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''Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II .''

BASEBALL

The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Detroit Tigers in the World Series , 4 games to 3.

Dom DiMaggio debuted April 16 ; Pee Wee Reese debuted April 23 .

Final season for Wally Berger .

Trade: June 12 , the Brooklyn Dodgers traded four players and $125,000 cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Medwick and another player.

BASKETBALL

The eighth South American Basketball Championship in Montevideo is won by Uruguay .

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Melbourne wins the 44th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 15.17 (107) d Richmond 10.8 (68))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Des Fothergill ( Collingwood ) and Herbie Matthews ( South Melbourne )

Masters Jimmy Demarest

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Minnesota Golden Gophers National College Football champions.

Chicago Bears Crush Washington Redskins 73-0 for the NFL championship.

March 2 - In his final race, Seabiscuit wins the $121,000 Santa Anita Handicap to become the top money earner of all time.

SNOOKER

beats Fred Davis 37-36

BIRTHS

January 17 — Kipchoge Keino , Kenyan runner

January 17 — Leighton Rees , Welsh darts player

January 20 — Jack Nicklaus , American golfer

February 25 — Ron Santo , baseball player

March 6 — Willie Stargell , baseball player

April 13 — José Napoles , Cuban-Mexican boxer

April 15 — Willie Davis , baseball player

April 15 — Woody Fryman , baseball player

April 21 — Carlos Morocho Hernandez , Venezuelan boxer

April 25 – Maribel Yerxa Owen , U.S. figure skating champion (d. 1961 )

May 20 — Sadaharu Oh , Japanese baseball legend

May 20 — Stan Mikita , Hockey Hall of Famer

June 15 — Ken Fletcher , Australian tennis player (d. 2006 )

June 23 — Wilma Rudolph , American runner (d. 1994 )

July 3 — César Tovar , baseball player

July 18 — Joe Torre , baseball player and manager

July 20 — Tony Oliva , baseball player

September 12 — Mickey Lolich , baseball player

October 9 — Joe Pepitone , baseball player

October 23 — Pelé , Brazilian soccer player

November 23 — Luis Tiant , baseball player

December 9 — Eddie Blay , Ghanaian boxer

DEATHS

May 8 — Chick Fraser , baseball player

July 28 — Gyula Kellner (69), Hungarian athlete (b. 1871 )

October 17 — George Davis , baseball player

December 16 — Billy Hamilton , baseball player