1933 in sports explained

1933 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Events calendar

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
11 January - 30 May	Tennis	/ North American Tour	International	1) Bill Tilden 2) Hans Nüsslein
21–30 January	Tennis	Australian Championships	International	Men's Singles Jack Crawford Women's Singles: Joan Hartigan Bathurst Men's Doubles: Keith Gledhill / Ellsworth Vines Women's Doubles: Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott
23 January	Tennis	New Courts Club Championships	International	George Lyttleton Rogers
23 January	Tennis	German Covered Court Championships	International	Gottfried von Cramm
23 January	Tennis	New Zealand Championships	International	Women's Singles: Dulcie Nichols Women's Doubles: Mrs R. Adams / Mrs H. Dykes Mixed Doubles: Marjorie Macfarlane / Camille Malfroy
31 January - 5 February	Table tennis	World Table Tennis Championships	International
1 February	Bobsleigh	FIBT World Championships	International	(Alexandru Papana / Dumitru Hubert)
2–5 February	Multi-sport	Maccabiah Winter Games	International
3–6 February	Speed skating	World Allround Speed Skating Championships	International	Women: Liselotte Landbeck
4–5 February	Speed skating	European Speed Skating Championships	Continental	Men: Ivar Ballangrud
6–10 February	Alpine skiing	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships	International
8–12 February	Nordic skiing	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	International
11–12 February	Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	International	Ladies' singles: Sonja Henie Pair skating: Emília Rotter / László Szollás
18–19 February	Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	International	Men's singles: Karl Schäfer
18–19 February	Speed skating	World Allround Speed Skating Championships	International	Men's singles: Hans Engnestangen
18-26 February	Ice hockey	World Ice Hockey Championships	International
	Ice hockey	Ice Hockey European Championships	Continental
19 February	Motor race	II Pau Grand Prix	International	Marcel Lehoux
26 February^[1]	Motor race	III Sveriges Vinter Grand Prix	International	Per-Viktor Widengren
20 March	Motor race	VI Australian Grand Prix	International	Bill Thompson
26 March^[2]	Motor race	V Grand Prix de Tunisie	International	Tazio Nuvolari
	Motor race	GP automobile de Tunis	International
23 April	Motor race	V Grand Prix de Monaco	International	Achille Varzi
30 April	Motor race	IX Circuito di Alessandria (Circuito Pietro Bordino)	International	Tazio Nuvolari
7 May	Motor race	VII Gran Premio di Tripoli (I Lotteria di Tripoli)	International	Achille Varzi
7 May	Motor race	II Eläintarhanajot (Djurgårdsloppet)	International	Karl Ebb
21 May	Motor race	III Internationales Avusrennen	International	Achille Varzi
21 May	Motor race	IX Grand Prix de Picardie	International	Philippe Étancelin
25 May - 5 June	Tennis	French Championships	International	Men's Singles Jack Crawford Women's Singles: Margaret Scriven Men's Doubles: Pat Hughes / Fred Perry Women's Doubles: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan Mixed Doubles: Margaret Scriven / Jack Crawford
28 May	Motor race	VII Eifelrennen	International	Tazio Nuvolari
28 May	Motor race	XXIV Targa Florio	International	Marchese Antonio Brivio
30 May	Motor race	XXI International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	International	Louis Meyer
3 June - 9 September	Rugby	Australia rugby union tour of South Africa	International
4 June	Motor race	II Trophée de Provence	International	Marcel Jacob
4 June	Motor race	II Grand Prix de Nîmes	International	Tazio Nuvolari
4 June	Motor race	VIII Grand Prix des Frontières	International	Willy Longueville
11 June	Motor race	XXVII Grand Prix de l’ACF	International	Giuseppe Campari
11 June	Motor race	III Grand Prix Lwowa (Großer Preis von Lemberg)	International	Eugen Bjørnstad
11 June	Motor race	Florence Circuit	International	Conde Carlo Felice Trossi
25 June	Motor race	IV Gran Premio de Penya Rhin (I Copa Barcelona)	International	Juan Zanelli
26 June - 8 July	Tennis	Wimbledon Championships	International	Men's Singles Jack Crawford Women's Singles: Helen Moody Men's Doubles: Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon Women's Doubles: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan Mixed Doubles: Gottfried von Cramm / Hilde Krahwinkel
27 June - 23 July	Cycling	Tour de France	International	Georges Speicher
1 July	Motor race	II British Empire Trophy	International	Stanislas Czaykowski
2 July	Motor race	VIII Grand Prix de la Marne	International	Philippe Étancelin
9 July	Motor race	IV Grand Prix de Belgique	International	Tazio Nuvolari
12 July	Motor race	Mannin Beg	International	Freddie Dixon
12–13 July	Chess	V Chess Olympiad	International	Isaac Kashdan, Frank Marshall, Reuben Fine, Arthur Dake, Albert Simonson
12–23 July	Chess	IV Women's World Chess Championship	International	Vera Menchik
14 July	Motor race	Mannin Moar	International	Brian Lewis, Baron Essendon
16 July^[3]	Motor race	V Grand Prix de Dieppe	International	Marcel Lehoux
30 July	Motor race	VII Coppa Ciano	International	Tazio Nuvolari
31 July - 5 August	Archery	World Archery Championships	International
6 August	Motor race	II Grand Prix de Nice	International	Tazio Nuvolari
6 August	Motor race	I Sveriges Sommer Grand Prix	International	Antonio Brivio
11–15 August	Cycling	UCI Track Cycling World Championships	International
13 August	Motor race	IX Grand Prix de la Baule	International	William Grover-Williams
14–15 August	Cycling	UCI Road World Championships	International	/
15 August^[4]	Motor race	IX Coppa Acerbo	International	Luigi Fagioli
14–19 August	Tennis	U.S. National Championships	International	Women's Singles Helen Jacobs Women's Doubles: Betty Nuthall / Freda James Mixed Doubles: Elizabeth Ryan / Ellsworth Vines
20 August	Motor race	IX Grand Prix du Comminges	International	Luigi Fagioli
27 August	Motor race	II Grand Prix de Marseille	International	Louis Chiron
27 August	Motor race	Grand Prix d’Albi	International	Louis Braillard
2 September	Motor race	XII RAC Tourist Trophy	International	Tazio Nuvolari
2–10 September	Tennis	U.S. National Championships	International	Men's Singles Fred Perry Men's Doubles: George Lott / Lester Stoefen
10 September	Motor race	XI Gran Premio d’Italia	International	Luigi Fagioli
10 September	Motor race	VI Gran Premio di Monza	International	Marcel Lehoux
16–17 September	Weightlifting	European Weightlifting Championships	International
17 September	Motor race	IV Masarykuv Okruh	International	Louis Chiron
17 September	Motor race	II Grand Prix de l'UMF	International	Raymond Sommer
24 September	Motor race	VI Gran Premio de España	International	Louis Chiron
1–8 October	Athletics	Balkan Games	International
7 October	Motor race	Donington Park Trophy	International	Earl Howe
8 October	Motor race	Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro	International	Baron Manuel de Teffé

Unknown date

Sport	Venue/Event	Winner/s
Figure skating	European Figure Skating Championships	Men's singles: Karl Schäfer Ladies' singles: Sonja Henie Pair skating: Idi Papez / Karl Zwack
Golf	IV Women's Western Open	June Beebe
Shooting	/ XXIX ISSF World Shooting Championships

Alpine skiing

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships3rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Innsbruck, Austria. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are:

• Men's Downhill – Walter Prager (Switzerland)
• Men's Slalom – Anton Seelos (Austria)
• Men's Combined – Anton Seelos (Austria)
• Women's Downhill – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)
• Women's Slalom – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)
• Women's Combined – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)

Events

• Taft Slalom, the first racing trail in North America, is cut on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire

American football

• NFL Championship: the Chicago Bears won 23–21 over the New York Giants at Wrigley Field
• Rose Bowl (1932 season):
  • The USC Trojans won 35–0 over the Pittsburgh Panthers to share the college football national championship
• College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines
• Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers all founded

Association football

Chile

• Chilean Primera Division, officially founded on May 31, and a first officially game held on July 22.

England

• The Football League – Arsenal 58 points, Aston Villa 54, Sheffield Wednesday 51, West Bromwich Albion 49, Newcastle United 49, Huddersfield Town 47
• FA Cup final – Everton 3–0 Manchester City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

Germany

• National Championship – Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–0 F.C. Schalke 04 at Köln

Italy

• Serie A won by Juventus

France

• The inaugural season of French professional football is won by Olympique Lillois.

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

• 30 September – South Melbourne wins the 37th VFL Premiership defeating Richmond 9.17 (71) to 4.5 (29) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the 1933 VFL Grand Final

Brownlow Medal

• The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to “Chicken” Smallhorn (Fitzroy)

South Australian National Football League

• 14 October – West Torrens win their second SANFL premiership, defeating Norwood 13.10 (88) to 9.11 (65)
• Magarey Medal awarded to Keith Dunn (Sturt)

Western Australian National Football League

• 16 September – George Doig becomes the first player to score 100 goals in a WA(N)FL season, doing this in the season of his league debut. Doig would score 100 goals every season until 1941, after which World War II ended open-age football until 1945.
• 14 October – East Fremantle wins its seventeenth WANFL premiership, defeating Subiaco 10.13 (73) to 7.7 (49)
• Sandover Medal awarded to Sammy Clarke (Claremont-Cottesloe)

Bandy

Sweden

• Championship final – IFK Uppsala beats IF Göta 11-1

Baseball

World Series

• 3–7 October - New York Giants (NL) defeats Washington Senators (AL) to win the 1933 World Series by 4 games to 1

Basketball

• Northwestern University wins the Big Ten Conference Championship in men's College Basketball.
• A first year of professional basketball game in Spain, Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was held on October 15. (as predecessor of Liga ACB)

Boxing

Events

• 29 June – Primo Carnera defeats Jack Sharkey by a sixth-round knockout at Long Island City to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Lineal world champions^[5]

• World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Sharkey → Primo Carnera
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
• World Middleweight Championship – vacant
  • World Welterweight Championship – Jackie Fields → Young Corbett III → Jimmy McLarnin World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri → Barney Ross
• World Featherweight Championship – vacant
• World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
• World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Cricket

Events

• England, employing bodyline tactics, beat Australia 4–1 to regain The Ashes.

England

• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – undecided
• Most runs – Wally Hammond 3323 @ 67.81 (HS 264)
• Most wickets – Tich Freeman 298 @ 15.26 (BB 8–22)
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Fred Bakewell, George Headley, Stan Nichols, Leslie Townsend, Cyril Walters
• The West Indies make a second tour of England, and lose the three Test series two games to nil

Australia

• Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
• Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 1,318 @ 73.22 (HS 194)
• Most wickets – Bill O‘Reilly 62 @ 19.95 (BB 6–36)

India

• Bombay Quadrangular – not contested

New Zealand

• Plunket Shield – Otago

South Africa

• Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

Cycling

• Georges Speicher won the 1933 Tour de France^[6]
• Alfredo Binda won the 1933 Giro d'Italia (5th win)
• Georges Speicher won the men's road race at the 1933 UCI Road World Championships

Field hockey

• September 1 – foundation of Oranje Zwart, a Dutch club located in Eindhoven

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

• Men's singles – Karl Schäfer
• Ladies’ singles – Sonja Henie
• Pairs – Emília Rotter and László Szollás

Golf

Major tournaments

• British Open – Denny Shute
• U.S. Open – Johnny Goodman
• PGA Championship – Gene Sarazen

Other tournaments

• British Amateur – Michael Scott
• U.S. Amateur – George Dunlap
• Women's Western Open – June Beebe

Horse racing

England

• Champion Hurdle – Insurance (2nd successive win)
• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller (2nd successive win)
• Grand National – Kellsboro Jack
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Brown Betty
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Rodosto
• The Derby – Hyperion^[7]
• The Oaks – Chatelaine
• St. Leger Stakes – Hyperion

Australia

• Melbourne Cup – Hall Mark

Canada

• King's Plate – King O'Connor

France

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Crapom

Ireland

• Irish Grand National – Red Park
• Irish Derby Stakes – Harinero

USA

• Kentucky Derby – Broker's Tip
• Preakness Stakes – Head Play
• Belmont Stakes – Hurryoff

Ice hockey

• 4 April - 13 April – New York Rangers defeat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 in a best of five series to win their second Stanley Cup.

Motorsport

See main article: 1933 in motorsport and List of 1933 motorsport champions.

• February 22 - Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 272.46 mph driving his famous Blue Bird car at Daytona Beach, Florida

Nordic skiing

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

• 7th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 are held at Innsbruck, Austria

Radiosport

Events

• First ever ARRL Field Day contest held in July

Rowing

The Boat Race

• 1 April — Cambridge wins the 85th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

• Championship – Salford
• Challenge Cup final – at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
• Lancashire League Championship – Salford
• Yorkshire League Championship – Castleford
• Lancashire County Cup – Warrington
• Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds

Australia

• NSW Premiership – Newtown 18–4 St. George (grand final)
• An exhibition match between Great Britain and Australia at Paris' Stade Pershing in December 1933 inspired the beginnings of rugby league in France.^[8]

Rugby union

Home Nations Championship

• 46th Home Nations Championship series is won by Scotland

Snooker

World Championship

• 7th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Willie Smith 25–18

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

• Men's All-round Champion – Hans Engnestangen (Norway)

Tennis

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Keith Gledhill (USA) 2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Joan Hartigan Bathurst (Australia) defeats Coral Buttsworth (Australia) 6–4, 6–3

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Ellsworth Vines (USA) 4–6, 11–9, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Dorothy Round Little (Great Britain) 6–4, 6–8, 6–3

France

• French Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Henri Cochet (France) 8–6, 6–1, 6–3
• French Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Scriven Vivian (Great Britain) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

USA

• American Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry (Great Britain) defeats Jack Crawford (Australia) 6–3, 11–13, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1
• American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs (USA) defeats Helen Wills Moody (USA) 8–6, 3–6, 3–0, retired

Davis Cup

• 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – at 3–2 at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France

Awards

Associated Press Athlete of the Year

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Carl Hubbell (baseball)
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Helen Jacobs (tennis)

Notes

An error in calculating points caused Yorkshire Second Eleven to meet and defeat Norfolk in the Minor Counties Challenge Match when that honour should have gone to Wiltshire; by the time the error was discovered, it was October and the weather was unsuitable for cricket, so the Championship was ruled “undecided”

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. 2021-04-12.
3. Web site: Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. 2021-04-12.
4. Web site: Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. 2021-04-12.
5. http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/pastchp.htm Cyber Boxing Zone
6. Web site: Cycling-Tour de France list of winners . Eurosport UK . 18 February 2021 . en . 26 August 2020.
7. Web site: Epsom Derby History, Winners, & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 2 January 2022 . en.
8. News: Lyle . Beaton . 75 Years of French Rugby League . https://archive.today/20120908091158/http://www.rleague.com/content/article.php?id=32875 . dead . 8 September 2012 . 30 October 2011 . rleague.com . 7 April 2009 .