1950 in sports
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- NASCAR Championship - Bill Rexford
- AAA Racing:
- *Henry Banks won the series championship
- *Johnnie Parsons won the Indianapolis 500
- Formula One Champion: The first World Championship for drivers under the jurisdiction of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) is contested. The first race of the World Championship series is the British Grand Prix won by Giuseppe Farina, driving an Alfa Romeo. Farina would go on to become the first FIA World Champion.
- 24 hours of Le Mans - Louis Rosier/Jean-Louis Rosier driving a Talbot-Lago
- Rally racing:
- *M. Becquart/H. Secret won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Hotchkiss
- Drag racing - June 19: The first commercial drag strip, the Santa Ana Drags, begins at Orange County Airport (now John Wayne Airport) in Santa Ana, in Southern California. Admission is 50 cents -- or 75 cents if the ticket holder wanted to watch the mechanics work.
- World Series: New York Yankees win 4 games to 0 over the Philadelphia Phillies
- First FIBA World Championship. Argentina World Champion
- January in London, Joey Maxim won the light-heavyweight world title, stopping champion Freddie Mills in 10 rounds.
- September 27 - Ezzard Charles retains his World Heavyweight Championship with a 15 round unanimous decision over Joe Louis in New York City.
- Giro d'Italia - Hugo Koblet of Switzerland
- Tour de France - Ferdinand Kubler of Switzerland
- Vuelta a Espana – Emilio Rodriguez of Spain
- World Cycling Championship - Briek Schotte of Belgium
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- *Men's champiton: Dick Button, United States
- *Women's champion: Alena *Ája* Vrzáňová, Czechoslovakia
- *Pairs championstyuy: Karol Kennedy & Michael Kennedy, United States
- NFL Championship: Cleveland Browns win 30-28 over the Los Angeles Rams
- Oklahoma Sooners - college football champions.
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 54th VFL Premiership (Essendon 13.14 (92) d North Melbourne 7.12 (54))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)
- Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts win 13-0 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 1950 World Cup held in Brazil. Uruguay are the winners after beating Brazil in the final group decider.
- United States defeats England 1-0 in one of the great upsets in sports history
England
- First Division - Portsmouth win the 1949-50 title.
- FA Cup: Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-0.
- Men's Golf
- *Grand Slam of golf results:
- *#May - The Masters - Jimmy Demaret
- *#June - US Open - Ben Hogan
- *#July - British Open - Bobby Locke
- *#August - PGA Championship - Chandler Harper
- Women's Golf
- *Babe Zaharias named Woman Athlete of the Half-Century by the Associated Press.
- *US Women's Open - Babe Zaharias
- *Thirteen women golfers found the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
- The United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Comic Court
- Canada - Queen's Plate - McGill
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Tantième
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Dark Warrior
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Palestine
- #Epsom Derby - Galcador
- #St. Leger Stakes - Talma
- Little Brown Jug for pacers - Dudley Hanover
- Hambletonian for trotters - Lusty Song
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Captain Sandy
- PP LP
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Charlie Rayner, New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over the New York Rangers
- World Hockey Championship
- * Men's champion: Canada's Edmonton Mercurys
- World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51-46.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Frank Sedgman
- #French Open - Budge Patty
- #Wimbledon championships - Budge Patty
- #US Open - Arthur Larsen
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Louise Brough
- #French Open - Doris Hart
- #Wimbledon championships - Louise Brough
- #US Open - Margaret Osborne duPont
- Davis Cup in world tennis: Australia won 4 to 1 over the United States
- British Empire Games held in Auckland
Births
- January 15 — Marius Tresor, French football player
- January 18 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1 race driver (d. 1982)
- January 19 — Eshetu Tura, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- February 7 — Mauro Bellugi, Italian football player
- February 14 — Phil Dent, Australian tennis player
- February 22 — Julius Erving, American basketball Hall of Famer
- March 9 — Danny Sullivan, American automobile racer
- March 21 — Anders Linderoth, Swedish football player
- March 28 — Roland Andersson, Swedish football player
- April 1 — Paolo Conti, Italian football player
- April 8 — Grzegorz Lato, Polish football player
- April 24 — Henryk Maculewicz, Polish football player
- April 26 — Elizabeth Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- April 27 — Paolino Pulici, Italian football player
- May 9 — James Butts, American triple jumper
- May 15 — Renate Stecher, East German athlete
- May 18 — Rodney Milburn, American hurdler
- June 3 — Marlene Elejarde, Cuban 4x100m runner (d. 1980)
- June 5 — Adrian Cosma, Romanian handball player
- June 11 — Pokey Watson, American backstroke swimmer
- June 13 — Chris Taylor, American freestyle wrestler (d. 1979)
- June 15 — István Szabó, Hungarian canoer
- June 18 — Annelie Ehrhardt, Germann 100m hurdler
- June 25 — Tatyana Averina, Soviet speed skater
- June 27 — Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer
- July 6 — Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet weightlifter
- July 9 — Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- July 13 — Rod Dixon, New Zealand middle distance runner
- July 16 — Dennis Priestley, British darts player
- July 18 — Sandor Pinter, Hungarian football player
- July 21 — Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- July 23 — Ramon Quiroga, Peruvian football goalkeeper
- July 29 — Maricica Puică, Romanian middle distance athlete
- August 3 — Waldemar Cierpinski, German marathon runner
- August 4 — Alex Olmedo, Peru-born tennis player from the United States
- August 5 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier
- August 7 — David Wottle, American track and field athlete
- August 8 — Mart Bras, Dutch water polo player and referee
- August 12 — Shirley Haig, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 22 — Celia Breckenridge, British lacrosse player
- August 28 — Robert Kasting, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Andrzej Szarmach, Polish football player
- October 5 — Hugo Hovenkamp, Dutch football player
- October 12 — Miguel Oviedo, Argentinian football player
- October 13 — Annegret Richter, German athlete
- October 14 — Kurt Jara, Austrian football player
- October 24 — Asa Hartford, Scottish football player
- November 1 — Jan Evert Veer, Dutch water polo player
- November 4 — Benny Wendt, Swedish football player
- November 11 — Rex Sellers, New Zealand yachtsman
- November 16 — Héctor Baley, Argentinian football player
- November 17 — Roland Matthes, East German backstroke swimmer
- November 22 — Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player
- November 26 — Dieter Burdenski, German football goalkeeper
- December 3 — Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- December 3 — Peter Trump, German field hockey player
- December 27 — Roberto Bettega, Italian football player
Deaths
- April 16 - Arnaud Massy, champion golfer
- September 23 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
- October 9 - George Hainsworth, NHL Hockey Hall of Fame, goaltender
- November 4 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball pitcher (1911-1930)
- November 30 - Billy Burch, Hockey Hall of Fame player
- December 5 - Bill Dahlen, Major League Baseball player (1891-1911)
- World Series: New York Yankees win 4 games to 0 over the Philadelphia Phillies
- First FIBA World Championship. Argentina World Champion
- January in London, Joey Maxim won the light-heavyweight world title, stopping champion Freddie Mills in 10 rounds.
- September 27 - Ezzard Charles retains his World Heavyweight Championship with a 15 round unanimous decision over Joe Louis in New York City.
- Giro d'Italia - Hugo Koblet of Switzerland
- Tour de France - Ferdinand Kubler of Switzerland
- Vuelta a Espana – Emilio Rodriguez of Spain
- World Cycling Championship - Briek Schotte of Belgium
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- *Men's champiton: Dick Button, United States
- *Women's champion: Alena *Ája* Vrzáňová, Czechoslovakia
- *Pairs championstyuy: Karol Kennedy & Michael Kennedy, United States
- NFL Championship: Cleveland Browns win 30-28 over the Los Angeles Rams
- Oklahoma Sooners - college football champions.
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 54th VFL Premiership (Essendon 13.14 (92) d North Melbourne 7.12 (54))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)
- Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts win 13-0 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 1950 World Cup held in Brazil. Uruguay are the winners after beating Brazil in the final group decider.
- United States defeats England 1-0 in one of the great upsets in sports history
England
- First Division - Portsmouth win the 1949-50 title.
- FA Cup: Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-0.
- Men's Golf
- *Grand Slam of golf results:
- *#May - The Masters - Jimmy Demaret
- *#June - US Open - Ben Hogan
- *#July - British Open - Bobby Locke
- *#August - PGA Championship - Chandler Harper
- Women's Golf
- *Babe Zaharias named Woman Athlete of the Half-Century by the Associated Press.
- *US Women's Open - Babe Zaharias
- *Thirteen women golfers found the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
- The United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Comic Court
- Canada - Queen's Plate - McGill
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Tantième
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Dark Warrior
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Palestine
- #Epsom Derby - Galcador
- #St. Leger Stakes - Talma
- Little Brown Jug for pacers - Dudley Hanover
- Hambletonian for trotters - Lusty Song
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Captain Sandy
- PP LP
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Charlie Rayner, New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over the New York Rangers
- World Hockey Championship
- * Men's champion: Canada's Edmonton Mercurys
- World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51-46.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Frank Sedgman
- #French Open - Budge Patty
- #Wimbledon championships - Budge Patty
- #US Open - Arthur Larsen
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Louise Brough
- #French Open - Doris Hart
- #Wimbledon championships - Louise Brough
- #US Open - Margaret Osborne duPont
- Davis Cup in world tennis: Australia won 4 to 1 over the United States
- British Empire Games held in Auckland
Births
- January 15 — Marius Tresor, French football player
- January 18 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1 race driver (d. 1982)
- January 19 — Eshetu Tura, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- February 7 — Mauro Bellugi, Italian football player
- February 14 — Phil Dent, Australian tennis player
- February 22 — Julius Erving, American basketball Hall of Famer
- March 9 — Danny Sullivan, American automobile racer
- March 21 — Anders Linderoth, Swedish football player
- March 28 — Roland Andersson, Swedish football player
- April 1 — Paolo Conti, Italian football player
- April 8 — Grzegorz Lato, Polish football player
- April 24 — Henryk Maculewicz, Polish football player
- April 26 — Elizabeth Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- April 27 — Paolino Pulici, Italian football player
- May 9 — James Butts, American triple jumper
- May 15 — Renate Stecher, East German athlete
- May 18 — Rodney Milburn, American hurdler
- June 3 — Marlene Elejarde, Cuban 4x100m runner (d. 1980)
- June 5 — Adrian Cosma, Romanian handball player
- June 11 — Pokey Watson, American backstroke swimmer
- June 13 — Chris Taylor, American freestyle wrestler (d. 1979)
- June 15 — István Szabó, Hungarian canoer
- June 18 — Annelie Ehrhardt, Germann 100m hurdler
- June 25 — Tatyana Averina, Soviet speed skater
- June 27 — Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer
- July 6 — Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet weightlifter
- July 9 — Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- July 13 — Rod Dixon, New Zealand middle distance runner
- July 16 — Dennis Priestley, British darts player
- July 18 — Sandor Pinter, Hungarian football player
- July 21 — Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- July 23 — Ramon Quiroga, Peruvian football goalkeeper
- July 29 — Maricica Puică, Romanian middle distance athlete
- August 3 — Waldemar Cierpinski, German marathon runner
- August 4 — Alex Olmedo, Peru-born tennis player from the United States
- August 5 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier
- August 7 — David Wottle, American track and field athlete
- August 8 — Mart Bras, Dutch water polo player and referee
- August 12 — Shirley Haig, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 22 — Celia Breckenridge, British lacrosse player
- August 28 — Robert Kasting, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Andrzej Szarmach, Polish football player
- October 5 — Hugo Hovenkamp, Dutch football player
- October 12 — Miguel Oviedo, Argentinian football player
- October 13 — Annegret Richter, German athlete
- October 14 — Kurt Jara, Austrian football player
- October 24 — Asa Hartford, Scottish football player
- November 1 — Jan Evert Veer, Dutch water polo player
- November 4 — Benny Wendt, Swedish football player
- November 11 — Rex Sellers, New Zealand yachtsman
- November 16 — Héctor Baley, Argentinian football player
- November 17 — Roland Matthes, East German backstroke swimmer
- November 22 — Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player
- November 26 — Dieter Burdenski, German football goalkeeper
- December 3 — Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- December 3 — Peter Trump, German field hockey player
- December 27 — Roberto Bettega, Italian football player
Deaths
- April 16 - Arnaud Massy, champion golfer
- September 23 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
- October 9 - George Hainsworth, NHL Hockey Hall of Fame, goaltender
- November 4 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball pitcher (1911-1930)
- November 30 - Billy Burch, Hockey Hall of Fame player
- December 5 - Bill Dahlen, Major League Baseball player (1891-1911)
- January in London, Joey Maxim won the light-heavyweight world title, stopping champion Freddie Mills in 10 rounds.
- September 27 - Ezzard Charles retains his World Heavyweight Championship with a 15 round unanimous decision over Joe Louis in New York City.
- Giro d'Italia - Hugo Koblet of Switzerland
- Tour de France - Ferdinand Kubler of Switzerland
- Vuelta a Espana – Emilio Rodriguez of Spain
- World Cycling Championship - Briek Schotte of Belgium
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- *Men's champiton: Dick Button, United States
- *Women's champion: Alena *Ája* Vrzáňová, Czechoslovakia
- *Pairs championstyuy: Karol Kennedy & Michael Kennedy, United States
- NFL Championship: Cleveland Browns win 30-28 over the Los Angeles Rams
- Oklahoma Sooners - college football champions.
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 54th VFL Premiership (Essendon 13.14 (92) d North Melbourne 7.12 (54))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)
- Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts win 13-0 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 1950 World Cup held in Brazil. Uruguay are the winners after beating Brazil in the final group decider.
- United States defeats England 1-0 in one of the great upsets in sports history
England
- First Division - Portsmouth win the 1949-50 title.
- FA Cup: Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-0.
- Men's Golf
- *Grand Slam of golf results:
- *#May - The Masters - Jimmy Demaret
- *#June - US Open - Ben Hogan
- *#July - British Open - Bobby Locke
- *#August - PGA Championship - Chandler Harper
- Women's Golf
- *Babe Zaharias named Woman Athlete of the Half-Century by the Associated Press.
- *US Women's Open - Babe Zaharias
- *Thirteen women golfers found the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
- The United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Comic Court
- Canada - Queen's Plate - McGill
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Tantième
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Dark Warrior
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Palestine
- #Epsom Derby - Galcador
- #St. Leger Stakes - Talma
- Little Brown Jug for pacers - Dudley Hanover
- Hambletonian for trotters - Lusty Song
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Captain Sandy
- PP LP
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Charlie Rayner, New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over the New York Rangers
- World Hockey Championship
- * Men's champion: Canada's Edmonton Mercurys
- World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51-46.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Frank Sedgman
- #French Open - Budge Patty
- #Wimbledon championships - Budge Patty
- #US Open - Arthur Larsen
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Louise Brough
- #French Open - Doris Hart
- #Wimbledon championships - Louise Brough
- #US Open - Margaret Osborne duPont
- Davis Cup in world tennis: Australia won 4 to 1 over the United States
- British Empire Games held in Auckland
Births
- January 15 — Marius Tresor, French football player
- January 18 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1 race driver (d. 1982)
- January 19 — Eshetu Tura, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- February 7 — Mauro Bellugi, Italian football player
- February 14 — Phil Dent, Australian tennis player
- February 22 — Julius Erving, American basketball Hall of Famer
- March 9 — Danny Sullivan, American automobile racer
- March 21 — Anders Linderoth, Swedish football player
- March 28 — Roland Andersson, Swedish football player
- April 1 — Paolo Conti, Italian football player
- April 8 — Grzegorz Lato, Polish football player
- April 24 — Henryk Maculewicz, Polish football player
- April 26 — Elizabeth Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- April 27 — Paolino Pulici, Italian football player
- May 9 — James Butts, American triple jumper
- May 15 — Renate Stecher, East German athlete
- May 18 — Rodney Milburn, American hurdler
- June 3 — Marlene Elejarde, Cuban 4x100m runner (d. 1980)
- June 5 — Adrian Cosma, Romanian handball player
- June 11 — Pokey Watson, American backstroke swimmer
- June 13 — Chris Taylor, American freestyle wrestler (d. 1979)
- June 15 — István Szabó, Hungarian canoer
- June 18 — Annelie Ehrhardt, Germann 100m hurdler
- June 25 — Tatyana Averina, Soviet speed skater
- June 27 — Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer
- July 6 — Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet weightlifter
- July 9 — Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- July 13 — Rod Dixon, New Zealand middle distance runner
- July 16 — Dennis Priestley, British darts player
- July 18 — Sandor Pinter, Hungarian football player
- July 21 — Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- July 23 — Ramon Quiroga, Peruvian football goalkeeper
- July 29 — Maricica Puică, Romanian middle distance athlete
- August 3 — Waldemar Cierpinski, German marathon runner
- August 4 — Alex Olmedo, Peru-born tennis player from the United States
- August 5 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier
- August 7 — David Wottle, American track and field athlete
- August 8 — Mart Bras, Dutch water polo player and referee
- August 12 — Shirley Haig, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 22 — Celia Breckenridge, British lacrosse player
- August 28 — Robert Kasting, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Andrzej Szarmach, Polish football player
- October 5 — Hugo Hovenkamp, Dutch football player
- October 12 — Miguel Oviedo, Argentinian football player
- October 13 — Annegret Richter, German athlete
- October 14 — Kurt Jara, Austrian football player
- October 24 — Asa Hartford, Scottish football player
- November 1 — Jan Evert Veer, Dutch water polo player
- November 4 — Benny Wendt, Swedish football player
- November 11 — Rex Sellers, New Zealand yachtsman
- November 16 — Héctor Baley, Argentinian football player
- November 17 — Roland Matthes, East German backstroke swimmer
- November 22 — Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player
- November 26 — Dieter Burdenski, German football goalkeeper
- December 3 — Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- December 3 — Peter Trump, German field hockey player
- December 27 — Roberto Bettega, Italian football player
Deaths
- April 16 - Arnaud Massy, champion golfer
- September 23 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
- October 9 - George Hainsworth, NHL Hockey Hall of Fame, goaltender
- November 4 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball pitcher (1911-1930)
- November 30 - Billy Burch, Hockey Hall of Fame player
- December 5 - Bill Dahlen, Major League Baseball player (1891-1911)
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- *Men's champiton: Dick Button, United States
- *Women's champion: Alena *Ája* Vrzáňová, Czechoslovakia
- *Pairs championstyuy: Karol Kennedy & Michael Kennedy, United States
- NFL Championship: Cleveland Browns win 30-28 over the Los Angeles Rams
- Oklahoma Sooners - college football champions.
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 54th VFL Premiership (Essendon 13.14 (92) d North Melbourne 7.12 (54))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)
- Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts win 13-0 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 1950 World Cup held in Brazil. Uruguay are the winners after beating Brazil in the final group decider.
- United States defeats England 1-0 in one of the great upsets in sports history
England
- First Division - Portsmouth win the 1949-50 title.
- FA Cup: Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-0.
- Men's Golf
- *Grand Slam of golf results:
- *#May - The Masters - Jimmy Demaret
- *#June - US Open - Ben Hogan
- *#July - British Open - Bobby Locke
- *#August - PGA Championship - Chandler Harper
- Women's Golf
- *Babe Zaharias named Woman Athlete of the Half-Century by the Associated Press.
- *US Women's Open - Babe Zaharias
- *Thirteen women golfers found the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
- The United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Comic Court
- Canada - Queen's Plate - McGill
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Tantième
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Dark Warrior
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Palestine
- #Epsom Derby - Galcador
- #St. Leger Stakes - Talma
- Little Brown Jug for pacers - Dudley Hanover
- Hambletonian for trotters - Lusty Song
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Captain Sandy
- PP LP
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Charlie Rayner, New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over the New York Rangers
- World Hockey Championship
- * Men's champion: Canada's Edmonton Mercurys
- World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51-46.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Frank Sedgman
- #French Open - Budge Patty
- #Wimbledon championships - Budge Patty
- #US Open - Arthur Larsen
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Louise Brough
- #French Open - Doris Hart
- #Wimbledon championships - Louise Brough
- #US Open - Margaret Osborne duPont
- Davis Cup in world tennis: Australia won 4 to 1 over the United States
- British Empire Games held in Auckland
Births
- January 15 — Marius Tresor, French football player
- January 18 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1 race driver (d. 1982)
- January 19 — Eshetu Tura, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- February 7 — Mauro Bellugi, Italian football player
- February 14 — Phil Dent, Australian tennis player
- February 22 — Julius Erving, American basketball Hall of Famer
- March 9 — Danny Sullivan, American automobile racer
- March 21 — Anders Linderoth, Swedish football player
- March 28 — Roland Andersson, Swedish football player
- April 1 — Paolo Conti, Italian football player
- April 8 — Grzegorz Lato, Polish football player
- April 24 — Henryk Maculewicz, Polish football player
- April 26 — Elizabeth Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- April 27 — Paolino Pulici, Italian football player
- May 9 — James Butts, American triple jumper
- May 15 — Renate Stecher, East German athlete
- May 18 — Rodney Milburn, American hurdler
- June 3 — Marlene Elejarde, Cuban 4x100m runner (d. 1980)
- June 5 — Adrian Cosma, Romanian handball player
- June 11 — Pokey Watson, American backstroke swimmer
- June 13 — Chris Taylor, American freestyle wrestler (d. 1979)
- June 15 — István Szabó, Hungarian canoer
- June 18 — Annelie Ehrhardt, Germann 100m hurdler
- June 25 — Tatyana Averina, Soviet speed skater
- June 27 — Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer
- July 6 — Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet weightlifter
- July 9 — Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- July 13 — Rod Dixon, New Zealand middle distance runner
- July 16 — Dennis Priestley, British darts player
- July 18 — Sandor Pinter, Hungarian football player
- July 21 — Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- July 23 — Ramon Quiroga, Peruvian football goalkeeper
- July 29 — Maricica Puică, Romanian middle distance athlete
- August 3 — Waldemar Cierpinski, German marathon runner
- August 4 — Alex Olmedo, Peru-born tennis player from the United States
- August 5 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier
- August 7 — David Wottle, American track and field athlete
- August 8 — Mart Bras, Dutch water polo player and referee
- August 12 — Shirley Haig, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 22 — Celia Breckenridge, British lacrosse player
- August 28 — Robert Kasting, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Andrzej Szarmach, Polish football player
- October 5 — Hugo Hovenkamp, Dutch football player
- October 12 — Miguel Oviedo, Argentinian football player
- October 13 — Annegret Richter, German athlete
- October 14 — Kurt Jara, Austrian football player
- October 24 — Asa Hartford, Scottish football player
- November 1 — Jan Evert Veer, Dutch water polo player
- November 4 — Benny Wendt, Swedish football player
- November 11 — Rex Sellers, New Zealand yachtsman
- November 16 — Héctor Baley, Argentinian football player
- November 17 — Roland Matthes, East German backstroke swimmer
- November 22 — Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player
- November 26 — Dieter Burdenski, German football goalkeeper
- December 3 — Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- December 3 — Peter Trump, German field hockey player
- December 27 — Roberto Bettega, Italian football player
Deaths
- April 16 - Arnaud Massy, champion golfer
- September 23 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
- October 9 - George Hainsworth, NHL Hockey Hall of Fame, goaltender
- November 4 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball pitcher (1911-1930)
- November 30 - Billy Burch, Hockey Hall of Fame player
- December 5 - Bill Dahlen, Major League Baseball player (1891-1911)
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 54th VFL Premiership (Essendon 13.14 (92) d North Melbourne 7.12 (54))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)
- Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts win 13-0 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 1950 World Cup held in Brazil. Uruguay are the winners after beating Brazil in the final group decider.
- United States defeats England 1-0 in one of the great upsets in sports history
England
- First Division - Portsmouth win the 1949-50 title.
- FA Cup: Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-0.
- Men's Golf
- *Grand Slam of golf results:
- *#May - The Masters - Jimmy Demaret
- *#June - US Open - Ben Hogan
- *#July - British Open - Bobby Locke
- *#August - PGA Championship - Chandler Harper
- Women's Golf
- *Babe Zaharias named Woman Athlete of the Half-Century by the Associated Press.
- *US Women's Open - Babe Zaharias
- *Thirteen women golfers found the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
- The United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Comic Court
- Canada - Queen's Plate - McGill
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Tantième
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Dark Warrior
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Palestine
- #Epsom Derby - Galcador
- #St. Leger Stakes - Talma
- Little Brown Jug for pacers - Dudley Hanover
- Hambletonian for trotters - Lusty Song
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Captain Sandy
- PP LP
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Charlie Rayner, New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over the New York Rangers
- World Hockey Championship
- * Men's champion: Canada's Edmonton Mercurys
- World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51-46.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Frank Sedgman
- #French Open - Budge Patty
- #Wimbledon championships - Budge Patty
- #US Open - Arthur Larsen
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Louise Brough
- #French Open - Doris Hart
- #Wimbledon championships - Louise Brough
- #US Open - Margaret Osborne duPont
- Davis Cup in world tennis: Australia won 4 to 1 over the United States
- British Empire Games held in Auckland
Births
- January 15 — Marius Tresor, French football player
- January 18 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1 race driver (d. 1982)
- January 19 — Eshetu Tura, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- February 7 — Mauro Bellugi, Italian football player
- February 14 — Phil Dent, Australian tennis player
- February 22 — Julius Erving, American basketball Hall of Famer
- March 9 — Danny Sullivan, American automobile racer
- March 21 — Anders Linderoth, Swedish football player
- March 28 — Roland Andersson, Swedish football player
- April 1 — Paolo Conti, Italian football player
- April 8 — Grzegorz Lato, Polish football player
- April 24 — Henryk Maculewicz, Polish football player
- April 26 — Elizabeth Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- April 27 — Paolino Pulici, Italian football player
- May 9 — James Butts, American triple jumper
- May 15 — Renate Stecher, East German athlete
- May 18 — Rodney Milburn, American hurdler
- June 3 — Marlene Elejarde, Cuban 4x100m runner (d. 1980)
- June 5 — Adrian Cosma, Romanian handball player
- June 11 — Pokey Watson, American backstroke swimmer
- June 13 — Chris Taylor, American freestyle wrestler (d. 1979)
- June 15 — István Szabó, Hungarian canoer
- June 18 — Annelie Ehrhardt, Germann 100m hurdler
- June 25 — Tatyana Averina, Soviet speed skater
- June 27 — Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer
- July 6 — Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet weightlifter
- July 9 — Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- July 13 — Rod Dixon, New Zealand middle distance runner
- July 16 — Dennis Priestley, British darts player
- July 18 — Sandor Pinter, Hungarian football player
- July 21 — Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- July 23 — Ramon Quiroga, Peruvian football goalkeeper
- July 29 — Maricica Puică, Romanian middle distance athlete
- August 3 — Waldemar Cierpinski, German marathon runner
- August 4 — Alex Olmedo, Peru-born tennis player from the United States
- August 5 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier
- August 7 — David Wottle, American track and field athlete
- August 8 — Mart Bras, Dutch water polo player and referee
- August 12 — Shirley Haig, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 22 — Celia Breckenridge, British lacrosse player
- August 28 — Robert Kasting, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Andrzej Szarmach, Polish football player
- October 5 — Hugo Hovenkamp, Dutch football player
- October 12 — Miguel Oviedo, Argentinian football player
- October 13 — Annegret Richter, German athlete
- October 14 — Kurt Jara, Austrian football player
- October 24 — Asa Hartford, Scottish football player
- November 1 — Jan Evert Veer, Dutch water polo player
- November 4 — Benny Wendt, Swedish football player
- November 11 — Rex Sellers, New Zealand yachtsman
- November 16 — Héctor Baley, Argentinian football player
- November 17 — Roland Matthes, East German backstroke swimmer
- November 22 — Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player
- November 26 — Dieter Burdenski, German football goalkeeper
- December 3 — Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- December 3 — Peter Trump, German field hockey player
- December 27 — Roberto Bettega, Italian football player
Deaths
- April 16 - Arnaud Massy, champion golfer
- September 23 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
- October 9 - George Hainsworth, NHL Hockey Hall of Fame, goaltender
- November 4 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball pitcher (1911-1930)
- November 30 - Billy Burch, Hockey Hall of Fame player
- December 5 - Bill Dahlen, Major League Baseball player (1891-1911)
- 1950 World Cup held in Brazil. Uruguay are the winners after beating Brazil in the final group decider.
- United States defeats England 1-0 in one of the great upsets in sports history
England
- First Division - Portsmouth win the 1949-50 title.
- FA Cup: Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-0.
- Men's Golf
- *Grand Slam of golf results:
- *#May - The Masters - Jimmy Demaret
- *#June - US Open - Ben Hogan
- *#July - British Open - Bobby Locke
- *#August - PGA Championship - Chandler Harper
- Women's Golf
- *Babe Zaharias named Woman Athlete of the Half-Century by the Associated Press.
- *US Women's Open - Babe Zaharias
- *Thirteen women golfers found the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
- The United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Comic Court
- Canada - Queen's Plate - McGill
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Tantième
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Dark Warrior
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Palestine
- #Epsom Derby - Galcador
- #St. Leger Stakes - Talma
- Little Brown Jug for pacers - Dudley Hanover
- Hambletonian for trotters - Lusty Song
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Captain Sandy
- PP LP
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Charlie Rayner, New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over the New York Rangers
- World Hockey Championship
- * Men's champion: Canada's Edmonton Mercurys
- World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51-46.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Frank Sedgman
- #French Open - Budge Patty
- #Wimbledon championships - Budge Patty
- #US Open - Arthur Larsen
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Louise Brough
- #French Open - Doris Hart
- #Wimbledon championships - Louise Brough
- #US Open - Margaret Osborne duPont
- Davis Cup in world tennis: Australia won 4 to 1 over the United States
- British Empire Games held in Auckland
Births
- January 15 — Marius Tresor, French football player
- January 18 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1 race driver (d. 1982)
- January 19 — Eshetu Tura, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- February 7 — Mauro Bellugi, Italian football player
- February 14 — Phil Dent, Australian tennis player
- February 22 — Julius Erving, American basketball Hall of Famer
- March 9 — Danny Sullivan, American automobile racer
- March 21 — Anders Linderoth, Swedish football player
- March 28 — Roland Andersson, Swedish football player
- April 1 — Paolo Conti, Italian football player
- April 8 — Grzegorz Lato, Polish football player
- April 24 — Henryk Maculewicz, Polish football player
- April 26 — Elizabeth Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- April 27 — Paolino Pulici, Italian football player
- May 9 — James Butts, American triple jumper
- May 15 — Renate Stecher, East German athlete
- May 18 — Rodney Milburn, American hurdler
- June 3 — Marlene Elejarde, Cuban 4x100m runner (d. 1980)
- June 5 — Adrian Cosma, Romanian handball player
- June 11 — Pokey Watson, American backstroke swimmer
- June 13 — Chris Taylor, American freestyle wrestler (d. 1979)
- June 15 — István Szabó, Hungarian canoer
- June 18 — Annelie Ehrhardt, Germann 100m hurdler
- June 25 — Tatyana Averina, Soviet speed skater
- June 27 — Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer
- July 6 — Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet weightlifter
- July 9 — Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- July 13 — Rod Dixon, New Zealand middle distance runner
- July 16 — Dennis Priestley, British darts player
- July 18 — Sandor Pinter, Hungarian football player
- July 21 — Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- July 23 — Ramon Quiroga, Peruvian football goalkeeper
- July 29 — Maricica Puică, Romanian middle distance athlete
- August 3 — Waldemar Cierpinski, German marathon runner
- August 4 — Alex Olmedo, Peru-born tennis player from the United States
- August 5 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier
- August 7 — David Wottle, American track and field athlete
- August 8 — Mart Bras, Dutch water polo player and referee
- August 12 — Shirley Haig, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 22 — Celia Breckenridge, British lacrosse player
- August 28 — Robert Kasting, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Andrzej Szarmach, Polish football player
- October 5 — Hugo Hovenkamp, Dutch football player
- October 12 — Miguel Oviedo, Argentinian football player
- October 13 — Annegret Richter, German athlete
- October 14 — Kurt Jara, Austrian football player
- October 24 — Asa Hartford, Scottish football player
- November 1 — Jan Evert Veer, Dutch water polo player
- November 4 — Benny Wendt, Swedish football player
- November 11 — Rex Sellers, New Zealand yachtsman
- November 16 — Héctor Baley, Argentinian football player
- November 17 — Roland Matthes, East German backstroke swimmer
- November 22 — Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player
- November 26 — Dieter Burdenski, German football goalkeeper
- December 3 — Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- December 3 — Peter Trump, German field hockey player
- December 27 — Roberto Bettega, Italian football player
Deaths
- April 16 - Arnaud Massy, champion golfer
- September 23 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
- October 9 - George Hainsworth, NHL Hockey Hall of Fame, goaltender
- November 4 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball pitcher (1911-1930)
- November 30 - Billy Burch, Hockey Hall of Fame player
- December 5 - Bill Dahlen, Major League Baseball player (1891-1911)
- Men's Golf
- *Grand Slam of golf results:
- *#May - The Masters - Jimmy Demaret
- *#June - US Open - Ben Hogan
- *#July - British Open - Bobby Locke
- *#August - PGA Championship - Chandler Harper
- Women's Golf
- *Babe Zaharias named Woman Athlete of the Half-Century by the Associated Press.
- *US Women's Open - Babe Zaharias
- *Thirteen women golfers found the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
- The United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Comic Court
- Canada - Queen's Plate - McGill
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Tantième
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Dark Warrior
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Palestine
- #Epsom Derby - Galcador
- #St. Leger Stakes - Talma
- Little Brown Jug for pacers - Dudley Hanover
- Hambletonian for trotters - Lusty Song
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Captain Sandy
- PP LP
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Charlie Rayner, New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over the New York Rangers
- World Hockey Championship
- * Men's champion: Canada's Edmonton Mercurys
- World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51-46.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Frank Sedgman
- #French Open - Budge Patty
- #Wimbledon championships - Budge Patty
- #US Open - Arthur Larsen
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Louise Brough
- #French Open - Doris Hart
- #Wimbledon championships - Louise Brough
- #US Open - Margaret Osborne duPont
- Davis Cup in world tennis: Australia won 4 to 1 over the United States
- British Empire Games held in Auckland
Births
- January 15 — Marius Tresor, French football player
- January 18 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1 race driver (d. 1982)
- January 19 — Eshetu Tura, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- February 7 — Mauro Bellugi, Italian football player
- February 14 — Phil Dent, Australian tennis player
- February 22 — Julius Erving, American basketball Hall of Famer
- March 9 — Danny Sullivan, American automobile racer
- March 21 — Anders Linderoth, Swedish football player
- March 28 — Roland Andersson, Swedish football player
- April 1 — Paolo Conti, Italian football player
- April 8 — Grzegorz Lato, Polish football player
- April 24 — Henryk Maculewicz, Polish football player
- April 26 — Elizabeth Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- April 27 — Paolino Pulici, Italian football player
- May 9 — James Butts, American triple jumper
- May 15 — Renate Stecher, East German athlete
- May 18 — Rodney Milburn, American hurdler
- June 3 — Marlene Elejarde, Cuban 4x100m runner (d. 1980)
- June 5 — Adrian Cosma, Romanian handball player
- June 11 — Pokey Watson, American backstroke swimmer
- June 13 — Chris Taylor, American freestyle wrestler (d. 1979)
- June 15 — István Szabó, Hungarian canoer
- June 18 — Annelie Ehrhardt, Germann 100m hurdler
- June 25 — Tatyana Averina, Soviet speed skater
- June 27 — Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer
- July 6 — Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet weightlifter
- July 9 — Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- July 13 — Rod Dixon, New Zealand middle distance runner
- July 16 — Dennis Priestley, British darts player
- July 18 — Sandor Pinter, Hungarian football player
- July 21 — Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- July 23 — Ramon Quiroga, Peruvian football goalkeeper
- July 29 — Maricica Puică, Romanian middle distance athlete
- August 3 — Waldemar Cierpinski, German marathon runner
- August 4 — Alex Olmedo, Peru-born tennis player from the United States
- August 5 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier
- August 7 — David Wottle, American track and field athlete
- August 8 — Mart Bras, Dutch water polo player and referee
- August 12 — Shirley Haig, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 22 — Celia Breckenridge, British lacrosse player
- August 28 — Robert Kasting, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Andrzej Szarmach, Polish football player
- October 5 — Hugo Hovenkamp, Dutch football player
- October 12 — Miguel Oviedo, Argentinian football player
- October 13 — Annegret Richter, German athlete
- October 14 — Kurt Jara, Austrian football player
- October 24 — Asa Hartford, Scottish football player
- November 1 — Jan Evert Veer, Dutch water polo player
- November 4 — Benny Wendt, Swedish football player
- November 11 — Rex Sellers, New Zealand yachtsman
- November 16 — Héctor Baley, Argentinian football player
- November 17 — Roland Matthes, East German backstroke swimmer
- November 22 — Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player
- November 26 — Dieter Burdenski, German football goalkeeper
- December 3 — Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- December 3 — Peter Trump, German field hockey player
- December 27 — Roberto Bettega, Italian football player
Deaths
- April 16 - Arnaud Massy, champion golfer
- September 23 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
- October 9 - George Hainsworth, NHL Hockey Hall of Fame, goaltender
- November 4 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball pitcher (1911-1930)
- November 30 - Billy Burch, Hockey Hall of Fame player
- December 5 - Bill Dahlen, Major League Baseball player (1891-1911)
- Little Brown Jug for pacers - Dudley Hanover
- Hambletonian for trotters - Lusty Song
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Captain Sandy
- PP LP
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Charlie Rayner, New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over the New York Rangers
- World Hockey Championship
- * Men's champion: Canada's Edmonton Mercurys
- World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51-46.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Frank Sedgman
- #French Open - Budge Patty
- #Wimbledon championships - Budge Patty
- #US Open - Arthur Larsen
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Louise Brough
- #French Open - Doris Hart
- #Wimbledon championships - Louise Brough
- #US Open - Margaret Osborne duPont
- Davis Cup in world tennis: Australia won 4 to 1 over the United States
- British Empire Games held in Auckland
Births
- January 15 — Marius Tresor, French football player
- January 18 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1 race driver (d. 1982)
- January 19 — Eshetu Tura, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- February 7 — Mauro Bellugi, Italian football player
- February 14 — Phil Dent, Australian tennis player
- February 22 — Julius Erving, American basketball Hall of Famer
- March 9 — Danny Sullivan, American automobile racer
- March 21 — Anders Linderoth, Swedish football player
- March 28 — Roland Andersson, Swedish football player
- April 1 — Paolo Conti, Italian football player
- April 8 — Grzegorz Lato, Polish football player
- April 24 — Henryk Maculewicz, Polish football player
- April 26 — Elizabeth Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- April 27 — Paolino Pulici, Italian football player
- May 9 — James Butts, American triple jumper
- May 15 — Renate Stecher, East German athlete
- May 18 — Rodney Milburn, American hurdler
- June 3 — Marlene Elejarde, Cuban 4x100m runner (d. 1980)
- June 5 — Adrian Cosma, Romanian handball player
- June 11 — Pokey Watson, American backstroke swimmer
- June 13 — Chris Taylor, American freestyle wrestler (d. 1979)
- June 15 — István Szabó, Hungarian canoer
- June 18 — Annelie Ehrhardt, Germann 100m hurdler
- June 25 — Tatyana Averina, Soviet speed skater
- June 27 — Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer
- July 6 — Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet weightlifter
- July 9 — Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- July 13 — Rod Dixon, New Zealand middle distance runner
- July 16 — Dennis Priestley, British darts player
- July 18 — Sandor Pinter, Hungarian football player
- July 21 — Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- July 23 — Ramon Quiroga, Peruvian football goalkeeper
- July 29 — Maricica Puică, Romanian middle distance athlete
- August 3 — Waldemar Cierpinski, German marathon runner
- August 4 — Alex Olmedo, Peru-born tennis player from the United States
- August 5 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier
- August 7 — David Wottle, American track and field athlete
- August 8 — Mart Bras, Dutch water polo player and referee
- August 12 — Shirley Haig, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 22 — Celia Breckenridge, British lacrosse player
- August 28 — Robert Kasting, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Andrzej Szarmach, Polish football player
- October 5 — Hugo Hovenkamp, Dutch football player
- October 12 — Miguel Oviedo, Argentinian football player
- October 13 — Annegret Richter, German athlete
- October 14 — Kurt Jara, Austrian football player
- October 24 — Asa Hartford, Scottish football player
- November 1 — Jan Evert Veer, Dutch water polo player
- November 4 — Benny Wendt, Swedish football player
- November 11 — Rex Sellers, New Zealand yachtsman
- November 16 — Héctor Baley, Argentinian football player
- November 17 — Roland Matthes, East German backstroke swimmer
- November 22 — Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player
- November 26 — Dieter Burdenski, German football goalkeeper
- December 3 — Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- December 3 — Peter Trump, German field hockey player
- December 27 — Roberto Bettega, Italian football player
Deaths
- April 16 - Arnaud Massy, champion golfer
- September 23 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
- October 9 - George Hainsworth, NHL Hockey Hall of Fame, goaltender
- November 4 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball pitcher (1911-1930)
- November 30 - Billy Burch, Hockey Hall of Fame player
- December 5 - Bill Dahlen, Major League Baseball player (1891-1911)
- World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51-46.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Frank Sedgman
- #French Open - Budge Patty
- #Wimbledon championships - Budge Patty
- #US Open - Arthur Larsen
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Louise Brough
- #French Open - Doris Hart
- #Wimbledon championships - Louise Brough
- #US Open - Margaret Osborne duPont
- Davis Cup in world tennis: Australia won 4 to 1 over the United States
- British Empire Games held in Auckland
Births
- January 15 — Marius Tresor, French football player
- January 18 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1 race driver (d. 1982)
- January 19 — Eshetu Tura, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- February 7 — Mauro Bellugi, Italian football player
- February 14 — Phil Dent, Australian tennis player
- February 22 — Julius Erving, American basketball Hall of Famer
- March 9 — Danny Sullivan, American automobile racer
- March 21 — Anders Linderoth, Swedish football player
- March 28 — Roland Andersson, Swedish football player
- April 1 — Paolo Conti, Italian football player
- April 8 — Grzegorz Lato, Polish football player
- April 24 — Henryk Maculewicz, Polish football player
- April 26 — Elizabeth Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- April 27 — Paolino Pulici, Italian football player
- May 9 — James Butts, American triple jumper
- May 15 — Renate Stecher, East German athlete
- May 18 — Rodney Milburn, American hurdler
- June 3 — Marlene Elejarde, Cuban 4x100m runner (d. 1980)
- June 5 — Adrian Cosma, Romanian handball player
- June 11 — Pokey Watson, American backstroke swimmer
- June 13 — Chris Taylor, American freestyle wrestler (d. 1979)
- June 15 — István Szabó, Hungarian canoer
- June 18 — Annelie Ehrhardt, Germann 100m hurdler
- June 25 — Tatyana Averina, Soviet speed skater
- June 27 — Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer
- July 6 — Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet weightlifter
- July 9 — Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- July 13 — Rod Dixon, New Zealand middle distance runner
- July 16 — Dennis Priestley, British darts player
- July 18 — Sandor Pinter, Hungarian football player
- July 21 — Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- July 23 — Ramon Quiroga, Peruvian football goalkeeper
- July 29 — Maricica Puică, Romanian middle distance athlete
- August 3 — Waldemar Cierpinski, German marathon runner
- August 4 — Alex Olmedo, Peru-born tennis player from the United States
- August 5 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier
- August 7 — David Wottle, American track and field athlete
- August 8 — Mart Bras, Dutch water polo player and referee
- August 12 — Shirley Haig, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 22 — Celia Breckenridge, British lacrosse player
- August 28 — Robert Kasting, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Andrzej Szarmach, Polish football player
- October 5 — Hugo Hovenkamp, Dutch football player
- October 12 — Miguel Oviedo, Argentinian football player
- October 13 — Annegret Richter, German athlete
- October 14 — Kurt Jara, Austrian football player
- October 24 — Asa Hartford, Scottish football player
- November 1 — Jan Evert Veer, Dutch water polo player
- November 4 — Benny Wendt, Swedish football player
- November 11 — Rex Sellers, New Zealand yachtsman
- November 16 — Héctor Baley, Argentinian football player
- November 17 — Roland Matthes, East German backstroke swimmer
- November 22 — Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player
- November 26 — Dieter Burdenski, German football goalkeeper
- December 3 — Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- December 3 — Peter Trump, German field hockey player
- December 27 — Roberto Bettega, Italian football player
Deaths
- April 16 - Arnaud Massy, champion golfer
- September 23 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
- October 9 - George Hainsworth, NHL Hockey Hall of Fame, goaltender
- November 4 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball pitcher (1911-1930)
- November 30 - Billy Burch, Hockey Hall of Fame player
- December 5 - Bill Dahlen, Major League Baseball player (1891-1911)
- British Empire Games held in Auckland
Births
- January 15 — Marius Tresor, French football player
- January 18 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1 race driver (d. 1982)
- January 19 — Eshetu Tura, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- February 7 — Mauro Bellugi, Italian football player
- February 14 — Phil Dent, Australian tennis player
- February 22 — Julius Erving, American basketball Hall of Famer
- March 9 — Danny Sullivan, American automobile racer
- March 21 — Anders Linderoth, Swedish football player
- March 28 — Roland Andersson, Swedish football player
- April 1 — Paolo Conti, Italian football player
- April 8 — Grzegorz Lato, Polish football player
- April 24 — Henryk Maculewicz, Polish football player
- April 26 — Elizabeth Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- April 27 — Paolino Pulici, Italian football player
- May 9 — James Butts, American triple jumper
- May 15 — Renate Stecher, East German athlete
- May 18 — Rodney Milburn, American hurdler
- June 3 — Marlene Elejarde, Cuban 4x100m runner (d. 1980)
- June 5 — Adrian Cosma, Romanian handball player
- June 11 — Pokey Watson, American backstroke swimmer
- June 13 — Chris Taylor, American freestyle wrestler (d. 1979)
- June 15 — István Szabó, Hungarian canoer
- June 18 — Annelie Ehrhardt, Germann 100m hurdler
- June 25 — Tatyana Averina, Soviet speed skater
- June 27 — Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer
- July 6 — Sultan Rakhmanov, Soviet weightlifter
- July 9 — Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- July 13 — Rod Dixon, New Zealand middle distance runner
- July 16 — Dennis Priestley, British darts player
- July 18 — Sandor Pinter, Hungarian football player
- July 21 — Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- July 23 — Ramon Quiroga, Peruvian football goalkeeper
- July 29 — Maricica Puică, Romanian middle distance athlete
- August 3 — Waldemar Cierpinski, German marathon runner
- August 4 — Alex Olmedo, Peru-born tennis player from the United States
- August 5 — Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier
- August 7 — David Wottle, American track and field athlete
- August 8 — Mart Bras, Dutch water polo player and referee
- August 12 — Shirley Haig, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 22 — Celia Breckenridge, British lacrosse player
- August 28 — Robert Kasting, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Andrzej Szarmach, Polish football player
- October 5 — Hugo Hovenkamp, Dutch football player
- October 12 — Miguel Oviedo, Argentinian football player
- October 13 — Annegret Richter, German athlete
- October 14 — Kurt Jara, Austrian football player
- October 24 — Asa Hartford, Scottish football player
- November 1 — Jan Evert Veer, Dutch water polo player
- November 4 — Benny Wendt, Swedish football player
- November 11 — Rex Sellers, New Zealand yachtsman
- November 16 — Héctor Baley, Argentinian football player
- November 17 — Roland Matthes, East German backstroke swimmer
- November 22 — Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player
- November 26 — Dieter Burdenski, German football goalkeeper
- December 3 — Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- December 3 — Peter Trump, German field hockey player
- December 27 — Roberto Bettega, Italian football player
Deaths
- April 16 - Arnaud Massy, champion golfer
- September 23 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
- October 9 - George Hainsworth, NHL Hockey Hall of Fame, goaltender
- November 4 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball pitcher (1911-1930)
- November 30 - Billy Burch, Hockey Hall of Fame player
- December 5 - Bill Dahlen, Major League Baseball player (1891-1911)
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