1945 in sports
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See also: 1944 in sports, other events of 1945, 1946 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II.
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Baseball
- January 28: Hall of Fame election: Baseball writers fail to elect a new inductee. Frank Chance, Rube Waddell, and Ed Walsh come closest, but none gets the required three-fourths of the vote. Voting is heavily divided, strongly favoring earlier candidates.
- April 25: The Hall of Fame Committee, which had promised at least 10 long-awaited inductees from the 19th century, responds to the deadlocked writers' voting by primarily choosing popular candidates whose careers bridged the turn of the century: Roger Bresnahan, Dan Brouthers, Fred Clarke, Jimmy Collins, Ed Delahanty, Hugh Duffy, Hughie Jennings, King Kelly, Wilbert Robinson and Jim O'Rourke.
- World Series: Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3.
Football (Australian Rules)
- Victorian Football League - Carlton wins the 49th VFL Premiership (Carlton 15.13 (103) d South Melbourne 10.15 (76))
American Football
- Cleveland Rams 15-14 Washington Redskins at Cleveland, Ohio to win the NFL championship. The Rams relocated after the season to Los Angeles.
Births
*June 3 - Hale Irwin, american golfer- June 5 – John Carlos, track and field champion
- June 12 - Pat Jennings, footballer *September 12 - Jacques Lemaire, canadian pro hockey coach *September 17 - Phil Jackson, american basketball coach
- November 17 - Elvin Hayes, american basketball player
