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Everything about 1940 In Sports totally explainedMany sporting events didn't take place because of World War II.
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.
Auto Racing
The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, 4 games to 3.
Dom DiMaggio debuted April 16; Pee Wee Reese debuted April 23.
Final season for Wally Berger.
Trade: June 12, the Brooklyn Dodgers traded four players and $125,000 cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Medwick and another player.
The eighth South American Basketball Championship in Montevideo is won by Uruguay.
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.
Victorian Football League
April 4-7 - Masters - Jimmy Demaret
June 6-9 - U.S. Open - Lawson Little
September 2 - PGA Championship - Byron Nelson
March 2 - In his final race, Seabiscuit wins the $121,000 Santa Anita Handicap to become the top money earner of all time.
May 4 - Kentucky Derby - Gallahadion
Preakness - Bimelech
Belmont Stakes - Bimelech
The New York Rangers defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2 to win the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup.
World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Fred Davis 37-36
Awards
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Tom Harmon, College football
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Alice Marble, Tennis
Births
January-April
January 17 — Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan runner
January 17 — Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player
January 20 — Jack Nicklaus, American golfer
January 31 — Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (d. 1998)
February 11 — Calvin Fowler, American basketball player
February 16 — Don Bertoia, Canadian middle distance runner
February 25 — Ron Santo, American baseball player
February 28 — Mario Andretti, American race car driver
March 6 — Willie Stargell, American baseball player (d. 2001)
March 8 — Theo Laseroms, Dutch football defender and coach (d. 1991)
April 11 — Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter (d. 1998)
April 13 — José Napoles, Cuban-Mexican boxer
April 15 — Willie Davis, American baseball player
April 15 — Woody Fryman, American baseball player
April 21 — Carlos Morocho Hernandez, Venezuelan boxer
April 25 — Maribel Yerxa Owen, U.S. figure skating champion (d. 1961)
May-September
May 3 — Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
May 19 — Frans Bouwmeester, Dutch football (soccer) player
May 19 — Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
May 20 — Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player
May 20 — Stan Mikita, Slovak-born Canadian hockey player
June 14 — Bram Leenards, Dutch water polo player
June 15 — Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (d. 2006)
June 23 — Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994)
July 3 — César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player
July 18 — Joe Torre, American baseball player and manager
July 20 — Tony Oliva, American baseball player
July 29 — Gerrit Wormgoor, Dutch water polo player
August 7 — Sally McCallum, Canadian track and field athlete
August 28 — Roger Pingeon, French cyclist
August 29 — Wim Ruska, Dutch judoka
August 29 — Valentín Uriona, Spanish road racing cyclist (d. 1967)
September 12 — Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
October-December
October 3 — Michael Troy, American butterfly swimmer
October 5 — Dennis Hay, Scottish field hockey player and coach
October 9 — Joe Pepitone, American baseball player
October 19 — Bill Gairdner, Canadian track and field athlete
October 23 — Pelé, Brazilian soccer player
November 23 — Gösta Pettersson, Swedish road racing cyclist
November 23 — Luis Tiant, Cuban-born American baseball player
December 5 — Adrian Street, British wrestler
December 9 — Eddie Blay, Ghanaian boxer
December 29 — George Puce, Canadian discus thrower
Deaths
March 1 — Martti Marttelin (42), Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1897)
May 8 — Chick Fraser, US baseball player
June 21 — Janusz Kusociński (33), Polish athlete (b. 1907)
July 28 — Gyula Kellner (69), Hungarian athlete (b. 1871)
October 17 — George Davis, US baseball player
October 19 — Umberto Caligaris (39), Italian football (soccer) player and coach (b. 1901)
December 16 — Billy Hamilton, US baseball player
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