1933 in sports

[Alpine skiing]

• Men's Downhill – Walter Prager
• Men's Slalom – Anton Seelos
• Men's Combined – Anton Seelos
• Women's Downhill – Inge Wersin-Lantschner
• Women's Slalom – Inge Wersin-Lantschner
• Women's Combined – Inge Wersin-Lantschner

• Taft Slalom, the first racing trail in North America, is cut on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire

  [American football]

• 17 December — Chicago Bears defeats New York Giants 23–21 at Wrigley Field in the 1933 NFL Championship Game
• Rose Bowl :
• * The USC Trojans won 35-0 over the Pittsburgh Panthers to share the college football national championship
• College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines
• Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers all founded

  [Association football]

• Chilean Primera Division, officially founded on May 31, and a first officially game held on July 22.

• The Football League – Arsenal 58 points, Aston Villa 54, Sheffield Wednesday 51, West Bromwich Albion 49, Newcastle United 49, Huddersfield Town 47
• FA Cup final – Everton 3–0 Manchester City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

• National Championship – Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–0 F.C. Schalke 04 at Köln

• Serie A won by Juventus

• The inaugural season of French professional football is won by Olympique Lillois.

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[Australian rules football]

• 30 September – South Melbourne wins the 37th VFL Premiership defeating Richmond 9.17 to 4.5 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in the 1933 VFL Grand Final

• The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to “Chicken” Smallhorn

• 14 October – West Torrens win their second SANFL premiership, defeating Norwood 13.10 to 9.11
• Magarey Medal awarded to Keith Dunn

• 16 September – George Doig becomes the first player to score 100 goals in a WAFL season, doing this in the season of his league debut. Doig would score 100 goals every season until 1941, after which World War II ended open-age football until 1945.
• 14 October – East Fremantle wins its seventeenth WANFL premiership, defeating Subiaco 10.13 to 7.7
• Sandover Medal awarded to Sammy Clarke

  [Bandy]

• Championship final – IFK Uppsala beats IF Göta 11-1

  [Baseball]

• 3–7 October - New York Giants defeats Washington Senators to win the 1933 World Series by 4 games to 1

  [Basketball]

• Northwestern University wins the Big Ten Conference Championship in men's College Basketball.

  [Boxing]

• 29 June – Primo Carnera defeats Jack Sharkey by a sixth-round knockout at Long Island City to win the World Heavyweight Championship

• World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Sharkey → Primo Carnera
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
• World Middleweight Championship – vacant
• World Welterweight Championship – Jackie Fields → Young Corbett III → Jimmy McLarnin
• World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri → Barney Ross
• World Featherweight Championship – vacant
• World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
• World Flyweight Championship – vacant

  [Cricket]

• England, employing bodyline tactics, beat Australia 4-1 to regain The Ashes.

• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – undecided
• Most runs – Wally Hammond 3323 @ 67.81
• Most wickets – Tich Freeman 298 @ 15.26
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Fred Bakewell, George Headley, Stan Nichols, Leslie Townsend, Cyril Walters
• The West Indies make a second tour of England, and lose the three Test series two games to nil

• Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
• Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 1,318 @ 73.22
• Most wickets – Bill O‘Reilly 62 @ 19.95

• Bombay Quadrangular – not contested

• Plunket Shield – Otago

• Currie Cup – not contested

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

  [Cycling]

• Georges Speicher won the 1933 Tour de France
• Alfredo Binda won the 1933 Giro d'Italia
• Georges Speicher won the men's road race at the 1933 UCI Road World Championships

  [Field hockey]

• September 1 – foundation of Oranje Zwart, a Dutch club located in Eindhoven

  [Figure skating]

• Men's singles – Karl Schäfer
• Ladies’ singles – Sonja Henie
• Pairs – Emília Rotter and Laszlo Szollas

  [Golf]

• British Open – Denny Shute
• U.S. Open – Johnny Goodman
• PGA Championship – Gene Sarazen

• British Amateur – Michael Scott
• U.S. Amateur – George Dunlap
• Women's Western Open – June Beebe

  [Horse racing]

• Champion Hurdle – Insurance
• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller
• Grand National – Kellsboro Jack
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Brown Betty
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Rodosto
• The Derby – Hyperion
• The Oaks – Chatelaine
• St. Leger Stakes – Hyperion

• Melbourne Cup – Hall Mark

• Queen's Plate – King O'Connor

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Crapom

• Irish Grand National – Red Park
• Irish Derby Stakes – Harinero

• Kentucky Derby – Broker's Tip
• Preakness Stakes – Head Play
• Belmont Stakes – Hurryoff

  [Ice hockey]

• 4 April - 13 April – New York Rangers defeat Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in a best of five series to win their second Stanley Cup.

  [Motorsport]

[Nordic skiing]

• 7th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 are held at Innsbruck, Austria

  [Radiosport]

• First ever ARRL Field Day contest held in July

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• 1 April — Cambridge wins the 85th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

  [Rugby league]

• Championship – Salford
• Challenge Cup final – at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
• Lancashire League Championship – Salford
• Yorkshire League Championship – Castleford
• Lancashire County Cup – Warrington
• Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds

• NSW Premiership – Newtown 18–4 St. George
• An exhibition match between Great Britain and Australia at Paris' Stade Pershing in December 1933 inspired the beginnings of rugby league in France.

  [Rugby union]

• 46th Home Nations Championship series is won by Scotland

  [Snooker]

• 7th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Willie Smith 25–18

  [Speed skating]

• Men's All-round Champion – Hans Engnestangen

  [Tennis]

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford defeats Keith Gledhill 2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Joan Hartigan Bathurst defeats Coral Buttsworth 6–4, 6–3

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford defeats Ellsworth Vines 4–6, 11–9, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody defeats Dorothy Round Little 6–4, 6–8, 6–3

• French Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford defeats Henri Cochet 8–6, 6–1, 6–3
• French Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Scriven Vivian defeats Simonne Mathieu 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

• American Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry defeats Jack Crawford 6–3, 11–13, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1
• American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs defeats Helen Wills Moody 8–6, 3–6, 3–0, retired

• 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – at 3–2 at Stade Roland Garros Paris, France

  Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Carl Hubbell
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Helen Jacobs