- 1943 in sports
yearbox
in?=in sports
cp=19th century
c=20th century
cf=21st centuryyp1=1940
yp2=1941
yp3=1942
year=1943
ya1=1944
ya2=1945
ya3=1946
dp3=1910s
dp2=1920s
dp1=1930s
d=1940s
da=0
dn1=1950s
dn2=1960s
dn3=1970s|"Many sporting events did not take place because of
World War II ."Baseball *
World Series :New York Yankees defeatsSt. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 1.Basketball * The eleventh South American Basketball Championship in
Lima is won by Argentina.Chess "See",
1943 in chess
=Football (Australian)=*
Victorian Football League - Richmond wins the 47th VFL Premiership (Richmond 12.14 (86) d Essendon 11.15 (81)).
=Football (American)=*
Chicago Bears 41-26 overWashington Redskins in theNFL championship game in Chicago
*Angelo Bertelli , Notre Dame quarterback, winsHeisman Trophy .Golf Men's professional
*April 9-13 -Masters Tournament - not played due toWorld War II
*U.S. Open - not played due toWorld War II
*British Open - not played due toWorld War II
*May 31 -PGA Championship - not played due toWorld War II Men's amateur
*British Amateur - not played due toWorld War II
*U.S. Amateur - not played due toWorld War II Women's professional
*Women's Western Open -Patty Berg
*Titleholders Championship - not played due toWorld War II Horse Racing *
May 1 -Count Fleet wins theKentucky Derby Awards
*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year:
Gunder Hägg ,Track and field
*Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year:Patty Berg , LPGA golfBirths
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January 1 —Feike de Vries , Dutch water polo player
*January 31 —Richard Quick , American swimming coach
*March 1 —Ben Jipcho , Kenyan athlete
*March 16 —Dave McKenzie , New Zealand long-distance runner
*April 1 —Ad Moolhuijzen , Dutch water polo player
*April 7 —Joaquim Agostinho , Portuguese professional bicycle racer (d.1984 )
*April 20 —Eckart Suhl , German field hockey player
*April 23 —Fighting Harada , Japanese boxer
*April 24 —Ruud Stokvis , Dutch rower
*May 16 —Allan Wood , Australian freestyle swimmer
*May 26 —Erica Terpstra , Dutch swimmer, politician and president of the Dutch Olympic Committee
*June 5 —Buster Mathis , American amateur heavyweight boxer (d.1995 )
*June 6 —Steven Barnett , American water polo player
*June 7 — [http://www.tell-usa.org/totl/13-ABOUT%20the%20AUTHOR.htm Bob Struble, Jr.,] American football quarterback.
*June 8 —Willie Davenport , American athlete (d.2002 )
*June 17 —Peter Doak , Australian swimmer
*July 7 —Jürgen Geschke , East German track cyclist
*July 11 —Pedro Carrasco , Spanish boxer (d.2001 )
*August 7 —Mieke Jaapies , Dutch canoer
*August 12 —Loet Geutjes , Dutch water polo player
*August 17 —Yukio Kasaya , Japanese ski jumper
*September 4 —Giuseppe Gentile , Italian triple jumper
*September 14 —Jan Snijders , Dutch judoka and referee
*October 26 —Diane Gerace , Canadian high jumper
*November 13 —Jay Sigel , American golfer
*November 25 —Rafael Carbonell , Cuban flyweight boxer
*November 25 —Janice Andrew , Australian butterfly swimmer
*November 27 —Herman Suselbeek , Dutch rower
*December 3 —Pentti Kahma , Finnish discus thrower
*December 19 —Ted Salmon , New Zealand field hockey playerDeaths
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January 20 —Attila Petschauer (38), Hungarian fencer (b.1904 )
*March 7 —Akilles Järvinen (37), Finnish athlete (b.1905 )
*July 27 —Herbert Barrett (69), British tennis player (b.1873 )
*September 14 —Ernst Linder (75), Swedish horse rider (b.1868 )
*December 2 —Jaap Meijer (38), Dutch track cyclist (b.1905 )
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