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January 23: 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 Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African-American to play in organized baseball in the 20th century. 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, 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 jumped to the Mexican League, MLB Commissioner Happy Chandler mentions a lifetime suspension for them, but his penalty is later reduced (1949).
July 14: Player-manager Lou Boudreau of Cleveland Indians hits four doubles 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. Ted grounds out and walks twice while ignoring the shift.
World Series - The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 4 games to 3.
the National Basketball Association formed as the Basketball Association of America
the Continental Basketball Association formed as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League
The fourth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1946, is won by Czechoslovakia.
The World Figure Skating Championships were not held due to World War II.
The All-America Football Conference begans play. The Cleveland Browns win the championship by beating New York Yankees 14-9.
The Chicago Bears win the NFL crown by defeating the New York Giants 24-14 in New York.
Victorian Football League
England
FA Cup - Derby County beat Charlton Athletic 4-1 after extra time.
The Football League resumes playing for the 1946-47 season.
April 4-7 - The Masters - Herman Keiser
June 12-16 - U.S. Open - Lloyd Mangrum
July 2-5 - British Open - Sam Snead
August 25 - PGA Championship - Ben Hogan
May 4 - Assualt wins the Kentucky Derby
World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Horace Lindrum 78-67, then announces his retirement from the event after this, his 15th consecutive victory.
Awards
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Glenn Davis, College football
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, LPGA golf
Births
January-April
January 1 — Samuel Mbugua, Kenyan boxer
January 1 — Manfred Stengl, Austrian luger
January 10 — Robert Gadocha, Polish footballer
January 11 — Ludmila Poradnik, Soviet handball player
January 21 — Johnny Oates, American baseball catcher and manager (d. 2004)
February 22 — Evert Dolman, Dutch cyclist (d. 1993)
March 1 — Jan Kodeš, Czech tennis player
March 3 — Charles Asati, Kenyan athlete
April 4 — Colin Coates, Australian ice speed skater
April 17 — Kerry O'Brien, Australian athlete
April 20 — Fedor den Hertog, Dutch cyclist
April 26 — Simeon Simeonov, Bulgarian football (soccer) goalkeeper (d. 2000)
April 28 — Linda Knowles, British high jumper
April 30 — Don Schollander, American swimmer
May-July
May 1 — Valery Muratov, Soviet ice speed skater
May 14 — Stephen Rerych, US freestyle swimmer
May 17 — Sinaida Turchina, Soviet handball player
May 19 — André the Giant, French wrestler
May 20 — Mario Guilloti, Argentine boxer
May 24 — Selwyn Maister, New Zealand field hockey player
May 31 — Steve Bucknor, Jamaican international cricket umpire
June 2 — Warwick Wright, New Zealand field hockey player
July 7 — Jim Day, Canadian equestrian show jumper
July 10 — Juan Amat, Spanish field hockey player
July 19 — Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player
July 25 — Ion Alexe, Romanian heavyweight boxer
July 26 — Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete
July 31 — Zbigniew Kaczmarek, Polish weightlifter
August-October
August 6 — Dusty Rhodes, Australian baseball coach
August 11 — Don Domansky, German-Canadian track and field athlete
August 29 — Bob Beamon, American high jumper
September 2 — Uli Vos, German field hockey player
September 3 — René Pijnen, Dutch cyclist
September 7 — Eduard Thelen, German field hockey player
September 9 — Evert Kroon, Dutch water polo goalkeeper
September 10 — James Hines, American track and field athlete
September 13 — John Parker, American water polo player
September 30 — Barry Weitzenberg, American water polo player
October 1 — Eva Klobukowska, Polish relay sprinter
October 1 — Alfred Jones, American middleweight boxer
October 1 — Winnie van Weerdenburg, Dutch swimmer (d. 1998)
October 6 — Bart Bongers, Dutch water polo player
October 8 — Lennox Miller, Jamaican champion runner (d. 2004)
October 11 — Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast
October 23 — Miklós Németh, Hungarian javelin thrower
November-December
November 3 — Udo Hempel, German road and track cyclist
November 8 — Guus Hiddink, Dutch football (soccer) player and coach
November 26 — Roger Rosiers, Belgian road racing cyclist
November 28 — Wolfgang Rott, German field hockey player
November 29 — Suzy Chaffee, American alpine skier
December 3 — Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
December 29 — Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panama-born jockey
Deaths
March 24 — Carl Schuhmann (76), German athlete (b. 1869)
November 10 — Louis Zutter (89), Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)
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