1937 in sports

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Auto racing

*Grand Prix racing - "Main article: 1937 Grand Prix season." European Champion: Rudolf Caracciola
* Wally Parks founds the Road Runners Club, considered to be the start of organized drag racing.

Baseball

* World Series: New York Yankees defeat New York Giants, 4-1.
* Hall of Fame election: Continuing toward the goal of 10 initial inductees from the 20th century, voters select Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young. A special committee selects managers Connie Mack and John McGraw, former league presidents Morgan Bulkeley and Ban Johnson, and pioneer shortstop/promoter George Wright. Selections of 19th century players are postponed.

Basketball

* Eurobasket 1937: Lithuania win the second European basketball championship.
* The fifth South American Basketball Championship in Valparaíso and Santiago is won by Chile.

Field Hockey

Establishments

* July 14 – HC Den Bosch, a Dutch field hockey club based in 's-Hertogenbosch

Figure skating

*World Figure Skating Championships:
**Men's champion: Felix Kaspar, Austria
**Ladies' champion: Megan Taylor, Great Britain
**Pair skating champion: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier, Germany

=Football (American)=

* First Cotton Bowl is played in Dallas, Texas.
*Washington Redskins win the NFL title their first year in Washington after moving from Boston. They defeat the Chicago Bears 28-21 in Chicago.
* The Cleveland Rams join the National Football League.

=Football (Australian)=

* Victorian Football League
** Geelong wins the 41st VFL Premiership (Geelong 18.14 (122) d Collingwood 12.18 (90))
** Brownlow Medal awarded to Dick Reynolds (Essendon)

Football (soccer)

weden

* Allsvenskan 1936/1937: AIK

England

* First Division - Manchester City win the 1936-37 title.
* FA Cup - Sunderland beat Preston North End 3-1.

Golf

Men's professional
*April 4 - Masters Tournament - Byron Nelson
*May 30 - PGA Championship - Denny Shute
*June 10-12 - U.S. Open - Ralph Guldahl
*July 6-9 - British Open - Henry CottonMen's amateur
*British Amateur - Robert Sweeny Jr.
*U.S. Amateur - Johnny GoodmanWomen's professional
*Women's Western Open - Betty Hicks
*Titleholders Championship - Patty Berg

Horse Racing

* May 8 - War Admiral wins the Kentucky Derby

Snooker

*World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Horace Lindrum 32-29

Yacht racing

*The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as "Ranger" defeats British challenger "Endeavour II", of the Royal Yacht Squadron, 4 races to 0

Awards

*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Don Budge, Tennis
*Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Katherine Rawls, Swimming

Births

*January 24 — Hans Muller, Dutch water polo player
*February 4 — John Devitt, Australian freestyle swimmer
*February 14 — Márta Rudas, Hungarian javelin thrower
*February 23 — Tom Osborne, American college football coach
*February 25 — Gyula Zsivótzky, Hungarian athlete
*March 3 — Kevin O'Halloran, Australian freestyle swimmer (d. 1976)
*March 16 — Juan Calzado, Spanish field hockey player and president of the International Hockey Federation
*March 18 — Rudi Altig, German track and road racing cyclist
*April 5 — Arie Selinger, Israeli volleyball player and coach
*May 12 — Beryl Burton, English racing cyclist (d. 1996)
*June 10 — Vilmos Varjú , Hungarian shot putter (d. 1994)
*June 13 — Ralph Gomes, Guyanese track and field athlete
*August 3 — Andrés Gimeno, Spanish tennis player
*August 4 — Yvonne Reynders, Belgian track and road cyclist
*August 29 — Henk Hermsen, Dutch water polo player
*August 30 — Bruce McLaren, New Zealand racing driver (d. 1970)
*September 19 — José Pedraza, Mexican race walker (d. 1998)
*October 19 — Teresa Ciepły, Polish sprinter and hurdler (d. 2006)