1947 in sports

1947 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. ^[1]

Alan Melville

Alan Melville (19 May 1910 – 18 April 1983) was a South African cricketer who played in 11 Tests from 1938 to 1949.

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All-America Football Conference

The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949.

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Upon the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, the victorious Allies asserted their joint authority and sovereignty over 'Germany as a whole', defined as all territories of the former German Reich which lay west of the Oder–Neisse line, having declared the extinction of Nazi Germany at the death of Adolf Hitler (see 1945 Berlin Declaration).

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Armed

Armed (May, 1941–1964) was an American Thoroughbred gelding race horse who was the American Horse of the Year in 1947 and Champion Older Male Horse in both 1946 and 1947.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Atlético Nacional

Club Atlético Nacional S. A., also known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football team based in Medellín.

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Auckland cricket team

The Auckland Aces represent the Auckland region and are one of six New Zealand domestic first class cricket teams.

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Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground.

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who achieved a great deal of success in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field.

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Babe Ruth

George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

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Barbara Ann Scott

Barbara Ann Scott (May 9, 1928 – September 30, 2012) was a Canadian figure skater.

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Baroda cricket team

The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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Bert Deacon

Bert Deacon (8 November 1922 – 3 January 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Betty Jameson

Elizabeth May "Betty" Jameson (May 9, 1919 – February 7, 2009) was an American professional golfer.

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Bill Edrich

William John Edrich DFC (26 March 1916 – 24 April 1986) was a first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Norfolk and England.

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Bob Hank

Robert W. "Bob" Hank (19 June 1923 – 14 June 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Brownlow Medal

The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game.

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Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, England.

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California Golden Bears

The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley.

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Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company.

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Cambridge University Boat Club

The Cambridge University Boat Club (CUBC) is one of the rowing clubs of the University of Cambridge, England (in addition to Cambridge University Women's Boat Club and Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club).

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canadian football

Canadian football is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area (end zone).

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Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria.

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Champion Hurdle

| The Champion Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older.

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Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London.

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Cheltenham Gold Cup

| The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of 3 miles 2½ furlongs (5,331 m), and during its running there are 22 fences to be jumped.

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Chicago American Gears

The Chicago American Gears were a National Basketball League team who played from 1944 to 1947.

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Clem McCarthy

Clem McCarthy (September 9, 1882 – June 4, 1962)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996).

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Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Cleveland Buckeyes

The Cleveland Buckeyes were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1942 to 1950 in the Negro American League.

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Clive Lewington

Clive William Lewington (28 February 1920 – 23 October 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached South Fremantle in the WANFL.

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CO Roubaix-Tourcoing

Club Olympique de Roubaix Tourcoing was a French football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord.

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College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities.

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College World Series

The College World Series (CWS) is an annual June baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska.

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County Championship

The County Championship, currently known as the Specsavers County Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Denis Compton

Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex.

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Dinny Pails

Dennis "Dinny" Pails (4 March 1921 – 22 November 1986) was an Australian tennis champion.

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Doris Hart

Doris Hart (June 20, 1925 – May 29, 2015) was a World No.

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Doug Wright (cricketer)

Douglas Vivian Parson Wright (21 August 1914 – 13 November 1998), better known as Doug Wright, was an English cricketer.

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Dudley Nourse

Arthur Dudley Nourse (12 November 1910 – 14 August 1981) was a South African Test cricketer.

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England cricket team

The England cricket team represents England and Wales (and, until 1992, also Scotland) in international cricket.

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England national rugby union team

The England national rugby union team competes in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales.

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Epsom Derby

The Derby Stakes, officially the Investec Derby, popularly known as the Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Eric Sturgess

Eric William Sturgess (10 May 1920 – 14 January 2004) was a South African male tennis player and winner of six Grand Slam doubles titles.

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Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition.

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Faultless

Faultless (foaled 1944 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1947 Preakness Stakes.

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FC Steaua București

FCSB, short for Fotbal Club Steaua București and colloquially known as simply Steaua, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest.

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Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice.

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Football League First Division

The Football League First Division is a former division of The Football League, now known as the English Football League.

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Fortina

Fortina (1941 – after 1967) was a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1946 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

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Frank Parker

Frank "Frankie" Andrew Parker, born as Franciszek Andrzej Pajkowski (January 31, 1916 – July 24, 1997), was a former World No. 1 American male tennis player of Polish immigrant parents who was active in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Fred Daly (golfer)

Frederick J. Daly, MBE (11 October 1911 – 18 November 1990) was a Northern Irish professional golfer, best known for winning The Open Championship in 1947 at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.

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Fred Davis (snooker player)

Fred Davis, (14 August 1913 – 16 April 1998) was an English professional player of snooker and billiards, one of only two players ever to win the world title in both, the other being his brother Joe.

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Gauteng (cricket team)

Gauteng (formerly Transvaal) is the first-class cricket team of the southern parts of Gauteng province of South Africa.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Hans Gerschwiler

Hans Gerschwiler (21 June 1921 – 27 September 2017) was a Swiss figure skater.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points.

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Irish Derby

| The Irish Derby (Irish: Dearbaí na hÉireann) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Jack Kramer

John Albert "Jack" Kramer (August 1, 1921 – September 12, 2009) was an American tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s.

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Jack Robertson (English cricketer)

John David Benbow "Jack" Robertson (22 February 1917 – 12 October 1996) was an English cricketer, who played county cricket for Middlesex, and in eleven Tests for England.

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Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.

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József Asbóth

József Asbóth (18 September 1917 – 22 September 1986) was a Hungarian male tennis player.

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Jersey Joe Walcott

Arnold Raymond Cream (January 31, 1914 – February 25, 1994), best known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1930 to 1953.

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Jet Pilot (horse)

Jet Pilot (March 29, 1944 – March 3, 1967) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Kentucky Derby in 1947.

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Jim Ferrier

James Bennett Elliott Ferrier (24 February 1915 – 13 June 1986) was an Australian professional golfer from Manly, New South Wales.

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Jimmy Demaret

James Newton Demaret (May 24, 1910 – December 28, 1983) was an American professional golfer.

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Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed the "Brown Bomber", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951.

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John Bromwich

John Edward Bromwich (14 November 1918 – 21 October 1999) was an Australian tennis player who, along with fellow countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed backhand.

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Johnny Lujack

John Christopher Lujack Jr. (pronounced Lu' jack; born January 4, 1925) is a former American football quarterback and 1947 Heisman Trophy winner.

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Josh Gibson

Joshua Gibson (c. December 21, 1911 – January 20, 1947) was an American Negro league baseball catcher.

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Lassi Parkkinen

Lauri ("Lassi") Rikhard Parkkinen (8 May 1917 – 3 October 1994) was a Finnish speed skater.

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Lew Worsham

Lewis Elmer Worsham, Jr. (October 5, 1917 – October 19, 1990) was an American professional golfer, the U.S. Open champion Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Worsham won the U.S. Open in 1947 by defeating Sam Snead by a stroke in an 18-hole playoff at the St. Louis Country Club in Clayton, Missouri.

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Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County and often denoted as Lexington-Fayette, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 60th-largest city in the United States.

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List of Australian Open men's singles champions

The Australian Open is an annual tennis tournament created in 1905 and played on outdoor hardcourts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.

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List of Australian Open women's singles champions

The Australian Open is an annual tennis tournament created in 1905 and played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.

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List of French Open men's singles champions

The French Open is an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in May and June.

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List of French Open women's singles champions

The French Open, known originally as the Internationaux de France, is an annual tennis tournament created in 1891 and played on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.

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List of US Open men's singles champions

The US Open men's singles championship is an annual tennis tournament that is part of the US Open and was established in 1881.

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List of US Open women's singles champions

The US Open women's singles championship is an annual tennis event that is being held since 1887 as part of the US Open tournament.

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List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions

The Championships, Wimbledon is an annual British tennis tournament created in 1877 and played on outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) in the Wimbledon suburb of London, United Kingdom.

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List of Wimbledon ladies' singles champions

The Championships, Wimbledon is an annual tennis tournament first contested in 1877 and played on outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) in the Wimbledon suburb of London, United Kingdom.

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List of Winnipeg Blue Bombers seasons

This is a complete list of seasons competed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a Canadian Football League team.

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club in Liverpool, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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Louise Brough

Althea Louise Brough Clapp (née Brough; March 11, 1923 – February 3, 2014) was an American tennis player.

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Louise Suggs

Mae Louise Suggs (September 7, 1923 – August 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.

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LPGA

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female professional golfers.

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Madhya Pradesh cricket team

The Madhya Pradesh cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Magarey Medal

The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Margaret Osborne duPont

Margaret Osborne duPont (born Margaret Evelyn Osborne; March 4, 1918 – October 24, 2012) was a World No.

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Martin Donnelly (cricketer)

Martin Paterson Donnelly (17 October 1917 – 22 October 1999) was a New Zealand Test cricketer and England Rugby Union player.

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Medellín

Medellín, officially the Municipality of Medellín (Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia and the capital of the department of Antioquia.

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Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse race.

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Micheline Lannoy

Micheline Lannoy (born 31 January 1925) is a Belgian pair skater.

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Michigan Wolverines football

The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level.

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Middlesex County Cricket Club

Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Minor Counties Cricket Championship

The Minor Counties Cricket Championship is a season-long competition in England that is contested by those county cricket clubs that do not have first-class status.

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Motorsport

Motorsport or motor sport is a global term used to encompass the group of competitive sporting events which primarily involve the use of motorised vehicles, whether for racing or non-racing competition.

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Nancye Wynne Bolton

Nancye Wynne Bolton (née Wynne; 2 December 1916 – 9 November 2001) was a tennis player from Australia.

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National Spirit (horse)

National Spirit (foaled 1941) was a British National Hunt horse best known for winning the Champion Hurdle twice, as well as the Rank Challenge Cup at Fontwell three times.

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Negro league baseball

The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans.

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Nell Hall Hopman

Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman (née Hall; 9 March 1909 – 10 January 1968) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Cubans

The New York Cubans were a Negro league baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950.

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New York Yankees (AAFC)

The New York Yankees were a professional American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1949.

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Norman Yardley

Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley (19 March 1915 – 3 October 1989) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England, as a right-handed batsman and occasional bowler.

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Norwood Football Club

Norwood Football Club, nicknamed the Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club competing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in the state of South Australia.

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the intercollegiate football team representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.

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Patricia Canning Todd

Patricia Canning Todd (born Mary Patricia Canning, July 22, 1922 – September 5, 2015), was an American tennis player who had her best results just after World War II.

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Pearl Diver

Pearl Diver (1944–1971) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Phalanx (horse)

Phalanx (1944–1971) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Pierre Baugniet

Pierre Baugniet (23 July 1925 – 1981) was a Belgian pair skater.

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Plunket Shield

New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season.

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Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat thoroughbred horse race held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

| The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older.

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Queen's Plate

The Queen's Plate is Canada's oldest thoroughbred horse race, having been founded in 1860.

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Race caller

A race caller is a public-address announcer or sportscaster who describes the progress of a race, either for on-track or radio and TV fans.

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Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between teams representing regional and state cricket associations.

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Rocky Graziano

Thomas Rocco Barbella (January 1, 1919 – May 22, 1990), better known as Rocky Graziano, was an American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title.

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Rowing (sport)

Rowing, often referred to as crew in the United States, is a sport whose origins reach back to Ancient Egyptian times.

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Rugby league

Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California.

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Sandover Medal

The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League.

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Sayajirao

Sayajirao (1944–1965) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Sheffield Shield

The Sheffield Shield is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia.

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Skee Riegel

Robert Henry "Skee" Riegel (November 25, 1914 – February 22, 2009) was an American professional golfer.

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Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport which originated among British Army officers stationed in India in the latter half of the 19th century.

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South Africa national cricket team

The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas (after South Africa's national flower, Protea cynaroides, commonly known as the "king protea"), is administered by Cricket South Africa.

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South Australian National Football League

The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL (or S-A-N-F-L), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia.

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South Fremantle Football Club

The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

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Speed skating

Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates.

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Sporting CP

Sporting Clube de Portugal ComC MHIH OM, or Sporting CP, is a sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that is best known for its football team.

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St Leger Stakes

| The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Sunfoil Series

The Sunfoil Series is the main domestic first class cricket competition in South Africa, first contested (as the Currie Cup) in 1889-90.

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Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Ted Kennedy (ice hockey)

Theodore Samuel "Teeder" Kennedy (December 12, 1925 – August 14, 2009) was a professional ice hockey centre who played his entire career with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1943 to 1957 and was captain for eight seasons.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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The Amateur Championship

The Amateur Championship (sometimes referred to as the British Amateur or British Amateur Championship outside the UK) is a golf tournament which has been held annually in the United Kingdom since 1885 except during the two World Wars, and in 1949 when Ireland hosted the championship.

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The Boat Race 1947

The 93rd Boat Race took place on 29 March 1947.

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Titleholders Championship

The Titleholders Championship was a women's golf tournament played from in 1937 to 1966 and again in 1972.

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Tom Brown (tennis)

Thomas P. Brown Jr. (September 26, 1922 – October 27, 2011), was one of the top amateur tennis players in the world in the 1940s and a consistent winner in veterans' and seniors' competitions.

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Tom Goddard

Tom Goddard (1 October 1900 – 22 May 1966; in full, Thomas William John Goddard, or simply Thomas William Goddard) was an English cricketer and the fifth-highest wicket taker in first-class cricket.

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Tom Hayward

Thomas Walter Hayward (29 March 1871 – 19 July 1939) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Surrey and England between the 1890s and the outbreak of World War I. He was primarily an opening batsman, noted especially for the quality of his off-drive.

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Tony Zale

Tony Zale, born Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997) was an American boxer.

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Torino F.C.

Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that plays in Serie A. Founded as Foot-Ball Club Torino in 1906, Torino are among the most successful clubs in Italy with seven league titles, including five consecutive league titles at the time of the Grande Torino, widely recognised as one of the strongest teams of the 1940s.

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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, often shortened to Triple Crown, comprises three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses.

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Tudor Minstrel

Tudor Minstrel (1944–1971) was a British-bred Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Amateur Championship (golf)

The United States Amateur Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Amateur, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers.

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Valencia CF

Valencia Club de Fútbol (València Club de Futbol; also known as Valencia CF, Valencia or Los Che) is a Spanish football club based in Valencia.

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Verné Lesche

Verné Lesche, married Vanberg (11 October 1917 – 21 April 2002) was a speed skater from Finland who twice won the World Allround Championships.

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Victoria cricket team

The Victoria cricket team, who were until 2018 named Victorian Bushrangers, is an Australian first class cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria.

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Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team (Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) competes annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland.

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Walter Donaldson (snooker player)

Walter Weir Wilson Donaldson (2 February 1907 – 24 May 1973https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname.

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Washington Park Handicap

The Washington Park Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of September at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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West Adelaide Football Club

West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

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West Perth Football Club

The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia.

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West Side Tennis Club

The West Side Tennis Club is a private tennis club located in Forest Hills, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

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West Torrens Football Club

West Torrens Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1897 to 1990.

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Willie Turnesa

William P. Turnesa (January 20, 1914 – June 16, 2001) was an American amateur golfer, best known for winning two U.S. Amateur titles and the British Amateur.

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Wisden Cricketers of the Year

The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season".

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Women's Western Open

The Women's Western Open was an American professional golf tournament founded in 1930.

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World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men

The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1893.

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World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women

The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1936.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Yankee Stadium (1923)

Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.

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1906 English cricket season

1906 was the 17th season of County Championship cricket in England.

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1938 English cricket season

1938 was the 45th season of County Championship cricket in England.

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1946–47 Chicago Stags season

The 1946–47 Chicago Stags season was the first season of the now defunct Chicago Stags of the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA).

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1946–47 European Rugby League Championship

The 1946-47 European Championship saw a change of format, where each nation played each other twice, instead of once, both at a home and away venue.

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1946–47 FA Cup

The 1946–47 FA Cup was the 66th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup.

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1946–47 Football League

The 1946–47 season was the 48th completed season of The Football League.

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1946–47 French Division 1

CO Roubaix-Tourcoing won Division 1 season 1946/1947 of the French Association Football League with 53 points.

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1946–47 La Liga

The 1946–47 La Liga was the 16th season since its establishment.

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1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season was the 38th season in club history.

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1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1946–47 Rugby Football League season was the 52nd season of rugby league football.

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1946–47 Philadelphia Warriors season

The 1946–47 BAA season was the Warriors' 1st season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).

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1946–47 Primeira Divisão

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1946–1947 season.

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1946–47 Serie A

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1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup.

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1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season

On April 15, Jackie Robinson was the opening day first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black player in Major League Baseball.

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1947 Chicago Cardinals season

The 1947 Chicago Cardinals season was the franchise's 28th season in the National Football League.

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1947 Davis Cup

The 1947 Davis Cup was the 36th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis.

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1947 English cricket season

1947 was the 48th season of County Championship cricket in England.

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1947 Five Nations Championship

The 1947 Five Nations Championship was the eighteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship.

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1947 Grand National

The 1947 Grand National was the 101st renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 29 March 1947.

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1947 Kentucky Derby

The 1947 Kentucky Derby was the 73rd running of the Kentucky Derby.

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1947 Masters Tournament

The 1947 Masters Tournament was the 11th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

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1947 NCAA Baseball Tournament

The 1947 NCAA Baseball Tournament was the first NCAA-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion.

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1947 Negro World Series

In the 1947 Negro World Series, the New York Cubans, champions of the Negro National League, beat the Cleveland Buckeyes, champions of the Negro American League, four games to one, with one tie called after 6 innings due to rain.

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1947 New York Yankees season

The 1947 New York Yankees season was the team's 45th season in New York, and its 47th season overall.

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1947 New Zealand rugby league season

The 1947 New Zealand rugby league season was the 40th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.

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1947 NFL Championship Game

The 1947 National Football League Championship Game was the 15th annual National Football League (NFL) championship game, held December 28 at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

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1947 NSWRFL season

The 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fortieth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first.

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1947 Open Championship

The 1947 Open Championship was the 76th Open Championship, held 2–4 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England.

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1947 PGA Championship

The 1947 PGA Championship was the 29th PGA Championship, held June 18–24 at Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit.

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1947 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1947 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 15th in the league.

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1947 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1947 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens.

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1947 Toronto Argonauts season

The 1947 Toronto Argonauts season was the 58th season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873.

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1947 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1947 U.S. Open was the 47th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at St. Louis Country Club in Ladue, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis.

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1947 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

The 1947 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the second U.S. Women's Open, held June 26−29 at Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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1947 VFL Grand Final

The 1947 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 1947.

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1947 VFL season

The 1947 Victorian Football League season was the 51st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

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1947 WANFL season

The 1947 WANFL season was the 63rd season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia.

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1947 World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

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1947 World Series

The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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1947 World Snooker Championship

The 1947 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament.

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1947–48 European Rugby League Championship

This was the eighth European Championship and was won for the fourth time by England.

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1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1947–48 Rugby Football League season was the 53rd season of rugby league football.

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2000 Guineas Stakes

| The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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35th Grey Cup

The 35th Grey Cup was played on November 29, 1947, before 18,885 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_in_sports

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