1949 in sports

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1949 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

Association football

England

Italy

  • Ladislao Kubala
    , who was due to fly but did not, due to his son's ill health.

On 21 September 1949 at Goodison Park, Liverpool, the home of Everton, England were defeated 2–0 by Ireland in a friendly international.

Australian rules football

Baseball

Basketball

BAA (NBA) Finals

NBL Championship

Events

  • On August 3 the NBL merges with the BAA. The BAA also renames itself as the National Basketball Association.
  • The sixth European basketball championship,
    Egypt
    .
  • The fourteenth
    Uruguay
    .

Boxing

  • October 27 – death of Marcel Cerdan (33), Algerian–born French world middleweight champion, in an air crash

Cricket

In the course of playing a

Bombay and Maharashtra set the still-standing record for the highest match aggregate of runs scored in a first-class match – 2,376 runs.[1][2]

Figure skating

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Hurdle races

Flat races

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

Sweden

United States

Motorsport

Rowing

The Boat Race

Rugby league

Australia

England

Rugby union

Five Nations Championship

Snooker

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

Tennis

Australia

England

France

USA

Davis Cup

Volleyball

  • Men's World Championship
    in Prague won by the USSR

Awards

References

  1. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". CricketArchive.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ^ Mukherjee, Abhishek. "Bombay and Maharashtra engage in run feast in the Ranji Trophy". CricketCountry.com. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.