1935 in sports

[Alpine skiing]

• Men's Downhill – Franz Zingerle
• Men's Slalom – Anton Seelos
• Men's Combined – Anton Seelos
• Women's Downhill – Christl Cranz
• Women's Slalom – Anny Rüegg
• Women's Combined – Christl Cranz

  [American football]

• Detroit Lions defeat New York Giants 26–7 for the NFL championship
• Rose Bowl :
• * 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]

• 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.

• La Liga won by Betis Balompié

• 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

• Serie A won by Juventus

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

• French Division 1 won by Sochaux-Montbéliard

• January 25 – São Paulo Futebol Clube founded.

  [Australian rules football]

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

• 5 October – South Adelaide wins their first premiership since 1899, beating Port Adelaide 15.9 to 13.13
• Magarey Medal awarded to Jack Cockburn

• 12 October – West Perth win their seventh premiership, defeating Subiaco 11.8 to 7.9
• Sandover Medal awarded to Lou Daily and George Krepp

  [Baseball]

• 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.
• 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.

  [Basketball]

• 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]

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

• 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]

• 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

• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – Middlesex Second Eleven
• Most runs – Wally Hammond 2,616 @ 49.37
• Most wickets – Tich Freeman 212 @ 21.51
• South Africa defeat England one Test to nil with four draws

• Sheffield Shield – Victoria
• Most runs – Jack Fingleton 880 @ 58.66
• Most wickets – Chuck Fleetwood-Smith 63 @ 20.34

• Currie Cup – Transvaal

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

• Plunket Shield – Canterbury

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – British Guiana

  [Cycling]

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

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

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

  [Golf]

• 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

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

• Women's Western Open – Opal Hill

  [Horse racing]

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

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Marabou
• Canada – Queen'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:
• # 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Bahram
• # The Derby – Bahram
• # St. Leger Stakes – Bahram
• United States Triple Crown Races:
• # Kentucky Derby – Omaha
• # Preakness Stakes – Omaha
• # Belmont Stakes – Omaha

  [Ice hockey]

• 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]

[Nordic skiing]

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

  Rowing">Rowing (sport)">Rowing

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

  [Rugby league]

• 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]

• 48th Home Nations Championship series is won by Ireland

  [Snooker]

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

  [Speed skating]

• Men's All-round Champion – Michael Staksrud

  [Tennis]

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford defeats Fred Perry 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Dorothy Round Little defeats Nancy Lyle Glover 1–6, 6–1, 6–3

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry defeats Gottfried von Cramm 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody defeats Helen Jacobs 6–3, 3–6, 7–5

• French Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry defeats Gottfried von Cramm 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
• French Women's Singles Championship – Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling defeats Simonne Mathieu 6–2, 6–1

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

• 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – at 5–0 Centre Court, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom

  Awards

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