1948 in sports
See also: 1947 in sports, other events of 1948, 1949 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
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Baseball
- January 29: Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players.
- February 27: Hall of Fame election: Voters select the recently deceased Herb Pennock, and Pie Traynor, as the newest inductees; Traynor is the first third baseman elected by the writers in 9 elections.
- World Series: The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves, 4 games to 2.
Football (American Football)
- University of Michigan wins college football national championship.
- Cleveland Browns 49–7 Buffalo Bills in the All-America Football Conference championship game.
- Philadelphia Eagles 7–0 Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League championship game. The game was played in a blizzard.
Football (Australian Rules)
- Victorian Football League
- Melbourne wins the 52nd VFL Premiership (Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew Essendon 7.27 (69), replay Melbourne 13.11 (89) d Essendon 7.8 (50))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Bill Morris (Richmond)
Football (Soccer)
- England – FA Cup: Manchester United wins 4–2 over Blackpool
Snooker
- World Snooker Championship: Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 84–61.
General sporting events
- 1948 Summer Olympics takes place in London, United Kingdom
- United States wins the most medals (84), and the most gold medals (38).
- 1948 Winter Olympics takes place in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Births
- January 14 – Valery Kharlamov, International ice hockey star (d. 1981)
- March 20 – Bobby Orr, Hall of fame ice hockey player
- May 14 – Bob Woolmer, cricket coach
- June 13 – Garnet "Ace" Bailey, ice hockey player/scout (d. 2001)
- August 7 – Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer
Deaths
- January 30 – Herb Pennock, former major league pitcher
- August 16 – Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Candy Jim Taylor, Negro League Baseball player and manager
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