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 Spain Germany Italy Portugal France Brazil
 * 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.
 * La Liga won by Betis Balompié
 * 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
 * Serie A won by Juventus
 * The inaugural Primeira Liga is won by F.C. Porto
 * French Division 1 won by Sochaux-Montbéliard
 * January 25 – São Paulo Futebol Clube founded.

Australian rules football
VFL Premiership South Australian National Football League Western Australian National Football League
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)

Baseball

 * 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.

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 Lineal world champions
 * 13 June – James J. Braddock defeats Max Baer over fifteen rounds at Long Island City to win the World Heavyweight Championship
 * 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 Australia South Africa India New Zealand West Indies
 * 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
 * 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
 * Sheffield Shield – Victoria
 * Most runs – Jack Fingleton 880 @ 58.66 (HS 134)
 * Most wickets – Chuck Fleetwood-Smith 63 @ 20.34 (BB 8–113)
 * Currie Cup – not contested
 * Bombay Quadrangular – Muslims
 * Ranji Trophy – Bombay defeat Northern India by 208 runs
 * Plunket Shield – Canterbury
 * Inter-Colonial Tournament – British Guiana

Cycling
Tour de France Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España
 * Romain Maes wins the 29th Tour de France
 * Francisco Cepeda becomes the first rider to die during a Tour de France when he falls from his bike descending into a ravine
 * Vasco Bergamaschi of Maino wins the 23rd Giro d'Italia
 * 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 Men's amateur Women'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
 * British Amateur – Lawson Little
 * U.S. Amateur – Lawson Little
 * Women's Western Open – Opal Hill

Horse racing
Steeplechases Flat races
 * Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller
 * Grand National – Reynoldstown
 * 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:
 * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Bahram
 * The Derby – Bahram
 * St. Leger Stakes – Bahram
 * United States Triple Crown Races:
 * Kentucky Derby – Omaha
 * Preakness Stakes – Omaha
 * 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

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 England France USA Davis Cup
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – at 5–0  (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