1940 in sports
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1940 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Note – many sporting events did not take place because of World War II
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 |
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[edit] American football
- Minnesota Golden Gophers, Stanford Indians and the Boston College Eagles three way tie for National college football champions.
- Chicago Bears crush the Washington Redskins 73–0 for the NFL championship.
[edit] Athletics
- The 1940 Summer Olympics to be held in Helsinki, were cancelled due to outbreak of World War II. The major international athletics event of the year was thus the annual Finland-Sweden athletics international, held at the new Helsinki Olympic Stadium, exceptionally held as a triple international between Finland, Sweden and Germany.
[edit] Australian rules football
- 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)
[edit] Baseball
- The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Detroit Tigers in the World Series by 4 games to 3
[edit] Basketball
- The eighth South American Basketball Championship in Montevideo is won by Uruguay.
[edit] Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament – Jimmy Demaret
- U.S. Open – Lawson Little
- British Open – not played due to World War II
- PGA Championship – Byron Nelson
Men's amateur
- British Amateur – not played due to World War II
- U.S. Amateur – Dick Chapman
Women's professional
[edit] Horse racing
- March 2 – in his final race, Seabiscuit wins the $121,000 Santa Anita Handicap
Steeplechases
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by
- Canada – Queen's Plate won by
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by
- English Triple Crown Races:
- United States Triple Crown Races:
[edit] Ice hockey
- The New York Rangers defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2 to win the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup.
[edit] Motor racing
[edit] Awards
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Tom Harmon, College football
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Alice Marble, Tennis
[edit] References
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