1932 in sports

1932 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing edit

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

2nd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are:

Men's Downhill – Gustav Lantschner (Austria)
Men's Slalom – Friedl Däuber (Germany)
Men's Combined – Otto Furrer (Switzerland)
Women's downhill – Paula Wiesinger (Italy)
Women's Slalom – Rösli Streiff (Switzerland)
Women's Combined – Rösli Streiff (Switzerland)

American football edit

1932 NFL Playoff Game: the Chicago Bears won 9–0 over the Portsmouth Spartans (This was the first National Football League championship game)
Rose Bowl (1931 season):
- The USC Trojans won 21–12 over the Tulane Green Wave to win the college football national championship
Michigan Wolverines – college football national championship shared with USC Trojans
Washington Redskins founded in Boston; start off as the Boston Braves

Association football edit

England

The Football League – Everton 56 points, Arsenal 54, Sheffield Wednesday 50, Huddersfield Town 48, Aston Villa 46, West Bromwich Albion 46
FA Cup final – Newcastle United 2–1 Arsenal at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

France

A professional football league Division Nationale, first official game held on September 11, as predecessor for Ligue 1.^{[citation needed]}

Germany

National Championship – Bayern Munich 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt at Nuremberg

Spain

La Liga won by Real Madrid

Italy

Serie A won by Juventus

Athletics edit

Men's 100 metres

Eddie Tolan (USA) breaks the world record by running a time of 10.3 seconds

Australian rules football edit

VFL Premiership

Richmond wins the 36th VFL Premiership, defeating Carlton 13.14 (92) to 12.11 (83) in the 1932 VFL Grand Final

Brownlow Medal

The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Haydn Bunton senior (Fitzroy)

South Australian National Football League

1 October: Sturt won its fourth SA(N)FL premiership, beating North Adelaide 16.14 (110) to 10.9 (69)
Magarey Medal won by Max Pontifex (West Torrens)

Western Australian National Football League

8 October: West Perth win their fifth WA(N)FL premiership but first since 1905, beating East Perth 18.9 (117) to 10.14 (74)
Sandover Medal won by Keith Hough (Claremont-Cottesloe)

Bandy edit

Sweden

Championship final – IF Karlstad-Göta 3–2 Västerås SK

Baseball edit

World Series

28 September to 2 October — New York Yankees defeats Chicago Cubs to win the 1932 World Series by 4 games to 0. In Game 3, Babe Ruth hits his famous "called shot" home run, which is followed immediately by a Lou Gehrig solo home run.

Events

Brooklyn's major league baseball team, known informally until now as the “Superbas”, the “Robins”, or the “Trolley Dodgers”, officially selects the name Brooklyn Dodgers

Basketball edit

Events

The 1932 South American Basketball Championship in Santiago, Chile, is won by Uruguay.

Bobsleigh edit

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Two bobsleigh events are held at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid :

2-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: Switzerland II; bronze: USA II
4-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: USA II; bronze: Germany I

Boxing edit

Events

Jack Sharkey wins the World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Max Schmeling on points over 15 rounds.

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Max Schmeling → Jack Sharkey
World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
World Middleweight Championship – vacant
World Welterweight Championship – Lou Brouillard → Jackie Fields
World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri
World Featherweight Championship – Bat Battalino → vacant
World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Canadian football edit

Grey Cup

20th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Hamilton Tigers 25–6 Regina Roughriders

Cricket edit

Events

India plays its first Test match, against England. England wins by 159 runs.

England

County Championship – Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire
Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 3,336 @ 74.13 (HS 313)
Most wickets – Tich Freeman 253 @ 16.39 (BB 9–61)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ewart Astill, Freddie Brown, Alec Kennedy, C. K. Nayudu, Bill Voce

Australia

Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
Most runs – Don Bradman 1,403 @ 116.91 (HS 299*)
Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 77 @ 19.93 (BB 7–83)

India

Bombay Quadrangular – not contested

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Wellington

South Africa

Currie Cup – Western Province

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Curling edit

1932 Winter Olympics

Curling is a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympic Games between four teams from Canada and four from the United States, Canada winning by 12 games to 4