1941

Recap of the year 1941 in sports.

Contents

1 Baseball
2 Basketball
3 Football (Australian Rules)
4 American Football
5 Births
6 Deaths

[edit] Baseball

1941 in baseball

The New York Yankees won the 1941 World Series, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by 4 games to 1.

Ted Williams’ season batting average is .406. It is the last time any major leaguer will hit over .400.

Joe DiMaggio sets the all-time standard with a 56-game hitting streak. The record still stands.

[edit] Basketball

The ninth South American Basketball Championship in Mendoza is won by Argentina.

[edit] Football (Australian Rules)

Victorian Football League
- Melbourne wins the 45th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 19.13 (127) d Essendon 13.20 (98))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Norman Ware (Footscray)

[edit] American Football

Minnesota Golden Gophers National college football champions.
Chicago Bears 37-9 New York Giants for the NFL championship.
Columbus Bullies win the American Football League championship with a record of 5-1-2.

[edit] Births

January 19 — Alan Patterson, New Zealand field hockey player
January 30 — Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
May 1 — Brian Glencross, Australian field hockey player and coach
June 4 — Geoff Shipton, Australian sprint freestyle swimmer
July 2 — Wendell Mottley, Trinidad and Tobago athlete
August 4 — Kaija Mustonen, Finnish ice speed skater
August 10 — Anita Lonsborough, British swimmer
October 14 — Ilona Silai, Romanian middle distance runner
December 4 — Marty Riessen, American tennis player

[edit] Deaths

March 18 — Henri Cornet (56), French cycling champion (b. 1884)
April 21 — Fritz Manteuffel (66), German gymnast (b. 1875)
May 26 — Karl Neukirch (76), German gymnast (b. 1864)

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