# 1933 in sports

1933 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

## Events calendar

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
| 11 January - 30 May | Tennis | / North American Tour | International | 1) Bill Tilden 2) Hans Nüsslein |
| 21–30 January | Tennis | Australian Championships | International | Men's Singles: Jack Crawford Women's Singles: Joan Hartigan Bathurst Men's Doubles: Keith Gledhill / Ellsworth Vines Women's Doubles: Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott |
| 23 January | Tennis | New Courts Club Championships | International | George Lyttleton Rogers |
| 23 January | Tennis | German Covered Court Championships | International | Gottfried von Cramm |
| 23 January | Tennis | New Zealand Championships | International | Women's Singles: Dulcie Nichols Women's Doubles: Mrs R. Adams / Mrs H. Dykes Mixed Doubles: Marjorie Macfarlane / Camille Malfroy |
| 31 January - 5 February | Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | International | Hungary |
| 1 February | Bobsleigh | FIBT World Championships | International | Romania (Alexandru Papana / Dumitru Hubert) |
| 2–5 February | Multi-sport | Maccabiah Winter Games | International | Poland |
| 3–6 February | Speed skating | World Allround Speed Skating Championships | International | Women: Liselotte Landbeck |
| 4–5 February | Speed skating | European Speed Skating Championships | Continental | Men: Ivar Ballangrud |
| 6–10 February | Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | International | Austria |
| 8–12 February | Nordic skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | International | Sweden |
| 11–12 February | Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | International | Ladies' singles: Sonja Henie Pair skating: Emília Rotter / László Szollás |
| 18–19 February | Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | International | Men's singles: Karl Schäfer |
| 18–19 February | Speed skating | World Allround Speed Skating Championships | International | Men's singles: Hans Engnestangen |
| 18-26 February | Ice hockey | World Ice Hockey Championships | International | United States |
| 18-26 February | Ice hockey | Ice Hockey European Championships | Continental | Czechoslovakia |
| 19 February | Motor race | II Pau Grand Prix | International | Marcel Lehoux |
| 26 February | Motor race | III Sveriges Vinter Grand Prix | International | Per-Viktor Widengren |
| 20 March | Motor race | VI Australian Grand Prix | International | Bill Thompson |
| 26 March | Motor race | V Grand Prix de Tunisie | International | Tazio Nuvolari |
| 26 March | Motor race | GP automobile de Tunis | International | |
| 23 April | Motor race | V Grand Prix de Monaco | International | Achille Varzi |
| 30 April | Motor race | IX Circuito di Alessandria (Circuito Pietro Bordino) | International | Tazio Nuvolari |
| 7 May | Motor race | VII Gran Premio di Tripoli (I Lotteria di Tripoli) | International | Achille Varzi |
| 7 May | Motor race | II Eläintarhanajot (Djurgårdsloppet) | International | Karl Ebb |
| 21 May | Motor race | III Internationales Avusrennen | International | Achille Varzi |
| 21 May | Motor race | IX Grand Prix de Picardie | International | Philippe Étancelin |
| 25 May - 5 June | Tennis | French Championships | International | Men's Singles: Jack Crawford Women's Singles: Margaret Scriven Men's Doubles: Pat Hughes / Fred Perry Women's Doubles: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan Mixed Doubles: Margaret Scriven / Jack Crawford |
| 28 May | Motor race | VII Eifelrennen | International | Tazio Nuvolari |
| 28 May | Motor race | XXIV Targa Florio | International | Marchese Antonio Brivio |
| 30 May | Motor race | XXI International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | International | Louis Meyer |
| 3 June - 9 September | Rugby | Australia rugby union tour of South Africa | International | Australia |
| 4 June | Motor race | II Trophée de Provence | International | Marcel Jacob |
| 4 June | Motor race | II Grand Prix de Nîmes | International | Tazio Nuvolari |
| 4 June | Motor race | VIII Grand Prix des Frontières | International | Willy Longueville |
| 11 June | Motor race | XXVII Grand Prix de l’ACF | International | Giuseppe Campari |
| 11 June | Motor race | III Grand Prix Lwowa (Großer Preis von Lemberg) | International | Eugen Bjørnstad |
| 11 June | Motor race | Florence Circuit | International | Conde Carlo Felice Trossi |
| 25 June | Motor race | IV Gran Premio de Penya Rhin (I Copa Barcelona) | International | Juan Zanelli |
| 26 June - 8 July | Tennis | Wimbledon Championships | International | Men's Singles: Jack Crawford Women's Singles: Helen Moody Men's Doubles: Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon Women's Doubles: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan Mixed Doubles: Gottfried von Cramm / Hilde Krahwinkel |
| 27 June - 23 July | Cycling | Tour de France | International | Georges Speicher |
| 1 July | Motor race | II British Empire Trophy | International | Stanislas Czaykowski |
| 2 July | Motor race | VIII Grand Prix de la Marne | International | Philippe Étancelin |
| 9 July | Motor race | IV Grand Prix de Belgique | International | Tazio Nuvolari |
| 12 July | Motor race | Mannin Beg | International | Freddie Dixon |
| 12–13 July | Chess | V Chess Olympiad | International | Isaac Kashdan, Frank Marshall, Reuben Fine, Arthur Dake, Albert Simonson |
| 12–23 July | Chess | IV Women's World Chess Championship | International | Vera Menchik |
| 14 July | Motor race | Mannin Moar | International | Brian Lewis, Baron Essendon |
| 16 July | Motor race | V Grand Prix de Dieppe | International | Marcel Lehoux |
| 30 July | Motor race | VII Coppa Ciano | International | Tazio Nuvolari |
| 31 July - 5 August | Archery | World Archery Championships | International | Poland |
| 6 August | Motor race | II Grand Prix de Nice | International | Tazio Nuvolari |
| 6 August | Motor race | I Sveriges Sommer Grand Prix | International | Antonio Brivio |
| 11–15 August | Cycling | UCI Track Cycling World Championships | International | France |
| 13 August | Motor race | IX Grand Prix de la Baule | International | William Grover-Williams |
| 14–15 August | Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | International | France / Switzerland |
| 15 August | Motor race | IX Coppa Acerbo | International | Luigi Fagioli |
| 14–19 August | Tennis | U.S. National Championships | International | Women's Singles: Helen Jacobs Women's Doubles: Betty Nuthall / Freda James Mixed Doubles: Elizabeth Ryan / Ellsworth Vines |
| 20 August | Motor race | IX Grand Prix du Comminges | International | Luigi Fagioli |
| 27 August | Motor race | II Grand Prix de Marseille | International | Louis Chiron |
| 27 August | Motor race | Grand Prix d’Albi | International | Louis Braillard |
| 2 September | Motor race | XII RAC Tourist Trophy | International | Tazio Nuvolari |
| 2–10 September | Tennis | U.S. National Championships | International | Men's Singles: Fred Perry Men's Doubles: George Lott / Lester Stoefen |
| 10 September | Motor race | XI Gran Premio d’Italia | International | Luigi Fagioli |
| 10 September | Motor race | VI Gran Premio di Monza | International | Marcel Lehoux |
| 16–17 September | Weightlifting | European Weightlifting Championships | International | Germany |
| 17 September | Motor race | IV Masarykuv Okruh | International | Louis Chiron |
| 17 September | Motor race | II Grand Prix de l'UMF | International | Raymond Sommer |
| 24 September | Motor race | VI Gran Premio de España | International | Louis Chiron |
| 1–8 October | Athletics | Balkan Games | International | Greece |
| 7 October | Motor race | Donington Park Trophy | International | Earl Howe |
| 8 October | Motor race | Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro | International | Baron Manuel de Teffé |

## Unknown date

| Sport | Venue/Event | Winner/s |
| Figure skating | European Figure Skating Championships | Men's singles: Karl Schäfer Ladies' singles: Sonja Henie Pair skating: Idi Papez / Karl Zwack |
| Golf | IV Women's Western Open | June Beebe |
| Shooting | / XXIX ISSF World Shooting Championships | Sweden |

## Alpine skiing

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 3rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Innsbruck, Austria. 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 – Walter Prager (Switzerland)
* Men's Slalom – Anton Seelos (Austria)
* Men's Combined – Anton Seelos (Austria)
* Women's Downhill – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)
* Women's Slalom – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)
* Women's Combined – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)
Events
* Taft Slalom, the first racing trail in North America, is cut on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire

## American football

* NFL Championship: the Chicago Bears won 23–21 over the New York Giants at Wrigley Field
* Rose Bowl (1932 season):
** The USC Trojans won 35–0 over the Pittsburgh Panthers to share the college football national championship
* College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines
* Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers all founded

## Association football

Chile
* Chilean Primera Division, officially founded on May 31, and a first officially game held on July 22.
England
* The Football League – Arsenal 58 points, Aston Villa 54, Sheffield Wednesday 51, West Bromwich Albion 49, Newcastle United 49, Huddersfield Town 47
* FA Cup final – Everton 3–0 Manchester City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Germany
* National Championship – Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–0 F.C. Schalke 04 at Köln
Italy
* Serie A won by Juventus
France
* The inaugural season of French professional football is won by Olympique Lillois.

## Australian rules football

VFL Premiership
* 30 September – South Melbourne wins the 37th VFL Premiership defeating Richmond 9.17 (71) to 4.5 (29) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the 1933 VFL Grand Final
Brownlow Medal
* The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to “Chicken” Smallhorn (Fitzroy)
South Australian National Football League
* 14 October – West Torrens win their second SANFL premiership, defeating Norwood 13.10 (88) to 9.11 (65)
* Magarey Medal awarded to Keith Dunn (Sturt)
Western Australian National Football League
* 16 September – George Doig becomes the first player to score 100 goals in a WA(N)FL season, doing this in the season of his league debut. Doig would score 100 goals every season until 1941, after which World War II ended open-age football until 1945.
* 14 October – East Fremantle wins its seventeenth WANFL premiership, defeating Subiaco 10.13 (73) to 7.7 (49)
* Sandover Medal awarded to Sammy Clarke (Claremont-Cottesloe)

## Bandy

Sweden
* Championship final – IFK Uppsala beats IF Göta 11-1

## Baseball

World Series
* 3–7 October - New York Giants (NL) defeats Washington Senators (AL) to win the 1933 World Series by 4 games to 1

## Basketball

* Northwestern University wins the Big Ten Conference Championship in men's College Basketball.
* A first year of professional basketball game in Spain, Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was held on October 15. (as predecessor of Liga ACB)

## Boxing

Events
* 29 June – Primo Carnera defeats Jack Sharkey by a sixth-round knockout at Long Island City to win the World Heavyweight Championship
Lineal world champions
* World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Sharkey → Primo Carnera
* World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
* World Middleweight Championship – vacant
* World Welterweight Championship – Jackie Fields → Young Corbett III → Jimmy McLarnin
* World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri → Barney Ross
* World Featherweight Championship – vacant
* World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
* World Flyweight Championship – vacant

## Cricket

Events
* England, employing bodyline tactics, beat Australia 4–1 to regain The Ashes.
England
* County Championship – Yorkshire
* Minor Counties Championship – undecided
* Most runs – Wally Hammond 3323 @ 67.81 (HS 264)
* Most wickets – Tich Freeman 298 @ 15.26 (BB 8–22)
* Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Fred Bakewell, George Headley, Stan Nichols, Leslie Townsend, Cyril Walters
* The West Indies make a second tour of England, and lose the three Test series two games to nil
Australia
* Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
* Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 1,318 @ 73.22 (HS 194)
* Most wickets – Bill O‘Reilly 62 @ 19.95 (BB 6–36)
India
* Bombay Quadrangular – not contested
New Zealand
* Plunket Shield – Otago
South Africa
* Currie Cup – not contested
West Indies
* Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

## Cycling

* Georges Speicher won the 1933 Tour de France
* Alfredo Binda won the 1933 Giro d'Italia (5th win)
* Georges Speicher won the men's road race at the 1933 UCI Road World Championships

## Field hockey

* September 1 – foundation of Oranje Zwart, a Dutch club located in Eindhoven

## Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships
* Men's singles – Karl Schäfer
* Ladies’ singles – Sonja Henie
* Pairs – Emília Rotter and László Szollás

## Golf

Major tournaments
* British Open – Denny Shute
* U.S. Open – Johnny Goodman
* PGA Championship – Gene Sarazen
Other tournaments
* British Amateur – Michael Scott
* U.S. Amateur – George Dunlap
* Women's Western Open – June Beebe

## Horse racing

England
* Champion Hurdle – Insurance (2nd successive win)
* Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller (2nd successive win)
* Grand National – Kellsboro Jack
* 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Brown Betty
* 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Rodosto
* The Derby – Hyperion
* The Oaks – Chatelaine
* St. Leger Stakes – Hyperion
Australia
* Melbourne Cup – Hall Mark
Canada
* King's Plate – King O'Connor
France
* Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Crapom
Ireland
* Irish Grand National – Red Park
* Irish Derby Stakes – Harinero
USA
* Kentucky Derby – Broker's Tip
* Preakness Stakes – Head Play
* Belmont Stakes – Hurryoff

## Ice hockey

* 4 April - 13 April – New York Rangers defeat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 in a best of five series to win their second Stanley Cup.

## Motorsport

* February 22 - Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 272.46 mph driving his famous Blue Bird car at Daytona Beach, Florida

## Nordic skiing

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
* 7th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 are held at Innsbruck, Austria

## Radiosport

Events
* First ever ARRL Field Day contest held in July

## Rowing

The Boat Race
* 1 April — Cambridge wins the 85th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

## Rugby league

England
* Championship – Salford
* Challenge Cup final – at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
* Lancashire League Championship – Salford
* Yorkshire League Championship – Castleford
* Lancashire County Cup – Warrington
* Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds
Australia
* NSW Premiership – Newtown 18–4 St. George (grand final)
* An exhibition match between Great Britain and Australia at Paris' Stade Pershing in December 1933 inspired the beginnings of rugby league in France.

## Rugby union

Home Nations Championship
* 46th Home Nations Championship series is won by Scotland

## Snooker

World Championship
* 7th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Willie Smith 25–18

## Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships
* Men's All-round Champion – Hans Engnestangen (Norway)

## Tennis

Australia
* Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Keith Gledhill (USA) 2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
* Australian Women's Singles Championship – Joan Hartigan Bathurst (Australia) defeats Coral Buttsworth (Australia) 6–4, 6–3
England
* Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Ellsworth Vines (USA) 4–6, 11–9, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
* Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Dorothy Round Little (Great Britain) 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
France
* French Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Henri Cochet (France) 8–6, 6–1, 6–3
* French Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Scriven Vivian (Great Britain) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
USA
* American Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry (Great Britain) defeats Jack Crawford (Australia) 6–3, 11–13, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1
* American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs (USA) defeats Helen Wills Moody (USA) 8–6, 3–6, 3–0, retired
Davis Cup
* 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – Great Britain at 3–2 France at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France

## Awards

Associated Press Athlete of the Year
* Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Carl Hubbell (baseball)
* Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Helen Jacobs (tennis)