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See also: 1947 in sports, other events of 1948, 1949 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
Baseball
- January 29: Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players.
- February 27: Hall of Fame election: Voters select the recently deceased Herb Pennock, and Pie Traynor, as the newest inductees; Traynor is the first third baseman elected by the writers in 9 elections.
- World Series: The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves, 4 games to 2.
Field Hockey
- Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in London, Great Britain
- Gold Medal: India
- Silver Medal: Great Britain
- Bronze Medal: The Netherlands
Football (American Football)
- University of Michigan wins college football national championship.
- Cleveland Browns 49-7 Buffalo Bills in the All-America Football Conference championship game.
- Philadelphia Eagles 7-0 Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League championship game. The game was played in a blizzard.
Football (Australian Rules)
- Victorian Football League
- Melbourne wins the 52nd VFL Premiership (Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew Essendon 7.27 (69), replay Melbourne 13.11 (89) d Essendon 7.8 (50))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Bill Morris (Richmond)
Football (soccer)
England
- First Division - Arsenal win the 1947-48 title.
- FA Cup - Manchester United beat Blackpool 4-2.
Radiosport
- First CQ World Wide DX Contest held in October and November. This annual event would go on to become the radio contest with the largest participation world-wide.
Snooker
- World Snooker Championship: Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 84-61.
General sporting events
- 1948 Summer Olympics takes place in London, United Kingdom
- United States wins the most medals (84), and the most gold medals (38).
- 1948 Winter Olympics takes place in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Births
- January 1 — Dick Quax, Dutch-born New Zealand runner
- January 9 — Jan Tomaszewski, Polish football goalkeeper
- January 11 — Madeline Manning, American athlete
- January 12 — Brendan Foster, British distance runner
- January 14 — Valery Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1981)
- January 31 — Ton Schmidt, Dutch water polo player
- February 1 — Douglas Golder, Australian field hockey player
- February 16 — Piet de Zwarte, Dutch water polo player
- March 20 — Bobby Orr, American Hall of fame ice hockey player
- April 5 — Wolfgang Strödter, German field hockey player
- April 17 — Pekka Vasala, Finnish middle-distance athlete
- April 24 — Eddie James Hart, American track and field athlete
- April 29 — John Christensen, New Zealand field hockey player
- May 11 — Alfred Matt, Austrian slalom skier
- May 14 — Bob Woolmer, English cricket coach
- May 15 — Peter Hussing, German heavyweight boxer
- June 6 — Barry Maister, New Zealand field hockey player
- June 13 — Garnet "Ace" Bailey, ice hockey player/scout (d. 2001)
- June 15 — Graeme Reid, Australian field hockey player
- June 22 — Peter Prijdekker, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- July 13 — Alf Hansen, Norwegian double sculls rower
- July 15 — Enrique Basilio, Mexican hurler, first lady to light Olympic flame
- July 17 — Cathy Ferguson, American backstroke swimmer
- July 18 — Jim Watt, Scottish boxer
- July 26 — Norair Nurikian, Bulgarian bantam weight boxer
- August 5 — Tony DiCicco, US women's soccer coach
- August 7 — Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer
- August 10 — Pal Gerevich, Hungarian fencer
- September 3 — Ronald Harris, American lightweight boxer
- September 5 — Wayne Hammond, Australian field hockey player
- September 19 — Julius Sang, Kenyan runner (d. 2004)
- September 19 — Nadezhda Tkachenko, Soviet pentathlet
- September 29 — Viktor Krovopouskov, Soviet fencer
- October 20 — Andrei Suraikin, Soviet figure skater
- October 22 — John Peterson, American middleweight wrestler
- November 2 — Victor Galindez, Argentinian boxer (d. 1980)
- November 4 — Wim van de Schilde, Dutch water polo player
- November 9 — Sharon Stouder, American butterfly swimmer
- November 17 — Jaime Huelamo, Spanish cyclist
- November 23 — Gabriele Seyfert, German figure skater
- November 26 — Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian professional basketball player (d. 1995)
- November 26 — Galina Prozumenschikova, Soviet backstroke swimmer
- December 1 — Luciano Re Cecconi, Italian midfield footballer (d. 1977)
- December 2 — Jim Irvine, Australian field hockey defender and coach
- December 2 — Antonín Panenka, Czech footballer
- December 13 — Lillian Board, British track and field athlete (d. 1970)
Deaths
- January 30 — Herb Pennock, Major League pitcher
- February 2 — Bevil Rudd (53), South African athlete (b. 1894)
- February 8 — Gustav Schuft (71), German gymnast (b. 1876)
- April 3 — Candy Jim Taylor, Negro League Baseball player and manager
- August 16 — Babe Ruth, American Hall of Fame baseball player
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