1948 In Sports
See also:
1947 in sports
,
other events of 1948
,
1949 in sports
and the
list of 'years in sports'
.
Baseball
January 29
: Commissioner
Happy Chandler
fines the
Yankees
,
Cubs
, and
Phillies
$500 each for signing high school players.
February 27
:
Hall of Fame election
: Voters select the recently deceased
Herb Pennock
, and
Pie Traynor
, as the newest inductees; Traynor is the first
third baseman
elected by the writers in 9 elections.
World Series
: The
Cleveland Indians
defeat the
Boston Braves
, 4 games to 2.
Football
(
American Football
)
University of Michigan
wins
college football
national championship.
Cleveland Browns
49-7
Buffalo Bills
in the
All-America Football Conference
championship game.
Philadelphia Eagles
7-0
Chicago Cardinals
in the
National Football League
championship game. The game was played in a
blizzard
.
Football
(
Australian Rules
)
Victorian Football League
Melbourne
wins the 52nd VFL Premiership (Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew
Essendon
7.27 (69), replay Melbourne 13.11 (89) d Essendon 7.8 (50))
Brownlow Medal
awarded to
Bill Morris
(
Richmond
)
Football
(
Soccer
)
England -
FA Cup
:
Manchester United
wins 4-2 over
Blackpool
Snooker
World Snooker Championship
:
Fred Davis
beats
Walter Donaldson
84-61.
General sporting events
1948 Summer Olympics
takes place in
London
,
United Kingdom
United States
wins the most medals (84), and the most gold medals (38).
1948 Winter Olympics
takes place in
St. Moritz
,
Switzerland
Norway
and
Sweden
both win the most medals (10 each), and the most gold medals (4 each).
Births
January 14
-
Valery Kharlamov
, International ice hockey star (d.
1981
)
March 20
-
Bobby Orr
, Hall of fame ice hockey player
May 14
-
Bob Woolmer
, cricket coach
June 13
-
Garnet "Ace" Bailey
, ice hockey player/scout (d.
2001
)
Deaths
January 30
-
Herb Pennock
, former major league pitcher
August 16
-
Babe Ruth
, Hall of Fame baseball player
Candy Jim Taylor
,
Negro League Baseball
player and manager
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