1939 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Note — many sporting events did not take place because of World War II
Read more about 1939 In Sports: American Football, Association Football, Athletics, Australian Rules Football, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Figure Skating, Golf, Horse Racing, Motor Racing, Nordic Skiing, Rowing, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Snooker, Speed Skating, Tennis, Awards
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“Short of a wholesale reform of college athletics—a complete breakdown of the whole system that is now focused on money and power—the women’s programs are just as doomed as the men’s are to move further and further away from the academic mission of their colleges.... We have to decide if that’s the kind of success for women’s sports that we want.”
—Christine H. B. Grant, U.S. university athletic director. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A42 (May 12, 1993)