1943 in sports
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See also: 1942 in sports, other events of 1943, 1944 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II.
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Baseball
- World Series: New York Yankees defeats St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1.
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Basketball
- The eleventh South American Basketball Championship in Lima is won by Argentina.
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Football (Australian Rules)
- Victorian Football League - Richmond wins the 47th VFL Premiership (Richmond 12.14 (86) d Essendon 11.15 (81))
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Football (American Football)
- Chicago Bears 41-26 Washington Redskins in the NFL championship game in Chicago
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Births
- January 31 — Richard Quick, American swimming coach
- March 1 — Ben Jipcho, Kenyan athlete
- April 20 — Eckart Suhl, German field hockey player
- May 26 — Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, politician and president of the Dutch Olympic Committee
- June 5 — Buster Mathis, American amateur heavyweight boxer (d. 1995)
- June 8 — Willie Davenport, American athlete (d. 2002)
- June 17 — Peter Doak, Australian swimmer
- August 17 — Yukio Kasaya, Japanese ski jumper
- November 25 — Janice Andrew, Australian butterfly swimmer
- December 19 — Ted Salmon, New Zealand field hockey playerfr:1943 en sport