See also: 1939 in sports, other events of 1940, 1941 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in sports pages. ...

Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ...

Baseball

• The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, 4 games to 3.
• Dom DiMaggio debuted April 16; Pee Wee Reese debuted April 23.
• Final season for Wally Berger.
• Trade: June 12, the Brooklyn Dodgers traded four players and $125,000 cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Medwick and another player.

Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Cincinnati Reds National League AAA Louisville Bats AA Chattanooga Lookouts A Sarasota Reds Dayton Dragons R Billings Mustangs GCL Reds The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ... Dominic Paul Dom DiMaggio (born February 12, 1917 in San Francisco, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox (1940-42, 1946-53). ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... Harold Henry Pee Wee Reese (July 23, 1918 - August 15, 1999) was an American professional baseball player who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... For the 1930s NFL team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). ... The St. ... Joseph Michael Medwick (November 24, 1911 - March 21, 1975), nicknamed Ducky, was an American player in Major League Baseball. ...

Football (Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League
  • Melbourne wins the 44th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 15.17 (107) d Richmond 10.8 (68))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Des Fothergill (Collingwood) and Herbie Matthews (South Melbourne)

An Australian rules football match at the Richmond Paddock, Melbourne, in 1866. ... Australian rules football at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ... See also Australian Football League. ... Melbourne Football Club logo The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons since 1933, known in their early days as The Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Richmond Football Club logo The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Charles Brownlow Medal is an annual medal awarded by the Australian Football League to the best and fairest player of the year. ... Collingwood Football Club logo The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped jerseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... Sydney Swans logo The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney. ...

Golf

• Masters Jimmy Demarest

Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor sport where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... Master is a term that indicates a consummate level of skill, proficiency, superiority or power. ...

American Football

• Minnesota Golden Gophers National college football champions.
• Chicago Bears 73-0 Washington Redskins for the NFL championship.

United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Goldy the Gopher is the team mascot The Minnesota Golden Gophers are the college sports team for the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... Conference NFC Division North Founded 1919 Home Field Soldier Field City Chicago, Illinois Colors Navy blue, orange, and white Head Coach Lovie Smith All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 660-489-42 (not counting 1919 season) The Chicago Bears are a National Football League team... Conference NFC Division East Founded 1932 Home Field FedEx Field City Raljon, Maryland Team Colors Burgundy and Gold Head Coach Joe Gibbs All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 527-477-27 The Washington Redskins are a National Football League based in the Washington, D.C... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ...

Horse Racing

• March 2 - In his final race, Seabiscuit wins the $121,000 Santa Anita Handicap to become the top money earner of all time.

Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... Red Pollard on Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred race horse in the United States. ... The Santa Anita Handicap is held annually in the month of March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. ...

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Fred Davis 37-36

Snooker table Snooker is a variation of the game of billiards played on a baize-covered table that has pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long cushions. ... The World Championship is the climax of snookers annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and world ranking points. ... Joe Davis (15 April 1901 - 10 July 1978), was an English professional snooker and billiards player, generally regarded as the father of modern snooker, and one of the greatest players of all time. ... Fred Davis (August 13, 1913 - April 16, 1998) was an English professional snooker and billiards player, and was one of the most loved personalities in the game. ...

Births

• February 25 - Ron Santo, baseball player
• January 20 - Jack Nicklaus, American golfer.
• March 6 - Willie Stargell, baseball player
• April 15 - Willie Davis, baseball player
• April 15 - Woody Fryman, baseball player
• April 25 – Maribel Yerxa Owen, U.S. figure skating champion (d. 1961)
• May 20 - Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball legend
• May 20 - Stan Mikita, Hockey Hall of Famer
• June 23 - Wilma Rudolph (+1994), American runner.
• July 3 - César Tovar, baseball player
• July 18 - Joe Torre, baseball player and manager
• July 20 - Tony Oliva, baseball player
• September 12 - Mickey Lolich, baseball player
• October 9 - Joe Pepitone, baseball player
• October 23 - Pelé, Brazilian soccer player.
• November 23 - Luis Tiant, baseball player

February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ronald Edward Santo (born 25 February 1940 in Seattle, Washington) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played almost his entire career with the Chicago Cubs. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio), also known as The Golden Bear, was a major force in professional golf from the 1960s to the mid 1990s, and is regarded by many as the greatest golfer of all time. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... Wilver Dornel Stargell (March 6, 1940 - April 9, 2001), (Willie) beloved professional baseball player nicknamed Pops in the later years of his career who played his entire Major League career (1962-1982) with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an outfielder and first baseman. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... The Owen figure-skating family consisted of Guy Owen, a Canadian, his American wife Maribel Vinson, and their two American-born daughters, all of whom were ice skating champions. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... Sadaharu Oh (王貞治 Japanese transliteration: ÅŒ Sadaharu, Mandarin transliteration: Wáng ZhÄ“nzhì, born May 20, 1940) was a professional baseball player and manager. ... Stan Mikita (born May 20, 1940) is a Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player. ... The Hockey Hall of Fame is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; it is devoted to ice hockey rather than the field variety of the game. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... Wilma Rudolph Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American athlete and triple Olympic champion. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... César Leonardo Tovar (July 3, 1940 - July 14, 1994), nicknamed Pepito and Mr. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... Joseph Paul Torre (born July 18, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is the manager of the New York Yankees and a former Major League Baseball player in the National League for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, St. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Pedro Oliva López (born July 20, 1940) in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, better known as Tony Oliva, is a former Major League Baseball rightfielder who played his entire career in the American League for the Minnesota Twins between 1962 and 1976. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... Michael Stephen Lolich (born September 12, 1940) was a baseball player. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento, KBE (born October 23, 1940), nicknamed Pelé, is a former Brazilian football player, considered by some to be the finest player of all time. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... Luis Tiant [loo-IS tee-ANT] (born November 23, 1940 in Marianao, Cuba), born Luis Clemente Tiant Vega, is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians (1964-1969), Minnesota Twins (1970), Boston Red Sox (1971-1978), New York Yankees (1979-80...

Deaths

• May 8 - Chick Fraser, baseball player
• October 17 - George Davis, baseball player
• December 16 - Billy Hamilton, baseball player