Sports year 1942
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badminton
The climax of the badminton year 1942 was the French Open . Scandinavia, France and North America were the centers of the sport in the fourth year of the war. International match operations came to a complete standstill, and national championships were extremely rare.
International events
| event | Men's singles | Ladies singles | Men's doubles | Ladies doubles | Mixed |
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| French Open |
 Yves Baudoin
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Yvonne Girard
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Michel Marret René Mathieu
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Yvonne Girard Madeleine Girard
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Michel Marret Madeleine Girard
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National championships
athletics
- May 20 - Gunder Hägg , Sweden , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 58.2 minutes.
- May 23 - Cornelius Warmerdam , USA , jumped 4.77 m in the men's pole vault.
- June 21 - Anneliese Steinheuer , Germany , reached 47.24 m in the women's javelin.
- June 23 - Cornelius Warmerdam , USA , reached 4.77 m in the men's pole vault.
- August 9 - May Holmén , Sweden walked in the women's 10,000 meter walk in 51:14 minutes.
- August 17th - Gunder Hägg , Sweden , ran the men's 1500 meters in 3: 45.8 minutes.
- August 23 - Stina Lindberg , Sweden walked in the women's 10,000 meter walk in 51:11 minutes.
- September 20 - Gunder Hägg , Sweden , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 58.2 minutes.
chess
The 1942 chess tournament in Munich took place from September 14th to 26th. The reigning world chess champion Alexander Alekhine won ahead of Paul Keres . The organizer, the European Chess Federation initiated by the Greater German Chess Federation, called the tournament the "European Championship" . The tournament is therefore regarded as the forerunner of today's European championships in chess , although Jewish players and players from countries that were at war with the German Reich were not able to participate.
Born
January
- January 1st : Bruno Arcari , Italian boxer
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- January 2 : Yevgeny Rudakov , Soviet football player († 2011 )
- January 2nd : Dave Steen , Canadian shot putter and discus thrower
- January 4th : Jim Downing , American racing driver and designer
- January 4th : Klaus Neumann , German triple jumper (GDR)
- January 5th : Charlie Aitken , Scottish soccer player
- January 5th : Ferenc Kiss , Hungarian wrestler († 2015 )
- January 7th : Vasily Alexejew , Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion († 2011 )
- January 12th : Nasim Muchitow , Soviet biathlete
- January 15 : Gaetano Salvemini , Italian football player and coach
- January 17 : Muhammad Ali , American boxer († 2016 )
- January 23 : Wolfgang Abraham , German soccer player († 2013 )
- January 23 : Hans Alsér , Swedish table tennis player († 1977 )
- January 23 : Willy Bogner junior , German ski racer
- January 25 : Carl Eller , American football player
- January 25 : Eusébio , Portuguese football player († 2014 )
- January 26th : Guy Chasseuil , French racing driver
- January 26 : Horst Jankhöfer , German handball player and trainer
- January 28th : Hans-Jürgen Bäumler , German figure skater
- January 28th : Sjoukje Dijkstra , Dutch figure skater
- January 29th : Peter Kohl , German football player (GDR)
February
- February 1 : Nené , Brazilian soccer player and coach († 2016 )
- February 5 : Otto Fräßdorf , German football player (GDR)
- February 10 : Howard Mudd , American football player
- February 11 : Arild Holm , Norwegian ski racer
- February 11 : Anatoly Kurjan , Soviet-Russian athlete
- February 14 : Mike Manley , American obstacle and marathon runner
- February 14 : Pertti Purhonen , Finnish boxer († 2011 )
- February 14 : Ricardo Rodríguez , Mexican racing car driver († 1962 )
- February 17th : John Morton , American racing car driver
- February 18 : Martin Ness , German table tennis player († 1987 )
- February 18 : Yuri Velikorodnych , Soviet-Russian marathon runner
- February 19 : Bruno Deserti , Italian racing driver († 1965 )
- February 19 : Klaus Halser , German motorcycle racer
- February 19 : Paul Krause , American football player
- February 19 : Vyacheslav Tschebanenko , Russian chess player († 1997 )
- February 20 : Phil Esposito , Canadian ice hockey player
- February 22nd : Reinhard Löffler , German soccer player
- February 26 : Jozef Adamec , Slovak football player and coach († 2018 )
- February 27 : Klaus-Dieter Sieloff , German soccer player († 2011 )
- February 28 : Dino Zoff , Italian soccer player and coach
March
- March 1 : Ángel Herrero , Spanish football player († 2014 )
- March 1st : Miguel Ángel López , Argentinian football player and coach
- March 2 : Claude Larose , Canadian ice hockey player
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- March 4th : Ivan Karetnikov , Russian swimmer
- March 8 : Ann Packer , British athlete and Olympic champion
- March 11th : Willi Weber , German entrepreneur, sports manager and automobile racing driver
- March 12 : John Hilton , American football player († 2017 )
- March 15 : Jacques Henry , French rally driver († 2016 )
- March 16 : Gijs van Lennep , Dutch racing driver
- March 17 : Pak Doo-ik , North Korean soccer player
- March 19 : Giuseppe Brizi , Italian football player and coach
- March 20 : Leif Eriksson , Swedish football and bandy player
- March 26 : Tim Taylor , American ice hockey player and coach († 2013 )
- March 28 : Luis Felipe Areta Sampériz , Spanish athlete and priest
- March 28 : Bernard Darniche , French racing car driver
- March 28 : Jerry Sloan , American basketball player and coach († 2020 )
- March 30th : Jan Olsson , Swedish football player
- March 31 : Jürgen Werner , German football player in the GDR Oberliga († 2014 )
April
- April 3 : Mike Elliott , American cross-country skier
- April 8 : Manfred Kallenbach , German football player († 2010 )
- April 8 : Wolf Werner , German football coach († 2018 )
- April 14 : Valery Brumel , Soviet-Russian athlete; Olympic champion in high jump († 2003 )
- April 15 : Gennadij Logofet , Russian football player († 2011 )
- April 15 : Gennadij Zygurow , Russian-Soviet ice hockey player and coach († 2016 )
- April 16 : Frank Williams , British entrepreneur and main owner and team boss of the Formula 1 racing team Williams F1
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- April 18 : Jochen Rindt , Austrian racing car driver († 1970 )
- April 25 : Vadim Jemelyanov , Soviet boxer († 1977 )
- April 26 : Werner Biskup , German football player and coach († 2014 )
- April 28th : Guy Acolatse , Togolese soccer player
- April 29th : Galina Kulakowa , Soviet cross-country skier and Olympic champion
- April 30th : David England , British sprinter
May
- May 1st : Gerry Ashworth , American sprinter
- May 2nd : Brigitte Berendonk , German discus thrower and shot putter
- May 2nd : Rainer Zimmermann , German handball player
- May 2 : Bernd Ziskofen , German motorsport official in rallycross († 1993 )
- May 3 : Věra Čáslavská , Czech gymnast († 2016 )
- May 3 : Henning Frenzel , German football player (GDR)
- May 3 : Antoni Piechniczek , Polish football player and coach
- May 4th : Karl Schneider , German soccer player
- May 10 : Jim Calhoun , American basketball coach
- May 12 : Klaus Adam , German national basketball player
- May 12th : Gerhard Dietrich , German gymnast (GDR)
- May 12 : Klaus Korn , German football player in the GDR upper league
- May 13 : Jeff Astle , English soccer player († 2002 )
- May 13th : Pál Schmitt , Hungarian fencer, diplomat and politician
- May 20 : Leroy Kelly , American football player
- May 21 : Danny Ongais , American racing car driver
- May 22 : Sergio Anaya , Mexican soccer player
- May 22 : Roger Brown , American basketball player († 1997 )
- May 22 : Alexander Jurkewitsch , Soviet-Russian wrestler († 2011 )
- May 23 : José Pastoriza , Argentinian football player and coach († 2004 )
- May 24th : Hannu Mikkola , Finnish rally driver
- May 27th : Bob Adams , British middle distance runner
- May 27th : Kent Bernard , sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago
- May 27 : Piers Courage , British racing car driver († 1970 )
- May 27 : Robin Widdows , British bobsledder and racing car driver
- May 31 : Jürgen Koch , German soccer player
- May 31 : Jo Vonlanthen , Swiss racing car driver
June
- June 1st : Fernando Atzori , Italian Olympic champion in boxing 1964
- June 2nd : Eduard Malofejew , Russian football player and coach
- June 8 : Horst Wolter , German soccer player
- June 11th : Peter Blusch , German soccer player
- June 12th : Arne Jacobsen , Danish archer
- June 14th : Jim Busby , American racing car driver and racing team owner
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- June 16 : Giacomo Agostini , Italian motorcycle racer
- June 18 : Jürgen May , German athlete
- June 19 : Horst Grunenberg , German soccer player († 2013 )
- June 20 : Eduard Markarow , Soviet-Armenian football player and coach
- June 21 : Seiji Aochi , Japanese ski jumper († 2008 )
- June 25 : Bengt Johansson , Swedish handball player and coach
- June 25 : Willis Reed , American basketball player
- June 28 : Hans-Joachim Walde , German athlete († 2013 )
July
- July 2nd : John Farrington , Australian long distance runner
- July 4th : Floyd Little , American football player
- July 5 : Hannes Löhr , German soccer player and coach († 2016 )
- July 7th : Abdul Hamid , Pakistani field hockey player
- July 10 : Franz-Josef Hönig , German football player
- July 10 : Hans Reich , German soccer player
- July 13 : Gerhard Hetz , German swimmer († 2012 )
- July 16 : Margaret Smith Court , Australian tennis player
- July 17 : Connie Hawkins , American basketball player († 2017 )
- July 18 : Giacinto Facchetti , Italian football player († 2006 )
- July 22nd : Bernd Schröder , German soccer coach
August
- August 1st : Kent Andersson , Swedish motorcycle racer († 2006 )
- August 1st : Clive Baker , British racing car driver
- August 2 : Tonino Ascari , Italian racing driver and entrepreneur († 2008 )
- August 2nd : Leo Beenhakker , Dutch football coach
- August 6 : Faiz Mohammed Askar , Afghan wrestler
- August 7th : Sigfried Held , German soccer player
- August 7th : Carlos Monzón , Argentine boxer († 1995 )
- August 10 : Giovanni Lodetti , Italian football player
- August 13 : Mike Beuttler , British racing car driver († 1988 )
- August 13 : Irene Müller , German figure skater (GDR)
- August 15 : Alewtina Oljunina , Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion
- August 16 : Lesley Turner , Australian tennis player
- August 20 : Denis Dayan , French racing car driver († 1970 )
- August 20 : Bernd Kannenberg , German athlete
- August 20 : Hans-Joachim Klein , German swimmer and President of the German Olympic Society
- August 20 : Bernd Podak , German handball goalkeeper († 2018 )
- August 21 : Herbert Bönnen , German soccer player
- August 21 : Volker Danner , German soccer player († 2005 )
- August 22nd : Harald Norpoth , German athlete
- August 24 : Yuri Sevidov , Soviet football player and Russian sports commentator († 2010 )
- August 27 : Tom Belsø , Danish racing driver († 2020 )
- August 27 : Bill Ivy , British motorcycle racer († 1969 )
- August 29th : Coen Zuidema , Dutch chess player
- August 31 : Isao Aoki , Japanese professional golfer
- August 31 : Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi , Italian racing driver
September
- September 11th : John Greig , Scottish football player and coach
- September 12 : Mario Frustalupi , Italian football player († 1990 )
- September 12 : Delme Thomas , Welsh rugby player
- September 18 : Horst Gecks , German soccer player
- September 18 : Gerhard Kentschke , German soccer player
- September 18 : Pawel Sadyrin , Soviet-Russian football player and manager († 2001 )
- September 22nd : Giuseppe Ros , Italian boxer
- September 23 : Gerhard Zimmermann , German speed skater
- September 24th : Hansi Schmidt , Romanian-German handball player
- September 25 : Óscar Bonavena , Argentine heavyweight boxer († 1976 )
- September 25th : Henri Pescarolo , French racing driver
- September 26th : Ingrid Mickler-Becker , German athlete
- September 27 : Michel Jacquemin , Belgian cyclist
- September 28 : Michael Kellner , German soccer player
- September 29 : Felice Gimondi , Italian cyclist († 2019 )
October
- October 3 : Roberto Perfumo , Argentinian football player († 2016 )
- October 10 : Pyotr Kovalenko , Soviet-Russian ski jumper († 1993 )
- October 13 : Pieter Andreas Kemper , Dutch soccer player
- October 13 : Dieter Stappert , Austrian journalist and team manager in motorsport († 2008 )
- October 17th : Charles Craig , American triple jumper
- October 20 : Walter Brun , Swiss automobile racing driver and racing team owner
- October 21 : Allan Grice , Australian racing driver and politician
- October 26 : Manfred Günther , German racing driver (GDR) († 2005 )
- October 26 : Jonathan Williams , British racing car driver († 2014 )
- October 30 : Eduard Vinokurow , Soviet saber fencer and Olympic champion († 2010 )
November
- November 3rd : Hans Meyer , German soccer coach
- November 8 : Sandro Mazzola , Italian football player
- November 9th : Digby Martland , British racing car driver
- November 10 : Börje Jansson , Swedish motorcycle racer
- November 11th : Helmut Uhlig , German basketball player († 2014 )
- November 14th : Klaus Beer , German athlete (GDR)
- November 25th : Valery Resanzew , Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion
- November 28 : Claude Haldi , Swiss racing driver († 2017 )
December
- December 3 : Georges Mauduit , French ski racer
- December 4th : Hans Schulz , German soccer player
- December 5th : Klaus Sammer , German soccer player and coach
- December 7th : Dieter Wellmann , German fencer
- December 9 : Billy Bremner , Scottish football player († 1997 )
- December 9 : Dick Butkus , American football player
- December 9 : Alex Gilady , Israeli journalist and sports official
- December 11th : Alf Arrowsmith , English soccer player († 2005 )
- December 11th : Karen Susman , American tennis player
- December 14 : Benny Lennartsson , Swedish football player
- December 17th : Karl Odermatt , Swiss football player
- December 19 : Cyril Grandet , French racing car driver
- December 19 : Manfred Schuster , German soccer player
- December 20 : Bob Hayes , American sprinter and American football player († 2002 )
- December 21 : Rolf Andersson , Swedish football player
- December 23 : John Benson , Scottish football player and coach († 2010 )
- December 25th : Noël del Bello , French racing car driver and racing team owner
- December 25th : Chris Carter , British middle distance runner
- December 27th : Anton Sauter , Swiss badminton player
- December 27th : Claus Schiprowski , German athlete
- December 28 : Orest Lenczyk , Polish football player and coach
Exact date of birth unknown
- Josef Art , German Ju-Jutsuka, non-fiction author and sports official
- Petre Astafei , Romanian pole vaulter
- Peter Schetty , Swiss racing car driver and racing director at Scuderia Ferrari
Died
January to June
- January 4th : Mel Sheppard , American athlete and Olympic champion (* 1883 )
- January 6th : Henri de Baillet-Latour , third President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) (* 1876 )
- January 7th : Alfred Asikainen , Finnish wrestler (* 1888 )
- February 2 : Hugh D. McIntosh , Australian sports organizer, newspaper publisher and theater entrepreneur (* 1876 )
- February 6 : Paul Fischer , German national soccer player (* 1882 )
- February 7th : Hermann Gramlich , German national soccer player (* 1913 )
- March 8 : José Raúl Capablanca , Cuban world chess champion (* 1888 )
- June 5 : István Abonyi , Hungarian chess player and chess official (* 1886 )
- June 14 : Werner Widmayer , German national soccer player (* 1909 )
- June 19 : Teófilo Yldefonso , Filipino swimmer (* 1902 )
July to December
- August 12 : Rudolf Hasse , German motorcycle and automobile racer (* 1906 )
- August 20 : Rudolf Spielmann , Austrian chess grandmaster (* 1883 )
- September 16 : Carlo Bigatto , Italian football player and coach (* 1895 )
- November 30th : Hans Lewy , German automobile racing driver (* 1896 )
- December 20 : Dan Ahearn , American athlete (* 1888 )
- December 29th : Heinz Körvers , German handball player (* 1915 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Josef Stelzer , German motorcycle racer (* 1894 )
See also
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