1932 in sports

[Alpine skiing]

• Men's Downhill – Gustav Lantschner
• Men's Slalom – Friedl Däuber
• Men's Combined – Otto Furrer
• Women's downhill – Paula Wiesinger
• Women's Slalom – Rösli Streiff
• Women's Combined – Rösli Streiff

[American football]

• 1932 NFL Playoff Game: the Chicago Bears won 9–0 over the Portsmouth Spartans
• Rose Bowl :
• * The USC Trojans won 21–12 over the Tulane Green Wave to win the college football national championship
• Michigan Wolverines – college football national championship shared with USC Trojans
• Washington Redskins founded in Boston; start off as the '''Boston Braves'''

[Association football]

• The Football League – Everton 56 points, Arsenal 54, Sheffield Wednesday 50, Huddersfield Town 48, Aston Villa 46, West Bromwich Albion 46
• FA Cup final – Newcastle United 2–1 Arsenal at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

• A professional football league Division Nationale, first official game held on September 11, as predecessor for Ligue 1.

• National Championship – Bayern Munich 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt at Nuremberg

• La Liga won by Real Madrid

• Serie A won by Juventus

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• Eddie Tolan breaks the world record by running a time of 10.3 seconds

[Australian rules football]

• Richmond wins the 36th VFL Premiership, defeating Carlton 13.14 to 12.11 in the 1932 VFL Grand Final

• The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Haydn Bunton senior

• 1 October: Sturt won its fourth SA(N)FL premiership, beating North Adelaide 16.14 to 10.9
• Magarey Medal won by Max Pontifex

• 8 October: West Perth win their fifth WAFL premiership but first since 1905, beating East Perth 18.9 to 10.14
• Sandover Medal won by Keith Hough

[Bandy]

• Championship final – IF Karlstad-Göta 3–2 Västerås SK

[Baseball]

• 28 September to 2 October — New York Yankees defeats Chicago Cubs to win the 1932 World Series by 4 games to 0. In Game 3, Babe Ruth hits his famous "called shot" home run, which is followed immediately by a Lou Gehrig solo home run.

• Brooklyn's major league baseball team, known informally until now as the “Superbas”, the “Robins”, or the “Trolley Dodgers”, officially selects the name Brooklyn Dodgers

[Basketball]

• The 1932 South American Basketball Championship in Santiago, Chile, is won by Uruguay.

[Bobsleigh]

• 2-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: Switzerland II; bronze: USA II
• 4-man bob – gold: USA I; silver: USA II; bronze: Germany I

[Boxing]

• Jack Sharkey wins the World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Max Schmeling on points over 15 rounds.

• World Heavyweight Championship – Max Schmeling → Jack Sharkey
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
• World Middleweight Championship – vacant
• World Welterweight Championship – Lou Brouillard → Jackie Fields
• World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri
• World Featherweight Championship – Bat Battalino → vacant
• World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
• World Flyweight Championship – vacant

[Canadian football]

• 20th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Hamilton Tigers 25–6 Regina Roughriders

[Cricket]

• India plays its first Test match, against England. England wins by 159 runs.

• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire
• Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 3,336 @ 74.13
• Most wickets – Tich Freeman 253 @ 16.39
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ewart Astill, Freddie Brown, Alec Kennedy, C. K. Nayudu, Bill Voce

• Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
• Most runs – Don Bradman 1,403 @ 116.91
• Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 77 @ 19.93

• Bombay Quadrangular – not contested

• Plunket Shield – Wellington

• Currie Cup – Western Province

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

[Curling]

• Curling is a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympic Games between four teams from Canada and four from the United States, Canada winning by 12 games to 4

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• André Leducq wins the 26th Tour de France

• Antonio Pesenti wins the 1932 Giro d'Italia

[Field hockey]

• Gold Medal – India
• Silver Medal – Japan
• Bronze Medal – USA

[Figure skating]

• World Men's Champion – Karl Schäfer
• World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie
• World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet

• Men's individual – Karl Schäfer
• Women's individual – Sonja Henie
• Pairs – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet

[Golf]

• British Open – Gene Sarazen
• U.S. Open – Gene Sarazen
• PGA Championship – Olin Dutra

• British Amateur – John de Forest
• U.S. Amateur – Ross Somerville
• Women's Western Open – Jane Weiller

[Harness racing]

• Hambletonian – The Marchioness
• Kentucky Futurity – The Marchioness

[Horse racing]

• Champion Hurdle – Insurance
• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller
• Grand National – Forbra
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Kandy
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Orwell
• The Derby – April the Fifth
• The Oaks – Udaipur
• St. Leger Stakes – Firdaussi

• Melbourne Cup – Peter Pan III

• King's Plate – Queensway

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Motrico

• Irish Grand National – Copper Court
• Irish Derby Stakes – Dastur

• Kentucky Derby – Burgoo King
• Preakness Stakes – Burgoo King
• Belmont Stakes – Faireno

[Ice hockey]

• 5–9 April — Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the New York Rangers in the 1932 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 0

• Gold Medal – Canada
• Silver Medal – USA
• Bronze Medal – Germany

• Gold Medal – Canada
• Silver Medal – USA
• Bronze Medal – Germany

[Nordic skiing]

• Cross-country skiing – gold medal: Sven Utterström
• Cross-country skiing – gold medal: Veli Saarinen
• Ski jumping – gold medal: Birger Ruud
• Nordic combined – gold medal: Johan Grøttumsbråten

[Olympic Games]

• The 1932 Winter Olympics takes place at Lake Placid
• United States team wins the most medals and the most gold medals

• The 1932 Summer Olympics takes place at Los Angeles
• United States team wins the most medals and the most gold medals

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• 19 March — Cambridge wins the 84th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

[Rugby league]

• 1932 Great Britain Lions tour

• Championship – St. Helens
• Challenge Cup final – Leeds 11–8 Swinton at Central Park, Wigan
• Lancashire League Championship – St. Helens
• Yorkshire League Championship – Hunslet
• Lancashire County Cup – Salford 10–8 Swinton
• Yorkshire County Cup – Huddersfield 4–2 Hunslet

• NSW Premiership – South Sydney 19–12 Western Suburbs

[Rugby union]

• 45th Home Nations Championship series is shared by England, Ireland and Wales

[Snooker]

• 6th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Clark McConachy 30–19

[Speed skating]

• Men's All-round Champion – Ivar Ballangrud

• 500m – gold medal: Jack Shea
• 1500m – gold medal: Jack Shea
• 5000m – gold medal: Irving Jaffee
• 10000m – gold medal: Irving Jaffee

• Women's speed skating is held as a demonstration event only with competitions over 500m, 1000m and 1500m.

[Tennis]

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford defeats Harry Hopman 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Coral Buttsworth defeats Kathleen Le Messurier 9–7, 6–4

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Ellsworth Vines defeats Bunny Austin 6–2, 6–2, 6–0
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody defeats Helen Jacobs 6–3, 6–1

• French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet defeats Giorgio de Stefani 6–0, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
• French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody defeats Simonne Mathieu 7–5, 6–1

• American Men's Singles Championship – Ellsworth Vines defeats Henri Cochet 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
• American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs defeats Carolin Babcock Stark 6–2, 6–2

• 1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 3–2 at Stade Roland Garros Paris, France

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Gene Sarazen
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Babe Didrikson