Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1946 in sports, other events of 1947, 1948 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Table of contents 1 Boxing 2 Football (soccer) 3 Births 4 Deaths Boxing Rocky Graziano defeats Tony Zale to win boxing’s world middleweight championship. Football (soccer) England - FA Cup: Charlton Athletic wins 1-0 over Burnley after extra time Births January 31 - Nolan Ryan, Baseball Hall of Famer February 5 - Darrell Waltrip, automobile racer, broadcaster February 13 - Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University basketball coach, Basketball Hall of Famer March 6 - Dick Fosbury, athlete (high jump) March 7 - Walter Röhrl, car racer April 16 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Hall of Famer April 26 - Donna DeVarona, Olympic gold medalist in swimming, sports journalist, sports activist June 22 - Pete Maravich, Basketball Hall of Famer (+ 1988) Deaths This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.