
*June 5 — John Carlos, American track and field champion
*June 8 — Klenie Bimolt, Dutch swimmer
*June 12 — Pat Jennings, Northern Irish soccer goalkeeper
*June 16 — Pedro Chappe Garcia, Cuban basketball player (d. 2003)
*June 24 — Betty Stöve, Dutch female tennis player
*July 1 — Jane Cederqvist, Swedish freestyle swimmer
*July 21 — John Lowe, English darts player
*August 12 — Mary Stewart, Canadian freestyle swimmer
*August 15 — Gene Upshaw, American football player
*September 11 — Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and coach
*October 12 — Stanley Cole, American water polo player
*November 24 — Van Nelson, American long-distance runner

Deaths

* November 11 — Al Bummy Davis, American lightweight and welterweight boxer (b. 1918)