1933 in sports

Template:Short description Template:Year nav sports topic5 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	Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon North American Tour	International	1) Template:Flagicon Bill Tilden 2) Template:Flagicon Hans Nüsslein
21–30 January	Tennis	Template:Flagicon Australian Championships	International	Men's Singles: Template:Flagicon Jack Crawford Women's Singles: Template:Flagicon Joan Hartigan Bathurst Men's Doubles: Template:Flagicon Keith Gledhill / Template:Flagicon Ellsworth Vines Women's Doubles: Template:Flagicon Mall Molesworth / Template:Flagicon Emily Hood Westacott
23 January	Tennis	Template:Flagicon New Courts Club Championships	International	Template:Flagicon George Lyttleton Rogers
23 January	Tennis	Template:Flagicon German Covered Court Championships	International	Template:Flagicon Gottfried von Cramm
23 January	Tennis	Template:Flagicon New Zealand Championships	International	Women's Singles: Template:Flagicon Dulcie Nichols Women's Doubles: Mrs R. Adams / Mrs H. Dykes Mixed Doubles: Template:Flagicon Marjorie Macfarlane / Template:Flagicon Camille Malfroy
31 January - 5 February	Table tennis	Template:Flagicon World Table Tennis Championships	International	Template:Flagcountry
1 February	Bobsleigh	Template:Flagicon FIBT World Championships	International	Template:Flagcountry (Alexandru Papana / Dumitru Hubert)
2–5 February	Multi-sport	Template:Flagicon Maccabiah Winter Games	International	Template:Flagcountry
3–6 February	Speed skating	Template:Flagicon World Allround Speed Skating Championships	International	Women: Template:Flagicon Liselotte Landbeck
4–5 February	Speed skating	Template:Flagicon European Speed Skating Championships	Continental	Men: Template:Flagicon Ivar Ballangrud
6–10 February	Alpine skiing	Template:Flagicon FIS Alpine World Ski Championships	International	Template:Flagcountry
8–12 February	Nordic skiing	Template:Flagicon FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	International	Template:Flagcountry
11–12 February	Figure skating	Template:Flagicon World Figure Skating Championships	International	Ladies' singles: Template:Flagicon Sonja Henie Pair skating: Template:Flagicon Emília Rotter / László Szollás
18–19 February	Figure skating	Template:Flagicon World Figure Skating Championships	International	Men's singles: Template:Flagicon Karl Schäfer
18–19 February	Speed skating	Template:Flagicon World Allround Speed Skating Championships	International	Men's singles: Template:Flagicon Hans Engnestangen
18-26 February	Ice hockey	Template:Flagicon World Ice Hockey Championships	International	Template:Flagcountry
	Ice hockey	Template:Flagicon Ice Hockey European Championships	Continental	Template:Flagcountry
19 February	Motor race	Template:Flagicon II Pau Grand Prix	International	Template:Flagicon Marcel Lehoux
26 February<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Motor race	Template:Flagicon III Sveriges Vinter Grand Prix	International	Template:Flagicon Per-Viktor Widengren
20 March	Motor race	Template:Flagicon VI Australian Grand Prix	International	Template:Flagicon Bill Thompson
26 March<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Motor race	Template:Flagicon V Grand Prix de Tunisie	International	Template:Flagicon Tazio Nuvolari
	Motor race	Template:Flagicon GP automobile de Tunis	International	Template:Flagicon
23 April	Motor race	Template:Flagicon V Grand Prix de Monaco	International	Template:Flagicon Achille Varzi
30 April	Motor race	Template:Flagicon IX Circuito di Alessandria (Circuito Pietro Bordino)	International	Template:Flagicon Tazio Nuvolari
7 May	Motor race	Template:Flagicon VII Gran Premio di Tripoli (I Lotteria di Tripoli)	International	Template:Flagicon Achille Varzi
7 May	Motor race	Template:Flagicon II Eläintarhanajot (Djurgårdsloppet)	International	Template:Flagicon Karl Ebb
21 May	Motor race	Template:Flagicon III Internationales Avusrennen	International	Template:Flagicon Achille Varzi
21 May	Motor race	Template:Flagicon IX Grand Prix de Picardie	International	Template:Flagicon Philippe Étancelin
25 May - 5 June	Tennis	Template:Flagicon French Championships	International	Men's Singles: Template:Flagicon Jack Crawford Women's Singles: Template:Flagicon Margaret Scriven Men's Doubles: Template:Flagicon Pat Hughes / Template:Flagicon Fred Perry Women's Doubles: Template:Flagicon Simonne Mathieu / Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan Mixed Doubles: Template:Flagicon Margaret Scriven / Template:Flagicon Jack Crawford
28 May	Motor race	Template:Flagicon VII Eifelrennen	International	Template:Flagicon Tazio Nuvolari
28 May	Motor race	Template:Flagicon XXIV Targa Florio	International	Template:Flagicon Marchese Antonio Brivio
30 May	Motor race	Template:Flagicon XXI International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	International	Template:Flagicon Louis Meyer
3 June - 9 September	Rugby	Template:Flagicon Australia rugby union tour of South Africa	International	Template:Flagcountry
4 June	Motor race	Template:Flagicon II Trophée de Provence	International	Template:Flagicon Marcel Jacob
4 June	Motor race	Template:Flagicon II Grand Prix de Nîmes	International	Template:Flagicon Tazio Nuvolari
4 June	Motor race	Template:Flagicon VIII Grand Prix des Frontières	International	Template:Flagicon Willy Longueville
11 June	Motor race	Template:Flagicon XXVII Grand Prix de l’ACF	International	Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Campari
11 June	Motor race	Template:Flagicon III Grand Prix Lwowa (Großer Preis von Lemberg)	International	Template:Flagicon Eugen Bjørnstad
11 June	Motor race	Template:Flagicon Florence Circuit	International	Template:Flagicon Conde Carlo Felice Trossi
25 June	Motor race	Template:Flagicon IV Gran Premio de Penya Rhin (I Copa Barcelona)	International	Template:Flagicon Juan Zanelli
26 June - 8 July	Tennis	Template:Flagicon Wimbledon Championships	International	Men's Singles: Template:Flagicon Jack Crawford Women's Singles: Template:Flagicon Helen Moody Men's Doubles: Template:Flagicon Jean Borotra / Template:Flagicon Jacques Brugnon Women's Doubles: Template:Flagicon Simonne Mathieu / Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan Mixed Doubles: Template:Flagicon Gottfried von Cramm / Template:Flagicon Hilde Krahwinkel
27 June - 23 July	Cycling	Template:Flagicon Tour de France	International	Template:Flagicon Georges Speicher
1 July	Motor race	Template:Flagicon II British Empire Trophy	International	Template:Flagicon Stanislas Czaykowski
2 July	Motor race	Template:Flagicon VIII Grand Prix de la Marne	International	Template:Flagicon Philippe Étancelin
9 July	Motor race	Template:Flagicon IV Grand Prix de Belgique	International	Template:Flagicon Tazio Nuvolari
12 July	Motor race	Template:Flagicon Mannin Beg	International	Template:Flagicon Freddie Dixon
12–13 July	Chess	Template:Flagicon V Chess Olympiad	International	Template:Flagicon Isaac Kashdan, Frank Marshall, Reuben Fine, Arthur Dake, Albert Simonson
12–23 July	Chess	Template:Flagicon IV Women's World Chess Championship	International	Template:Flagicon Vera Menchik
14 July	Motor race	Template:Flagicon Mannin Moar	International	Template:Flagicon Brian Lewis, Baron Essendon
16 July<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Motor race	Template:Flagicon V Grand Prix de Dieppe	International	Template:Flagicon Marcel Lehoux
30 July	Motor race	Template:Flagicon VII Coppa Ciano	International	Template:Flagicon Tazio Nuvolari
31 July - 5 August	Archery	Template:Flagicon World Archery Championships	International	Template:Flagcountry
6 August	Motor race	Template:Flagicon II Grand Prix de Nice	International	Template:Flagicon Tazio Nuvolari
6 August	Motor race	Template:Flagicon I Sveriges Sommer Grand Prix	International	Template:Flagicon Antonio Brivio
11–15 August	Cycling	Template:Flagicon UCI Track Cycling World Championships	International	Template:Flagcountry
13 August	Motor race	Template:Flagicon IX Grand Prix de la Baule	International	Template:Flagicon William Grover-Williams
14–15 August	Cycling	Template:Flagicon UCI Road World Championships	International	Template:Flagcountry / Template:Flagcountry
15 August<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Motor race	Template:Flagicon IX Coppa Acerbo	International	Template:Flagicon Luigi Fagioli
14–19 August	Tennis	Template:Flagicon U.S. National Championships	International	Women's Singles: Template:Flagicon Helen Jacobs Women's Doubles: Template:Flagicon Betty Nuthall / Template:Flagicon Freda James Mixed Doubles: Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan / Template:Flagicon Ellsworth Vines
20 August	Motor race	Template:Flagicon IX Grand Prix du Comminges	International	Template:Flagicon Luigi Fagioli
27 August	Motor race	Template:Flagicon II Grand Prix de Marseille	International	Template:Flagicon Louis Chiron
27 August	Motor race	Template:Flagicon Grand Prix d’Albi	International	Template:Flagicon Louis Braillard
2 September	Motor race	Template:Flagicon XII RAC Tourist Trophy	International	Template:Flagicon Tazio Nuvolari
2–10 September	Tennis	Template:Flagicon U.S. National Championships	International	Men's Singles: Template:Flagicon Fred Perry Men's Doubles: Template:Flagicon George Lott / Template:Flagicon Lester Stoefen
10 September	Motor race	Template:Flagicon XI Gran Premio d’Italia	International	Template:Flagicon Luigi Fagioli
10 September	Motor race	Template:Flagicon VI Gran Premio di Monza	International	Template:Flagicon Marcel Lehoux
16–17 September	Weightlifting	Template:Flagicon European Weightlifting Championships	International	Template:Flagcountry
17 September	Motor race	Template:Flagicon IV Masarykuv Okruh	International	Template:Flagicon Louis Chiron
17 September	Motor race	Template:Flagicon II Grand Prix de l'UMF	International	Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer
24 September	Motor race	Template:Flagicon VI Gran Premio de España	International	Template:Flagicon Louis Chiron
1–8 October	Athletics	Template:Flagicon Balkan Games	International	Template:Flagcountry
7 October	Motor race	Template:Flagicon Donington Park Trophy	International	Template:Flagicon Earl Howe
8 October	Motor race	Template:Flagicon Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro	International	Template:Flagicon Baron Manuel de Teffé

Unknown date

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

Alpine skiing

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 3rd 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. Template:Citation needed

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)Template:Citation needed

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<ref>Cyber Boxing Zone</ref>

• 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 – undecidedTemplate:Ref label
• 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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

• 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

• 1933–34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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 – Template:Davis at 3–2 Template:Davis 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

Template:Note labelAn 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”