1937 in sports

 

Years in sports:	1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940

Auto racing

• Grand Prix racing - Main article: 1937 Grand Prix season. European Champion: Rudolf Caracciola
• Wally Parks founds the Road Runners Club, considered to be the start of organized drag racing.

Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees defeat New York Giants, 4-1.
• Hall of Fame election: Continuing toward the goal of 10 initial inductees from the 20th century, voters select Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young. A special committee selects managers Connie Mack and John McGraw, former league presidents Morgan Bulkeley and Ban Johnson, and pioneer shortstop/promoter George Wright. Selections of 19th century players are postponed.

Basketball

• Eurobasket 1937: Lithuania win the second European basketball championship.
• The fifth South American Basketball Championship in Valparaíso and Santiago is won by Chile.

Field Hockey

Establishments

• July 14 – HC Den Bosch, a Dutch field hockey club based in 's-Hertogenbosch

Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Felix Kaspar, Austria
  • Ladies' champion: Megan Taylor, Great Britain
  • Pair skating champion: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier, Germany

Football (American)

• First Cotton Bowl is played in Dallas, Texas.
• Washington Redskins win the NFL title their first year in Washington after moving from Boston. They defeat the Chicago Bears 28-21 in Chicago.

Football (Australian)

• Victorian Football League
  • Geelong wins the 41st VFL Premiership (Geelong 18.14 (122) d Collingwood 12.18 (90))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Dick Reynolds (Essendon)

Football (soccer)

Sweden

• Allsvenskan 1936/1937: AIK

England

• First Division - Manchester City win the 1936-37 title.
• FA Cup - Sunderland beat Preston North End 3-1.

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Horace Lindrum 32-29

Yacht racing

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Ranger defeats British challenger Endeavour II, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, 4 races to 0

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Don Budge, Tennis
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Katherine Rawls, Swimming

Births

• January 24 — Hans Muller, Dutch water polo player
• February 4 — John Devitt, Australian freestyle swimmer
• February 14 — Márta Rudas, Hungarian javelin thrower
• February 23 — Tom Osborne, American college football coach
• February 25 — Gyula Zsivótzky, Hungarian athlete
• March 3 — Kevin O'Halloran, Australian freestyle swimmer (d. 1976)
• March 16 — Juan Calzado, Spanish field hockey player and president of the International Hockey Federation
• March 18 — Rudi Altig, German track and road racing cyclist
• April 5 — Arie Selinger, Israeli volleyball player and coach
• May 12 — Beryl Burton, English racing cyclist (d. 1996)
• August 3 — Andrés Gimeno, Spanish tennis player
• August 4 — Yvonne Reynders, Belgian track and road cyclist
• August 29 — Henk Hermsen, Dutch water polo player
• October 19 — Teresa Ciepły, Polish sprinter and hurdler (d. 2006)

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