1936 In Sports

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was involved in a racing accident at Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo, California and mistakenly pronounced dead. A while later, he woke up in the morgue and promptly returned to the racetrack but was not allowed to compete in any of the remaining races because of his 'death.'

held in Budapest .

BASEBALL

Plans are announced for a

defeat the New York Giants , 4-2.

FIELD HOCKEY

Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Berlin , London

--- Gold Medal: India

--- Silver Medal: Germany

--- Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Collingwood wins the 40th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 11.23 (89) d South Melbourne 10.18 (78))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Dinny Ryan ( Fitzroy )

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Minnesota Golden Gophers National College Football champions.

Green Bay Packers 21-6 Boston Redskins for the NFL championship. The game was moved from Boston to New York 's Polo Grounds .

The first NFL Draft is held.

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

England

First Division - Sunderland win the 1935-36 title.

FA Cup - Arsenal beat Sheffield United 1-0, thanks to a Ted Drake goal.

ICE HOCKEY

The Detroit RedWings won the championship in the National Hockey League. Combine this with the Detroit Tigers World Series win and the Detroit Lions NFL Championship in 1934 and in one 12 month period Detroit played home to the Championship teams in the MLB, NFL, and NHL. This feat has yet to be duplicated by any other city.

SPEED SKATING

First Speed Skating World Championships for Women held in Stockholm

--- Gold Medal: Kit Klein (United States)

--- Silver Medal: Verné Lesche (Finland)

--- Bronze Medal: Synnøve Lie (Norway)

SNOOKER

beats Horace Lindrum 34-27

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

1936 Summer Olympics takes place in Berlin , Germany

--- Germany wins the most medals (89), and the most gold medals (33).

--- Jesse Owens wins four gold medals.

--- The first torch relay takes place from Olympia , Greece .

1936 Winter Olympics takes place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany

--- Norway wins the most medals (15), and the most gold medals (7).

BIRTHS

January 14 — Reiner Klimke , German equestrian (d. 1999 )

March 6 — Florentino "The Ox" Fernandez , Cuban boxer

May 3 — José Torres , Puerto Rican boxer

August 16 — Lindsay Gaze , Australian basketball player and coach

September 19 — Al Oerter , American discus thrower

October 30 — Polina Astakhova , Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005 )

November 10 — Claudio "Tripa" Barrientos , Chilean boxer (d. 1982 )

December 12 — Iolanda Balaş , Romanian athlete

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