1933 in sports

1933 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 3rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Innsbruck, Austria. 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 – Walter Prager (Switzerland)
 * Men's Slalom – Anton Seelos (Austria)
 * Men's Combined – Anton Seelos (Austria)
 * Women's Downhill – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)
 * Women's Slalom – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)
 * Women's Combined – Inge Wersin-Lantschner (Austria)

Events
 * Taft Slalom, the first racing trail in North America, is cut on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire

American football

 * NFL Championship: the Chicago Bears won 23–21 over the New York Giants at Wrigley Field
 * Rose Bowl (1932 season):
 * The USC Trojans won 35–0 over the Pittsburgh Panthers to share the college football national championship
 * College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines
 * Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers all founded

Association football
Chile England Germany Italy France
 * Chilean Primera Division, officially founded on May 31, and a first officially game held on July 22.
 * The Football League – Arsenal 58 points, Aston Villa 54, Sheffield Wednesday 51, West Bromwich Albion 49, Newcastle United 49, Huddersfield Town 47
 * FA Cup final – Everton 3–0 Manchester City at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
 * National Championship – Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–0 F.C. Schalke 04 at Köln
 * Serie A won by Juventus
 * The inaugural season of French professional football is won by Olympique Lillois.

Australian rules football
VFL Premiership Brownlow Medal South Australian National Football League Western Australian National Football League
 * 30 September – South Melbourne wins the 37th VFL Premiership defeating Richmond 9.17 (71) to 4.5 (29) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the 1933 VFL Grand Final
 * The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to “Chicken” Smallhorn (Fitzroy)
 * 14 October – West Torrens win their second SANFL premiership, defeating Norwood 13.10 (88) to 9.11 (65)
 * Magarey Medal awarded to Keith Dunn (Sturt)
 * 16 September – George Doig becomes the first player to score 100 goals in a WA(N)FL season, doing this in the season of his league debut. Doig would score 100 goals every season until 1941, after which World War II ended open-age football until 1945.
 * 14 October – East Fremantle wins its seventeenth WANFL premiership, defeating Subiaco 10.13 (73) to 7.7 (49)
 * Sandover Medal awarded to Sammy Clarke (Claremont-Cottesloe)

Bandy
Sweden
 * Championship final – IFK Uppsala beats IF Göta 11-1

Baseball
World Series
 * 3–7 October - New York Giants (NL) defeats Washington Senators (AL) to win the 1933 World Series by 4 games to 1

Basketball

 * Northwestern University wins the Big Ten Conference Championship in men's College Basketball.
 * A first year of professional basketball game in Spain, Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was held on October 15. (as predecessor of Liga ACB)

Boxing
Events Lineal world champions
 * 29 June – Primo Carnera defeats Jack Sharkey by a sixth-round knockout at Long Island City to win the World Heavyweight Championship
 * World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Sharkey → Primo Carnera
 * World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
 * World Middleweight Championship – vacant
 * World Welterweight Championship – Jackie Fields → Young Corbett III → Jimmy McLarnin
 * World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri → Barney Ross
 * World Featherweight Championship – vacant
 * World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
 * World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Cricket
Events England Australia India New Zealand South Africa West Indies
 * England, employing bodyline tactics, beat Australia 4–1 to regain The Ashes.
 * County Championship – Yorkshire
 * Minor Counties Championship – undecided
 * Most runs – Wally Hammond 3323 @ 67.81 (HS 264)
 * Most wickets – Tich Freeman 298 @ 15.26 (BB 8–22)
 * Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Fred Bakewell, George Headley, Stan Nichols, Leslie Townsend, Cyril Walters
 * The West Indies make a second tour of England, and lose the three Test series two games to nil
 * Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
 * Most runs – Herbert Sutcliffe 1,318 @ 73.22 (HS 194)
 * Most wickets – Bill O‘Reilly 62 @ 19.95 (BB 6–36)
 * Bombay Quadrangular – not contested
 * Plunket Shield – Otago
 * Currie Cup – not contested
 * Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

Cycling

 * Georges Speicher won the 1933 Tour de France
 * Alfredo Binda won the 1933 Giro d'Italia (5th win)
 * Georges Speicher won the men's road race at the 1933 UCI Road World Championships

Field hockey

 * September 1 – foundation of Oranje Zwart, a Dutch club located in Eindhoven

Figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships
 * Men's singles – Karl Schäfer
 * Ladies’ singles – Sonja Henie
 * Pairs – Emília Rotter and László Szollás

Golf
Major tournaments Other tournaments
 * British Open – Denny Shute
 * U.S. Open – Johnny Goodman
 * PGA Championship – Gene Sarazen
 * British Amateur – Michael Scott
 * U.S. Amateur – George Dunlap
 * Women's Western Open – June Beebe

Horse racing
England Australia Canada France Ireland USA
 * Champion Hurdle – Insurance (2nd successive win)
 * Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller (2nd successive win)
 * Grand National – Kellsboro Jack
 * 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Brown Betty
 * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Rodosto
 * The Derby – Hyperion
 * The Oaks – Chatelaine
 * St. Leger Stakes – Hyperion
 * Melbourne Cup – Hall Mark
 * King's Plate – King O'Connor
 * Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Crapom
 * Irish Grand National – Red Park
 * Irish Derby Stakes – Harinero
 * Kentucky Derby – Broker's Tip
 * Preakness Stakes – Head Play
 * Belmont Stakes – Hurryoff

Ice hockey

 * 4 April - 13 April – New York Rangers defeat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 in a best of five series to win their second Stanley Cup.

Motorsport

 * February 22 - Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 272.46 mph driving his famous Blue Bird car at Daytona Beach, Florida

Nordic skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
 * 7th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 are held at Innsbruck, Austria

Radiosport
Events
 * First ever ARRL Field Day contest held in July

Rowing
The Boat Race
 * 1 April — Cambridge wins the 85th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league
England Australia
 * Championship – Salford
 * Challenge Cup final – at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
 * Lancashire League Championship – Salford
 * Yorkshire League Championship – Castleford
 * Lancashire County Cup – Warrington
 * Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds
 * NSW Premiership – Newtown 18–4 St. George (grand final)
 * An exhibition match between Great Britain and Australia at Paris' Stade Pershing in December 1933 inspired the beginnings of rugby league in France.

Rugby union
Home Nations Championship
 * 46th Home Nations Championship series is won by Scotland

Snooker
World Championship
 * 7th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Willie Smith 25–18

Speed skating
Speed Skating World Championships
 * Men's All-round Champion – Hans Engnestangen (Norway)

Tennis
Australia England France USA Davis Cup
 * Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Keith Gledhill (USA) 2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
 * Australian Women's Singles Championship – Joan Hartigan Bathurst (Australia) defeats Coral Buttsworth (Australia) 6–4, 6–3
 * Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Ellsworth Vines (USA) 4–6, 11–9, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
 * Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Dorothy Round Little (Great Britain) 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
 * French Men's Singles Championship – Jack Crawford (Australia) defeats Henri Cochet (France) 8–6, 6–1, 6–3
 * French Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Scriven Vivian (Great Britain) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
 * American Men's Singles Championship – Fred Perry (Great Britain) defeats Jack Crawford (Australia) 6–3, 11–13, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1
 * American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Jacobs (USA) defeats Helen Wills Moody (USA) 8–6, 3–6, 3–0, retired
 * 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – at 3–2  at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France

Awards
Associated Press Athlete of the Year
 * Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Carl Hubbell (baseball)
 * Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Helen Jacobs (tennis)