September 1947 in Sport
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Months in 1947: January February March April May June July August October November December
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 11 of 11
1st - NY Giants 183-185 HR of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936
3rd - Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2
14th - 61st US Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61)
14th - 67th US Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Frank A Parker (46 26 61 60 63)
17th - Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News
19th - Jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year"
22nd - Dodgers clinch NL pennant
26th - Happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series
29th - Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox
29th - Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828)
30th - Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 13 of 13
6th - Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach
9th - Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner (ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hrs)
10th - Larry Gene Nelson, Ft Payne AL, PGA golfer (1980 Atlanta Classic)
14th - Wolfgang Schwartz, Austria, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1968)
16th - Andy Irvine, rugby player
16th - Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper (Olympic-bronze-1972)
16th - Lucius Allen, NBA star (Milwaukee Bucks)
18th - Giancarlo Minardi, Italian motor racing team boss
19th - Larry Brown, NFL runningback (3rd to rush over 4,000 yards)
25th - Cheryl Tiegs, Minnesota, model (Sports Illustrated)
26th - Dick Roth, US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1964)
26th - Richard Roth, US, 400m swim medley (Olympic-gold-1964)
29th - Altie Taylor, soccer star
