1938 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1939 ,
1940 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
''Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II .''
- , Eddie Collins , and Willie Keeler .
- Alejandro "Alex" Carrasquel made his major league debut with the Washington Senators . He became the first Baseball player from Venezuela to play Major League Baseball .
- , Buck Ewing , Charles "Hoss" Radbourn , Albert Spalding , Charles Comiskey , and Candy Cummings are named to the Hall of Fame by a special committee, just weeks before the Hall opens. Along with the previous selections of Cy Young and Keeler in the writers' elections, Anson, Ewing and Radbourn arguably complete the 5 initial inductees from the 19th century which were promised but long delayed; Spalding, Comiskey and Cummings were largely elected as pioneers and contributors.
- May 2: Lou Gehrig 's streak of 2130 consecutive Major League Baseball games played comes to an end. The record will stand for 56 years before Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks it.
- and Museum is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York .
- announces his retirement from the game at Yankee Stadium.
- 's 6-1 victory over Cincinnati at Ebbets Field .
- defeat Cincinnati Reds , 4-0.
- The Winnipeg Maroons win the Northern League championship.
- December: A special election results in Lou Gehrig being selected to the Hall of Fame; he had announced his retirement after the Hall's June opening.
- January 3 — Bobby Hull , Canadian ice hockey player
- January 6 — Valeri Lobanovsky , football player and manager (d. 2002 )
- January 6 — Murray Rose , Scotland-born swimmer from Australia
- January 18 — Tsuyoshi Yamanaka , Japanese swimmer
- February 27 — Peter Revson , F1 race car driver (d. 1974
- March 8 — Lidia Skoblikova , Soviet ice speed skater
- March 19 — Hilário , Mozambique-born Portuguese football (soccer) player
- April 4 — JoAnne Carner , American female golfer
- April 10 — Alan Rothenberg , American soccer president
- May 9 — Ralph Boston , American track and field champion
- May 9 — Ion Ţiriac , Romanian tennis player
- May 29 — Al Unser Sr. , American auto racer
- June 9 — Dick Vitale , American college basketball tv announcer
- June 18 — Lou Brock , American baseball player
- July 6 — Mary Peters , British pentathlete
- August 22 — Carl Yastrzemski , American baseball player
- September 2 — Nicolino Locche , Argentine boxer (d. 2005 )
- September 8 — Carsten Keller , German field hockey player
- September 27 — Kathy Whitworth , American female golfer
- October 11 — Maria Bueno , tennis champion
- October 18 — Mike Ditka , American football coach
- December 1 — Lee Trevino , American golfer
- December 14 — Ernie Davis , American football player
- December 18 — Sandro Lopopolo , Italian light welterweight boxer
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