Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II.

Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees defeats St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1.

Basketball

• The eleventh South American Basketball Championship in Lima is won by Argentina.

Chess

See, 1943 in chess

Football (Australian)

• Victorian Football League - Richmond wins the 47th VFL Premiership (Richmond 12.14 (86) d Essendon 11.15 (81)).

Football (American)

• Chicago Bears 41-26 over Washington Redskins in the NFL championship game in Chicago
• Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame quarterback, wins Heisman Trophy.

Golf

Men's professional

• April 9-13 - Masters Tournament - not played due to World War II
• U.S. Open - not played due to World War II
• British Open - not played due to World War II
• May 31 - PGA Championship - not played due to World War II

Men's amateur

• British Amateur - not played due to World War II
• U.S. Amateur - not played due to World War II

Women's professional

• Women's Western Open - Patty Berg
• Titleholders Championship - not played due to World War II

Horse Racing

• May 1 - Count Fleet wins the Kentucky Derby

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Gunder Hägg, Track and field
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Patty Berg, LPGA golf

Births

• January 1 — Feike de Vries, Dutch water polo player
• January 23 — David Lyons, American swimmer
• January 31 — Richard Quick, American swimming coach
• March 1 — Ben Jipcho, Kenyan athlete
• March 16 — Dave McKenzie, New Zealand long-distance runner
• April 1 — Ad Moolhuijzen, Dutch water polo player
• April 7 — Joaquim Agostinho, Portuguese professional bicycle racer (d. 1984)
• April 20 — Eckart Suhl, German field hockey player
• April 23 — Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer
• April 24 — Ruud Stokvis, Dutch rower
• May 16 — Allan Wood, Australian freestyle swimmer
• 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 6 — Steven Barnett, American water polo player
• June 7 — Bob Struble, Jr., American football quarterback.
• June 8 — Willie Davenport, American athlete (d. 2002)
• June 17 — Peter Doak, Australian swimmer
• July 7 — Jürgen Geschke, East German track cyclist
• July 11 — Pedro Carrasco, Spanish boxer (d. 2001)
• July 26 — Robyn Woodhouse, Australian high jumper
• August 7 — Mieke Jaapies, Dutch canoer
• August 12 — Loet Geutjes, Dutch water polo player
• August 17 — Yukio Kasaya, Japanese ski jumper
• September 4 — Giuseppe Gentile, Italian triple jumper
• September 13 — Robert Townsend, American swimmer
• September 14 — Jan Snijders, Dutch judoka and referee
• October 26 — Diane Gerace, Canadian high jumper
• November 13 — Jay Sigel, American golfer
• November 25 — Rafael Carbonell, Cuban flyweight boxer
• November 25 — Janice Andrew, Australian butterfly swimmer
• November 27 — Herman Suselbeek, Dutch rower
• December 3 — Pentti Kahma, Finnish discus thrower
• December 19 — Ted Salmon, New Zealand field hockey player

Deaths

• January 20 — Attila Petschauer (38), Hungarian fencer (b. 1904)
• March 7 — Akilles Järvinen (37), Finnish athlete (b. 1905)
• July 27 — Herbert Barrett (69), British tennis player (b. 1873)
• September 14 — Ernst Linder (75), Swedish horse rider (b. 1868)
• December 2 — Jaap Meijer (38), Dutch track cyclist (b. 1905)

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