1931 in sports

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1931 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934

Contents 1 American football 2 Association football 3 Australian rules football 4 Baseball 5 Basketball 6 Boxing 7 Canadian football 8 Cycling 9 Figure skating 10 Golf 11 Harness racing 12 Horse racing 13 Ice hockey 14 Motor racing 15 Rugby union 16 Snooker 17 Tennis 18 Awards 19 References

[edit] American football

• Green Bay Packers win the NFL title with a 13–2 record
• USC wins the College Football Title

[edit] Association football

Brazil

• Foundation of Botafogo Rio
• Foundation of EC Bahia

England

• First Division – Arsenal win the 1930-31 title, becoming the first London club to do so
• FA Cup – West Bromwich Albion beat Birmingham City 2-1

[edit] Australian rules football

• Victorian Football League
  • Geelong wins the 35th VFL Premiership (Geelong 9.14 (68) d Richmond 7.6 (48))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Haydn Bunton, Sr (Fitzroy)

[edit] Baseball

Major League Baseball

• World Series – The St. Louis Cardinals (101–53, NL) defeated the Philadelphia Athletics (107–45, AL) four games to three.
• MVP Awards – Frankie Frisch (NL); Lefty Grove (AL)

Negro League Baseball

• The Negro National League disbands. The St. Louis Stars win the league's last championship.

[edit] Basketball

• Northwestern University wins the Men's College basketball title.

[edit] Boxing

• Max Schmeling (Germany) is the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion

[edit] Canadian football

• Grey Cup – Montreal AAA win 22–0 over the Regina Roughriders

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Francesco Camusso of Italy
• Tour de France – Antonin Magne of France
• World Cycling Championship: Learco Guerra of Italy

[edit] Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Karl Schäfer (Austria)
  • Women's champion: Sonja Henie (Norway)
  • Pairs champions: Emilia Rotter & László Szollás (Hungary)

[edit] Golf

Men's professional

• British Open – Tommy Armour
• U.S. Open – Billy Burke
• PGA Championship – Tom Creavy

Men's amateur

• British Amateur – Eric Martin–Smith
• U.S. Amateur – Francis Ouimet

Women's professional

• Women's Western Open – June Beebe

[edit] Harness racing

• Hambletonian – Calumet Butler
• Kentucky Futurity – The Protector

[edit] Horse racing

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup –
• Grand National –

Flat races

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by White Nose
• Canada – Queen's Plate won by Froth Blower
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Pearl Cap
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Sea Serpent
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Cameronian
  2. Epsom Derby – Cameronian
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Sandwich
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby – Twenty Grand
  2. Preakness Stakes – Mate
  3. Belmont Stakes – Twenty Grand

[edit] Ice hockey

• Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens defeats Chicago Black Hawks three games to two.
• World Hockey Championship
  • Gold: Canada; Silver: USA; Bronze: Austria
• Hockey Night in Canada, now the oldest sports-related television program still on the air, debuts as a radio program known as the General Motors Hockey Broadcast. (The TV series would begin in 1952.)

[edit] Motor racing

• Grand Prix racing
  • European Champion – Ferdinando Minoia
• 24 hours of Le Mans – Earl Howe and Tim Birkin, driving an Alfa Romeo 8C.
• Louis Schneider wins the Indy 500.

[edit] Rugby union

• Five Nations Championship – Wales
  • Shortly after this year's Five Nations, France is banned from the competition due to allegations of professionalism and administrative deficiencies. France would be readmitted after the 1939 competition, but would not be able to play until 1947 as international rugby was suspended due to World War II.

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Tom Dennis 25–21

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open – Jack Crawford
  2. French Open – Jean Borotra
  3. Wimbledon championships – Sidney Wood
  4. US Open – H. Ellsworth Vines

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open – Coral Buttsworth
  2. French Open – Cilly Aussem
  3. Wimbledon championships – Cilly Aussem
  4. US Open – Helen Wills Moody

• Davis Cup – France wins 3–2 over Great Britain

[edit] Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Helene Madison, Swimming

[edit] References

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