1932 In Sports

1931 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1932 ,
1933 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .

BASEBALL

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 .

The New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs in the World Series , 4-0. Babe Ruth hits his famous "called shot" home run--which is followed immediately by a Lou Gehrig solo home run--in Game 3.

BASKETBALL

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

CRICKET

25 June - 28 June , London - India plays its first Test Match , against England . England win by 159 runs.

FIELD HOCKEY

Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Los Angeles , United States

--- Gold Medal: India

--- Silver Medal: Japan

--- Bronze Medal: United States

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Richmond wins the 36th VFL Premiership (Richmond 13.14 (92) d Carlton 12.11 (83))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Haydn Bunton ( Fitzroy )

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Chicago Bears win the National Football League title, defeating the Portsmouth Spartans , 9-0, in the 1932 NFL Playoff Game .

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

England

First Division - Everton win the 1931-32 title.

FA Cup - Newcastle United beat Arsenal 2-1.

GOLF

Gene Sarazen wins both the US Open (golf) and the British Open .

Olin Dutra wins the PGA Championship .

SNOOKER

beats Clark McConachy 30-19

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

1932 Summer Olympics takes place in Los Angeles , United States

--- United States wins the most medals (103), and the most gold medals (41).

1932 Winter Olympics takes place in Lake Placid , United States

--- United States wins the most medals (12), and the most gold medals (6).

The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup .

France defeats the United States in the Davis Cup .

Eddie Tolan sets the men's World Record for the 100 meter dash in 10.3 seconds.

Karl Schäfer wins the World Figure Skating Championships .

BIRTHS

January 14 — Tony DeMarco , American boxer

January 27 — Boris Shakhlin , Russian gymnast

February 9 — Daniel Bekker , South African boxer

May 21 — Jean Stablinski , French cyclist of Polish origin

June 3 — Sandro Gamba , Italian basketball coach and player

June 12 — Mamo Wolde , Ethiopian runner (d. 2002 )

June 15 — Arnoldo Devonish , Venezuelan athlete

August 28 — Andy Bathgate , Hockey Hall Of Fame player

Bernie Faloney — CFL football player (d. 1999 )

November 27 — Mustapha Larfaoui , Algerian IOC -member and FINA -president

DEATHS

February 9 — Paul Neumann (56), Austrian swimmer (b. 1875 )

September 9 — Alojz Sokol (61), Slovak athlete from the Kingdom of Hungary (b. 1871 )

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