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'''1946 in sports''' describes the
==[[American football]]==
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==[[Association football]]==
'''International'''
* [[1946 FIFA World Cup (cancelled)|FIFA World Cup]] – not held due to
'''Spain'''
* [[1945–46 La Liga|La Liga]] – won by [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]
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==[[Australian rules football]]==
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** [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] wins the 50th 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)
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==[[Baseball]]==
* 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]],
* 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]], [[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.
* [[1946 World Series|World Series]] – [[1946 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]] defeat the [[1946 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] 4 games to 3.
* [[1946 Negro World Series|Negro World Series]]
* [[Venezuelan Professional Baseball League|Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional)]] first official game held on January 12.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
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==[[Cycling]]==
'''[[List of Tour de France general classification winners|Tour de France]]'''
* not contested due to
'''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
* won by [[Gino Bartali]]
==[[Figure skating]]==
* The [[World Figure Skating Championships]] were not held due to
==[[Golf]]==
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==[[Rugby union]]==
* [[Six Nations Championship|Five Nations Championship]] series is not contested due to
==[[Snooker]]==
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==[[Speed skating]]==
'''Speed Skating World Championships'''
* not contested due to
==[[Tennis]]==
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* [[List of US Open Women's Singles champions|American Women's Singles Championship]] – [[Pauline Betz Addie]] (USA) defeats [[Doris Hart]] (USA) 11–9, 6–3
'''Davis Cup'''
* [[1946 Davis Cup]] – {{davis|USA|1912}} 5–0 {{davis|AUS}} at [[Kooyong Stadium]] (grass) [[Melbourne]],
==Awards==
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==Notes==
{{note label|serie|a|a}}Although
{{note label|big|b|b}}This is the first of only two instances where a team other than the
==References==
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