Major League Baseball World Series — Saint Louis Cardinals (NL), 4 vs. Philadelphia Athletics (AL), 3

National Football League Championship — Green Bay Packers (best record)

Rose Bowl, Collegiate Football — Alabama, 24 vs. Washington State, 0

National Hockey League Stanley Cup — Montreal Canadiens, 3 vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 2

Kentucky Derby, Horse Racing — Twenty Grand (Charles Kurtsinger, jockey)

U.S. Open Golf Tournament — William Burke

U.S. National Tennis Tournament — H. Ellsworth Vines; Helen Wills Moody

James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy, Amateur Athlete of the Year — Barney Berlinger (Track)

Associated Press Athletes of the Year (inaugural year) — Pepper Martin (Baseball); Helene Madison (Swimming)