1935 in sports

Alpine skiing

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 5th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Mürren, Switzerland. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are:

• Men's Downhill – Franz Zingerle (Austria)
• Men's Slalom – Anton Seelos (Austria)
• Men's Combined – Anton Seelos (Austria)
• Women's Downhill – Christl Cranz (Germany)
• Women's Slalom – Anny Rüegg (Switzerland)
• Women's Combined – Christl Cranz (Germany)

American football

• NFL Championship: the Detroit Lions won 26–7 over the New York Giants at University of Detroit Stadium
• Rose Bowl (1934 season):
  • The Alabama Crimson Tide won 29–13 over the Stanford Indians to share the college football national championship
• Minnesota Golden Gophers – college football national championship shared with SMU Mustangs
• First Heisman Trophy presented to Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago
• The Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia was founded

Association football

England

• First Division – Arsenal win the 1934–35 title, becoming only the second team to win the title three times in a row.
• FA Cup – Sheffield Wednesday beat West Bromwich Albion 4–2.

Spain

• La Liga won by Betis Balompié

Germany

• Origin of the DFB-Pokal, which is Germany's premier national cup competition, in the institution of the "Tschammer-Pokal", a competition with Nazi affiliations that is terminated at the end of World War II. It is then restored as the DFB-Pokal in the 1952–53 season.
• National Championship – FC Schalke 04 6–4 VfB Stuttgart
• Tschammer-Pokal – 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 FC Schalke 04 in Düsseldorf

Italy

• Serie A won by Juventus

Portugal

• The inaugural Primeira Liga is won by F.C. Porto

France

• French Division 1 won by Sochaux-Montbéliard

Brazil

• January 25 – São Paulo Futebol Clube founded.

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

• 5 October – Collingwood wins the 39th VFL Premiership, defeating South Melbourne 11.12 (78) to 7.16 (58) in the 1935 VFL Grand Final
• Brownlow Medal awarded to Haydn Bunton, Sr. (Fitzroy)

South Australian National Football League

• 5 October – South Adelaide wins their first premiership since 1899, beating Port Adelaide 15.9 (99) to 13.13 (91)
• Magarey Medal awarded to Jack Cockburn (South Adelaide)

Western Australian National Football League

• 12 October – West Perth win their seventh premiership, defeating Subiaco 11.8 (74) to 7.9 (51)
• Sandover Medal awarded to Lou Daily (Subiaco) and George Krepp (Swan Districts)^[a]

Baseball

Hank Greenberg, Hall of Famer and 2-time MVP

• Detroit Tigers defeat Chicago Cubs 4–2 in the World Series
• MVPs:
  • American League: Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tigers
  • National League: Gabby Hartnett, Chicago Cubs
• On May 25, Babe Ruth has a last hurrah, hitting three home runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The final one, the last of his 714 career home runs, sets a baseball record that stood for 39 years. This homer is the first to clear the right field grandstand at Forbes Field and is measured at 600 feet (183 m).
• June 2 – Babe Ruth announces he is going to retire from the sport.
• The Winnipeg Maroons win the Northern League championship.
• Japanese club Hanshin Tigers, officially founded in Osaka on December 10.^[citation needed]

Basketball

Events

• Eurobasket 1935, won by Latvia, is the first European international basketball championship.
• The fourth South American Basketball Championship in Rio de Janeiro is won by Argentina.

Boxing

Events

• 13 June – James J. Braddock defeats Max Baer over fifteen rounds at Long Island City to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Lineal world champions[1]

• World Heavyweight Championship – Max Baer → James J. Braddock
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Bob Olin → John Henry Lewis
• World Middleweight Championship – vacant
• World Welterweight Championship – Jimmy McLarnin → Barney Ross
• World Lightweight Championship – vacant → Tony Canzoneri
• World Featherweight Championship – vacant
• World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown → Sixto Escobar
• World Flyweight Championship – vacant → Benny Lynch

Cricket

Events

• England tour the West Indies, and tie a four-Test series at one win each with two draws
• 9 March – The inaugural Ranji Trophy final begins a season after the death of K. S. Ranjitsinhji, in whose memory the trophy was awarded

England

• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – Middlesex Second Eleven
• Most runs – Wally Hammond 2,616 @ 49.37 (HS 252)
• Most wickets – Tich Freeman 212 @ 21.51 (BB 8–40)
• South Africa defeat England one Test to nil with four draws

Australia

• Sheffield Shield – Victoria
• Most runs – Jack Fingleton 880 @ 58.66 (HS 134)
• Most wickets – Chuck Fleetwood-Smith 63 @ 20.34 (BB 8–113)

South Africa

• Currie Cup – not contested

India

• Bombay Quadrangular – Muslims
• Ranji Trophy – Bombay defeat Northern India by 208 runs

New Zealand

• Plunket Shield – Canterbury

West Indies

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – British Guiana

Cycling

Tour de France

• Romain Maes wins the 29th Tour de France[2]
• Francisco Cepeda becomes the first rider to die during a Tour de France when he falls from his bike descending into a ravine[3]

Giro d'Italia

• Vasco Bergamaschi of Maino wins the 23rd Giro d'Italia

Vuelta a España

• The first edition of what will eventually become of one road bicycle racing's Grand Tours is raced and won by Gustaaf Deloor.

Golf

Men's professional

• Masters Tournament – Gene Sarazen fired a double eagle on the 15th hole in the final round to force an 18-hole playoff which Sarazen would win the next day.
• U.S. Open – Sam Parks, Jr.
• British Open – Alf Perry
• PGA Championship – Johnny Revolta

Men's amateur

• British Amateur – Lawson Little
• U.S. Amateur – Lawson Little

Women's professional

• Women's Western Open – Opal Hill

Horse racing

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller
• Grand National – Reynoldstown

Flat races

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Marabou
• Canada – King's Plate won by Sally Fuller
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Samos
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Museum
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Bahram
  2. The Derby – Bahram[4]
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Bahram
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby – Omaha
  2. Preakness Stakes – Omaha
  3. Belmont Stakes – Omaha

Ice hockey

• 4 April to 9 April – Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 to win the Stanley Cup
• Norway – The Norwegian Ice Hockey League was established

Motorsport

Main articles: 1935 in motorsport and List of 1935 motorsport champions

Nordic skiing

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

• 9th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1935 are held at Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia

Rowing

The Boat Race

• 6 April — Cambridge wins the 87th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

• 1935 European Rugby League Championship / 1935–36 European Rugby League Championship
• 1935 New Zealand rugby league season
• 1935 NSWRFL season
• 1934–35 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1935–36 Northern Rugby Football League season

Rugby union

• 48th Home Nations Championship series is won by Ireland

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Willie Smith 25–20

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

• Men's All-round Champion – Michael Staksrud (Norway)

Tennis

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Fred Perry (Great Britain) 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Dorothy Round Little (Great Britain) defeats Nancy Lyle Glover (Australia) 1–6, 6–1, 6–3

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry (Great Britain) defeats Gottfried von Cramm (Germany) 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Helen Jacobs (USA) 6–3, 3–6, 7–5

France

• French Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry (Great Britain) defeats Gottfried von Cramm (Germany) 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
• French Women's Singles Championship – Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (Germany) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–2, 6–1

USA

• American Men's Singles Championship – Wilmer Allison (USA) defeats Sidney Wood (USA) 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
• American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs (USA) defeats Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA) 6–2, 6–4

Davis Cup

• 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge –  Great Britain at 5–0  United States (14) Centre Court, Wimbledon (grass) London, United Kingdom

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Joe Louis, Boxing
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Helen Wills Moody, Tennis

Notes

^a The medal was originally awarded to Daily on a "casting vote", but it was forgotten that a countback would decide the medal in the event of tie – so both were given the medal after this error was discovered, since Krepp would have won outright had the countback been done first.

References

1. Cyber Boxing Zone
2. "Cycling-Tour de France list of winners". Eurosport UK. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
3. Dauncey, Hugh and Hare, Geoff (editors); The Tour De France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values; pp. 96, 269. ISBN 0714682977
4. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.