1950 in sports

[American football]

• NFL Championship – Cleveland Browns win 30–28 over the Los Angeles Rams
• Coaches Poll established to rank top 20 American college football teams

  [Association football]

• 1950 World Cup held in Brazil. Uruguay are the winners after beating Brazil in the final group decider.
• United States defeats England 1-0 in one of the great upsets in sports history

• First Division – Portsmouth win the 1949–50 title.
• FA Cup – Arsenal beat Liverpool 2–0.

• Olympique Lyonnais, officially rename from Lyon Olympique on August 3.

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[Australian rules football]

• The Victorian Football Association began playing as an affiliated member of the Australian National Football Council and playing under the same rules as the rest of the country. This ended a decade-long schism which had begun in 1938, during which the VFA had played under its own rival set of rules under which throwing the football in general play was legalised.
• Victorian Football League
• * Essendon wins the 54th VFL Premiership d North Melbourne 7.12 )
• * Brownlow Medal awarded to Allan Ruthven

  [Baseball]

• The Japanese Baseball League is reorganized, creating the modern Nippon Professional Baseball.
• World Series – The New York Yankees sweep the Philadelphia Phillies four games to none.
• Japan Series – In the inaugural Japan Series, the Mainichi Orions defeat the Shochiku Robins 4 games to 2.

  [Basketball]

• Minneapolis Lakers win four games to two over the Syracuse Nats

  [Boxing]

• January – Joey Maxim wins the light-heavyweight world title, stopping champion Freddie Mills in 10 rounds.
• September 27 – Ezzard Charles retains his World Heavyweight Championship with a 15-round unanimous decision over Joe Louis in New York City.

  [Canadian football]

• Grey Cup – Toronto Argonauts win 13–0 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

  [Cycling]

• Giro d'Italia – Hugo Koblet of Switzerland
• Tour de France – Ferdinand Kubler of Switzerland
• Vuelta a España – Emilio Rodriguez of Spain
• UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Briek Schotte of Belgium

  [Figure skating]

• World Figure Skating Championships –
• * Men's champion: Dick Button, United States
• * Ladies' champion: Aja Zanova, Czechoslovakia
• * Pairs skating champions: Karol Kennedy & Michael Kennedy, United States

  [Golf]

• Masters Tournament – Jimmy Demaret
• U.S. Open – Ben Hogan
• PGA Championship – Chandler Harper
• British Open – Bobby Locke
• PGA Tour money leader – Sam Snead – $35,759

• British Amateur – Frank Stranahan
• U.S. Amateur – Sam Urzetta

• Thirteen women golfers found the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
• Women's Western Open – Babe Zaharias
• U.S. Women's Open – Babe Zaharias
• Titleholders Championship – Babe Zaharias
• Babe Zaharias named Woman Athlete of the Half–Century by the Associated Press.
• LPGA Tour money leader – Babe Zaharias – $14,800

  [Harness racing]

• Little Brown Jug for pacers – Dudley Hanover
• Hambletonian for trotters – Lusty Song
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship for pacers – Captain Sandy

  [Horse racing]

• The United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Cottage Rake for the third successive year
• Grand National – Freebooter

• Champion Hurdle – Hatton's Grace

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Comic Court
• Canada – Queen's Plate won by McGill
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Tantieme
• Ireland – Irish Derby won by Dark Warrior
• English Triple Crown Races:
• # 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Palestine
• # The Derby – Galcador
• # St. Leger Stakes – Scratch
• United States Triple Crown Races:
• # Kentucky Derby – Middleground
• # Preakness Stakes – Hill Prince
• # Belmont Stakes – Middleground

  [Ice hockey]

• Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings
• Hart Memorial Trophy – for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Charlie Rayner, New York Rangers
• Stanley Cup – Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over the New York Rangers
• World Hockey Championship
• * Men's champion: Canada's Edmonton Mercurys
• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – Colorado College Tigers defeat Boston University Terriers 13–4 in Colorado Springs, Colorado

  [Motorsport]

[Nordic skiing]

• 13th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1950 are held in the United States at Lake Placid and Rumford, Maine. These are the first world championships since 1939.

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• 1 April — Cambridge wins the 96th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

  Rugby league

• 1950 NSWRFL season

• 1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season/1950–51 Northern Rugby Football League season

  Rugby union

• 56th Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales who complete the Grand Slam

  [Snooker]

• World Snooker Championship – Walter Donaldson beats Fred Davis 51–46.

  [Speed skating]

• Men's All-round Champion – Hjalmar Andersen
• Women's All-round Champion – Maria Isakova

  [Tennis]

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Frank Sedgman defeats Ken McGregor 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Louise Brough defeats Doris Hart 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Budge Patty defeats Frank Sedgman 6–1, 8–10, 6–2, 6–3
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Louise Brough Clapp defeats Margaret Osborne duPont 6–1, 3–6, 6–1

• French Men's Singles Championship – Budge Patty
• French Women's Singles Championship – Doris Hart

• American Men's Singles Championship – Arthur Larsen
• American Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Osborne duPont

• 1950 Davis Cup – 4–1 at West Side Tennis Club New York City, United States

  [Multi-sport event]s

• British Empire Games held in Auckland