1932 in sports

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)

• Chicago Bears defeats Portsmouth Spartans 9–0 in the 1932 NFL Playoff Game. This is 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

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 officially gane held on September 11, as predecessor for Ligue 1.

Germany

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

Spain

• La Liga won by Real Madrid

Italy

• Serie A won by Juventus

Men's 100 metres

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

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)

Sweden

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

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

Events

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

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

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

Grey Cup

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

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

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

Tour de France

• André Leducq wins the 26th Tour de France

Events

• Antonio Pesenti wins the 1932 Giro d'Italia

1932 Summer Olympics (Men)

• Gold Medal – India
• Silver Medal – Japan
• Bronze Medal – USA

World Figure Skating Championships

• World Men's Champion – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
• World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
• World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

1932 Winter Olympics

• Men's individual – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
• Women's individual – Sonja Henie (Norway)
• Pairs – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

Major tournaments

• British Open – Gene Sarazen
• U.S. Open – Gene Sarazen
• PGA Championship – Olin Dutra

Other tournaments

• British Amateur – John de Forest
• U.S. Amateur – Ross Somerville
• Women's Western Open – Jane Weiller

USA

• Hambletonian – The Marchioness
• Kentucky Futurity – The Marchioness

England

• Champion Hurdle – Insurance
• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller (first of five successive wins)
• Grand National – Forbra
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Kandy
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Orwell
• The Derby – April the Fifth
• The Oaks – Udaipur
• St. Leger Stakes – Firdaussi

Australia

• Melbourne Cup – Peter Pan III

Canada

• Queen's Plate – Queensway

France

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Motrico

Ireland

• Irish Grand National – Copper Court
• Irish Derby Stakes – Dastur

USA

• Kentucky Derby – Burgoo King
• Preakness Stakes – Burgoo King
• Belmont Stakes – Faireno

Stanley Cup

• 5–9 April — Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the New York Rangers in the 1932 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 0

Ice Hockey World Championships

• Gold Medal – Canada
• Silver Medal – USA
• Bronze Medal – Germany

1932 Winter Olympics

• Gold Medal – Canada
• Silver Medal – USA
• Bronze Medal – Germany

Finland

• Tammerfors Bollklubb, as predecessor of Tappara, was founded on December 9 in Tampere.

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

• Cross-country skiing (18 km) – gold medal: Sven Utterström (Sweden)
• Cross-country skiing (50 km) – gold medal: Veli Saarinen (Finland)
• Ski jumping – gold medal: Birger Ruud (Norway)
• Nordic combined – gold medal: Johan Grøttumsbråten (Norway)

1932 Winter Olympics

• The 1932 Winter Olympics takes place at Lake Placid
• United States team wins the most medals (12) and the most gold medals (6)

1932 Summer Olympics

• The 1932 Summer Olympics takes place at Los Angeles
• United States team wins the most medals (103) and the most gold medals (41)

The Boat Race

• 19 March — Cambridge wins the 84th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

England

• Championship – St. Helens
• Challenge Cup final – Leeds 11–8 Swinton at Central Park, Wigan
• Lancashire League Championship – St. Helens
• Yorkshire League Championship – Hunslet
• Lancashire County Cup – Salford 10–8 Swinton
• Yorkshire County Cup – Huddersfield 4–2 Hunslet

Australia

• NSW Premiership – South Sydney 19–12 Western Suburbs (Grand Final)

Home Nations Championship

• 45th Home Nations Championship series is shared by England, Ireland and Wales

World Championship

• 6th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Clark McConachy 30–19

Speed Skating World Championships

• Men's All-round Champion – Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)

1932 Winter Olympics (Men)

• 500m – gold medal: Jack Shea (USA)
• 1500m – gold medal: Jack Shea (USA)
• 5000m – gold medal: Irving Jaffee (USA)
• 10000m – gold medal: Irving Jaffee (USA)

1932 Winter Olympics (Women)

• Women's speed skating is held as a demonstration event only with competitions over 500m, 1000m and 1500m.

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Harry Hopman (Australia) 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Coral Buttsworth (Australia) defeats Kathleen Le Messurier (Australia) 9–7, 6–4

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Ellsworth Vines (USA) defeats Bunny Austin (Great Britain) 6–2, 6–2, 6–0
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Helen Jacobs (USA) 6–3, 6–1

France

• French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Giorgio de Stefani (Italy) 6–0, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
• French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 7–5, 6–1

USA

• American Men's Singles Championship – Ellsworth Vines (USA) defeats Henri Cochet (France) 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
• American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs (USA) defeats Carolin Babcock Stark (USA) 6–2, 6–2

Davis Cup

• 1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge –  France 3–2  United States at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France

Associated Press Athlete of the Year

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Gene Sarazen (golf)
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Babe Didrikson (athletics)