Sports year 1944
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badminton
The climax of the badminton year 1944 was the French Open . Scandinavia, India and France were the centers of the sport in the sixth year of the war. The international game operation was almost completely impossible, and national title fights were extremely rare.
International events
| event | Men's singles | Ladies singles | Men's doubles | Ladies doubles | Mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Open |
 Henri Pellizza
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Yvonne Girard
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Michel Marret Henri Pellizza
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Yvonne Girard Madeleine Girard
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Henri Pellizza Simone Pellizza
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National championships
| event | Men's singles | Ladies singles | Men's doubles | Ladies doubles | Mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Days Madsen | Agnete Friis |
Days Madsen Carl Frøhlke |
Marie Ussing Jytte Thayssen |
Jan Schmidt Jytte Thayssen |
| India | Devinder Mohan | Tara Deodhar |
George Lewis Devinder Mohan |
Tara Deodhar Sunder Deodhar |
VN Iyer Ravibala Chitale |
| Sweden | Hate Petersson | Amy Pettersson |
Helge Paulsson Bengt Polling |
Thyra Hedvall Märtha Sköld |
Knut Malmgren Elsy Killick |
athletics
- July 7th - Gunder Hägg , Sweden , ran the men's 1500 meters in 3: 43.0 minutes.
- August 4th - Erik Elmsater , Sweden , ran the men's 3000 meter obstacle in 8: 59.6 minutes.
- August 7th - Gunder Hägg , Sweden , ran the men's 1500 meters in 3: 43.0 minutes.
- August 25 - Viljo Heino , Finland , ran the men's 10,000 meters in 29: 35.4 minutes.
- August 27 - Anna Larsson , Sweden , ran the women's 800 meters 2: 15.9 min.
- September 13th - Nina Dumbadze , Soviet Union , reached 49.88 m in the women's discus throw.
- September 24 - Viljo Heino , Finland , ran the men's 10,000 meters in 29: 35.4 minutes.
- September 27 - Anna Larsson , Sweden , ran the women's 800 meters in 02: 15.9 minutes.
Born
January
- January 1 : Ali Artuner , Turkish football goalkeeper († 2001 )
- January 5th : Jan de Vries , Dutch motorcycle racer
- January 6th : Ørnulf Andresen , Norwegian cyclist
- January 6th : Helmut Digel , German handball player, sports scientist and sports official
- January 12 : Joe Frazier , American heavyweight boxer († 2011 )
- January 12th : Vlastimil Hort , Czech-German chess player
- January 13 : Herbert Gronen , German football player
- January 15th : Lothar Abend , German boxer
- January 18 : Tom Farrell , American middle-distance runner
- January 20 : Karl-Heinz Becker , German racing car driver
- January 23 : Sergej Below , Soviet-Russian basketball player, coach and official († 2013 )
- January 29th : Syed Mohammed Arif , Indian badminton player
- January 31 : Spartaco Landini , Italian football player († 2017 )
February
- February 4 : Gennadij Evryushichin , Russian football player († 1998 )
- February 11 : Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder , German football referee († 2014 )
- February 15 : Paul Vestey, 3rd Baronet , British nobleman and racing car driver
- February 16 : Dieter Brenninger , German soccer player
- February 21 : Nojim Maiyegun , Nigerian boxer
- February 22nd : Jorge de Bagration , Spanish-Georgian motor sportsman († 2008 )
- February 22nd : Tom Okker , Dutch tennis player
- February 22nd : Jean-Louis Ricci , French racing driver († 2001 )
- February 23 : Dennis Aase , American racing car driver and racing team owner
- February 25 : François Cevert , French racing driver († 1973 )
- February 25 : Jeff Kline , American racing car driver
- February 26 : Wolfgang Braun , German handball player
- February 28 : Sepp Maier , German soccer player
- February 29 : John Niland , American football player
March
- March 6th : Peter Dietrich , German soccer player
- March 15 : Chi Cheng , Taiwanese athlete and Olympian
- March 17 : Juan Ramón Verón , Argentinian soccer player
- March 20 : Vladimir Voronkov , Soviet-Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion from 1972 († 2018 )
- March 24th : Walter Hellmich , German football functionary
- March 28 : Rick Barry , American basketball player
April
- April 6th : Philippe Carron , Swiss racing driver
- April 6th : Roger Clark , British long distance runner
- April 6th : Florin Gheorghiu , Romanian chess player
- April 7th : Marianne Hoepfner , French racing driver
- April 9 : Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg , German athlete (GDR)
- April 13th : Francesco Arese , Italian athlete, entrepreneur and sports official
- April 13th : Jochen Brand , German handball player
- April 18 : Albin Planinc , Yugoslav chess player († 2008 )
- April 24 : Gustl Wilke , German handball player and coach († 2013 )
- April 25 : Julio Montero Castillo , Uruguayan soccer player
- April 26 : José Dolhem , French racing car driver († 1988 )
- April 26th : Martha Rockwell , American cross-country skier
- April 27th : Heikki Westerinen , Finnish chess player
- April 30 : Rudi Assauer , German football manager († 2019 )
May
- May 5th : Bo Larsson , Swedish football player
- May 5th : Roman Dzindzichashvili , American chess player of Georgian origin
- May 8 : Vadim Faibissowitsch , Russian chess player and trainer
- May 10 : Gunnar Asmussen , Danish cyclist
- May 20 : Josef Benz , Swiss bobsleigh athlete and Olympic champion
- May 20 : Marilyn Black , Australian track and field athlete and Olympian
- May 23 : John Newcombe , Australian tennis player
- May 24th : Wolfgang Breuer , German soccer player
- May 26th : Sam Posey , American racing car driver
- May 28 : Nick Faure , British racing car driver
- May 31 : Peter Mattli , Swiss entrepreneur, politician and racing car driver
June
- June 2nd : Gerd Welz , German handball player and coach
- June 2 : Garo Yepremian , American football player († 2015 )
- June 3 : Edith McGuire , American athlete and Olympic champion
- June 3rd : Eddy Ottoz , Italian athlete
- June 5th : Christopher Finnegan , British boxer, Olympic champion 1968 († 2009 )
- June 5 : Tommie Smith , American athlete and Olympic champion
- June 9th : Christine Goitschel , French ski racer
- June 11th : Marcel Mignot , French racing car driver
- June 12 : Nelson Acosta , Chilean-Uruguayan football player and coach
- June 13th : Edelgard Wendorf , German handball trainer and handball goalkeeper
- June 15 : Inna Ryskal , Soviet volleyball player and Olympic champion
- June 16 : Annie Famose , French ski racer
- June 17th : Lucien Guitteny , French racing car driver
- June 20 : Edmund Czihak , German motorcycle racer
- June 25 : Prince Amartey , Ghanaian boxer
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- June 26 : Wolfgang Weber , German soccer player
- June 28 : Rudi Lins , Austrian racing car driver
- June 28 : Aleksandar Ristić , Bosnian-Croatian football coach
July
- July 2 : Dieter Salevsky , German enduro athlete († 2019 )
- July 3 : Jethro Pugh , American football player and entrepreneur († 2015 )
- July 4th : Albert Kapengut , Soviet-Belarusian chess player and coach
- July 6th : Gunhild Hoffmeister , German athlete
- July 7th : Jürgen Grabowski , German soccer player
- July 7th : Araquem de Melo , Brazilian soccer player († 2001 )
- July 10th : Mick Grant , British motorcycle racer
- July 13 : Egon Coordes , German football player and coach
- July 17 : Carlos Alberto , Brazilian soccer player and coach († 2016 )
- July 24th : Siegfried Franz , German soccer goalkeeper in the GDR league
- July 25 : Peter Duncan , Canadian ski racer
- July 27th : Jean-Marie Leblanc , French sports journalist
- July 31 : Paolo Pileri , Italian motorcycle racer († 2007 )
August
- August 5th : Howard Davies , British sprinter
- August 7 : Dave Morgan , British racing car driver († 2018 )
- August 10 : Björn Ferm , Swedish modern pentathlete
- August 12 : Francesco Morini , Italian football player
- August 15 : Franz Vogler , German ski racer
- August 20 : Rudolf Thanner , German ice hockey player († 2007 )
- August 24th : Helmut Baur , German cyclist
- August 25 : Erwin Hermandung , German football player
- August 27 : Jan Bols , Dutch speed skater
- August 28 : Alexander Pashkov , Russian ice hockey goalkeeper
- August 30 : Tug McGraw , American baseball player († 2004 )
September
- September 4th : Dave Bassett , English football player and coach
- September 5th : Jørn Sloth , Danish chess player
- September 5th : Roger Dorchy , French racing car driver
- September 7th : Bora Milutinović , Yugoslav soccer player and Serbian-Mexican soccer coach
- September 12 : Eddie Keizan , South African racing car driver († 2016 )
- September 14th : Günter Netzer , German soccer player
- September 22nd : Maurice Arbez , French ski jumper and ski jumping official
- September 24 : Bernd Bransch , German football player in the GDR upper league
- September 25th : Vitaly Zeschkowskij , Russian chess player († 2011 )
- September 27 : Helmut Kosmehl , German handball player
October
- October 2nd : Abas Arslanagić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian handball coach and handball goalkeeper
- October 6 : Boris Mikhailov , Soviet-Russian ice hockey player
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- October 7th : Eduard Geyer , German football player in the GDR upper league and coach
- October 11 : Franco Gallo , Italian ice hockey player († 2016 )
- October 13 : Jörg Berger , German soccer player and coach († 2010 )
- October 14th : Volker Kluge , German sports journalist and publicist
- October 26th : Martin Jellinghaus , German athlete
- October 31 : Bob Day , American long-distance runner († 2012 )
November
- November 1st : Gabriele Geißler , German table tennis player († 2006 )
- November 2 : Alexander Metreweli , Soviet-Russian tennis player of Georgian origin
- November 2nd : Liesel Westermann , German athlete
- November 7th : Luigi Riva , Italian football player
- November 9 : George Armstrong , English football player and coach († 2000 )
- November 9th : Herbert Wimmer , German soccer player
- November 12 : Ken Houston , American football player
- November 12th : Xavier Mathiot , French racing car driver
- November 13 : Li Yingfa , Chinese soccer coach and official
- November 15 : Maurizio Micangeli , Italian racing car driver
- November 19 : Klaus Fichtel , German soccer player
- November 20th : Hervé Bayard , French racing car driver
- November 20 : Klaus Weiß , German handball goalkeeper († 2000 )
- November 22nd : Heinz Simmet , German soccer player
- November 27 : Erich Hamann , German football player (GDR)
- November 29th : Helmut Dähne , German motorcycle racer
December
- December 2nd : Jacky Ravenel , French racing car driver
- December 4th : François Migault , French racing car driver († 2012 )
- December 20 : Christoph Franke , German football player and coach
- December 24th : Erhard Keller , German speed skater
- December 25 : Jairzinho , Brazilian soccer player and coach
Exact date of birth unknown
- Ayhan Aşut , Turkish soccer player and coach
- Marie Laurent , French racing car driver († 2015 )
- Hassan Moustafa , Egyptian handball player, sports scientist and handball official
- David Weir , American racing driver († 2012 )
- Rolf Witthöft , German enduro athlete and entrepreneur
Died
January to June
- January 7th : Otto Salzer , German mechanic and racing car driver (* 1874 )
- January 11 : John Walter Christie , American racing car driver, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur (* 1865 )
- January 12th : Juliette Atkinson , American tennis player (* 1873 )
- January 15 : Giuseppe Loretz , Italian cyclist (* 1860 )
- January 31 : Árpád Weisz , Hungarian football player and coach (* 1896 )
- February 21 : Ferenc Szisz , French-Hungarian racing driver (* 1873 )
- March 5 : Rudolf Harbig , German athlete (* 1913 )
- March 21 : Pierre de Caters , Belgian automobile and motorboat racing driver, aviation pioneer and entrepreneur (* 1875 )
- March 24th : Aldo Finzi , Italian motorcycle racer, officer, fascist politician of Jewish origin, lawyer, sports politician and resistance fighter (* 1891 )
- April 22nd : Hippolyte Aucouturier , French cyclist (* 1876 )
- April 24 : Dewey Scanlon , American football coach (* 1899 )
- April 30th : Franz Hörner , German racing driver (* 1882 )
- June 27 : Vera Menchik , Czech-British world chess champion (* 1906 )
- June 28 : Hermann Hansen , German field handball player (* 1912 )
July to December
- July 18 : Wim Anderiesen , Dutch football player (* 1903 )
- August 19 : Robert Lestienne , French racing driver (* 1892 )
- August 19 : Juan Zanelli , Chilean racing car driver and resistance fighter in World War II (* 1906 )
- September 9 : Gus Sonnenberg , American football player, wrestler (* 1898 )
- September 11th : Robert Benoist , French resistance fighter and automobile racing driver (* 1895 )
- October 13 : Jean Trémoulet , French racing car driver and resistance fighter (* 1909 )
- October 19 : Luigi Durante , Italian football player (* 1879 )
- October 24 : Werner Seelenbinder , German wrestler and communist (* 1904 )
- November 8 : André Abegglen , Swiss football player (* 1909 )
- November 9th : Frank Marshall , American chess player (* 1877 )
- November 21 : Adolf Jäger , German football player (* 1889 )
- November 25th : Georg Dascher , German handball player (* 1911 )
- November 29 : George Hill , New Zealand long-distance runner (* 1891 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Johann Wilhelm Trollmann , German boxer (* 1907 )
See also
Web links
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