- 1937 in sports
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dn3=1960s|Auto racing *Grand Prix racing - "Main article:
1937 Grand Prix season ." European Champion:Rudolf Caracciola
*Wally Parks founds theRoad Runners Club , considered to be the start of organizeddrag 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 selectNap Lajoie ,Tris Speaker andCy Young . A special committee selects managers Connie Mack and John McGraw, former league presidents Morgan Bulkeley andBan 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 inValparaíso 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 theNFL title their first year in Washington after moving fromBoston . They defeat theChicago 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 toDick Reynolds (Essendon)Football (soccer) weden
*
Allsvenskan 1936/1937: AIKEngland
* 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 Cotton Men's amateur
*British Amateur -Robert Sweeny Jr.
*U.S. Amateur -Johnny Goodman Women's professional
*Women's Western Open -Betty Hicks
*Titleholders Championship -Patty Berg Horse Racing *
May 8 -War Admiral wins theKentucky Derby Snooker *
World Snooker Championship :Joe Davis beatsHorace Lindrum 32-29Yacht racing *The
New York Yacht Club retains theAmerica's Cup as "Ranger" defeats British challenger "Endeavour II", of theRoyal Yacht Squadron , 4 races to 0Awards
*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 theInternational 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 )
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