April 1947 in Sport
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Months in 1947: January February March May June July August September October November December
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 11 of 11
6th - 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281
9th - Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
10th - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)
11th - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball
15th - Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut
17th - Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
19th - 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39
19th - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
19th - Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
22nd - 1st NBA Championship: Phila Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2
27th - Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through out US
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 10 of 10
1st - Norm Van Lier, American basketball player
4th - Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster
14th - Bob Massie, cricketer (Aust swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut v Eng 1972)
16th - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [Lew Alcindor], NBA center (Mil Bucks, LA Lakers)
17th - Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player
25th - Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player/coach (Ajax/Barcelona)
25th - Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
26th - Donna Elizabeth De Varona, Greenwich Ct, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64)
29th - Jim Ryun, US, 1500m runner/broke 4 minute mile (Olympic-silver-1968)
29th - John Laurence Miller, SF CA, golfer (US Open 1973, British Open 1976)
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 2 of 2
2nd - Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies
18th - Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51
