1937 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1937 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.


1937 in the Spanish Civil War
In 1937, the Nationalists, under the leadership of Francisco Franco began to establish their dominance. An important element of support was their greater access to foreign aid, with their German and Italian allies helping considerably. This came just as the French ceased aid to the Republicans, who continued, however, to be able to buy arms from the Soviet Union. The Republican side suffered from serious divisions among the various communist and anarchist groupings within it, and the communists undermined much of the anarchists' organisation.


1937 in the Spanish Civil War
With his ranks being swelled by Italian troops and Spanish colonial soldiers from Morocco, Franco made additional attempts to capture Madrid in January and February 1937, but failed again.


1937 in the Spanish Civil War
On February 21 the League of Nations Non-Intervention Committee ban on foreign volunteers went into effect. The large city of Málaga was taken on February 8. On March 7, the German Condor Legion equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes arrived in Spain; on April 26 they bombed the town of Guernica (Gernika) in the Basque Country; two days later, Nationalist General Emilio Mola's men entered the town.


1937 in the Spanish Civil War
After the fall of Guernica, the Republican government began to fight back with increasing effectiveness. In July, they made a move to recapture Segovia, forcing Franco to pull troops away from the Madrid front to halt their advance. Mola, Franco's second-in-command, died in a plane crash on June 3, and in early July, despite the fall of Bilbao in June, the Republican government launched a strong counter-offensive in the Madrid area, which the Nationalists repulsed with some difficulty. This was the Battle of Brunete (Brunete is a town in the province of Madrid).


1937 in the Spanish Civil War
Franco soon regained momentum, invading Aragon in August and then taking the city of Santander (now in Cantabria). On August 28, the Vatican recognized the Franco government. Two months of bitter fighting followed and, despite determined Asturian resistance, Gijón fell in late October, effectively ending the war in the North. At the end of November, with the Nationalists closing in on Valencia, the government moved again, from Valencia to Barcelona.


1937 in the United Kingdom
The coronation of King George VI took place on 12 May, after he had ascended to the throne at the end of the previous year.


1937 mass execution of Belarusians
In October 1937 there was a mass extermination of Belarusian writers, artists and statespeople by the Soviet Union occupying authorities. This event marked the peak of the Great Purge and repressions of Belarusians in the Soviet-controlled area of eastern Belarus.


1937 mass execution of Belarusians
More than 100 notable persons were executed, most of them on the night of the 29th–30 October 1937. Their innocence was later admitted by the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin's death.


1937 mass execution of Belarusians, History
On 7 September 1937 Joseph Stalin signed a list of persons to be judged by a Soviet Military commission. The list was also signed by Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Klim Voroshilov and Nikolay Yezhov. There were trials related to persons from the Belarusian SSR and these were given in a different list dated 15 September 1937 and signed by Stalin, Molotov and the senior state security official Vladimir Tsesarsky. The list of people from the Belarusian SSR sentenced to be executed included 103 persons, and six more persons who were sentenced to ten or more years in concentration camps.


1937 mass execution of Belarusians, History
The initial list was extended by the NKVD of the Belarusian SSR. People added to the list by the NKVD of Belarus are marked with an asterisk (*) in the list below. The executions took place in the Minsk internal NKVD prison (known as the Amerikanka). Journalist Leanid Marakoŭ alleged that between 3 March 1937 and 22 May 1938, over 100,000 people fell victims of repressions by the Soviet authorities.


1937 peasant strike in Poland
1937 peasant strike in Poland, also known in some Polish sources as the Great Peasant Uprising (Polish: Wielki Strajk Chłopski) was a mass strike and demonstration of peasants organized by the People's Party and aimed at the ruling sanacja government. It was the largest political protest in the Second Polish Republic, taking place in 12 voivodeships of the Second Polish Republic. It is estimated that several million peasants took part in the demonstrations, and the strike was supported not only by Polish peasants, but also by the Ukrainian and Belarusian farmers, who made a majority in eastern part of the Second Polish Republic.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, Background
By mid-1930s, Poland, a country with a large agricultural sector, was significantly affected by the Great Depression, with peasants being one of the most affected groups. Polish peasantry, especially in overpopulated areas of Lesser Poland, was desperately poor. Prices of food products fell down, which resulted in smaller profits for the peasants. In some provinces, the countryside went backwards to the 19th century, with imminent prospect of hunger. Unemployment among youth in villages was widespread, and this grew radicalization and frustration of the impoverished people. Furthermore, the increasingly more authoritarian government (sanacja) was losing public support.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, Background
Immediately after the May Coup, some leaders of peasant parties hoped that cooperation with the new government was possible. However, further events, such as destruction of Centrolew, arrest of Wincenty Witos, and the ill-fated 1930 election deeply disappointed all of them. In response to the actions of the government, in 1931 a new political party of the peasants, agrarian People's Party (Stronnictwo Ludowe, SL) was created out of three smaller parties. SL leaders, who by mid-1930s became more radical, emphasized quantity of numerous Polish peasantry and its physical strength. They claimed that peasants were real hosts of the country.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, Background
In an attempt to wrest political power, the SL was organizing a series of large demonstrations and strikes; those were often met with government opposition; over the years violent incidents occurred, leading to fatalities. Peasants' protests were frequent, and in all cases they were brutally suppressed by the sanacja regime. Among most notable events of this kind was a large wave of strikes, which took place in 1932-33 in southern Poland, in the area of Lapanow, Lesko, and Ropczyce. Instead of negotiating, the government would send armed police or units of the Polish Army, which pacified villages and sometimes killed the demonstrators. It has been estimated that across 1930s, around 100 peasants were killed by the security forces.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, Background
The idea of the strike did not meet with unanimous approval. Marginal Communist Party of Poland (Komunistyczna Partia Polski, KPP) threw its weight behind the strike, but right wing National Party (Stronnictwo Narodowe, SN) was opposed to it. Crucially, Polish Socialist Party (Polska Partia Socjalistyczna, PPS) declined to participate in it, so despite KPP support, the strike did not spread to the cities, as SL hoped. Notheless some worker strikes did occur during that period. Even within SL not all activists were convinced it was a good idea; it was supported by Wincenty Witos and Stanisław Mikołajczyk, but criticized by Maciej Rataj.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, Background
The decision to start the strike was the effect of new tactics, worked out during the Extraordinary Congress of the People's Party (SL), which took place on January 17, 1937, in Warsaw. On that day it was decided that if the government did not meet demands of the SL, a general peasant strike would be introduced. Participants in the Congress signed an appeal which demanded democratization of the country, amnesty for politicians sentenced in the Brest trials, and changes in the Constitution. The strike was prepared by Stanisław Mikołajczyk, also by Wincenty Witos, who had been forced to leave Poland and lived in Czechoslovakia. Using his couriers, Witos sent advice and instructions.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, Background
Prelude to the strike took place on April 18, 1937, when peasants organized a large demonstration in the fields of Raclawice, site of a 1792 battle (see Battle of Raclawice), in which Polish units consisted of several peasant soldiers. On that day, thousands of people gathered, unaware of the fact that Minister Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski had forbidden public demonstrations and meetings. The rally was attacked by the police, which killed 3 peasants.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
August 15 was the Holiday of Peasant Activity (Święto Czynu Chłopskiego)., a holiday introduced to honor participation of Polish peasants in the Polish-Soviet War. On that day, numerous rallies took place, during which a 10-day nationwide peasant strike was announced. These rallies were carefully organized, as they were supposed to show the power of peasant movement of Poland. One of the biggest events of this kind took place on the market square in Kolbuszowa. Those present marched with green flags of Polish peasants. During speeches, people were urged to start open struggle until full victory, like back in 1920.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
Peasants were told that the Miracle at the Vistula was not a miracle, but victory of peasant soldiers. Chants such as "Down with the sanacja government" were heard, also calls for release of political prisoners. Participants in the strike pledged not to send food to towns and cities, and also block roads. Timing was crucial, as in mid-August, old food supplies in the cities had been exhausted, and deliveries of new goods were expected to cover shortages. SL activists, who created Peasant Order Guard (Chlopska Straz Porzadkowa) watched the roads, urging all peasants not to weasel out of the strike. The biggest August 15 rallies took place in Jarosław, Grebow, Dębica, Przeworsk, Bochnia, and Ciezkowice.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
The strike begun on August 16, 1937, and lasted (as planned) till August 25. SL leaders kept the date of the beginning of the strike as top secret. In his memoirs, an SL activist from Bochnia wrote: "Everything was carefully prepared. Members of Kraków's district of the party came to our village, instructing us what to do and how to act in case of trouble. We were told to light bonfires on August 14, as a sign that a large meeting of peasants was approaching". Rallies were organized not only in villages and towns, but also in cities.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
In Kraków, on Sunday, August 15, thousands of peasants with banners and orchestras gathered in the Jablonowski Square. A peasant from Bienczyce, Jakub Pszczoła, gave a speech, in which he announced that the strike would begin on the next day. After his speech, leaflets were spread among those gathered, and peasants began singing their informal anthem "Gdy naród do boju" ("When The Nation Fights"). The leaflets informed about demands of the strikers, such as dissolution of the Parliament, release of political prisoners, change of the Constitution, and just distribution of social goods.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
Even though SL leadership hoped that the action would cover whole country except for border and ethnically mixed areas, in reality it was successful only in southern part of historical province of Lesser Poland (Małopolska) region, with major events taking place in eastern counties of the Kraków Voivodeship, and western counties of the Lwów Voivodeship, particularly in the Jarosław County, where the SL structures were the strongest.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
Peasant demonstrators blockaded roads and stopped food transports to the cities, and at first, the government tolerated the action, regarding it as legal, and convinced that the SL would not be able to expand the protest. Also, as Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski stated later, SL leadership had assured that the strike would be of peaceful character. Therefore, Skladkowski had left for a two-week vacation in France, leaving Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski in charge. This indicated that the government, even though aware of the strike, did not plan to use force. One of peasant activists from the area of Sandomierz wrote later: "In every village there was a strike committee, with deputies in case of arrests. There were self-reliance organizations, which collected food and money for those incarcerated. Also, families of arrested activists were offered help during the harvest time".


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
After a few days, however, this stance was changed and terror was introduced. The change was also spurred by the actions of the peasants themselves, who had become more radical. SL activists created groups of 4 - 10 mostly young men, who were armed with sticks, and watched all roads. They did not hesitate to use force against the strikebreaker, beating them, killing their horses, destroying produce, and overturning their wagons. In some cases, radical activists attacked houses of the strikebreakers.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
In the course of the time, the strike turned into an uprising, which was noticed by activists of the Polish Communist Party, who appeared in the area, with their propaganda (in their appeal to the nation, the communist stated "Let the cities and villages die! Long live the nationwide strike! They will not arrest millions"). First skirmishes took place in the area of Jarosław on August 17, where members of the Peasants' Order Guard fought the police. On the same day, in Grebow near Tarnobrzeg, first peasant was killed.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
In response, the peasants blocked the main road of southern Poland, route Kraków - Lwów (in the area of Brzesko), where transport of all goods was halted. Local police commandant wrote in his report: "On the roads and in their vicinity there are gangs of peasants armed with knives, sticks, perhaps guns. We are defenseless against them. Today, they have formed a march of around 500, which started from Wielka Wies. On the way, more people joined them. Economy in our area has been completely paralyzed. We are requesting help and awaiting orders". General Marian Kukiel wrote to Wladyslaw Sikorski: "The police are completely exhausted. There are losses. There are no police units in Kraków. If the communists were a significant force, they would be taking advantage of this situation".


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
Actions of the police were described as cruel and barbarian. Officers beat peasants, their wives and children with batons, rallies were dispersed, and during revisions in houses, furniture and goods were destroyed. The police, of whom 108 were wounded, never tried to negotiate, instead, they used not only batons, but also guns, firing at the crowds without warning. Approximately 5,000 peasants were detained, 617 arrested, and in some cases, violence on both sides lead to fatalities (44 peasant demonstrators were killed during the strike, 15 of them coming from the village of Majdan Sieniawski, in Przeworsk county). Among counties with most people arrested, there were:


1937 peasant strike in Poland, The strike
About 700 farms were pacified, as the police used the doctrine of collective responsibility. The number of wounded is difficult to estimate, as in many situations, the peasants did not go to hospitals, fearing arrest. Nevertheless, despite the repressions, the peasants showed their strength, determination and organizational abilities. SL leaders deliberately chose not to organize the strike in the border areas of the country - Pomerania, Upper Silesia, Volhynia, and the areas of Tarnopol and Wilno, as deterioration of social situation in those strategic and vulnerable provinces, inhabited by ethnic minorities, was unwanted by them. Also, since SL structures in Mazovia, Podlasie, Greater Poland, and northern Lesser Poland (areas of Kielce, Lublin, and Radom) were not as strong as those in the south, the strike there was of a limited character and did not evolve into a mass protest.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, Outcome
Since the mutual violence of the peasants and the police, among whom there were units of freshly created riot police, was getting out of hand, on August 20 SL leadership decided to stop the strike. The police, which at first was shocked at the magnitude of the protest, took their revenge, pacifying villages and beating participants. This in return provoked hatred of the villagers. First processes of the arrested peasants began in December 1937 in the court in Przemyśl. Altogether, around 1000 people were sentenced to up to 5 years. Many of them stayed behind bars until September 1939, when prison guards left their posts behind, escaping the advancing German troops.


1937 peasant strike in Poland, Outcome
The strike failed to shift the official balance of power, as sanacja remained in control. However, it strengthened the Polish peasant movement, and was seen by the peasant activist as a successful demonstration of force. SL activists wanted to organize another strike in 1938, but due to deteriorating international situation, and growing threat of German aggression, it was called off. During World War II, those who took part in the 1937 strike, organized Polish Peasants' Battalions, and after the war, they opposed introduction of the Communist system.


1937 Úrvalsdeild, Overview
It was contested by 3 teams, and Valur won the championship. Valur's Óskar Jónsson was the top scorer with 3 goals.


1937-38 NHL transactions
The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1937–38 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to and for which player(s) or other consideration(s), if applicable.


1937/1938 Daily Mail Gold Cup
The 1937/1938 Daily Mail Gold Cup was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the Daily Mail. The cup was won for the second successive year by Joe Davis with Willie Smith finishing in second place in the final table. It was the fourth Daily Mail Gold Cup tournament, although only the second as a snooker event. The Daily Mail Gold Cup ran from 1935 to 1940.


1937/1938 Daily Mail Gold Cup, Format
As in 1936, the 1937/1938 event was a round-robin snooker tournament and was played from 27 September 1937 to 29 January 1938. Most of the matches were played at Thurston's Hall in London. There were 7 competitors and a total of 21 matches. As in 1936, each match was of 71 frames and lasted six days. The 7 competitors were the same in the 1936 event with the addition of Alec Brown. Each player had a handicap which was given in each frame. The handicaps were: Joe Davis - 0, Horace Lindrum - 10, Sidney Smith - 17, Willie Smith - 21, Alec Brown - 24, Tom Newman - 27, Melbourne Inman - 45. The "sealed" aspect of the 1936 event was abandoned.


1937/1938 Daily Mail Gold Cup, Results
The cup was won for the second successive year by Joe Davis who won all his five of his six matches. Davis had been handicapped slightly harsher than in 1936 but only lost one match, and that by a single frame to Willie Smith. Giving Willie Smith a 21-point lead in each frame, Davis had taken a 35–34 lead but lost the last two frames. As in the previous event Melbourne Inman finished last, despite receiving the most generous handicap. The other five players were very close in the final table.


1937/1938 Daily Mail Gold Cup, Results
The positions were determined firstly by the number of matches won (MW) and, in the event of a tie, the number of frames won (FW).


1937–1938 Massachusetts legislature
The 150th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1937 and 1938.


1937–38 1re série season
The 1937–38 1re série season was the 22nd season of the 1re série, the top level of ice hockey in France. Français Volants won their second championship.


1937–38 A.S. Ambrosiana-Inter season
During the 1937-38 season Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana-Inter competed in Serie  A, Coppa Italia and Mitropa Cup.


1937–38 A.S. Ambrosiana-Inter season, Summary
The club started Serie A with a surprising 3-3 at Lucca, l'Ambrosiana, managed by Armando Castellazzi, reached the top of the table on ninth round, defeating Juventus. On round 15, the squad won the symbolic campione d'inverno with 4 points over Bologna. The second part of the season is opened with a massive score against Lucchese; on round 22 Juventus grabbed the club, then Inter retake the advantage by 2 points next Sunday. The team took the distance of 3 points on round 26, after the match against Liguria. Following the result of Inter, Juventus lost its game against Trieste and not won the game of Liguria. So, Ambrosiana remained over top in the last round with 39 points, followed by Juventus with 38 and Bologna. The squad clinched the title on final round, winning the match of Bari.


1937–38 A.S. Ambrosiana-Inter season, Summary
When Ambrosiana beat Bari, Meazza scored five goals in a 9–2 victory. The next week he scored a hat-trick against Lucchese. Along with fellow Inter players Ferraris II, Ferrari, and Locatelli, Meazza was involved in the Azzurri set-up that wins the 1938 World Cup in Paris. Castellazzi with 33 years old became the youngest manager winning the scudetto, a record remained nowadays.


1937–38 A.S. Ambrosiana-Inter season, Summary
A good performance of the club in Coppa Italia, only stopped by Juventus (0-2) in semifinals, champion of the trophy. In Mitropa Cup the team advanced to Quarterfinals, defeated by Slavia Prague (0-9; 3-1); infamous record of the worst loss game by a score of 9 goals against.


1937–38 A.S. Ambrosiana-Inter season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1937–38 A.S. Ambrosiana-Inter season, Squad, Added players for Mitropa Cup
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1937–38 AHL season
The 1937–38 AHL season was the second season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. It was the second season in which the International Hockey League and Canadian-American Hockey League played an interlocking schedule as a "circuit of mutual convenience" with an interlocking schedule. Teams played a 48 game season, with the IHL serving as the West Division and the C-AHL serving as the East Division. The Cleveland Barons won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions,  while the Providence Reds won the Calder Cup as league champions.


1937–38 AHL season
After the season, the IHL and C-AHL formerly merged into a unified league under the I-AHL name.


1937–38 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


1937–38 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1937–38 Aberdeen F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was Aberdeen's 33rd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 35th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One and the Scottish Cup.


1937–38 Akron Goodyear Wingfoots season
The 1937–38 Akron Goodyear Wingfoots season was the Wingfoots' inaugural year in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL), which was also the first year the league existed. Thirteen teams competed in the NBL, comprising six teams in the Eastern Division (Akron Goodyear's division) and seven teams in the Western Division. The Wingfoots were one of two teams from Akron, Ohio in the league, the other being the Akron Firestone Non-Skids.


1937–38 Akron Goodyear Wingfoots season
The Wingfoots played their home games at Goodyear Hall. They finished the season with a 13–5 record, placing second in the Eastern Division. However, they went on the win the league's playoffs championship against the Western Division's Oshkosh All-Stars, two games to one in a best-of-three series.


1937–38 Akron Goodyear Wingfoots season
Head coach Lefty Byers won the league's first Coach of the Year Award, while players Chuck Bloedorn and Charley Shipp earned First Team All-NBL honors.


1937–38 Akron Goodyear Wingfoots season, Roster
Note: Leroy Lins and Ray Morstadt were not on the playoffs roster.


1937–38 Akron Goodyear Wingfoots season, Playoffs, Eastern Division Semifinals
(E2) Akron Goodyear Wingfoots vs. (E1) Akron Firestone Non-Skids: Wingfoots win series 2–0


1937–38 Akron Goodyear Wingfoots season, Playoffs, NBL Championship
(E2) Akron Goodyear Wingfoots vs. (W1) Oshkosh All-Stars: Wingfoots win series 2–1


1937–38 Allsvenskan, Overview
The league was contested by 12 teams, with IK Sleipner winning the championship. Following Sleipner in the table were three clubs all with the same points, thus leaving goal ratio as the tie breaker (as was the case until the 1940–41 season).


1937–38 Allsvenskan (men's handball)
The 1937–38 Allsvenskan was the fourth season of the top division of Swedish handball. Eight teams competed in the league. Majornas IK won the league, but the title of Swedish Champions was awarded to the winner of Svenska mästerskapet. Sanna IF and Göteborgs IK were relegated.


1937–38 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1937-38 college basketball season. The Razorbacks played their home games in the new Men's Gymnasium, after fourteen seasons in Schmidt Gymnasium. It was Glen Rose's fifth season as head coach of the Hogs. Arkansas won the Southwest Conference Championship for the eighth time in the program's fifteenth season, finishing with an 11-1 record in conference play and 19-3 overall.


1937–38 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team, Roster
There are two unknown players named Haygood that played for the 1937-38 team.


1937–38 Arsenal F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was Arsenal's 19th consecutive season in the top division of English football. They won the league for the fifth time in eight years, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers by a point with a 5-0 final day victory over Bolton Wanderers. The Gunners had staged a surprise comeback to win the league after being eleventh in November, and went out of the FA Cup at the fifth round stage in February.


1937–38 Arsenal F.C. season
Ted Drake once again top-scored for the Gunners with eighteen goals in all competition, with 17 of them coming in the league, but an injury to Drake forced manager George Allison to improvise with Eddie Carr up front, but he came to the fore with five goals in the final three games, with Arsenal winning each one.


1937–38 Arsenal F.C. season, Results, FA Cup
Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn to face Bolton Wanderers.


1937–38 Austrian football championship, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and SK Rapid Wien won the championship.


1937–38 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Beerschot won the championship.


1937–38 Birmingham F.C. season
The 1937–38 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 42nd in the Football League and their 25th in the First Division. They finished in 18th position in the 22-team division, only two points clear of the relegation places. They entered the 1937–38 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost to Blackpool in that round.


1937–38 Birmingham F.C. season
Twenty-four players made at least one appearance in nationally organised competition, and there were thirteen different goalscorers. Half-back Norman Brunskill played in 37 of the 43 matches over the season, and full-back Cyril Trigg, half-back Dai Richards, and forwards Don Dearson and Frank White played in 36. Dearson and Charlie Wilson Jones were joint leading scorers with nine goals, all scored in the league. This was the last season under the chairmanship of Howard Cant, who first took office in 1911. He was succeeded by Harry Morris, son of the former player and director, also called Harry Morris.


1937–38 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 37th season (34th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing twelfth.


1937–38 Blackpool F.C. season
Bobby Finan, the club's top scorer for the previous two seasons, shared the accolade this season with Willie Buchan, with twelve goals each in all competitions.


1937–38 Boston Bruins season
The 1937–38 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 14th season in the NHL.


1937–38 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1937–38 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs
The Boston Bruins lost the Semi-Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs being swept three games to none.


1937–38 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1937–38 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 31st in the club's history.


1937–38 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club finished 14th in Division Three North, and reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup.


1937–38 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1937–38 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League First Division. In the league, the Bees matched the previous season's finish of 6th and advanced to the 6th round of the FA Cup for the first time in club history. In 2013, the Brentford supporters voted 1937–38 as the club's second-best season.


1937–38 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
As in the past two off-seasons, Brentford manager Harry Curtis elected to bring in youngsters to supplement his squad, with left half Tally Sneddon and forwards George Eastham and Maurice Edelston being the only new outfield summer signings who would appear during the season. Two goalkeepers were signed to back up Jim Mathieson – Joe Crozier and Ted Gaskell.


1937–38 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Despite an opening-day defeat to Bolton Wanderers which left Brentford bottom of the First Division, the team rallied in mid-September 1937 and with forward David McCulloch in outstanding goalscoring form, the Bees went on a six-match undefeated run which took them from 13th to the top of the table on 16 October. With Bobby Reid and Billy Scott also supplementing McCulloch's goals up front, Brentford remained unmoved from the top of the table between 30 September 1937 and 19 February 1938, only dropping back to 3rd position after a second defeat in three matches. In the midst of the run, Brentford had advanced to the sixth round of the FA Cup for the first time in club history, exiting after a 3–0 defeat to Preston North End, which was played in front of a then-club record crowd of 37,586 at Griffin Park.


1937–38 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Brentford won just four of the final 16 matches of the season and finished in 6th place, matching the previous season's position. The Bees took part in the one-off Empire Exhibition Trophy after the season, replacing Arsenal (who had dropped out of the competition), but fell at the first hurdle after being defeated 1–0 by Heart of Midlothian at Ibrox. In 2013, the Brentford supporters voted 1937–38 as the club's second-best season.


1937–38 British Home Championship
The 1937–38 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1937–38 season. The competition was won by England after they defeated Ireland and Wales in their opening games. Even though Scotland won the final game at Wembley Stadium, England were able to hold their lead, thanks to the Welsh victory over Scotland in their opening match. Wales however were unable to continue this form, losing to England and Ireland in their subsequent matches. The Scots and Irish drew, and thus shared second place.


1937–38 British Ice Hockey season
The 1937–38 British Ice Hockey season featured the English National League and Scottish National League.


1937–38 British Ice Hockey season, Scottish National League
Glasgow Mohawks won the championship and received the Canada Cup.


1937–38 Bulgarian National Football Division
Statistics of Bulgarian National Football Division in the 1937–38 season.


1937–38 Bulgarian National Football Division, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Ticha Varna won the championship.


1937–38 Campeonato da Liga
The 1937–38 Campeonato da Liga was the fourth season of top-tier football in Portugal. Although the first national competition (in a knock-out cup format) was still called Portuguese Championship, the Primeira Liga winners are considered the national champions.


1937–38 Campionat de Catalunya
The 1937–38 Campionat de Catalunya season was the 39th since its establishment and was played between 17 October 1937 and 16 January 1938.


1937–38 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 1937–38 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Third Division North.


1937–38 Carnegie Tech Tartans men's ice hockey season
The 1937–38 Carnegie Tech Tartans men's ice hockey season was the 7th season of play for the program.


1937–38 Carnegie Tech Tartans men's ice hockey season, Season
When the Penn-Ohio Intercollegiate Hockey League was being formed, Carnegie Tech was more than happy to join the new league. The biggest trouble with the team previously had been finding local opponents and this league would help solve that problem. Once the Duquesne Gardens was secured as a venue, they were joined by two other Pittsburgh-area teams and formed the league with four Cleveland counterparts. In the first season they played all 6 conference opponents twice and came out on the wrong side of the ledger more often than not. While most of their games were close, the Tartans won only three games and finished last in the east division.


1937–38 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1937–38 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.


1937–38 Challenge Cup
The 1937–38 Challenge Cup was the 38th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1937–38 Challenge Cup
The final was contested by Salford and Barrow at Wembley in front of a crowd of 51,243. Salford won the match 7–4.


1937–38 Challenge Cup
The trophy was presented by Australian Test cricketer Don Bradman.


1937–38 Chester F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was the seventh season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.


1937–38 Chester F.C. season
It was the club's seventh consecutive season in the Third Division North since the election to the Football League. Alongside competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup.


1937–38 Chester F.C. season, FA Cup
Chester along with Millwall and Notts County were given a bye to the Third round.


1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 12th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a horrible season in 1936–37, in which the club failed to qualify for the playoffs. In the off-season, the team would replace head coach Clem Loughlin with Bill Stewart. The Black Hawks would struggle again in 1937–38, finishing with 37 points with a 14–25–9 record, but managed to earn a playoff spot by finishing 2 points ahead of the Detroit Red Wings and clinch 3rd place in the American Division. They would score an NHL low 97 goals, while giving up the 2nd most goals in the league at 139. The Hawks were a .500 team at home with a 10–10–4 record, but would only have a record of 4–15–5 on the road.


1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks season
Paul Thompson would lead the Hawks offensively, setting a club record with 44 points, along with a club high 22 goals, and tying Doc Romnes for the team lead with 22 assists. Johnny Gottselig would have another solid season, earning 32 points, tying Romnes for 2nd on the team scoring list. Earl Seibert would lead the defense with 21 points, and had a club high 38 penalty minutes.


1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks season
In goal, Mike Karakas would win 14 games, earn a shutout and post a 2.80 GAA.


1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks season
In the playoffs, the Black Hawks would face the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round in a best-of-three series. The underdog Hawks would surprise Montreal, winning the best-of three series in the full three games, clinching the series with a 3–2 OT victory at the Montreal Forum. After losing Game One to Montreal, the Hawks were less than 90 seconds away from being eliminated in the quarterfinals, but managed to tie Game Two late in the third period. Chicago won the crucial game in overtime.


1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks season
Next up would be the New York Americans, who finished 2nd in the Canadian Division, and had 12 more points than the Hawks in the regular season. In a best-of-three semi-final series, the Black Hawks again lost the first game of the series and were on the verge of elimination in Game Two but won it in overtime. The Black Hawks would stun the favored Americans, winning the Game Three to win the series 2–1 and advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Hawks opponent would be the Toronto Maple Leafs, who had just swept the best team in the regular season, the Boston Bruins, in a best-of-five semi-final series featuring the champions of the NHL's two divisions


1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks season
Due to an injury to goaltender Mike Karakas, the Black Hawks would get permission by the Leafs to use goaltender Alfie Moore, who spent the season with the Pittsburgh Hornets of the IAHL in the first game, and he responded by helping the Black Hawks win the game 3–1. In the 2nd game, Karakas was still unavailable, and Chicago would call up Paul Goodman from the Wichita Skyhawks of the AHA. The Maple Leafs would even up the series with a 5–1 victory.


1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks season
The Black Hawks would get Karakas back into the lineup for the 3rd game, and he helped the Hawks to a 2–1 victory. Chicago would then wrap up the series in the 4th game, winning by a score of 4–1 to earn its 2nd Stanley Cup in team history, shocking the hockey world.


1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks season, Season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1937–38 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Walter Van Winkle, coaching his first season with the Bearcats. The team finished with an overall record of 6–11.


1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was Colchester United's first ever season after the formation as a professional club from amateur predecessors Colchester Town. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the Southern League Mid-Week Section and Southern League Cup. The club did not enter the FA Cup, but did win the Southern League Cup at the first attempt. Colchester finished 6th position in the league, and finished as runners-up to Millwall Reserves in the Mid-Week Section.


1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
During a transitional period from the amateur organisation at Colchester Town to a professional club, twelve directors formed the board, appointing former Huddersfield Town goalkeeper and Bath City manager Ted Davis to take charge of team affairs. On 14 July 1937, the announcement was publicly made that the new club would be named Colchester United. A week after his appointment, Davis had already organised for the club to play in the same blue and white striped kit as his former club Huddersfield.


1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
With trial matches taking place between 19 and 26 August 1937, Colchester United played their first ever professional match on 28 August 1937, travelling to The Huish to face Yeovil & Petters United. The game ended 3–0 to Yeovil, but Colchester made amends in their first game at Layer Road against Davis' old side Bath City on 2 September in the Mid-Week Section. The U's thrashed their counterparts 6–1, with Reg Smith registering the club's first hat-trick.


1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Proficient bugle and cornet player Ronnie Dunn, Colchester's goalkeeper, welcomed the players of both sides to the pitch with a rendition of the post horn galop, a tradition which would remain throughout the club's years at Layer Road. The attendance was recorded as £250 instead of numbers of supporters, with the amount equating to an approximate attendance of 3,500. Two days later, an estimated 11,000 came to Layer Road to witness a 3–3 draw in the first meeting between Colchester United and nearby rivals Ipswich Town.


1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Reg Smith was sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers in October 1937 for £250, and with a deal agreed for Cliff Fairchild to join Arsenal at the end of the season for £500, Davis used his entrepreneurial skills to arrange for both First Division clubs to contest the Colchester Challenge Cup at Layer Road. The friendly fixture proved to be a success, with 17,584 seeing Wolves beat Arsenal 1–0.


1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Following an excellent beginning to Colchester United's existence spelt a swift demise for Colchester Town. With the Oysters suffering financial difficulty, the amateur club folded in 1937, having joined the six-club Essex Senior League. The club re-emerged briefly in January 1938 to complete an Essex Senior Cup tie in order to avoid a fine, but the withdrawal of Town meant that United could enter a reserve side into the Eastern Counties League one month later, with the reserve squad boosted by many of those previously on the books with Colchester Town.


1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Layer Road suffered severe damage to the roof in January 1938 during a severe gale, with a recently erected corrugated iron roof and timber structure damaging nearby buildings, causing the ground to be closed for two days to clear the debris.


1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
The return match with Ipswich saw 8,000 Colchester fans set a new Portman Road ground record attendance of 23,890, with United wearing a new orange and black away strip. They had worn these kits a week earlier in a friendly against Charlton Athletic to acclimatise themselves to the new strip.


1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
At the end of the season, Colchester finished mid-table, but did reach the Southern League Cup final. They lost the first leg 2–1 at Yeovil, but triumphed 3–1 at Layer Road to win 4–3 on aggregate and secure the club's first ever trophy. The club then adopted the nickname "The U's" to differentiate themselves from "The Oysters" of Colchester Town. Across the season, Colchester found the back of the net 155 times in all competitions, with Alec Cheyne scoring 35 goals, Arthur Pritchard 29 goals and Jack Hodge 24 goals helping the U's to that total. With professional football proving to be a success, the same applied for Colchester's neighbours and rivals Ipswich Town, who were elected to the Football League for the 1938–39 season.


1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


1937–38 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season
The 1937–38 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 23rd season of play for the program.


1937–38 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
After resuscitating the squad in the mid-30's as a club team, Columbia's ice hockey program received approval from the administration for the first time in 14 years. The team was led by senior captain Chris MacFadden who had been a driving force behind the team's return. The Lions were hoping to get an early start on the year and begin practicing before Thanksgiving, however, ruptured pipes at the Brooklyn Ice Palace forced the team to wait until the beginning of December. Even without the issues, Columbia would have been hard pressed to defeat their first opponent of the season. Dartmouth was one of the top programs in the country and were full of players used to facing difficult opposition. The predictions bore out in Columbia's 0–7 loss while goaltender Alex Green was credited with holding the Indians scoreless in the first period.


1937–38 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
Columbia's schedule didn't get any easier as their next game was against defending east intercollegiate champion Harvard just after Christmas. The match was eventually cancelled, however, and put the team on the shelf for a week. upon their return to campus, the Lions took on the Long Island Saltons, a local amateur club, and played a hard defensive game. The team earned a tie and were hoping that the result was a sign of improvement for the Blues. Jack Mitchell's scored Columbia's first goal of the season. Two days later the Lions suffered another lopsided loss, but their opponent, the St. Nicholas Hockey Club, had performed a similar feat on three other top collegiate teams so the loss didn't sting quite so much.


1937–38 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
In Columbia's next game, the team was able to demonstrate that their defense was worthy of praise by holding the New York Athletic Club to just a single goal. Unfortunately, the Lions weren't able to score themselves, and lost their third game of the season. The next recorded match came against Army after the semester break and, despite playing most of the game tied, the Cadets pulled ahead in the third and won 3–1 (Army records do not include this game so its likely that the Lions played the JV squad).


1937–38 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
The following weekend, the team lost another game to an amateur team, doing so without the services of their captain. When the team played their second game of the week the offense finally made an appearance. The Lions netted 6 goals but it was one too few and Columbia lost their rematch with the New York Athletic Club.


1937–38 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
Columbia ended a hectic week with back-to-back meeting on Friday and Saturday night. The first game saw the Lions earn their first win of the season, downing the Long Island Falcons on the strength of a Bill Shanahan goal. Their jubilation was curtailed the following evening when they were blanked by Princeton. To make matters worse, they weren't even facing the primary Tigers' team and had lost to the junior-varsity squad.


1937–38 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
The team's second win on the year came in the first round of the New York Amateur Hockey Association tournament, where they once again downed the Falcons. Columbia's final game of the season came against Brown and the team put up a valiant effort but were unable to come out on top.


1937–38 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
The following season, Columbia attempted to put a team together, but without the McFadden and McMahon nothing came to fruition. Any games that the program scheduled were eventually cancelled and Columbia has yet to play another varsity game (as of 2021).


1937–38 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Schedule and Results
† Army records do not include a game against Columbia in 1938.


1937–38 Connecticut State Huskies men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Connecticut State Huskies men's basketball team represented Connecticut State College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1937–38 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 13–5 overall record. The Huskies were members of the New England Conference, where they ended the season with a 4–4 record. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by second-year head coach Don White.


1937–38 Coppa Italia
The 1937–38 Coppa Italia was the 5th Coppa Italia, the major Italian domestic cup. The competition was won by Juventus.


1937–38 Coppa Italia
The final resulting the Turin derby, and both teams having their own stadium, a two-legged final was decided.


1937–38 Coppa Italia, 3rd Preliminary Round
16 Serie B clubs are added (Venezia, Anconitana, Messina, Brescia, Modena, Novara, Pisa, Pro Vercelli, Alessandria, Taranto, Padova, Spezia, Sanremese, Palermo, Cremonese, Hellas Verona).


1937–38 Coppa Italia, First Round
16 Serie A clubs are added (Triestina, Ambrosiana-Inter, Bari, Atalanta, Livorno, Bologna, Juventus, Lazio, Liguria, Fiorentina, Roma, Genova 1893, Lucchese, Torino, Napoli, Milano).


1937–38 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
The 1937–38 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 30th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 16th season.


1937–38 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Cornell commenced its season on January 4th while the ice was still too thin for the temporary boards to be set up. The team scheduled its first game in mid-January so it would have a couple of weeks to practice together ahead of the match, a luxury the Big Red rarely possessed in recent years. The first game of the season, a contest against Columbia, was cancelled at the last minute, leaving Cornell with two games prior to the semester break. The opening game came against Colgate and the Maroons got the better of the Big Red once again. The team had to fix its problems quickly as the second game was just three days away. Unfortunately, Cornell was hopelessly outmatched by Clarkson and embarrassed to the tune of 0–10.


1937–38 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Cornell had to live with that loss for a full month before their next game. A rematch with Clarkson that was to be played on the 10th was cancelled due to weather. The temperature got so bad that even the rematch with Colgate had to be scrapped. Cornell ended up having to finish its season on the road and the lack of available ice for practice proved disastrous. The Big Red lost a pair of 1-goal games and ended the year without a loss, producing their worst season in 25 years.


1937–38 Cupa României
The 1937–38 Cupa României was the fifth edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.


1937–38 Cupa României
The title was won by Rapid București, after they scored 3 goals in a final against CAM Timișoara.


1937–38 Cupa României, Format
The competition is an annual knockout tournament with pairings for each round drawn at random.


1937–38 Cupa României, Format
There are no seeds for the draw. The draw also determines which teams will play at home. Each tie is played as a single leg.


1937–38 Cupa României, Format
If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, there a replay will be played, usually at the ground of the team who were away for the first game.


1937–38 Cupa României, Format
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.


1937–38 Cupa României, Format
The format is almost similar with the oldest recognised football tournament in the world FA Cup.


1937–38 Cupa României, Semi-finals
Notes:  The match between Rapid București and Venus București was contested by both teams and it was replayed.


1937–38 Cypriot Cup
The 1937–38 Cypriot Cup was the fourth edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 5 clubs entered the competition. It began on 13 February 1938 with the quarterfinals and concluded on 27 March 1938 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. Enosis Neon Trust won their 3rd Cypriot Cup trophy after beating AEL 2–1 in the final.


1937–38 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 1937–38 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division.


1937–38 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of three knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay match.


1937–38 Cypriot First Division
Statistics of the Cypriot First Division for the 1937–38 season.


1937–38 Cypriot First Division, Overview
It was contested by 5 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship.


1937–38 Czechoslovak Extraliga season
The 1937–38 Czechoslovak Extraliga season was the second season of the Czechoslovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia. 14 teams participated in the league, and LTC Prag won the championship. The league was not played again until the 1945–46 season, due to World War II.


1937–38 Czechoslovak First League, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Sparta Prague won the championship. Josef Bican was the league's top scorer with 22 goals.


1937–38 Danish Championship League
Following are the statistics of the Danish Championship League in the 1937–38 season.


1937–38 Danish Championship League, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Boldklubben 1903 won the championship.


1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season was the 12th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, sixth as the Red Wings. The Wings finished last in the American Division and missed the playoffs.


1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season
On May 5 and 11, 1938, the Red Wings played post-season exhibition games against the Montreal Canadiens at Earlscourt Stadium in London, England.


1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;


1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season, European tour
After failing to make the playoffs, the Red Wings embarked on a tour of Europe with the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1


1937–38 Divizia A
The 1937–38 Divizia A was the twenty-sixth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1937–38 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Dumitru Pavlovici (19 / 0); Vilmos Zombori (1 / 0). Defenders: Rudolf Bürger (17 / 0); Francisc Agner (7 / 0); Vasile Chiroiu (14 / 0); Carol Regdom (2 / 0). Midfielders: Tibor Nagy (16 / 0); Rudolf Kotormány (15 / 2); Gal (15 / 0); Vasile Deheleanu (2 / 0); Schaff (1 / 0).


1937–38 Divizia A, Champion squad
Forwards: Silviu Bindea (18 / 21); Sándor Schwartz (9 / 3); Grațian Sepi (10 / 7); Adalbert Marksteiner (17 / 18); Cornel Lazăr (16 / 2); Ștefan Dobay (20 / 8); Zoltan Beke (7 / 1); Gheorghe Ciolac (6 / 1); Ioan Oprean (8 / 3);. (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1937–38 Divizia B
The 1937–38 Divizia B was the fourth season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


1937–38 Divizia B
The format has been maintained, but this time both series had 12 teams, instead of 13. Also it was decided to reduce Divizia A to a single series of 12 teams, so only the winners of the Divizia B series promoted.


1937–38 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1937–38 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 6th year head coach Ernest Lange, played their home games at Curtis Hall Gym and were members of the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Basketball League (EPCBL).


1937–38 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1937–38 men's college basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Cameron, coaching his 10th season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 15–9.


1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was the 61st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.


1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League
Dumbarton made another encouraging start to their 15th season in a row in the Second Division, with only one defeat in their first 8 games. Although that form wasn't maintained fully, Dumbarton had their best season for a number of years by finishing 7th out of 18, with 39 points – 20 behind champions Raith Rovers. For the fifth time, Dumbarton maintained an unbeaten home league record, but with only 3 wins from 17 fixtures away from Boghead, promotion was never going to be a real possibility.


1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
Dumbarton came up against first division Kilmarnock in the first round and despite a good fight were to finish up second best.


1937–38 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers, Players out
In addition John Glass, James Mitchell, David Ogilvie, Willie Parlane, Alex Scott and Alex Young all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.


1937–38 Dundee F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was the forty-third season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One. Despite a very strong start to the season and a record 6–1 win over Rangers, Dundee would finish in 19th place and were relegated by a single point from the Scottish Division One for the first time in their history. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 1st round by Albion Rovers.


1937–38 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was the 29th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1937 to 30 June 1938.


1937–38 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 36 matches during the 1937–38 season.


1937–38 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1937–38 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season
The 1937–38 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.


1937–38 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season, Season
With the backing of Al Sutphin, owner of the Cleveland Arena, and John Harris, owner of the Duquesne Gardens, Duquesne was a founding member of the Penn-Ohio Intercollegiate Hockey League. With Father Louis A. Deitrich heading the new program, a roster was assembled mostly from the previous year's championship club team. The team's first scheduled game was cancelled when the University of Akron wasn't able to continue with the league. Instead, the team played its first game against Pittsburgh on December 14. The game was attended by about 1,000 fans and saw Duquesne win their first ever varsity hockey game.


1937–38 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season, Season
Duquesne didn't play for several weeks afterwards due to the Christmas break, but they returned with a second victory, this time over Carnegie Tech in mid-January. The team got a wake-up call in early February when they lost consecutive games and dropped to 2nd in their division. Since Pitt was also a very strong team that season, the Dukes couldn't afford too many losses if they wanted a division crown. They responded with an inspired brand of hockey and won their final 7 games of the regular season. In that time, Duquesne provided the biggest upset of the Penn-Ohio League by defeating John Carroll who, until that point, had been undefeated.


1937–38 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season, Season
In the program's first playoff game, Duquesne fought a close affair with Pittsburgh but were able to triumph 1–0 over the Panthers. Because the league had decided on a two-game total-goal series, the win didn't give the Dukes much of a cushion and they couldn't afford to lost the second game. Unfortunately, Pitt rallied and a hat-trick from Bob Schooley gave the Panthers a 3–0 in and ended Duquesne's season on a sour note.


1937–38 Egypt Cup
The 1937–38 Egypt Cup was the 16th edition of the Egypt Cup.


1937–38 Egypt Cup
The final was held on 14 May 1938. The match was contested by Al Ahly and Zamalek, with the first match ended in a 1–1 draw, a replay was played on 2 December 1938 which Zamalek won 1–0.


1937–38 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The 1937–38 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 38th season in the club's football history.


1937–38 Eintracht Frankfurt season
In 1937–38 the club played in the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 5th season in the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen. The season ended up with Eintracht finishing as champions in the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen. In the German Championship round finished as runners-up.


1937–38 English National League season
The 1937–38 English National League season was the third season of the English National League, the top level ice hockey league in England. Seven teams participated in the league, and the Harringay Racers won the championship.


1937–38 Estonian Football Championship
The 1937–38 Estonian Football Championship was the 17th official football league season in Estonia. Eight teams took part in the league six from Tallinn, one from Pärnu and Narva. JS Estonia Tallinn finished first, its fourth consecutive league title.


1937–38 FA Cup
The FA Cup 1937–38 was the 63rd staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Preston North End won the competition for the second time, beating Huddersfield Town 1–0 after extra time in the final at Wembley.


1937–38 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1937–38 FA Cup, First round proper
At this stage 41 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 25 non-league clubs having come through the qualifying rounds. Chester, Millwall and Notts County were given a bye to the Third Round. To make the number of matches up, non-league Dulwich Hamlet and Walthamstow Avenue were given byes to this round. 34 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 27 November 1937. Nine were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, with one of these going to a second replay.


1937–38 FA Cup, Second Round Proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 11 December 1937, with two matches postponed until the 15th. Four matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.


1937–38 FA Cup, Third round proper
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage, along with  Chester, Millwall and Notts County. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 8 January 1938. Seven matches were drawn and went to replays, with one of these requiring a second replay to settle the fixture.


1937–38 FA Cup, Fourth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 22 January 1938. Four games were drawn and went to replays.


1937–38 FA Cup, Fifth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 12 February 1938. There were two replays, of which one went to a second replay.


1937–38 FA Cup, Sixth Round Proper
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 5 March 1938. There was one replay, in the Huddersfield Town–York City match.


1937–38 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 26 March 1938. Preston North End and Huddersfield Town won their matches to meet in the final at Wembley.


1937–38 FA Cup, Final
The 1938 FA Cup Final was contested by Preston North End and Huddersfield Town at Wembley. Preston, losing finalists the previous year, won by a single goal. After 29 minutes of extra time it was still 0–0 and BBC commentator Thomas Woodrooffe said "if there's a goal scored now, I'll eat my hat". Seconds later, Preston were awarded a penalty, from which George Mutch scored the winning goal; Woodrooffe kept his promise.


1937–38 FC Barcelona season
The 1937–38 season was the 39th season for FC Barcelona.


1937–38 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1937–38 season was the forty-fifth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Emil Junker was the club chairman and it was his second consecutive season as president.


1937–38 FC Basel season, Overview
Fernand Jaccard who had taken over as first team coach during the previous season stayed on as player-manager this season. Basel played a total of 33 matches in their 1937–38 season. 22 of these matches were in the Nationalliga, three in the Swiss Cup and eight were friendly matches. Of these eight friendlies six were played at home in the Landhof, one in Espenmoos as guests to FC St. Gallen and one as guests to Le Havre AC in the north of France. Four of the friendlies were won, one was drawn and three ended with a defeat.


1937–38 FC Basel season, Overview
The number of teams in the 1937–38 Nationalliga was reduced by one team in comparison to the previous season. Thus 12 teams contested the championship this year, which was played as a round-robin, one team to be relegated and only one promoted from the two 1. Liga groups. Basel played an even and consistent season. 22 league games in total, 12 of them ended with a victory, three ended in a draw and the team suffered seven defeats. With 27 points Basel ended the season in fourth position, three points less than Lugano who became Swiss champions.


1937–38 FC Basel season, Overview
The young forward Numa Monnard, who had transferred in at the beginning of the season from Cantonal Neuchatel, was the team's top goal scorer. With 20 goals he was the Nationalliga top scorer as well. He played 21 league games and in each of his first eight games he scored at least one goal. In the league match against Lausanne-Sport on 12 September 1937 he scored  a hat-trick as Basel won by four goals to nil. In total, including cup and friendlies, Monnard played 29 games for Basel, in which he netted 34 times.


1937–38 FC Basel season, Overview
In the 1st principal round of the Swiss Cup, as Basel played against lower tier FC Breite, Monard scored five times. In the next cup round Monard scored a hat-trick against Bellinzona. However, in the round of 16 Basel lost 0–1 against Grasshopper Club, who then proceeded and eventually won the cup.


1937–38 FC Basel season, Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1937–38. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 15 August 1937 but subsequently left the club after that date.


1937–38 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1937–38 Football League
The 1937–38 season was the 46th season of The Football League.


1937–38 Football League, Final league tables
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1937–38 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.


1937–38 Football League, Final league tables
From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.


1937–38 French Division 1
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard won Division 1 season 1937/1938 of the French Association Football League with 44 points.


1937–38 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1938/1939:


1937–38 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 25 teams, and Le Havre won the championship.


1937–38 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1937-38 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Perpignan that beat Biarritz in the final.


1937–38 French Rugby Union Championship
The tournament was played by 40 clubs divided in eight pools of five clubs. At the second round were admitted the first two of each pool.


1937–38 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The 1938 International Championship was won by Scotland, the France was excluded.


1937–38 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1937–38 season was Galatasaray SK's 34th in existence and the club's 26th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League.


1937–38 Galatasaray S.K. season, Squad changes for the 1937–38 season
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1937–38 Gauliga
The 1937–38 Gauliga was the fifth season of the Gauliga, the first tier of the football league system in Germany from 1933 to 1945.


1937–38 Gauliga
The league operated in sixteen regional divisions, of which the Gauliga Ostpreußen was sub-divided into four regional groups, with the league containing 180 clubs all up, three less than the previous season. The  league champions entered the 1938 German football championship, won by Hannover 96 who defeated FC Schalke 04 4–3 after extra time in the final. It was Hannover's first-ever national championship.


1937–38 Gauliga
Three clubs remained unbeaten during the league season, those being FC Schalke 04, Eimsbütteler TV and Hamburger SV, the latter two both from the same league, the Gauliga Nordmark. At the other end of the table two clubs finished the season without a win, SV 1912 Grüna and SV Linden 1907. Hamburger SV scored the most goals of any Gauliga club with 103 while FV Wilhelmsburg conceded the most with 95. Eimsbütteler TV and Hamburger SV achieved the highest points total with 41 while SV Linden 1907 and RSV Ortelsburg earned the least with two points to their name.


1937–38 Gauliga
The 1937–38 season saw the fourth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal. The 1938 edition was won by SK Rapid Wien, defeating FSV Frankfurt 3–1 on 8 January 1939.


1937–38 Gauliga
During the 1937–38 season, in March 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria in what is commonly referred to as the Anschluss. Austrian clubs took part in the Gauliga from the 1938–39 season onwards in the form of the Gauliga Ostmark but already entered the 1938 Tschammerpokal which was won by Rapid Wien, a club from Vienna. It marked the beginning of the expansion of Nazi Germany and, consequently, the Gauligas, with the Sudetenland and the formation of the Gauliga Sudetenland to follow next.


1937–38 Gauliga, Champions
The 1937–38 Gauliga champions qualified for the group stage of the German championship, with the exception of Mittelrhein champions SV Beuel 06. Fortuna Düsseldorf, Hamburger SV, FC Schalke 04 and Hannover 96 won their championship groups and advanced to the semi-finals with the latter two reaching the championship final which Hannover won.


1937–38 Gauliga, Champions
FC Schalke 04 won their fifth consecutive Gauliga title while Fortuna Düsseldorf and 1. FC Nürnberg won their third consecutive one and SV Dessau 05, Hamburger SV, BC Hartha and VfB Stuttgart defended their 1936–37 Gauliga titles.


1937–38 Gauliga Bayern
The 1937–38 Gauliga Bayern was the fifth season of the league, one of the 16 Gauligas in Germany at the time. It was the first tier of the football league system in  Bavaria (German:Bayern) from 1933 to 1945.


1937–38 Gauliga Bayern
For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the fourth of seven Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944 and the third consecutive one. The club qualified for the 1938 German football championship, where it finished second in its group behind eventual champions Hannover 96, and ahead of Alemannia Aachen and FC Hanau 93.


1937–38 Gauliga Bayern
The fourth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, saw 1. FC Nürnberg reach the semi-finals where it lost to eventual winners SK Rapid Wien, the best performance of a Gauliga Bayern club that season.


1937–38 Gauliga Bayern, Table
The 1937–38 season saw two clubs promoted to the league, SSV Jahn Regensburg and Schwaben Augsburg.


1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1937–38 NCAA college basketball season. Fred Mesmer coached it in his seventh and final season as head coach. The team was a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (EIC) and played its home games at Tech Gymnasium on the campus of McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C. The team finished with a record of 7-11 overall, 5-5 in the EIC, and had no postseason play.


1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior Harry Bassin was lead forward for the team and averaged 6.8 points per game. In the last game of his collegiate career, the season finale at Yale, he scored a career-high 16 points in Georgetown's overtime loss.


1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior forward Joe Murphy scored 18 points at Madison Square Garden against New York University and led the team in scoring. He finished the season averaging 7.8 points per game.


1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior forward Mike Petrosky was the team's second leading scorer, with only three fewer points for the season than Murphy, and averaged a career-high 7.7 points per game. He was also among the best rebounders, although rebounds were not yet recorded as a game or career statistic.


1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
During conference play, Georgetown finished with a 5-5 record and was the only team to defeat Temple. Temple finished the season at 9-1 in conference play, 23-2 overall, and went on to win the 1938 National Invitation Tournament. Overall, the Hoyas finished with a 7-11 record and had no postseason play.


1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
When Elmer Ripley, who had served as Georgetown's head coach from 1927 to 1929 during Mesmer's time as a Georgetown player, expressed interest in returning to Georgetown for a second tour of duty coaching the Hoyas, Mesmer stepped aside at the end of the season to allow Ripley to take over the program the following year. Mesmer had coached Georgetown for seven seasons with an overall record of 53-76, that record partly reflecting the university's reduced emphasis on sports during his coaching years.


1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Although his teams had gone 36-20 (.643) at home, they had managed only a 17-56 (.233) record on the road, and this had led to only two winning seasons during his tenure. Despite this, he was a popular figure in Georgetown sports throughout his time both as a player and as head coach.


1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Senior guard Tom Nolan would go on to serve as Georgetown's head basketball coach from 1956 to 1960, and as the school's baseball coach until the end of the 1978 season.


1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Sophomore guard Francis "Reds" Daly was killed in action in the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 22, 1945, during World War II military service.


1937–38 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1937–38 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1937–38 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1937–38 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came tenth out of 20 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1937–38 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1937–38 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 30th since its establishment.


1937–38 Hovedserien season
The 1937–38 Hovedserien season was the fourth season of ice hockey in Norway. Eight teams participated in the league, and Ski- og Fotballklubben Trygg won the championship.


1937–38 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1937–38 campaign was like many recent years dominated by the club's FA Cup run. They reached their 5th and final FA Cup final, before losing to Preston North End at Wembley. They finished their league season in 15th place in Division 1.


1937–38 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1937–38 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Yet again, Town's season was dominated by their FA Cup run. They reached their fifth and so far last FA Cup Final. After a win over Hull City in Round 3, they scraped past Notts County and Liverpool, they beat York City in the quarter-final in a replay, before beating the favourites Sunderland at Ewood Park in the semi-final, meaning they would play Preston North End in the final, a repeat of the 1922 FA Cup Final, the only one of Town's previous final appearances that they won. The final at Wembley was the first since moving to the London stadium to go into extra time. The result would be the opposite to the 1922 final, with Town conceding a penalty to lose the match 1–0.


1937–38 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Their league form was pretty shaky during the season and they only guaranteed their safety with 2 games to go. Their wins at Leeds Road over Stoke City and Manchester City, the previous season's champions guaranteed their survival in 15th place.


1937–38 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1937–38 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1937–38 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by second-year head coach Forrest Twogood and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.


1937–38 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 24–11 overall and 12–8 in conference play.


1937–38 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Notable players were dual-sport stars Steve Belko and Lyle Smith, both future coaches and administrators.


1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1937-38 season for second year head coach Doug Mills took a major step backward after finishing in a first place tie a year earlier. Mills' Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team dropped to a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten during his sophomore season. This team featured future major league baseball hall of fame shortstop and manager, Lou Boudreau. Even though they returned 6 letterman,  the Illini finished the season with a conference record of 4 wins and 8 losses (the worst of Mills' career at Illinois). The team finished the season with an overall record of 9 wins 9 losses. Along with team captain Boudreau, the Illini also featured a starting lineup of Lewis Dehner at the center position, Joe Frank and William Hapac at forward and George Wardley, Tom Nisbit and Colin Handlon at guard.


1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season
The 1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.


1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
At the end of the great depression, Illinois decided to join fellow Big Ten members Michigan and Minnesota with their own varsity ice hockey team. The university spent more than $30,000 refurbishing the on-campus rink and managed to schedule a few games near the end of the season. The football team's new line coach, Ray Eliot, became the program's first head coach but didn't have much time to get the hastily assembled team to work together.


1937–38 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Schedule and results
‡ Notre Dame's and Chicago's programs were club teams at the time.


1937–38 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 14th and final year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1937–38 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–10 and a conference record of 4–8, finishing 8th in the Big Ten Conference.


1937–38 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1937-38 NCAA College men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Louis Menze, who was in his tenth season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the State Gymnasium in Ames, Iowa.


1937–38 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 6–9, 2–8 in Big Six play to finish in sixth place.


1937–38 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1937–38 comprised 14 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship after a play-off with Derry City.


1937–38 Istanbul Football League
The 1937–38 İstanbul Football League season was the 30th season of the league. Güneş SK won the league for the first time.


1937–38 Isthmian League
The 1937–38 season was the 29th in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1937–38 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season
The 1937–38 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.


1937–38 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season, Season
John Carroll was one of four Cleveland-area teams to either found or restart a varsity ice hockey program in 1937. Those schools joined with three Pittsburgh-area teams in similar circumstances and formed the Penn-Ohio Intercollegiate Hockey League. In their first season, John Carroll rose to the top of the conference in the wake of their best player, Maine-native Eddie Arsenault. Already a fixture on the football team, Arsenault led the Blue Streaks to a 1st-place finish in their division and then marched to a conference championship against Pittsburgh. The win was the first major championship for John Carroll and the team received the Sutphin-Harris trophy for their accomplishment. The team was coached by Fred Robertson of the Cleveland Barons, the operators of the Cleveland Arena.


1937–38 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1937–38 college men's basketball season.


1937–38 LFF Lyga
The 1937–38 LFF Lyga was the 17th season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. It was contested by 10 teams, and KSS Klaipėda won the championship.


1937–38 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 1937–38 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Leonard Tanseer, coaching the explorers in his fifth season. The team finished with an overall record of 13–6.


1937–38 Lancashire Cup
1937–38 was the thirtieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Barrow by 8-4. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £800.


1937–38 Lancashire Cup, Background
The number of teams entering this year’s competition decreased by one with the withdrawal of Streatham & Mitcham, back to the previous total of 13 but the same fixture format was retained. There was once again a bye in the first round, and there was still a “blank” or “dummy” fixture. The bye in the second round remained.


1937–38 Lancashire Cup, Competition and Results, Round 1
Involved  6 matches (with one bye and one “blank” fixture) and 13 clubs


1937–38 Lancashire Cup, Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1937–38 Lancashire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was  47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959


1937–38 Latvian Higher League, Overview
It was contested by 7 teams, and Olimpija won the championship.


1937–38 League of Ireland
The 1937–38 League of Ireland was the seventeenth season of the League of Ireland. Sligo Rovers were the defending champions.


1937–38 League of Ireland, Overview
Dolphin resigned from the League voluntarily, while Limerick were elected in their place.


1937–38 League of Norway
The 1937–1938 Norgesserien was the 1st season of top division football in Norway.


1937–38 Liverpool F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was the 53rd season in Liverpool F.C. 's existence, and ended their season in 11th place.


1937–38 Liverpool F.C. season
Liverpool reached the fifth round of the FA Cup but was knocked out by Huddersfield Town.


1937–38 Luxembourg National Division
The 1937–38 Luxembourg National Division was the 28th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1937–38 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and CA Spora Luxembourg won the championship.


1937–38 Maltese Premier League
The 1937–38 Maltese First Division was the 27th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 4 teams, and Sliema Wanderers F.C. won the championship.


1937–38 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was Manchester United's 42nd season in the Football League.


1937–38 Manchester United F.C. season
The season began with Scott Duncan still manager after the club's relegation, but he was sacked on 7 November 1937 and two days later Walter Crickmer was appointed as the manager for the second time.


1937–38 Manchester United F.C. season
At the end of the season, United finished second in the league and were promoted back to the First Division, where they would remain for the next 36 years.


1937–38 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1937–38 season was Mansfield Town's seventh season in the Football League and Second in the Third Division South, they finished in 14th position with 39 points.


1937–38 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1937–38 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1937–38 season. The team scored 740 points in 20 games for an average of 37.0 points per game—the second highest point total and scoring per game in school history. Despite prolific scoring for the era, Michigan finished in a tie for fifth in the Big Ten Conference. The team compiled a 9–1 record in the first half of the season, including a six-game winning streak at the start of the season. However, the team went 3–7 in the second half of the season for a season record of 12–8, and 6–6 against Big Ten opponents.


1937–38 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
One of the highlights of the season was a tour of the east during the winter break. Michigan played and defeated Maryland, Rochester, and a highly touted Dartmouth team on the trip. The Wolverines held Dartmouth to one point in the first half and led 21–1 at halftime. While the second half of the season was a disappointment, the Wolverines had scored their highest single game total in a 58–29 over Wisconsin on February 21, 1938.


1937–38 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Franklin "Cappy" Cappon was in his seventh and final year as the team's coach. Cappon had played basketball and football at Michigan from 1919 to 1923. As a senior, he was awarded the Western Conference Medal for all-around excellence in both athletics and academics. After seven seasons as Michigan's head coach, Cappon served as the head basketball coach from 1938 to 1961 at Princeton University, where he mentored Butch van Breda Kolff, Bill Bradley and Frank Deford. He compiled a combined record of 340–242 at Michigan and Princeton and was inducted into the Helms Foundation College Basketball Hall of Fame in 1957.


1937–38 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
John "Jake" Townsend, a six-foot, four inch center from Indiana, was the team captain and leading scorer. Townsend was the team's leading scorer for three straight seasons. He scored 154 points during the 1935–36 season, 191 points during the 1936–37 season, and 226 points (81 field goals and 64 of 91 free throws) in 20 games as a senior during the 1937–38 season. Townsend 226 points during the 1937–38 season broke the school's single season scoring record of 181 points set by Arthur Karpus in the 1918–19 season. His career total of 571 points also broke Karpus's career scoring record of 338 points. Townsend was selected as a consensus All-American the end of the 1937–38 season. Townsend later played professional basketball in the National Basketball League for the Indianapolis Kautskys, Oshkosh All-Stars and Rochester Royals.


1937–38 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
On March 8, 1938, the day after the season's final game, Coach Cappon announced that he had accepted the head coaching job at Princeton.


1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 29th season of play. The Canadiens placed third in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs. Montreal met and lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks in the quarter-finals.


1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
A Morenz Benefit All-Star game was held at the Forum on November 2, 1937. 8,683 fans attended, contributing $11,447 to a total pot of over $20,000 for Howie Morenz's family.


1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
This was the last season for Pit Lepine, Aurel Joliat and Marty Burke. Burke had returned from Chicago in a trade for Bill MacKenzie.


1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs
The Canadiens drew the third-place finisher of the American division, the Chicago Blackhawks. Montreal lost the best-of-three series 2–1.


1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season, European tour
After losing in the playoffs, the Canadiens embarked on a tour of Europe with the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1


1937–38 Montreal Maroons season
The 1937–38 Montreal Maroons season was the 14th and last season of the Montreal Maroons. The team finished in last place in the Canadian Division. The team and franchise were dissolved after the season.


1937–38 Montreal Maroons season, Offseason
On September 24, 1937, Tommy Gorman hired King Clancy from the Toronto Maple Leafs to take over as coach of the Maroons. Clancy had retired as a player partway through the previous season, and had been acting as a 'goodwill ambassador' for the Maple Leafs organization. The Leafs did not ask for any compensation.


1937–38 Montreal Maroons season, Regular season
King Clancy's time as coach ended with his resignation on December 30, 1937. The Maroons were holding a 6–11–1 record. Gorman took over on an interim basis. The team  would be taken over by Tommy Gorman, who would lead them to a 6–19–5 record. The Maroons scored 101 goals (only good for 6th in the 8 team league), but allowed 149 goals (dead last) to finish dead last in their final season. The team would soon be dormant, as the backers tried to move the team to St. Louis. When that failed, the team tried to sell to a Philadelphia group, but failed due to the lack of a suitable arena. Len Peto failed to find a suitable arena by the end of the 1946–47 NHL season, as the team dissolved for good.


1937–38 Montreal Maroons season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1937–38 Montreal Maroons season, Player stats, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts;


1937–38 NCAA football bowl games
The 1937–38 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the 1937 college football season and featured five games, down one from the prior season, as the Bacardi Bowl was not held. Notably, the Orange Bowl was first held in Burdine Stadium, which would be renamed for the bowl game itself in 1959.


1937–38 NCAA football bowl games, Poll rankings
The below table lists top teams (per the AP Poll taken after the completion of the regular season), their win-loss records (prior to bowl games), and the bowls they later played in.


1937–38 NCAA football bowl games, Poll rankings
The Big Ten Conference did not allow its members to participate in bowl games until the 1947 Rose Bowl.


1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1937, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1938.


1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season, Rule changes
After a field goal, the opposing team receives possession of the ball. Previously, a jump ball at center court had taken place after every field goal.


1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.


1937–38 NHL season
The 1937–38 NHL season was the 21st season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Eight teams each played 48 games. The Chicago Black Hawks were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one in the Stanley Cup Finals.


1937–38 NHL season, League business
Bill Dwyer could not come up with the capital required to retain his team and the NHL took full control of the New York Americans.


1937–38 NHL season, League business
The Howie Morenz Memorial Game, the NHL's second all-star game, was played November 2, 1937, and raised over $11,447, which, added to other contributions, established a fund of over $20,000 for the Morenz family. Prior to the start of the game, Howie Morenz's uniform and playing kit was auctioned and Joseph Cattarinich put down the winning bid of $500. The uniform was presented to Howie Morenz Jr. The NHL All-stars defeated a combined team of Canadiens and Maroons players 6–5.


1937–38 NHL season, League business
In February 1938, NHL president Frank Calder terminated the professional-amateur agreement with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) which limited signing contracts with junior ice hockey players. After a player suspended by the NHL was registered by a CAHA team, he met with CAHA vice-president W. G. Hardy without resolution, then told NHL teams that they could approach any junior player with a contract offer.


1937–38 NHL season, League business, Rule changes
In September 1937, the NHL passed the 'icing' rule whereby teams could no longer shoot the puck the length of the ice to delay the game. Teams were allowed to continue to 'ice' the puck during penalties. The penalty shot was amended to remove the dots where the shot was to take place. Two new lines 30 feet from the goal were added instead. A player taking a penalty shot would start from the line closest to his own goal, skate with the puck and shoot before he crossed the penalty line nearest the opposition goal. After a puck was shot out-of-bounds, the location of the following faceoff was now to occur at the point where the shot was made, instead of where it exited the rink as was done until that time.


1937–38 NHL season, Regular season
Charlie Conacher was named captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and he had a big weekend at the expense of Chicago November 13 with a hat trick in a 7–3 win. He then scored 2 goals in a 3–3 tie. However, The Big Bomber ran into misfortune once more on November 18 in Montreal against the Canadiens when he dislocated his shoulder. The cycle of injuries had a cumulative effect on Conacher's nervous and physical condition and his doctor told him to retire from hockey. He did retire for the rest of the season, but would play again the next season, but was forever gone from the Leafs.


1937–38 NHL season, Regular season
The New York Rangers lost their star center Neil Colville for a few games as the result of some horseplay that must have infuriated Lester Patrick. Defenceman Joe Cooper was pursuing a fad of slicing off neckties from teammates using a penknife. Colville threw up his hand only to receive a gash that required 11 stitches to close.


1937–38 NHL season, Regular season
The New York Americans, with Ching Johnson and Hap Day to relieve Joe Jerwa and Al Murray on defence, were doing much better than usual. Earl Robertson, their new goaltender, was leading the Canadian Division in goaltending and ended up doing so at season's end. The Amerks also had Sweeney Schriner and Nels Stewart contributing in a nice way to the offence.