1935 in sports

Sports-related events of 1935

Overview of the events of 1935 in sports

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1935 in sports

* Air sports
* American football
* Aquatic sports
* Association football
* Athletics
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
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* Basketball
* Canadian football
* Chess
* Climbing
* Combat sports
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* Field hockey
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* Golf
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* Ice hockey
* Ice sports
* Korfball
* Lumberjack sports
* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Orienteering
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* Precision sports
* Shooting
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Sailing
* Skiing
* Speedway
* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Snooker
* 1934–35
* 1935–36
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

## Alpine skiing

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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 5th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Mürren, Switzerland. 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 – Franz Zingerle (Austria)
* Men's Slalom – Anton Seelos (Austria)
* Men's Combined – Anton Seelos (Austria)
* Women's Downhill – Christl Cranz (Germany)
* Women's Slalom – Anny Rüegg (Switzerland)
* Women's Combined – Christl Cranz (Germany)

## American football

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* NFL Championship: the Detroit Lions won 26–7 over the New York Giants at University of Detroit Stadium
* Rose Bowl (1934 season):
* The Alabama Crimson Tide won 29–13 over the Stanford Indians to share the college football national championship
* Minnesota Golden Gophers – college football national championship shared with SMU Mustangs
* First Heisman Trophy presented to Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago
* The Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia was founded

## Association football

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England

* First Division – Arsenal win the 1934–35 title, becoming only the second team to win the title three times in a row.
* FA Cup – Sheffield Wednesday beat West Bromwich Albion 4–2.

Spain

* La Liga won by Betis Balompié

Germany

* Origin of the DFB-Pokal, which is Germany's premier national cup competition, in the institution of the "Tschammer-Pokal", a competition with Nazi affiliations that is terminated at the end of World War II. It is then restored as the DFB-Pokal in the 1952–53 season.
* National Championship – FC Schalke 04 6–4 VfB Stuttgart
* Tschammer-Pokal – 1\. FC Nürnberg 2–0 FC Schalke 04 in Düsseldorf

Italy

* Serie A won by Juventus

Portugal

* The inaugural Primeira Liga is won by F.C. Porto

France

* French Division 1 won by Sochaux-Montbéliard

Brazil

* January 25 – São Paulo Futebol Clube founded.

## Australian rules football

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VFL Premiership

* 5 October – Collingwood wins the 39th VFL Premiership, defeating South Melbourne 11.12 (78) to 7.16 (58) in the 1935 VFL Grand Final
* Brownlow Medal awarded to Haydn Bunton, Sr. (Fitzroy)

South Australian National Football League

* 5 October – South Adelaide wins their first premiership since 1899, beating Port Adelaide 15.9 (99) to 13.13 (91)
* Magarey Medal awarded to Jack Cockburn (South Adelaide)

Western Australian National Football League

* 12 October – West Perth win their seventh premiership, defeating Subiaco 11.8 (74) to 7.9 (51)
* Sandover Medal awarded to Lou Daily (Subiaco) and George Krepp (Swan Districts)[a]

## Baseball

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Hank Greenberg, Hall of Famer and 2-time MVP

* Detroit Tigers defeat Chicago Cubs 4–2 in the World Series
* MVPs:
* American League: Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tigers
* National League: Gabby Hartnett, Chicago Cubs
* On May 25, Babe Ruth has a last hurrah, hitting three home runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The final one, the last of his 714 career home runs, sets a baseball record that stood for 39 years. This homer is the first to clear the right field grandstand at Forbes Field and is measured at 600 feet (183 m).
* June 2 – Babe Ruth announces he is going to retire from the sport.
* The Winnipeg Maroons win the Northern League championship.
* Japanese club Hanshin Tigers, officially founded in Osaka on December 10.[citation needed]

## Basketball

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Events

* Eurobasket 1935, won by Latvia, is the first European international basketball championship.
* The fourth South American Basketball Championship in Rio de Janeiro is won by Argentina.

## Boxing

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Events

* 13 June – James J. Braddock defeats Max Baer over fifteen rounds at Long Island City to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Lineal world champions[1]

* World Heavyweight Championship – Max Baer → James J. Braddock
* World Light Heavyweight Championship – Bob Olin → John Henry Lewis
* World Middleweight Championship – vacant
* World Welterweight Championship – Jimmy McLarnin → Barney Ross
* World Lightweight Championship – vacant → Tony Canzoneri
* World Featherweight Championship – vacant
* World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown → Sixto Escobar
* World Flyweight Championship – vacant → Benny Lynch

## Cricket

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Events

* England tour the West Indies, and tie a four-Test series at one win each with two draws
* 9 March – The inaugural Ranji Trophy final begins a season after the death of K. S. Ranjitsinhji, in whose memory the trophy was awarded

England

* County Championship – Yorkshire
* Minor Counties Championship – Middlesex Second Eleven
* Most runs – Wally Hammond 2,616 @ 49.37 (HS 252)
* Most wickets – Tich Freeman 212 @ 21.51 (BB 8–40)
* South Africa defeat England one Test to nil with four draws

Australia

* Sheffield Shield – Victoria
* Most runs – Jack Fingleton 880 @ 58.66 (HS 134)
* Most wickets – Chuck Fleetwood-Smith 63 @ 20.34 (BB 8–113)

South Africa

* Currie Cup – not contested

India

* Bombay Quadrangular – Muslims
* Ranji Trophy – Bombay defeat Northern India by 208 runs

New Zealand

* Plunket Shield – Canterbury

West Indies

* Inter-Colonial Tournament – British Guiana

## Cycling

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Tour de France

* Romain Maes wins the 29th Tour de France[2]
* Francisco Cepeda becomes the first rider to die during a Tour de France when he falls from his bike descending into a ravine[3]

Giro d'Italia

* Vasco Bergamaschi of Maino wins the 23rd Giro d'Italia

Vuelta a España

* The first edition of what will eventually become of one road bicycle racing's Grand Tours is raced and won by Gustaaf Deloor.

## Golf

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Men's professional

* Masters Tournament – Gene Sarazen fired a double eagle on the 15th hole in the final round to force an 18-hole playoff which Sarazen would win the next day.
* U.S. Open – Sam Parks, Jr.
* British Open – Alf Perry
* PGA Championship – Johnny Revolta

Men's amateur

* British Amateur – Lawson Little
* U.S. Amateur – Lawson Little

Women's professional

* Women's Western Open – Opal Hill

## Horse racing

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Steeplechases

* Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller
* Grand National – Reynoldstown

Flat races

* Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Marabou
* Canada – King's Plate won by Sally Fuller
* France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Samos
* Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Museum
* English Triple Crown Races:
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Bahram
2. The Derby – Bahram[4]
3. St. Leger Stakes – Bahram
* United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby – Omaha
2. Preakness Stakes – Omaha
3. Belmont Stakes – Omaha

## Ice hockey

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* 4 April to 9 April – Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 to win the Stanley Cup
* Norway – The Norwegian Ice Hockey League was established

## Motorsport

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Main articles: 1935 in motorsport and List of 1935 motorsport champions

## Nordic skiing

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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

* 9th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1935 are held at Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia

## Rowing

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The Boat Race

* 6 April — Cambridge wins the 87th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

## Rugby league

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* 1935 European Rugby League Championship / 1935–36 European Rugby League Championship
* 1935 New Zealand rugby league season
* 1935 NSWRFL season
* 1934–35 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1935–36 Northern Rugby Football League season

## Rugby union

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* 48th Home Nations Championship series is won by Ireland

## Snooker

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* World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Willie Smith 25–20

## Speed skating

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Speed Skating World Championships

* Men's All-round Champion – Michael Staksrud (Norway)

## Tennis

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Australia

* Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Fred Perry (Great Britain) 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
* Australian Women's Singles Championship – Dorothy Round Little (Great Britain) defeats Nancy Lyle Glover (Australia) 1–6, 6–1, 6–3

England

* Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry (Great Britain) defeats Gottfried von Cramm (Germany) 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
* Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Helen Jacobs (USA) 6–3, 3–6, 7–5

France

* French Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry (Great Britain) defeats Gottfried von Cramm (Germany) 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
* French Women's Singles Championship – Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (Germany) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–2, 6–1

USA

* American Men's Singles Championship – Wilmer Allison (USA) defeats Sidney Wood (USA) 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
* American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs (USA) defeats Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA) 6–2, 6–4

Davis Cup

* 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge –  Great Britain at 5–0  United States (14) Centre Court, Wimbledon (grass) London, United Kingdom

## Awards

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* Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Joe Louis, Boxing
* Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Helen Wills Moody, Tennis

## Notes

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a The medal was originally awarded to Daily on a "casting vote", but it was forgotten that a countback would decide the medal in the event of tie – so both were given the medal after this error was discovered, since Krepp would have won outright had the countback been done first.

## References

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1. ^ Cyber Boxing Zone
2. ^ "Cycling-Tour de France list of winners". Eurosport UK. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
3. ^ Dauncey, Hugh and Hare, Geoff (editors); The Tour De France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values; pp. 96, 269. ISBN 0714682977
4. ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

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