See also: 1943 in sports, other events of 1944, 1945 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (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 into the air. ...

Baseball

• May 7 - Chucho Ramos made his major league debut as first baseman and outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds. He was the third baseball player from Venezuela to play Major League Baseball.
• June 10 - 15-year old Joe Nuxhall becomes the youngest baseball player to pitch a game in major league history.
• World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2.
• Hall of Fame election: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected by the Hall of Fame Committee in December following his death the previous month. The long-delayed selection of at least 10 players from the 19th century is promised the following year.

A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... Chucho Ramos (April 12, 1918 - September 2, 1977), born Jesús Manuel Ramos García, was the second Venezuelan player to appear in Major League Baseball following Alex Carrasquel. ... The position of the first baseman First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that players team. ... An outfielder moves in to catch a fly ball Outfielder is a collective term including left fielder, center fielder, and right fielder, the three positions in baseball farthest from the batter. ... 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. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... Statue of Joe Nuxhall at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati Joseph Henry Nuxhall (born July 30, 1928) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for sixteen seasons. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... 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. ... St. ... (For the 1901-02 American League team known as the Baltimore Orioles, see New York Yankees. ... See previous election: 1942 and next election: 1945 There was no regular election in 1944 to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame; in 1939 the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) had moved to hold elections every three years rather than annually, and the next scheduled election was... Kenesaw Mountain Landis (20 November 1866 – 25 November 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922, and subsequently as the first commissioner of Major League Baseball. ...

Boxing

• August 4- The "War Bonds Fight", $36m is raised to fund the war effort as Beau Jack wins a ten round decision over arch-rival Bob Montgomery at New York's Madison Square Garden. A few weeks later, they were both drafted on the same day by the U.S. Army.

For other meanings of boxer, see Boxer (disambiguation). ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... Sidney Walker, better known as Beau Jack, (April 1, 1921-February 9, American lightweight boxer, he was a world champion twice. ... Bob Montgomery, born May 12, 1937 in Lampasas, Texas is an American singer, songwriter, and music producer/publisher. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

American Football

• Green Bay Packers14-7 New York Giants in New York City for the NFL title.

United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Note: Basketball teams from Chicago and Anderson once used the name Packers as well. ... The New York Giants are a National Football League team originating in New York City, but currently based in New Jersey. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ...

Football (Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League - Fitzroy wins the 48th VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 9.12 (66) d Richmond 7.9 (51))

Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ... Australian Rules redirects here. ... See also Australian Football League. ... Brisbane Lions logo The Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) are an Australian Football League club, formed from the post-1996 merger of the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy, the Lions. ... Richmond Football Club logo The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ...

Births

• March 15 - Chi Cheng, Taiwanese track and field star
• May 9 – Laurence Richon Owen, U.S. figure skating champion (d. 1961)
• December 25 - Jairzinho, Brazilian football player