See also: 1944 in sports, other events of 1945, 1946 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. 1945 was a common 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. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the...

Baseball

• January 28: Hall of Fame election: Baseball writers fail to elect a new inductee. Frank Chance, Rube Waddell, and Ed Walsh come closest, but none gets the required three-fourths of the vote. Voting is heavily divided, strongly favoring earlier candidates.
• April 25: The Hall of Fame Committee, which had promised at least 10 long-awaited inductees from the 19th century, responds to the deadlocked writers' voting by primarily choosing popular candidates whose careers bridged the turn of the century: Roger Bresnahan, Dan Brouthers, Fred Clarke, Jimmy Collins, Ed Delahanty, Hugh Duffy, Hughie Jennings, King Kelly, Wilbert Robinson and Jim O'Rourke.
• World Series: Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3.

Picture of Fenway Park. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... See previous election: 1944 and next election: 1946 The 1945 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame included the first regular election to be conducted in three years, and only the second since 1939; in that year, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) had moved to... Frank Chance baseball card, 1909-11 Frank Leroy Chance (September 9, 1877 - September 15, 1924) was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. ... George Edward Waddell (October 13, 1876 - April 1, 1914) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. ... Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in 1913. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... Roger Philip Bresnahan (June 11, 1879 - December 4, 1944), nicknamed The Duke of Tralee, was an American player in Major League Baseball who starred primarily as a catcher. ... Dan Brouthers on an 1888 Goodwin & Company baseball card (Goodwin Champions (N162)). Dennis Joseph Brouthers (May 8, 1858 - August 2, 1932) was a pre-1900 era Major League Baseball player. ... Fred Clarke of the Pittsburgh Pirates at the West Side Grounds in 1903. ... James Joseph Collins (January 16, 1870 - March 6, 1943) was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century who was widely regarded as being the American Leagues best third baseman prior to Brooks Robinson. ... Edward James Delahanty (October 30, 1867 - July 2, 1903) was a hall of fame Major League Baseball player from 1888 to 1903. ... Hugh Duffy of the Boston Red Sox at Comiskey Park in 1921. ... Hughie Jennings on a 1909-1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card (White Borders (T206)). Hugh Ambrose Jennings (April 2, 1869 - February 1, 1928) was an American player and manager in Major League Baseball. ... $10,000 Kelly baseball card, ca. ... Wilbert Robinson on a 1895 Mayo Cut Plug (N300) baseball card. ... James Henry ORourke (August 24, 1852 - January 8, 1919), nicknamed Orator Jim, was an American professional baseball player in the National Association and Major League Baseball who was primarily a left fielder. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, 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. ... The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Football (Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League - Carlton wins the 49th VFL Premiership (Carlton 15.13 (103) d South Melbourne 10.15 (76))

This article deals with the history and development of the different sports around the world known as football. For links to articles on each of these codes of football, please see the list in the Football today section of this article. ... Australian rules football at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ... See also Australian Football League. ... The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues for their dark blue playing colours, is one of the oldest, richest, and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ... The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney. ...

American Football

• Cleveland Rams 15-14 Washington Redskins at Cleveland, Ohio to win the NFL championship. The Rams relocated after the season to Los Angeles.

United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... The St. ... Conference NFC Division East Year Founded 1932 Home Field FedEx Field City Landover, Maryland Team Colors Burgundy and Gold Head Coach Joe Gibbs League Championships (5) NFL Champions: 1937, 1942 Super Bowl: 1982 (XVII), 1987 (XXII), 1991 (XXVI) Conference Championships (5) NFC: 1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1991 Division Championships (12... City nickname: The Forest City Location Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Government County Cuyahoga Mayor Jane Campbell Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 213. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

Births

*June 3 - Hale Irwin, american golfer June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Hale Irwin (born June 3, 1945 in Joplin, Missouri) is an American golfer. ...

• June 5 – John Carlos, track and field champion
• June 12 - Pat Jennings, footballer *September 12 - Jacques Lemaire, canadian pro hockey coach *September 17 - Phil Jackson, american basketball coach
• November 17 - Elvin Hayes, american basketball player