# 1932 in sports

1932 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

## Alpine skiing

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
2nd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are:
* Men's Downhill – Gustav Lantschner (Austria)
* Men's Slalom – Friedl Däuber (Germany)
* Men's Combined – Otto Furrer (Switzerland)
* Women's downhill – Paula Wiesinger (Italy)
* Women's Slalom – Rösli Streiff (Switzerland)
* Women's Combined – Rösli Streiff (Switzerland)

## American football

* 1932 NFL Playoff Game: the Chicago Bears won 9–0 over the Portsmouth Spartans (This was the first National Football League championship game)
* Rose Bowl (1931 season):
** The USC Trojans won 21–12 over the Tulane Green Wave to win the college football national championship
* Michigan Wolverines – college football national championship shared with USC Trojans
* Washington Redskins founded in Boston; start off as the Boston Braves

## Association football

England
* The Football League – Everton 56 points, Arsenal 54, Sheffield Wednesday 50, Huddersfield Town 48, Aston Villa 46, West Bromwich Albion 46
* FA Cup final – Newcastle United 2–1 Arsenal at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
France
* A professional football league Division Nationale, first official game held on September 11, as predecessor for Ligue 1.
Germany
* National Championship – Bayern Munich 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt at Nuremberg
Spain
* La Liga won by Real Madrid
Italy
* Serie A won by Juventus

## Athletics

Men's 100 metres
* Eddie Tolan (USA) breaks the world record by running a time of 10.3 seconds

## Australian rules football

VFL Premiership
* Richmond wins the 36th VFL Premiership, defeating Carlton 13.14 (92) to 12.11 (83) in the 1932 VFL Grand Final
Brownlow Medal
* The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Haydn Bunton senior (Fitzroy)
South Australian National Football League
* 1 October: Sturt won its fourth SA(N)FL premiership, beating North Adelaide 16.14 (110) to 10.9 (69)
* Magarey Medal won by Max Pontifex (West Torrens)
Western Australian National Football League
* 8 October: West Perth win their fifth WA(N)FL premiership but first since 1905, beating East Perth 18.9 (117) to 10.14 (74)
* Sandover Medal won by Keith Hough (Claremont-Cottesloe)

## Bandy

Sweden
* Championship final – IF Karlstad-Göta 3–2 Västerås SK

## Baseball

World Series
* 28 September to 2 October — New York Yankees defeats Chicago Cubs to win the 1932 World Series by 4 games to 0. In Game 3, Babe Ruth hits his famous "called shot" home run, which is followed immediately by a Lou Gehrig solo home run.
Events
* Brooklyn's major league baseball team, known informally until now as the “Superbas”, the “Robins”, or the “Trolley Dodgers”, officially selects the name Brooklyn Dodgers

## Basketball

Events
* The 1932 South American Basketball Championship in Santiago, Chile, is won by Uruguay.

## Bobsleigh

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)
Two bobsleigh events are held at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid :
* 2-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: Switzerland II; bronze: USA II
* 4-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: USA II; bronze: Germany I

## Boxing

Events
* Jack Sharkey wins the World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Max Schmeling on points over 15 rounds.
Lineal world champions
* World Heavyweight Championship – Max Schmeling → Jack Sharkey
* World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
* World Middleweight Championship – vacant
* World Welterweight Championship – Lou Brouillard → Jackie Fields
* World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri
* World Featherweight Championship – Bat Battalino → vacant
* World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
* World Flyweight Championship – vacant

## Canadian football

Grey Cup
* 20th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Hamilton Tigers 25–6 Regina Roughriders

## Cricket

Events
* India plays its first Test match, against England. England wins by 159 runs.
England
* County Championship – Yorkshire
* Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire
* Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 3,336 @ 74.13 (HS 313)
* Most wickets – Tich Freeman 253 @ 16.39 (BB 9–61)
* Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ewart Astill, Freddie Brown, Alec Kennedy, C. K. Nayudu, Bill Voce
Australia
* Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
* Most runs – Don Bradman 1,403 @ 116.91 (HS 299*)
* Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 77 @ 19.93 (BB 7–83)
India
* Bombay Quadrangular – not contested
New Zealand
* Plunket Shield – Wellington
South Africa
* Currie Cup – Western Province
West Indies
* Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

## Curling

1932 Winter Olympics
* Curling is a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympic Games between four teams from Canada and four from the United States, Canada winning by 12 games to 4

## Cycling

Tour de France
* André Leducq wins the 26th Tour de France
Events
* Antonio Pesenti wins the 1932 Giro d'Italia

## Field hockey

1932 Summer Olympics (Men)
* Gold Medal – India
* Silver Medal – Japan
* Bronze Medal – USA

## Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships
* World Men's Champion – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
* World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
* World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)
1932 Winter Olympics
* Men's individual – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
* Women's individual – Sonja Henie (Norway)
* Pairs – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

## Golf

Major tournaments
* British Open – Gene Sarazen
* U.S. Open – Gene Sarazen
* PGA Championship – Olin Dutra
Other tournaments
* British Amateur – John de Forest
* U.S. Amateur – Ross Somerville
* Women's Western Open – Jane Weiller

## Harness racing

USA
* Hambletonian – The Marchioness
* Kentucky Futurity – The Marchioness

## Horse racing

England
* Champion Hurdle – Insurance
* Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller (first of five successive wins)
* Grand National – Forbra
* 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Kandy
* 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Orwell
* The Derby – April the Fifth
* The Oaks – Udaipur
* St. Leger Stakes – Firdaussi
Australia
* Melbourne Cup – Peter Pan III
Canada
* King's Plate – Queensway
France
* Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Motrico
Ireland
* Irish Grand National – Copper Court
* Irish Derby Stakes – Dastur
USA
* Kentucky Derby – Burgoo King
* Preakness Stakes – Burgoo King
* Belmont Stakes – Faireno

## Ice hockey

Stanley Cup
* 5–9 April — Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the New York Rangers in the 1932 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 0
Ice Hockey World Championships
* Gold Medal – Canada
* Silver Medal – USA
* Bronze Medal – Germany
1932 Winter Olympics
* Gold Medal – Canada
* Silver Medal – USA
* Bronze Medal – Germany

## Nordic skiing

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)
* Cross-country skiing (18 km) – gold medal: Sven Utterström (Sweden)
* Cross-country skiing (50 km) – gold medal: Veli Saarinen (Finland)
* Ski jumping – gold medal: Birger Ruud (Norway)
* Nordic combined – gold medal: Johan Grøttumsbråten (Norway)

## Olympic Games

1932 Winter Olympics
* The 1932 Winter Olympics takes place at Lake Placid
* United States team wins the most medals (12) and the most gold medals (6)
1932 Summer Olympics
* The 1932 Summer Olympics takes place at Los Angeles
* United States team wins the most medals (103) and the most gold medals (41)

## Rowing

The Boat Race
* 19 March — Cambridge wins the 84th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

## Rugby league

England
* Championship – St. Helens
* Challenge Cup final – Leeds 11–8 Swinton at Central Park, Wigan
* Lancashire League Championship – St. Helens
* Yorkshire League Championship – Hunslet
* Lancashire County Cup – Salford 10–8 Swinton
* Yorkshire County Cup – Huddersfield 4–2 Hunslet
Australia
* NSW Premiership – South Sydney 19–12 Western Suburbs (Grand Final)

## Rugby union

Home Nations Championship
* 45th Home Nations Championship series is shared by England, Ireland and Wales

## Snooker

World Championship
* 6th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Clark McConachy 30–19

## Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships
* Men's All-round Champion – Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)
1932 Winter Olympics (Men)
* 500m – gold medal: Jack Shea (USA)
* 1500m – gold medal: Jack Shea (USA)
* 5000m – gold medal: Irving Jaffee (USA)
* 10000m – gold medal: Irving Jaffee (USA)
1932 Winter Olympics (Women)
* Women's speed skating is held as a demonstration event only with competitions over 500m, 1000m and 1500m.

## Tennis

Australia
* Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Harry Hopman (Australia) 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
* Australian Women's Singles Championship – Coral Buttsworth (Australia) defeats Kathleen Le Messurier (Australia) 9–7, 6–4
England
* Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Ellsworth Vines (USA) defeats Bunny Austin (Great Britain) 6–2, 6–2, 6–0
* Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Helen Jacobs (USA) 6–3, 6–1
France
* French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Giorgio de Stefani (Italy) 6–0, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
* French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 7–5, 6–1
USA
* American Men's Singles Championship – Ellsworth Vines (USA) defeats Henri Cochet (France) 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
* American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs (USA) defeats Carolin Babcock Stark (USA) 6–2, 6–2
Davis Cup
* 1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – France 3–2 United States at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France

## Awards

Associated Press Athlete of the Year
* Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Gene Sarazen (golf)
* Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Babe Didrikson (athletics)