- Jan 6 Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
- Jan 13 Jacob Ruppert Jr., American Baseball HOF executive (owner New York Yankees 1915-39; signed Babe Ruth; built Yankee Stadium), dies from phlebitis at 71
- Jan 19 Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898)
- Jan 23 Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, dies under mysterious circumstances at 35
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