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{{Short description|Sports-related events of 1946}}
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'''1946 in sports''' describes the year's events in world sport. Although World War II had ended in 1945, a number of major sporting events were still precluded by planning difficulties, which the war had produced, the 1946 FIFA World Cup being perhaps the best known. However, the year is still notable as several sporting events resumed for the first time since the start of the war.
==[[American football]]==
* [[1946 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship]]: the [[Chicago Bears]] won 24–14 over the [[New York Giants]] at the Polo Grounds
* [[
*The [[San Francisco 49ers]] are established and the [[Cleveland Rams]] move to [[Los Angeles]], becoming the first professional sports teams in [[California]].
* [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] – [[college football]] [[1946 college football season|national championship]]
==[[Association football]]==
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* [[1945–46 La Liga|La Liga]] – won by [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]
'''England'''
* [[1945–46 FA Cup|FA Cup]] – [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] beat [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] 4–1 after extra time.
* The [[Football League]] resumes playing for the [[1946–47 in English football|1946–47]] season.
'''Germany'''
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* [[1945–46 French Division 1|French Division 1]] – won by [[Lille OSC]]
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* The third [[1946 European Athletics Championships|European Athletics Championships]] held from August 22 to August 25 at the [[Bislett Stadion]] in Oslo. For the first time, it is a combined event for men and women; and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosts the championships.
==[[Australian rules football]]==
* [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]]
** [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] wins the 50th [[1946 VFL season|VFL Premiership]], defeating [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] 22.18 (150) to 13.9 (87) [[1946 VFL Grand Final|in the Grand Final]].
** [[Brownlow Medal]] awarded to [[Don Cordner]] (Melbourne)
*[[South Australian National Football League]]
** 5 October: [[Norwood Football Club|Norwood]] 13.14 (92) beat [[Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)|Port Adelaide]] 9.10 (64) for their twentieth [[1946 SANFL season|premiership]], and the first of ten for coach [[Jack Oatey]].
*[[West Australian Football League|Western Australian National Football League]]
** 5 October: [[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]] complete the only [[perfect season]] in open-age WANFL football by beating [[West Perth Football Club|West Perth]] 11.13 (79) to 10.13 (73) in the Grand Final.
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* January 23 – [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1946|Hall of Fame election]] – the writers' vote again fails to select an inductee, despite a newly revamped voting process. Voting again favors earlier candidates from the 1900s and 1910s, but none is able to gain 75% of the vote.
* [[Jackie Robinson]] plays for the Montreal Royals, the AAA affiliate of the [[List of Los Angeles Dodgers seasons|Brooklyn Dodgers]], becoming the first [[African-American]] to play in organised baseball in the 20th century. [[Manny McIntyre|Vincent "Manny" McIntyre]] from [[Fredericton, New Brunswick]], Canada becomes the first [[Black Canadian]] to sign a professional baseball contract (with the Sherbrooke Canadians).
* April 23 – the Hall of Fame Committee clears the deadlock at the top of the writers' ballot by selecting 11 new inductees, primarily from the popular candidates of the 1900s and 1910s: [[Jesse Burkett]], [[Frank Chance]], [[Jack Chesbro]], [[Johnny Evers]], [[Clark Griffith]], [[Tommy McCarthy (baseball)|Tommy McCarthy]], [[Joe McGinnity]], [[Eddie Plank]], [[Joe Tinker]], [[Rube Waddell]] and [[Ed Walsh]]. Selections of 19th century players are largely postponed. It is decided that the writers will henceforth select only players retired within the more recent past, rather than from the entire 20th century.
* June 15 – when some ballplayers jump to the [[Mexican League]], MLB Commissioner [[Happy Chandler]] mentions a lifetime suspension for them, but his penalty is later reduced ([[1949 in sports|1949]]).
* July 14 – player–manager [[Lou Boudreau]] of [[Cleveland Indians]] hits four [[double (baseball)|double]]s and one [[home run]], but [[Ted Williams]] wallops three HRs and drives in eight runs, as the [[Boston Red Sox]] top the Indians 11–10. In the Sox second–game win, the famous "Boudreau Shift" is born. Boudreau shifts all his players, except the [[third baseman]] and [[left fielder]], to the right side of the diamond in an effort to stop Williams, who grounds out and walks twice while ignoring the shift.
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==[[Basketball]]==
'''NBL Championship'''
*[[Rochester Royals]]
'''Events'''
*On June 6 the NBA is
* [[Boston Celtics]], a major [[National Basketball Association]] club was founded in [[Massachusetts]], United States.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* [[Continental Basketball Association]] formed as the '''Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League'''
* Fourth European basketball championship, [[Eurobasket 1946]], is won by [[Czechoslovakia national basketball team|Czechoslovakia]].
'''Slovenia''' (former part of '''Yugoslavia''')
* [[KK Olimpija]] (Košarkarski Kulb Olimpija) was founded in [[Ljubljana]], however this club was dissolution in 2019.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
==[[Cricket]]==
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* Most wickets – [[George Tribe]] 40 @ 19.02 (BB 9–45)
'''[[1946 English cricket season|England]]'''
* [[1946 County Championship|County Championship]] – won by [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]
* [[Minor Counties Championship]] – won by [[Suffolk County Cricket Club|Suffolk]]
* Most runs – [[Denis Compton]] 2,403 @ 61.61 (HS 235)
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* [[England cricket team|England]] defeat [[Indian national cricket team|India]] one Test to nil with two draws
'''India'''
* [[1945-46 Ranji Trophy|Ranji Trophy]] – [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] beat [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] by 374 runs.
'''New Zealand'''
* [[Plunket Shield]] – won by [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]]
==[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]==
'''[[List of Tour de France general classification winners|Tour de France]]'''
* not contested due to World War II<ref>{{cite web |title=Cycling-Tour de France list of winners |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/cycling-tour-de-france-list-of-winners_sto7851605/story.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=26 August 2020}}</ref>
'''[[1946 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]'''
* won by [[Gino Bartali]]
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* [[U.S. Amateur]] – [[Ted Bishop (golfer)|Ted Bishop]]
'''Women's professional'''
* [[1946 Women's Western Open|Women's Western Open]] – [[Louise Suggs]]
* [[1946 U.S. Women's Open|U.S. Women's Open]] – [[Patty Berg]]
* [[1946 Titleholders Championship|Titleholders Championship]] – [[Louise Suggs]]
==[[Horse racing]]==
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'''Flat races'''
* Australia – [[Melbourne Cup]] won by [[Russia (horse)|Russia]]
* Canada – [[
* France – [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] won by [[Caracalla (horse)|Caracalla]]
* Ireland – [[Irish Derby Stakes]] won by [[Bright News]]
* [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|English Triple Crown Races]]:
*# [[2,000 Guineas Stakes]] – [[Happy Knight]]
*# [[Epsom Derby|The Derby]] – [[Airborne (horse)|Airborne]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Epsom Derby {{!}} History, Winners, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/sports/Derby-horse-race |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*# [[St. Leger Stakes]] – Airborne
* [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|United States Triple Crown Races]]:
*# [[1946 Kentucky Derby|Kentucky Derby]] – [[Assault (horse)|Assault]]
*# [[Preakness Stakes]] – [[Assault (horse)|Assault]]
*# [[1946 Belmont Stakes|Belmont Stakes]] – [[Assault (horse)|Assault]]
==[[Ice hockey]]==
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==[[Tennis]]==
'''Australia'''
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'''England'''
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'''France'''
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'''USA'''
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'''Davis Cup'''
* [[1946 Davis Cup]] – {{davis|USA|1912}} 5–0 {{davis|AUS}} at [[Kooyong Stadium]] (grass) [[Melbourne]], Australia
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