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1931 World Figure Skating Championships | The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The 1931 men, ladies, and pairs competitions took place from February 28 to March 1 in Berlin, Germany. It was the second year when all competitions were held at the same location and the same time, but the first time in Europe. |
1932 Chicago Maroons football team | The 1932 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1932 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 41st and final season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 3β4β1 record, finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 95 to 94. |
1932 English cricket season | The 1932 English cricket season saw the beginning of England's Test matches against India with England winning 1-0. A team known as "All-India" toured, with one Test played, 25 other first-class matches and 12 lesser games. A team from South America also toured England, playing six first-class matches and 12 other games. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won the championship title for the second successive year. |
1932 Kimberley rescue | In 1932, pilot Hans Bertram and mechanic Adolph Klausmann were rescued while attempting to circumnavigate the world in a Junkers W 33 seaplane. After departing Koepang, Indonesia, they endured a storm in the Timor Sea on 15 May and were forced to land in a remote coastal area of the Kimberley region, North-Western Australia. The stranded men spent almost six weeks severely deprived of food and water and were close to death when they were rescued by a search party of local Aboriginal people on 22 June. |
1932 Maccabiah Games | The 1st Maccabiah (aka The Maccabiah and the White Horse Olympics) (Hebrew: ΧΧΧΧΧΧ ΧΧ¨ΧΧ©ΧΧ Χββ or Hebrew: ΧΧΧΧΧΧΧΧββ) was the first edition of the Maccabiah, which was held in Mandatory Palestine from March 28 to April 2, 1932. The games were in commemoration of the 1800th anniversary of the Bar Kokhba revolt, a major rebellion by the Jews of Judaea Province against the Roman Empire. Despite many obstacles and setbacks, the first Maccabiah was regarded as a great success. |
1932 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team | The 1932 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1932 college football season. In their 11th season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Hurons compiled a record of 5β2 and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 145 to 31. Carl J. Simmons was the team captain. The team played its home games at Normal Field on the school's campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan. |
1932 Missouri Tigers football team | The 1932 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1932 college football season. The team compiled a 1β7β1 record (1β3β1 against Big 6 opponents), finished in fifth place in the Big 6, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 184 to 32. Frank Carideo was the head coach for the first of three seasons. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. The team's leading scorer was Charles Schiele with 12 points. |
1932 New Year Honours | The 1932 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 29 December 1931. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate. |
1932 Rose Bowl | The 1932 Rose Bowl was the 18th Rose Bowl game, an American post-season college football game that was played on New Year's Day 1932 in Pasadena, California. It featured the Tulane Green Wave against the USC Trojans. The Trojans had six All-Americans in their lineup: tackle Ernie Smith, guards Johnny Baker and Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg, halfback Erny Pinckert and quarterbacks Orville Mohler and Gaius Shaver. |
1932 San Jose State Spartans football team | The 1932 San Jose State Spartans football team represented State Teachers College at San Jose during the 1932 college football season. San Jose State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC). The team was led by first-year head coach Dudley DeGroot, and they played home games at Spartan Field in San Jose, California. The team finished the season undefeated and as co-champions of the FWC with a record of seven wins, no losses and two ties (7β0β2, 3β0β2 FWC). The Spartans outscored their opponents 116β27 for the season, with no team scoring more than a touchdown against the Spartans. |
1932 Stanley Cup Finals | The 1932 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-five series between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto would win the series in three straight to win their first Stanley Cup. Game two was moved from New York to Boston due to a scheduling conflict at Madison Square Garden. It remains the only neutral site Stanley Cup Final game to be played in the United States and the first neutral site Stanley Cup Final game contested by two NHL teams. |
1932 USC Trojans football team | The 1932 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1932 college football season. It shut out the Pittsburgh Panthers in the 1933 Rose Bowl, to remain undefeated and win the national championship. The Trojans shut out their opponents eight times and allowed only 13 points the entire year. The team reportedly had the best defense in the history of the program. The defensive line consisted of All-American Aaron Rosenberg, Tay Brown, Ernie Smith, J. Dye, B. Gentry, Ray Sparling, Robert Erskine, Curtis Youel, and Julius Bescos. |
1932 college football season | The 1932 NCAA football season saw the Michigan Wolverines win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson System. Because the "Big Nine" conference didn't permit its teams to play in the postseason, however, the Wolverines were not able to accept a bid to the Rose Bowl. As such, the Pasadena game matched the #2 and #3 teams, USC and Pittsburgh, with the USC Trojans winning the East-West matchup 35-0. |
1933 Belgian Grand Prix | The 1933 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the IV Grand Prix de Belgique) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 9 July 1933. The 40-lap race was won by Tazio Nuvolari, of Scuderia Ferrari, driving a Maserati. Second and third were taken by the works Bugatti drivers Achille Varzi and RenΓ© Dreyfus. |
1933 Cornell Big Red football team | The 1933 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1933 college football season. In their 14th season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 4β3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 116 to 89. Coach Dobie was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. |
1933 Detroit Titans football team | The 1933 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1933 college football season. Detroit shut out six of eight opponents, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 157 to 20, and finished with a 7β1 record in its ninth year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais. Significant games included a victory over Marquette (22β6), Holy Cross (24β0), and Michigan State (14β0), and a loss to Duquesne (0β14). |
1933 Green Bay Packers season | The 1933 Green Bay Packers season was their 14th season in the National Football League (NFL). This was the first year of divisional play and Green Bay competed in the Western Division. The club posted a 5β7β1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, the first losing season in team history. Beginning this season, the Packers began playing some home game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Borchert Field to draw additional revenue, starting October 1, 1933, against the New York Giants. |
1933 Hawthorn Football Club season | The 1933 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 9th season in the Victorian Football League. Arthur Rademacher stepped in as coach after appointed coach Fred Phillips died on the eve of the season. Rademacher coached the first four games before Hawthorn appointed Bill Twomey, Sr. as coach for the rest of the season. |
1933 Home Nations Championship | The 1933 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-ninth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the forty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 21 January and 1 April. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
1933 TCU Horned Frogs football team | The 1933 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1933 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 9β2β1 overall and 4β2 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Francis Schmidt in his fifth and final year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. |
1933 Virginia state highway renumbering | In 1933, the U.S. state of Virginia renumbered almost all of its state highways. This renumbering was caused by the assignment of numbers from 600 up to the new secondary system, but all three-digit numbers were affected. At the same time, all numbers that conflicted with U.S. Routes - except State Route 13 - were renumbered, and all long overlaps with U.S. Routes were eliminated. Several new routes had the same numbers as U.S. Routes and served as their extensions. |
1933 World Figure Skating Championships | The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The 1933 men competitions took from place February 18 to 19 in Zurich, Switzerland. The 1933 ladies and pairs competitions took place from February 11 to 12 in Stockholm, Sweden. |
1933 Yakima Valley strike | The 1933 Yakima Valley strike (also known as the Congdon Orchards Battle) took place on 24 August 1933 in the Yakima Valley, Washington, United States. It is notable as the most serious and highly publicized agricultural labor disturbance in Washington history and as a brief revitalization of the Industrial Workers of the World in the region. |
1934 English cricket season | The 1934 English cricket season saw England lose the Ashes they had won via Bodyline in 1932-3, with Don Bradman again the crucial difference between two very strong teams. It was the 35th test series between the two sides with Australia winning 2-1. The 1934 County Championship was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club. |
1934 French Grand Prix | The 1934 French Grand Prix (formally the XXVIII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race held on 1 July 1934 at MontlhΓ©ry. The race comprised 40 laps of a 12.5 km circuit, for a total race distance of 500.0 km. This is the first race where the "Silberpfeile" (Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz) were entered. The race was won by Louis Chiron driving an Alfa Romeo. |
1934 Green Bay Packers season | The 1934 Green Bay Packers season was their 15th season in the National Football League (NFL). The club posted a 7β6β0 record under coach Curly Lambeau. The Packers played their Milwaukee, Wisconsin home games at Wisconsin State Fair Park. During this season, a fan fell from the stands at old City Stadium and sued the Packers and won a $5,000 verdict. This caused the insurance company to go out of business and the Packers entered receivership. Green Bay business men raised $15,000 in new capital to prevent the team from folding. |
1934 Home Nations Championship | The 1934 Home Nations Championship was the thirtieth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the forty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 20 January and 17 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It was the first time since the 1913 competition that the table finished without any team tying for places. |
1934 Montreux Fascist conference | The Fascist International Congress was a meeting held by deputies from a number of European Fascist organizations. The conference was held on 16β17 December 1934 in Montreux, Switzerland. The conference was organised and chaired by Comitati d'Azione per l'Universalita di Roma (CAUR), or the Action Committees for the Universality of Rome. |
1934 Vanderbilt Commodores football team | The 1934 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1935 college football season. The Commodores were led by Dan McGugin, who served in the 30th and final year as head coach. Vanderbilt went 6β3 overall and 4β3 in the SEC, finishing sixth. They played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The team's captain was Eugene Beck. |
1934 Western State Hilltoppers football team | The 1934 Western State Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Mike Gary, the Hilltoppers compiled a 7β1 record and outscored their opponents, 104 to 52. Halfback John Miller was the team captain. |
1934 Wimbledon Championships | The 1934 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 25 June until 6 July. It was the 54th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1934. |
1935 Brownlow Medal | The 1935 Brownlow Medal was the 12th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Haydn Bunton of the Fitzroy Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-five votes during the 1935 VFL season. It is one of the most coveted awards of all time. |
1935 Central State Bearcats football team | The 1935 Central State Bearcats football team represented Central State Teachers College, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In their second season under head coach Alex Yunevich, the Bearcats compiled a 1β6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 101 to 32. The team's only win was by a 19β0 score over Assumption College from Windsor, Ontario. The worst defeat was by a 43β0 score against Gus Dorais' 1935 Detroit Titans football team |
1935 Detroit Lions season | The 1935 Detroit Lions season resulted in the Lions winning their first National Football League (NFL) championship. In their second season in Detroit and fifth under head coach Potsy Clark, the Lions placed first in the NFL's Western Division and went on to defeat the New York Giants, 26β7, in the 1935 NFL Championship Game. The leading offensive players were Dutch Clark, who led the NFL with 55 points, and Ernie Caddel, who led the league with 621 yards from scrimmage and 6.4 yards per touch. |
1935 Grand National | The 1935 Grand National was the 94th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 29 March 1935. The race was won by Reynoldstown, a 22/1 shot owned and trained by Major Noel Furlong, and ridden by his son, amateur jockey Frank Furlong. Reynoldstown followed up with a second consecutive victory one year later in the 1936 Grand National. The favourite was Golden Miller who unseated his rider Gerry Wilson on the first circuit. |
1935 Home Nations Championship | The 1935 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-first series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the forty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 19 January and 16 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
1935 Indiana Hoosiers football team | The 1935 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1935 college football season. The participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers. |
1935 LSU Tigers football team | The 1935 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1935 college football season. The team was led by halfback Abe Mickal and end Gaynell Tinsley. It was Bernie Moore's first of thirteen seasons as head coach of the Tigers. One of the 13 selectors recognized as official by the NCAA (Williamson) recognize the 1935 LSU team as the co-national champion. |
1935 Memorial Cup | The 1935 Memorial Cup final was the 17th junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Sudbury Cub Wolves of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Winnipeg Monarchs of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in Western Canada. In a best-of-three series, held at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Sudbury 2 games to 1. |
1935 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team | The 1935 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1935 college football season. In their 14th season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Hurons compiled a record of 4β2β2 and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 43 to 41. Robert W. Jarosch and Homer H. Parker were the team captains. The team played its home games at Normal Field on the school's campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan. |
1935 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team | The 1935 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1935 college football season. There were no divisions of college football during this time period, and the Evansmen competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were led by seventh year head coach Chick Evans and played their home games at the 5,500 seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. |
1935 Philadelphia Eagles season | The 1935 Philadelphia Eagles season was their third in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4β7, winning only two games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. A home game against the Boston Redskins scheduled for November 17 was canceled due to snow and rain. |
1935 VFA season | The 1935 Victorian Football Association season was the 57th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Yarraville Football Club, after it defeated Camberwell by nine points in the Grand Final on 7 September. It was the club's first VFA premiership, won in its eighth season of competition. |
1936 Curtis Cup | The 3rd Curtis Cup Match was played on 6 May 1936 on the King's Course at Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. The match ended in a tie at 4Β½ each and the United States, as the holders, retained the trophy. The final match to finish was between Jessie Anderson and Leona Cheney. America led 4Β½β3Β½ and had already retained the Cup but Britain could still tie the contest. Anderson and Cheney were all square after 17 holes. Cheney took 5 at the last but Anderson holed a putt of 7 or 8 yards for a 4, to win her match and tie the contest. |
1936 Kansas State Wildcats football team | The 1936 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1936 college football season. The team's head football coach was Wesley Fry, in his second year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 4β3β2 record with a 2β1β2 record in conference play. They finished in third place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 143 points and gave up 89 points. |
1936 Missouri Tigers football team | The 1936 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1936 college football season. The team compiled a 6β2β1 record (3β1β1 against Big 6 opponents), finished in second place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 107 to 74. Don Faurot was the head coach for the second of 19 seasons. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. The team's leading scorer was Jack Frye with 36 points. |
1936 NSWRFL season | The 1936 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twenty-ninth season of Sydneyβs top-level rugby league football club competition, Australiaβs first. Nine teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season, which lasted from April until September, and culminated in Eastern Suburbsβ victory over Balmain in the final. |
1936 New Year Honours | The 1936 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 31 December 1935. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate. |
1936 North American heat wave | The Summer 1936 North American heat wave was one of the most severe heat waves in the modern history of North America. It took place in the middle of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and caused catastrophic human suffering and an enormous economic toll. The death toll exceeded 5,000, and huge numbers of crops were destroyed by the heat and lack of moisture. Many state and city record high temperatures set during the 1936 heat wave stood until the Summer 2012 North American heat wave. The 1936 heat wave followed one of the coldest winters on record. |
1936 Oregon State Beavers football team | The 1936 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1936 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 4β6 record (3β5 against PCC opponents), finished in seventh place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 151 to 116. The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon. |
1936 Soviet Top League | The 1936 season was the first season of the Soviet Top League. The season was split into two championships with a cup competition between them that took place in August 1936. The first part (considered spring) started in late May and finished by mid of July with a single match played by each participant against each other. The same format was resumed in the fall that started in September finishing before November. The main contenders for the title appeared to be the Moscow's Spartak and Dynamo. |
1936 Wimbledon Championships | The 1936 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 22 June until 3 July. It was the 56th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1936. |
1937 Cotton Bowl Classic | The 1937 Cotton Bowl Classic, the first Cotton Bowl and part of the 1936β37 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1937, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The competing teams were the Marquette Golden Avalanche, competing as a football independent, and the TCU Horned Frogs, representing the Southwest Conference (SWC) as conference champions. TCU won the inaugural contest 16β6. |
1937 Home Nations Championship | The 1937 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-third series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fiftieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 16 January and 3 April. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
1937 NFL Championship Game | The 1937 National Football League Championship Game was the fifth championship game of the National Football League (NFL), held December 12 at Wrigley Field in Chicago with an attendance of 15,878. The game featured the Western Division champions Chicago Bears (9β1β1) and the Eastern Division champions Washington Redskins (8β3). |
1937 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team | The 1937 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1937 college football season. There were no divisions of college football during this time period, and the Evansmen competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were led by ninth year head coach Chick Evans and played their home games at the 5,500 seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. |
1937 Orizaba earthquake | The 1937 Orizaba earthquake occurred on July 26 at 03:47 UTC, near Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. It had a magnitude of 7.3 on the surface wave magnitude scale. Thirty four people were reported dead. Damage was reported in Esperanza, Puebla. This was an intraplate earthquake within the subducting Cocos Plate. |
1937 Rose Bowl | The 1937 Rose Bowl, played on New Year's Day 1937 in Pasadena, California, was the 23rd Rose Bowl football game. It featured the Pittsburgh Panthers against the Washington Huskies. Ahead of the game, seating in the Rose Bowl was expanded to 87,677. This Rose Bowl marked Pittsburgh's fourth Rose Bowl appearance in nine years. Having previously appeared in the 1928, the 1930 and the 1933 Rose Bowl's. |
1937 Washington Huskies football team | The 1937 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1937 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 7β2β2 record, finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 187 to 52. Frank Waskowitz was the team captain. |
1937 Western State Hilltoppers football team | The 1937 Western State Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Mike Gary, the Broncos compiled a 5β3 record and outscored their opponents, 92 to 65. Quarterback George Bond was the team captain. |
1938 Central Michigan Bearcats football team | The 1938 Central Michigan Bearcats football team represented Central Michigan College of Education, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their second season under head coach Ron Finch, the Bearcats compiled an 7β1 record, shut out five of eight opponents, held seven opponents to fewer than seven points, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 270 to 44. The team's sole loss was by a 35β0 score to Western State. |
1938 Claxton Shield | The 1938 Claxton Shield was the fifth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at the WACA Ground and Subiaco Oval in Perth from 3 to 13 August, the first time Perth had hosted the Shield. New South Wales won the Shield for the second time, successfully defending their title from the previous year. Hosts Western Australia had their best finish, losing to New South Wales in the final to finish second overall. The other participating teams were Victoria and South Australia. |
1938 English cricket season | The 1938 English cricket season was notable for England's remarkable total against Australia at The Oval with Len Hutton contributing a record 364. It was the 37th test series between the two sides which ended in a 1-1 draw. The 1938 County Championship was won by Yorkshire County Cricket Club for the 20th time. |
1938 Estonian Cup | The 1938 Estonian Cup (Estonian: Eesti Karikas) was the first season of the Estonian football knockout tournament. 11 teams took part of the competition. In that time there was no penalty shoot-out after extra time. Because of that another final had to be arranged as the first match ended 1β1. In the second match, played on November 6 in Kadriorg Stadium, VS Sport Tallinn narrowly won over Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi, thus becoming the first cup champions of Estonia. |
1938 Home Nations Championship | The 1938 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-fourth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fifty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 15 January and 19 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
1938 Illinois Fighting Illini football team | The 1938 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1938 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 26th season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 3β5 record and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference. Guard James Hodges was selected as the team's most valuable player. |
1938 International Cross Country Championships | The 1938 International Cross Country Championships was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the Royal Ulster Showground on 2 April 1938. In addition, an unofficial women's championship was held three weeks earlier in Lille, France on 12 March 1938. A report on the men's event was given in the Glasgow Herald. Complete results for men, and for women (unofficial), medallists, and the results of British athletes were published. |
1938 Kyeema crash | The Kyeema airline crash took place on 25 October 1938 when the Australian National Airways Douglas DC-2 Kyeema, tail number VH-UYC, flying from Adelaide to Melbourne, commenced final approach to Essendon Airport through heavy fog and crashed into the western slopes of Mount Dandenong, also known as Mount Corhanwarrabul, killing all 18 on board instantly. |
1938 Lausanna | 1938 Lausanna, provisional designation 1974 HC, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 April 1974, by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland. It is named for the city of Lausanne. |
1938 NSWRFL season | The 1938 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-first season of Sydneyβs top-grade rugby league club competition, Australiaβs first. The withdrawal of the University club at the end of the previous season saw eight teams from across the city contest the premiership, which lasted from April until September and culminated in Canterbury-Bankstown's victory over Eastern Suburbs in the final. |
1938 New Year Honours | The 1938 New Year Honours were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 1 January 1938. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. |
1938 Oregon State Beavers football team | The 1938 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1938 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 5β3β1 record (4β3β1 against PCC opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 72 to 51. The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon. |
1938 Palestine Cup | The 1938 Palestine Cup (Hebrew: ΧΧΧΧΧ’ ΧΧΧ¨Χ₯-ΧΧ©Χ¨ΧΧΧββ, HaGavia HaEretz-Israeli) was the ninth season of Israeli Football Association's nationwide football cup competition. The defending holders were Hapoel Tel Aviv. For the third time since the beginning of the competition, the two senior Tel Aviv clubs, Hapoel and Maccabi met in the final. Hapoel won 2β1, securing its fourth cup and its second double. |
1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team | The 1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1938 college football season. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer in his fifth year as head coach. The Horned Frogs finished with an undefeated 11β0 season. At season's end, Davey O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy and the Horned Frogs were crowned as national champions by the AP Poll. The offense scored 269 points while the defense allowed 60 points. The Horned Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. |
1938 Western Reserve Red Cats football team | The 1938 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented Western Reserve University in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1938 college football season. The team was coached by college football hall of fame coach Bill Edwards. Notable players included Johnny Wilson, Mike Rodak, Steve Belichick, and Dick Booth. The team went undefeated defeating opponents by a combined 259-31. |
1938 Western State Hilltoppers football team | The 1938 Western State Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Mike Gary, the Broncos compiled a 4β3 record and outscored their opponents, 102 to 26. Center Walter Oberlin and halfback Dale Morris were the team captains. |
1938 World Archery Championships | The 1938 World Archery Championships was the 8th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in London, Great Britain in August 1938 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). In the women's competition, Nora Weston-Martyr and Louise Nettleton finished with equal scores and are considered co-champions by FITA. |
1939 Australian Championships | The 1939 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia from 20 January to 28 January. It was the 32nd edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 9th held in Melbourne, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Australians John Bromwich and Emily Hood Westacott won the singles titles. |
1939 Cincinnati Reds season | The 1939 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the National League, winning the pennant by 4Β½ games over the St. Louis Cardinals with a record of 97β57. The team went on to the 1939 World Series, which it lost in four straight games to the New York Yankees. |
1939 County Championship | The 1939 County Championship was the 46th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their 21st Championship. The Championship was the last for six years due to World War II and during the 1939 Championship three matches were not played due to the outbreak of the war, they were abandoned on the third day. |
1939 Illinois Fighting Illini football team | The 1939 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 27th season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 3β4β1 record and finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference. Bill Lenich was selected as the team's most valuable player. |
1939 Indiana Hoosiers football team | The 1939 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. The participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his sixth year as head coach of the Hoosiers. |
1939 Philadelphia Eagles season | The 1939 Philadelphia Eagles season was their seventh in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5β6, winning only one game. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. The October 22 game against Brooklyn was the first NFL game to be televised. |
1939 The Citadel Bulldogs football team | The 1939 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1939 college football season. Tatum Gressette served as head coach for the eighth season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. |
1939 Washington Huskies football team | The 1939 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1939 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 4β5 record, finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 93 to 77. Chuck Bechtol was the team captain. |
1939 in film | The year 1939 in motion pictures is widely considered the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year (considered as a percentage of the population in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom at that time). |
1940 Arkansas Razorbacks football team | The 1940 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1940 college football season. In their 12th under head coach Fred Thomsen, the Razorbacks compiled a 4β6 record (1β5 against SWC opponents), finished in sixth place in the SWC, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 174 to 112. |
1940 Chatham Cup | The 1940 Chatham Cup was the 17th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand, and the last such competition before the suspension of the Chatham Cup due to World War II. The competition resumed in 1945 as hostilities were drawing to a close. The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Ponsonby, Waterside (Wellington), Hamilton Wanderers, Nomads (Christchurch), and Mosgiel. |
1940 Eastern Suburbs season | The 1940 Eastern Suburbs DRLFC season was the 33rd in the club's history. Coached by Dave Brown and captained by Ray Stehr they competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's 1940 season, finishing the season in 1st place (out of 8 teams) and successfully defeating Canterbury-Bankstown in the final to claim their 8th premiership. |
1940 Maryland Terrapins football team | The 1940 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1940 college football season. In their second season under head coach Jack Faber, the Terrapins compiled a 2β6β1 record (0β1β1 in conference), finished in 12th place in the Southern Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 171 to 39. |
1940 Michigan State Spartans football team | The 1940 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1940 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 3β4β1 record and lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 21 to 14 score. In inter-sectional play, the team lost to Temple (21-19) and Kansas State (32-0), played Santa Clara to a scoreless tie, and defeated West Virginia (17-0). |
1940 NCAA Track and Field Championships | The 1940 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the 19th NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at the University of Minnesota's Memorial Stadium in June 1940. The University of Southern California won its sixth consecutive team title. The meet took place during a two-day downpour that flooded the stadium and forced the field events to be moved indoors at the Minnesota field house. |
1940 New York Yankees season | The 1940 New York Yankees season was the team's 38th season in New York and its 40th overall. The team finished in third place with a record of 88β66, finishing two games behind the American League champion Detroit Tigers and one game behind the second-place Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. Their home games were played at the Yankee Stadium. |
1940 Oregon Webfoots football team | The 1940 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1940 college football season. In their third season under head coach Tex Oliver, the Webfoots compiled a 4β4β1 record (3β4β1 against PCC opponents), finished in fifth place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 100 to 58. The team played its home games at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. |
1940 Pittsburgh Steelers season | The 1940 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 8th in the National Football League. It was also the first season in which the team was known as the Pittsburgh Steelers, and not the copycat "Pirates" moniker. The 1940 team was led by head coach Walt Kiesling in his first full season as the head coach. Kiesling's assistant coaches were Wilbur "Bill" Sortet and Hank Bruder, who both also played. |
1940 South American Basketball Championship | The South American Basketball Championship 1940 was the eighth South American Basketball Championship. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay and won by the host Uruguay national basketball team. A record 6 teams competed, including Paraguay in their first appearance, despite the World War that was currently under way. |
1940 Washington Huskies football team | The 1940 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1940 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 7β2 record, finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, was ranked #10 in the final AP Poll, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 169 to 54. The Huskies' only two losses came to Minnesota and Stanford teams that were ranked #1 and #2, respectively, in the final AP Poll. Bill Marx was the team captain. |
1941 Illinois Fighting Illini football team | The 1941 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1941 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 29th season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 2β6 record and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference. Tackle Nate Johnson was selected as the team's most valuable player. |
1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team | The 1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1941 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his second and final year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 2β5β2 record with a 1β3β1 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 67 points and gave up 168 points. |
1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team | The 1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1941 college football season. This season gave Mississippi State its only SEC football championship, which was won in a winner-take-all game over Ole Miss. The Maroons were unable to participate in the post-season due to the wartime airport and train station closings. |