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1947 in sports

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See also: 1946 in sports, other events of 1947, 1948 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

1 Auto racing
2 Boxing
3 Figure skating
4 Football (Australian)
5 Football (soccer)
- 5.1 England
6 Snooker
7 Births
8 Deaths

[edit] Auto racing

Wally Parks founds the Southern California Timing Association, to better organize drag racing.

[edit] Boxing

Rocky Graziano defeats Tony Zale to win boxing’s world middleweight championship.
December 5 - Joe Louis defeats Jersey Joe Walcott to retain his heavyweight championship

[edit] Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's champion: Hans Gerschwiler, Switzerland
- Ladies' champion: Barbara Ann Scott, Canada
- Pair skating champions: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet, Belgium

[edit] Football (Australian)

Victorian Football League
- Carlton wins the 51st VFL Premiership (Carlton 13.8 (86) d Essendon 11.17 (83))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Bert Deacon (Carlton)

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

First Division - Liverpool win the 1946-47 title.
FA Cup - Charlton Athletic beat Burnley 1-0 after extra time

[edit] Snooker

World Snooker Championship: Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 82-63.

[edit] Births

January 20 — Cyrille Guimard, French racing cyclist
January 31 — Nolan Ryan, Baseball Hall of Famer
February 1 — Gaston Rahier, Belgian motocross racer (d. 2005)
February 5 — Darrell Waltrip, American automobile racer and broadcaster
February 28 — Włodzimierz Lubański, Polish football (soccer) striker
March 3 — Ian O'Brien, Australian breaststroke swimmer
March 7 — Walter Röhrl, German car racer
March 10 — Zachary Zorn, American swimmer
April 5 — Đurđica Bjedov, Yugoslav breaststroke swimmer
April 15 — Onny Parun, New Zealand tennis player
May 21 — Hans Hoogveld, Dutch water polo player
May 27 — Branko Oblak, Slovenian football (soccer) player and coach
May 29 — Peter Lown, UK-born Canadian field hockey player
June 2 — Giorgio Cagnotto, Italian diver
June 2 — Sonia Robertson and Sandra Chick, Zimbabwean field hockey players and twin sisters
June 6 — Marion Coakes, English equestrian show jumper
July 24 — Jacques Fouroux, French rugby union player (d. 2005)
August 26 — Jan Krekels, Dutch cyclist
September 7 — Wim Hermsen, Dutch water polo player
September 8 — Amos Biwott, Kenyan athlete
September 20 — Victor Zilberman, Romanian boxer
September 25 — Ali Parvin, Iranian football (soccer) player
September 27 — Jan Borren, Dutch-born New Zealand field hockey player and coach
October 3 — Carroll Morgan, Canadian heavyweight boxer
October 6 — Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver
October 8 — Emiel Puttemans, Belgian middle- and long-distance runner
October 11 — Alan Pascoe, British athlete
October 23 — Kazimierz Deyna, Polish football (soccer) player (d. 1989)
November 1 — Rolando Garbey, Cuban boxer
November 5 — Oleg Antropov, Soviet volleyball player
November 17 — Keith Remfry, British judoka
December 16 — Vincent Matthews, American track and field athlete