1934 in sports

 

Years in sports:	1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937

Athletics

Marathon

• September 9 — European Championships Marathon, Turin, Italy
  • Men's Winner: Arnas Toivonen (FIN) 2:52:29

Baseball

• July 10 - In the second Major League Baseball All-Star Game, played at the Polo Grounds in New York City, left-handed pitcher Carl Hubbell sets a record by striking out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin consecutivley. The catcher was Gabby Hartnett and the American League won 9-7.
• St. Louis Cardinals defeat Detroit Tigers in the World Series, 4-3. Brothers Dizzy Dean and Paul Dean each won two games for the "Gas House Gang" Cardinals.

Basketball

• The South American Basketball Championship 1934 in Buenos Aires is won by Argentina.

Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Richmond wins the 38th VFL Premiership (Richmond 19.14 (128) d South Melbourne 12.17 (89))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Dick Reynolds (Essendon)

American Football

• New York Giants 30-13 Chicago Bears for the 1934 NFL title.

• Minnesota Golden Gophers National college football champions.

Football (soccer)

• 1934 World Cup held in Italy - Italy beat Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the final.
• November 14 - England beat Italy 3-2 in the "Battle of Highbury".

England

• First Division - Arsenal win the 1933-34 title.
• FA Cup - Manchester City beat Portsmouth 2-1.

Golf

• March 25 - The Masters: Horton Smith

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Tom Newman 25-23

Yacht racing

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Rainbow defeats British challenger Endeavour, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, 4 races to 2

General sporting events

• 10th Far Eastern Championship Games held in Manila, Philippine Islands

Awards

• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Virginia Van Wie, LPGA golf
• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Dizzy Dean, Major League Baseball

Births

• January 2 — Don Gambril, American swimming coach
• January 8 — Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. 1987)
• January 9 — Bart Starr, American football player
• March 10 — Gergely Kulcsár, Hungarian athlete
• March 17 — Osvaldo Suárez, Argentine long-distance runner
• March 24 — Alice Whitty, Canadian high jumper
• May 3 — Henry Cooper, British boxer
• May 6 — Hans Junkermann, German cyclist
• May 26 — Michael Rawson, British track and field athlete
• June 8 — Ragnar Skanåker, Swedish pistol shooter
• June 13 — Lucjan Brychczy, Polish football (soccer) player
• June 21 — Kenneth Matthews, English race walker
• June 26 — Toru Goto, Japanese swimmer
• July 24 — Geertje Wielema, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
• August 19 — Bill Cleary, American ice hockey player
• August 19 — Ronald Jones, British track and field athlete
• September 6 — Michel Vermeulin, French cyclist
• September 16 — Elgin Baylor, American basketball player
• October 14 — Horacio Accavallo, Argentine flyweight boxer
• November 23 — Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player

Deaths

• March 23 - Sir Donald Mann, donor of the Mann Cup (b. 1853)

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