1945 in sports
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See also: 1944 in sports, other events of 1945, 1946 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
- January 28: Hall of Fame election: Baseball writers fail to elect a new inductee. Frank Chance, Rube Waddell, and Ed Walsh come closest, but none gets the required three-fourths of the vote. Voting is heavily divided, strongly favoring earlier candidates.
- April 25: The Hall of Fame Committee, which had promised at least 10 long-awaited inductees from the 19th century, responds to the deadlocked writers' voting by primarily choosing popular candidates whose careers bridged the turn of the century: Roger Bresnahan, Dan Brouthers, Fred Clarke, Jimmy Collins, Ed Delahanty, Hugh Duffy, Hughie Jennings, King Kelly, Wilbert Robinson and Jim O'Rourke.
- World Series: Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3.
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Basketball
- The twelfth South American Basketball Championship in Guayaquil is won by Brazil.
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Football (Australian Rules)
- Victorian Football League - Carlton wins the 49th VFL Premiership (Carlton 15.13 (103) d South Melbourne 10.15 (76))
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American Football
- Cleveland Rams 15-14 Washington Redskins at Cleveland, Ohio to win the NFL championship. The Rams relocated after the season to Los Angeles.
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Football (soccer)
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England
- With the end of World War II, the FA Cup is reinstated for the 1945-46 season; played on a two-legged basis. However, clubs are not yet prepared for a full league programme, so the Football League does not resume; regional leagues remain for another year.
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Births
- March 27 — Robert Haigh, Australian field hockey player
- April 20 — Naftali Temu, Kenyan athlete (d. 2003)
- May 12 — Alan Ball, English football (soccer) player
- June 3 — Hale Irwin, American golfer
- June 5 — John Carlos, American track and field champion
- June 8 — Klenie Bimolt, Dutch swimmer
- June 12 — Pat Jennings, Northern Irish soccer goalkeeper
- June 24 — Betty Stöve, Dutch female tennis player
- July 21 — John Lowe, English darts player
- August 31 — Earnie Shavers, American boxer
- September 12 — Jacques Lemaire, Canadian pro hockey coach
- September 17 — Phil Jackson, American basketball coach
- October 3 — Viktor Saneyev, Russian triple jumper
- October 14 — Allan Stone, Australian tennis player
- November 1 — Vladimir Nazlymov, Russian sabre fencer
- November 17 — Elvin Hayes, American basketball player
- December 16 — Bobby George, English darts player
- December 19 — Trevor Manning, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
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Deaths
- November 11 — Al Bummy Davis, American lightweight and welterweight boxer (b. 1918)fr:1945 en sport