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

BASEBALL

defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 1.

BASKETBALL

The eleventh South American Basketball Championship in Lima is won by Argentina .

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League - Richmond wins the 47th VFL Premiership (Richmond 12.14 (86) d Essendon 11.15 (81))

FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN FOOTBALL )

Chicago Bears 41-26 Washington Redskins in the NFL championship game in Chicago

BIRTHS

January 31 — Richard Quick , American swimming coach

March 1 — Ben Jipcho , Kenyan athlete

April 20 — Eckart Suhl , German field hockey player

May 26 — Erica Terpstra , Dutch swimmer, politician and president of the Dutch Olympic Committee

June 5 — Buster Mathis , American amateur heavyweight boxer (d. 1995 )

June 8 — Willie Davenport , American athlete (d. 2002 )

June 17 — Peter Doak , Australian swimmer

August 17 — Yukio Kasaya , Japanese ski jumper

November 25 — Janice Andrew , Australian butterfly swimmer

December 19 — Ted Salmon , New Zealand field hockey player

DEATHS

January 20 — Attila Petschauer (38), Hungarian fencer (b. 1904 )