1938–1939 in the Spanish Civil War
The Nationalists conquered Catalonia in a whirlwind campaign during the first two months of 1939. Tarragona fell on January 14, followed by Barcelona on January 26 and Girona on February 5. Five days after the fall of Girona, the last resistance in Catalonia was broken.


1938–1939 in the Spanish Civil War
On February 27, the governments of the United Kingdom and France recognized Francoist Spain.


1938–1939 in the Spanish Civil War
Only Madrid and a few other strongholds remained for the government forces. On March 28, with the help of pro-Nationalist forces inside the city (the "fifth column" General Mola had mentioned in propaganda broadcasts in 1936), Madrid fell to the Nationalists. The next day, Valencia, which had held out under the guns of the Nationalists for close to two years, also surrendered. Victory was proclaimed on April 1, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered.


1938–1939 in the Spanish Civil War
After the end of the war, there were severe reprisals against the Nationalist's former enemies on the left, when thousands of Republicans were imprisoned and between 10,000 and 28,000 executed. Many other Republicans fled abroad, especially to France and Mexico.


1938–39 1re série season
The 1938–39 1re série season was the 23rd season of the 1re série, the top level of ice hockey in France. Chamonix Hockey Club won their eighth championship.


1938–39 AHL season
The 1938–39 AHL season was the third season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. It was also the first season that the I-AHL played as a fully unified league. For the previous two seasons, the International Hockey League and Canadian-American Hockey League had played as a "circuit of mutual convenience" with an interlocking schedule. However, on June 29, 1938, the IHL and C-AHL formally merged into a single circuit under the I-AHL name.


1938–39 AHL season
Eight teams played 54 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, while the Cleveland Barons won the Calder Cup as league champions.


1938–39 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


1938–39 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1938–39 Aberdeen F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was Aberdeen's 34th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 36th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One and the Scottish Cup.


1938–39 Akron Firestone Non-Skids season
The 1938–39 Akron Firestone Non-Skids season was the Non-Skids' second year in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL), which was also the second year the league existed. Eight teams competed in the NBL, comprising four teams each in the Eastern and Western Divisions. The Non-Skids were one of two teams from Akron, Ohio in the league, the other being the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots.


1938–39 Akron Firestone Non-Skids season
The Non-Skids played their home games at Firestone Clubhouse. They finished the season with a league best 24–3 record and won the Eastern Division. They then went on to win the league's playoffs championship against the Western Division's Oshkosh All-Stars, three games to two in a best-of-five series.


1938–39 Akron Firestone Non-Skids season
Head coach Paul Sheeks won the league's Coach of the Year Award. Players Jerry Bush and Soup Cable earned First Team All-NBL honors, while John Moir and Jack Ozburn earned Second Team All-NBL honors.


1938–39 Akron Firestone Non-Skids season, Roster
Note: Paul Nowak and Don Smith were not on the playoffs roster.


1938–39 Akron Firestone Non-Skids season, Playoffs, NBL Championship
(E1) Akron Firestone Non-Skids vs. (W1) Oshkosh All-Stars: Akron wins series 3–2


1938–39 Albanian Cup
1938–39 Albanian Cup, named King's Cup in honour of King Zog I of Albania, was the first season of Albania's annual cup competition. This competition consisted in a double round-robin system with a broad participation of three divisions and six groups. 3 teams took part in the main group (Group A) and played for Cup winner: KF Tirana, KS Vllaznia and KS Besa. It started on December 11, 1938, and ended on January 22, 1939.


1938–39 Albanian Cup
KS Besa surprised 5 times Albanian Champions, KF Tirana by winning the opening match in Kavajë 2-1, making a brilliant start. Tirana compensated somehow by breaking Vllaznia 5-3 in the next match. Besa just couldn't do the same to Vllaznia at their home stadium, by losing this time 1-2, this equalized all teams in points. Vllaznia then broke Besa once again in Shkodër whilst Tirana retaliated their only loss by beating Besa in Tiranë 4-2 and therefore eliminating them directly.


1938–39 Albanian Cup
Tirana needed just one point in the final match in Shkodër against Vllaznia to secure their first major trophy, but hosts were left stunned when Tirana won 2-1 in Loro Borici Stadium and lifting therefore the first Albanian Cup despite being 0-1 down in scoreline. Below are the matches in the order they were played:


1938–39 Allsvenskan, Overview
The league was contested by 12 teams, with IF Elfsborg winning the championship.


1938–39 Allsvenskan (men's handball)
The 1938–39 Allsvenskan was the fifth season of the top division of Swedish handball. Eight teams competed in the league. Redbergslids IK won the league, but the title of Swedish Champions was awarded to the winner of Svenska mästerskapet. SoIK Hellas and GF Frithiof were relegated.


1938–39 Arsenal F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was Arsenal's 20th consecutive season in the top division of English football.


1938–39 Arsenal F.C. season, Results, FA Cup
Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn to face Chelsea.


1938–39 Aston Villa F.C. season
Aston Villa played the  1938–39 English football season in the Football League First Division having won promotion in the previous season. The pre-season Jubilee Fund matches saw Villa pitched against local rivals West Bromwich Albion. The derby match ended in a 1–1 draw with Frank Broome scoring for Aston Villa and Harry Jones grabbing one for the Baggies.


1938–39 Aston Villa F.C. season
On 19 September, Villa secured their first home win with a 5–0 win over Brentford which The Times described as impressive as it was decisive.


1938–39 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Beerschot won the championship.


1938–39 Belgian First Division, Overview
Owing to the outbreak of World War II, the 1939-40 Belgian League season was suspended after 9 matches, and was not restarted until 1941-42 (although an unofficial 1940-41 Championship took place).


1938–39 Birmingham F.C. season
The 1938–39 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 43rd in the Football League and their 26th in the First Division. They were in the relegation positions after the second game of the season, rarely rose above them, and finished in 21st place in the 22-team division, one point from safety, so dropped to the Second Division for the 1939–40 season. They entered the 1938–39 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost to Everton in the fifth round after a replay. The club's record attendance was set in the FA Cup-tie at home to Everton, variously recorded as 67,341 or 66,844.


1938–39 Birmingham F.C. season
Thirty-two players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were fifteen different goalscorers. Half-back Don Dearson played in 42 of the 46 matches over the season, and Fred Harris was the leading scorer with 17 goals, of which 14 were scored in the league. Harry Morris, son of the Harry Morris who played for the club in the 1880s and was a member of the board of directors for nearly 30 years, took over as chairman from Howard Cant.


1938–39 Birmingham F.C. season
When the Second World War began, the 1939–40 Football League season was abandoned after three Second Division matches had been played. The first post-war Football League season was in 1946–47, though the FA Cup resumed a season earlier.


1938–39 Birmingham F.C. season, Abandoned 1939–40 Football League season
Birmingham began the 1939–40 Football League season in the Second Division, but the onset of the Second World War caused the League to be abandoned after three Second Division matches had been played. They fielded the same eleven for all three matches: Harry Hibbs, Cyril Trigg, Billy Hughes, James Bye, Arthur Turner, Ray Shaw, Jackie Brown, Don Dearson, Ted Duckhouse, Fred Harris and Tom Farrage. Farrage was killed in action in September 1944, serving as a private in the 10th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment during Operation Market Garden.


1938–39 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 38th season (35th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.


1938–39 Blackpool F.C. season
Willie Buchan was the club's top scorer for the second consecutive season, this time jointly with Jock Dodds, with ten goals each in all competitions.


1938–39 Bohemian Championship season
The 1938–39 Bohemian Championship season was the first and only season of the Bohemian Championship. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the Czechoslovak Extraliga was cancelled, and the championship was made up of teams from Central Bohemia. A separate championship was staged in Slovakia. Eight teams participated in the league, and LTC Prag won the championship.


1938–39 Bologna F.C. 1909 season
During the 1938-39 season Bologna Associazione Giuoco del Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and Mitropa Cup.


1938–39 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, Summary
The club won its 5th league championship ever, winning the race against Torino. Weisz was replaced by German manager Felsner on round 6 The squad, after a 4-0 score against Napoli on 21 May 1939, clinched the title. With the trophy of Italian champions, the club reached a decent place in 1939 Mitropa Cup semifinals defeated by Ferencvaros.


1938–39 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season
The 1938–39 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 15th season in the NHL, and they were coming off of a very successful regular season in 1937–38, winning the American Division with a record of 30–11–7, however, they lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup semi-finals. This season, the Bruins would meet the Maple Leafs in a rematch, and win the series 4–1 to win the Stanley Cup for the second time, and the first time in 10 years.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
In the off-season, the NHL would lose a franchise, as the Montreal Maroons would fold, leaving the league with seven teams, and eliminating the American and Canadian Division format the league had been using since 1926. The Bruins would make a key acquisition, acquiring Roy Conacher from the Kirkland Lake Hargreaves of the NOHA.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
Boston would see goaltender Tiny Thompson get injured during an early season game, forcing the club to sign Frank Brimsek, who played for the Providence Reds of the IAHL. Brimsek stepped in and played great hockey, and when Thompson came back from his injury, the Bruins decided to deal him to the Detroit Red Wings for Norm Smith. Brimsek would help lead the Bruins to 1st place in the NHL standings, as they finished the season with a record of 36–10–2, earning 74 points, their highest point total since the 1929–30 season.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
Bill Cowley would lead the team with 42 points, despite missing 14 games due to injuries. His 34 assists were a league high. Rookie Roy Conacher scored an NHL high 26 goals, and added 11 assists to finish with 37 points. Milt Schmidt continued to show improvement, scoring a career high 32 points. Flash Hollett led the Bruins defense with 27 points, as he scored 10 goals and added 17 assists, while Dit Clapper scored 13 goals and 26 points from the blueline.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
In goal, rookie Frank Brimsek led the NHL with 33 wins and a 1.56 GAA, earning both the Vezina Trophy and the Calder Memorial Trophy. He also recorded 10 shutouts, which was among the league leaders.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs
In the playoffs, Boston would have a 1st round bye, advancing straight to the NHL semi-finals, where they would face the 2nd place New York Rangers in a best of 7 series. New York had 58 points during the regular season, which was 16 less than the Bruins. The series opened at Madison Square Garden in New York, and the Bruins would win a thrilling, triple overtime game by a score of 2–1. Game 2 moved to the Boston Garden, and Boston took a 2–0 series lead with a 3–2 overtime victory.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs
The Bruins took a commanding 3–0 lead in the series with a 4–1 win, looking to close out the series in the 4th game, as the series shifted back to New York. The Rangers would hold off elimination, defeating Boston 2–1, and then in game 5 in Boston, the game would be decided in overtime, with New York once again winning by a 2–1 score to cut the series lead to 3–2.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs
Game 6 was played back in New York, and the Rangers easily defeated the Bruins 3–1, to tie the series up at 3 games, forcing a 7th game to be played in Boston. The game would be tied 1–1 after regulation time, and would not be settled until the 3rd overtime period, when Boston finally snapped the tie, winning the game 2–1, and taking the series 4–3, to advance to the Stanley Cup finals.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs
The Bruins opponent was the Toronto Maple Leafs, who finished the season with a 19–20–9 record, earning 47 points, which was 27 points fewer than Boston. The Leafs defeated the New York Americans and Detroit Red Wings to earn a spot in the best of seven finals. The series would begin with 2 games in Boston, and each team won a game, as the series moved to Maple Leaf Gardens for games three and four.


1938–39 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs
Boston would take control in Toronto, winning game three by a 3–1 score, then shutting out the Leafs 2–0 in game four, to take a 3–1 series lead. Boston then returned home for game five, and defeated Toronto 3–1, to win their first Stanley Cup in 10 years, and second in team history.


1938–39 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1938–39 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 32nd in the club's history.


1938–39 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club finished 3rd in Division Three North, and reached the 1st round of the FA Cup.


1938–39 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1938–39 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League First Division. A six-match unbeaten run in February and March 1939 pulled the club clear of a near-certain relegation.


1938–39 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
After successive top-six finishes in Brentford's first three seasons in the First Division and with the club making a record £7,348 profit on the previous season (equivalent to £472,600 in 2021), manager Harry Curtis again elected to not make any significant off-season signings, stating "negotiations took place in an effort to get certain players of great repute, but the deals did not come off. During this close season the position still seems to be the same, the clubs being unwilling to part with players, irrespective of the price offered". Enquiries for Manchester City's Peter Doherty, Blackpool's Danny Blair, Everton's Joe Mercer, Hull City's David Parker and Scots Jimmy Carabine and Andy Black were all rebuffed.


1938–39 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Long-serving Scottish international wing half Duncan McKenzie was sold to Middlesbrough in May 1938 for a £6,000 fee. After youngsters Les Smith and Gerry McAloon were promoted into the first team during the previous two seasons, Curtis would again dip into the reserve and junior ranks and give debuts to left back Doug Anderson and forwards Len Townsend and George Wilkins during the season. Brentford finished pre-season with a 2–1 Football League Jubilee Fund victory over neighbours Chelsea.


1938–39 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Brentford started the First Division season with two wins and a draw – the second victory being played in front of a club record 38,535 home crowd versus London rivals Arsenal. Just one point from the following seven matches dropped the Bees to the bottom of the First Division. Scottish international forward David McCulloch's previous prolific goalscoring form had deserted him and reliable forwards Bobby Reid and Billy Scott also found goalscoring chances hard to come by. Having scored just twice in 9 appearances, McCulloch departed Griffin Park to join Derby County for a £9,500 fee on 22 October 1938.


1938–39 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Brentford's form picked up slightly after McCulloch's departure, losing just three of the following 12 matches, but two other regular starters departed in the midst of the run – forward George Eastham to Blackpool for £5,000 and long-serving captain Arthur Bateman was forced to retire. Manager Curtis signed Irish international full back Bill Gorman to partner George Poyser in defence and promoted young forwards Len Townsend and George Wilkins to the first team. In December 1938, he added former Fulham reserve team manager Joe Edelston to the coaching staff.


1938–39 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Brentford's bad form continued through to February 1939 and again the team was hit by the loss of a key players, with Scottish international forward Bobby Reid moving to Sheffield United and Gerry McAloon departing for Wolverhampton Wanderers the following month. Manager Curtis brought in two new forwards, Tommy Cheetham from local rivals Queens Park Rangers and Les Boulter from Charlton Athletic for £5,000 each. Cheetham scored on his second appearance to begin a run of five wins and a draw, which took the Bees up to 13th position and effectively saved the club's top-flight status. Brentford lost seven of the remaining 10 matches and finished in 18th place.


1938–39 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Despite the poor finish, the season ended on a high note, when on 24 May 1939, 21-year-old forward Les Smith became the second Brentford player to win a full England cap, which came in a 2–0 friendly win over Romania in Bucharest.


1938–39 British Home Championship
The 1938–39 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1938–39 seasons and was the last edition of the tournament to be completed before the outbreak of the Second World War in August 1939 suspended all professional sporting competitions. As a result, this was the final opportunity for many spectators to see their sporting heroes in an international setting, as players such as Wales's Dai Astley or Scotland's Tommy Walker would no longer be young enough to play for their country by the time professional football began again in 1946.


1938–39 British Home Championship
The opening matches saw an immediate advantage for Wales and Scotland who beat England and Northern Ireland respectively. Scotland then followed by beating the Welsh in their second match during a close contest whilst England succeeded in victory over the Irish by a seven-goal margin to bring them into joint second place behind the Scots. During the match, Willie Hall scored five goals, an English record that has been equalled but never broken as of 2007. In the final games, Wales beat the Irish resulting in a whitewash of three defeats for Ireland and joint first place for the Welsh.


1938–39 British Home Championship
England joined Wales and Scotland on four points with a 2–1 victory over Scotland in Glasgow to share the title between the three nations, as goal difference was not at this stage used to determine position. The win was sealed by a goal from Tommy Lawton, who scored in all of England's matches


1938–39 British Ice Hockey season
The 1938–39 British Ice Hockey season featured the English National League and Scottish National League.


1938–39 British Ice Hockey season, Scottish National League, Regular season
(*Matches awarded to the Dundee Tigers as the Perth Panthers used an illegal player.)


1938–39 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of Buffalo during the 1938–39 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Art Powell, coaching his twenty-third season with the Bulls.


1938–39 Bulgarian National Football Division
Statistics of Bulgarian National Football Division in the 1938–39 season.


1938–39 Bulgarian National Football Division, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and PFC Slavia Sofia won the championship.


1938–39 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 1938–39 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Third Division North.


1938–39 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1938–39 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.


1938–39 Challenge Cup
The 1938–39 Challenge Cup was the 39th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1938–39 Challenge Cup, Final
Halifax beat Salford 20-3 in the final played at Wembley on Saturday 6 May 1939 in front of a crowd of 55,453. There would be no Challenge Cup competition in 1939–40.


1938–39 Challenge Cup, Final
This was Halifax’s fourth Cup Final win in five Final appearances.


1938–39 Challenge Cup, Final
This was Salford’s fifth Final appearance and second in consecutive years, having won the Cup the previous season


1938–39 Chester F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was the eighth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.


1938–39 Chester F.C. season
It was the club's eighth 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.


1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 13th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a very surprising Stanley Cup victory in 1937–38. The club was hoping to build on that success in a bid for a 2nd straight Stanley Cup.


1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks season, Pre-season
In July 1938, Chicago GM and vice-president Bill Tobin was named president of the club by Major McLaughlin.


1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks season, Pre-season
The Montreal Maroons announced they would be folding, leaving the NHL with 7 teams, thus eliminating the need for divisions.


1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
The Black Hawks would get off to a mediocre start, and after an 8–10–3 start, they would dismiss head coach Bill Stewart and replace him with player-coach Paul Thompson. The Hawks would struggle under Thompson, going 4–18–5, and finish in last place in the NHL, missing the playoffs for the 2nd time in 3 years. Chicago would continue having problems scoring goals, getting an NHL low 91 goals, while they gave up the 3rd most goals at 132.


1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
Team captain Johnny Gottselig would lead the team offensively, getting team highs in goals (16), assists (23) and points (39). Joffre Desilets and Mush March would be the only other Hawks with double digit goals, with 11 and 10 goals respectively. Earl Seibert would anchor the defense, scoring 15 points and having a team high 57 penalty minutes.


1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
In goal, Mike Karakas would be the starter, winning 12 games, earning 5 shutouts, and posting a GAA of 2.65.


1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
A year after their unexpected Stanley Cup championship, the Black Hawks would become the only team in the league to miss the playoffs, as they finished 7 points behind the 6th place team, the Montreal Canadiens.


1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1938–39 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Walter Van Winkle, coaching his second season with the Bearcats. The team finished with an overall record of 12–5.


1938–39 Colchester United F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was Colchester United's second season in their history and their second in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the Southern League Mid-Week Section and Southern League Cup. Colchester won the Southern League title after beating local rivals Chelmsford City to the top of the league by one point. They also reached the 1st round of the FA Cup, where they were eliminated by Folkestone, and finished as runners-up to Tunbridge Wells Rangers in the Mid-Week Section. They reached the semi-final of the Southern League Cup, but the competition could not be completed due to fixture congestion.


1938–39 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Manager Ted Davis began strengthening his squad ready for a push to reach the Football League over the summer period. The public responded by turning out in force for a game against Gillingham, with 8,142 in attendance, and a week later, a visit from Arsenal 'A' saw 10,129 watch Colchester beat their counterparts 2–0. However, Davis securing a number of high-profile players came at a cost. Many were still contracted to the Football League clubs that they were signed from, meaning that if Colchester were to gain election to the Football League, the club would have very few contracted players.


1938–39 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Colchester made their first FA Cup outing during the 1938–39 season. They saw off Ilford 4–1 at Layer Road, but were defeated in the first round proper by Folkestone, watched by 8,160.


1938–39 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
In a very successful season for the club, Colchester claimed the Southern League title by one point over Guildford City, scoring 110 goals in 44 games. They finished second in the Mid-Week Section, and reached the semi-final of the Southern League Cup, although due to fixture congestion, the game could not be played during the regular season and was postponed until the 1939–40 campaign.


1938–39 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Overall, Colchester scored 161 goals, with Arthur Pritchard netting 44 goals, George Wallis 24, and Alec Cheyne and Len Astill scoring 21 apiece.


1938–39 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
The case for Football League election was presented to Football League members on 23 May 1938 by club director Walter Clark. With high hopes for election following a successful season, Colchester United failed to secure a single vote from the members, put down to the fact that there were so many League-registered players on the books that Davis had signed for Colchester.


1938–39 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Despite the League setback, the ownership of the Layer Road ground was passed to Colchester Borough Council, with club chairman Maurice Pye declaring:


1938–39 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Every lover of football, will I'm sure, welcome this as a move in the right direction, for whatever happens, this fine open space will always belong to the town, and be for the benefit of Colcestrians and their love of football.


1938–39 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


1938–39 Connecticut State Huskies men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Connecticut State Huskies men's basketball team represented Connecticut State College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1938–39 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 12–6 overall record. The Huskies were members of the New England Conference, where they ended the season with a 6–2 record. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by third-year head coach Don White.


1938–39 Coppa Italia
The 1938–39 Coppa Italia was the 6th Coppa Italia, the major Italian domestic cup. The competition was won by Ambrosiana-Inter.


1938–39 Coppa Italia, First round
20 clubs are added (Piacenza, Mantova, Rovigo, Fiumana, Alfa Romeo, Biellese, Ilva Savona, Valpolcevera, Molinella, Pontedera, Ravenna, Civitavecchia, Aquila, MATER, Simaz Popoli, Cagliari, Cosenza, Potenza, Juventus Siderno, Palmese).


1938–39 Coppa Italia, Third round
16 Serie B clubs are added (Padova, Vigevano, Fiorentina, Atalanta, Casale, Venezia, Pro Vercelli, Alessandria, Sanremese, Spezia, Anconitana-Bianchi, SPAL, Pisa, Siena, Salernitana, Palermo).


1938–39 Coppa Italia, Round of 32
16 Serie A clubs are added (Triestina, Bologna, Roma, Lucchese, Juventus, Genova 1893, Novara, Liguria, Torino, Milano, Livorno, Napoli, Ambrosiana-Inter, Modena, Bari, Lazio).


1938–39 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
The 1938–39 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 31st season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 17th season.


1938–39 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Cornell's season began with a early-season tournament at the Jack Shea Arena in Lake Placid. The team was forced to pay their own way to get to the cite and, due to several players living too far away during the Christmas break, the Big Red were handicapped before the games were even played. The meet took place between seven colleges but and was advertised as a 'practice tournament'. At the time the term was typically used to refer to games that would not be considered for rankings; in modern terminology, the games would have been non-conference rather than exhibition matches.


1938–39 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Despite being on ice for only half a dozen sessions, Cornell opened the tournament with a bang, throttling St. Lawrence 11–1. After defeating the ordinarily powerful Hamilton Continentals in the second game, Cornell finished their otherwise successful appearance with a narrow loss to Williams. Cornell was set to face Colgate immediately after returning from the break, however, rain and warm weather forced the match to be cancelled.


1938–39 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
The lack of practice time degraded the team's effectiveness. When they travelled to play Clarkson, the Big Red were overpowered 1–9. While the defense would put forth a better effort in the team's final two games, the offense remained dormant and Cornell ended the year on a 4-game losing streak. Cornell had scheduled a match against Columbia in late January, their last chance for a home game, but the Lions ended up cancelling their entire season.


1938–39 Cupa României
The 1938–39 Cupa României was the sixth edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.


1938–39 Cupa României
The title was won by Rapid București against Sportul Studențesc București.


1938–39 Cupa României, Format
The competition is an annual knockout tournament with pairings for each round drawn at random.


1938–39 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.


1938–39 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.


1938–39 Cupa României, Format
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.


1938–39 Cupa României, Format
The format is almost similar with the oldest recognised football tournament in the world FA Cup.


1938–39 Cypriot Cup
The 1938–39 Cypriot Cup was the fifth edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 7 clubs entered the competition. It began on 23 April 1939 with the preliminary round and concluded on 16 July 1939 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. AEL won their 1st Cypriot Cup trophy after beating APOEL 3–1 in the final.


1938–39 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 1938–39 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division.


1938–39 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of four 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.


1938–39 Cypriot First Division
The 1938–39 Cypriot First Division was contested by 7 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship.


1938–39 Czechoslovak First League
The 1938–39 Czechoslovak First League, officially the Statni Liga, was the 15th season of the Czechoslovak First League, the first tier of league football in Czechoslovakia.


1938–39 Czechoslovak First League
The championship was won by Sparta Prague, the club's sixth Czechoslovak national championship. Josef Bican was the league's top scorer with 29 goals.


1938–39 Czechoslovak First League
During the season Czechoslovakia experienced considerable political change which resulted in the eventual disestablishment of the country, and thereby the Czechoslovak First League, by the hands of Nazi Germany. In September 1938, through the Munich Agreement, Nazi Germany acquired the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. This was followed by the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. As a consequence the Gauliga Sudetenland was established for ethnic German clubs while Czech and Slovak clubs competed in their own, separate competitions.


1938–39 Czechoslovak First League
The sole Slovak club in the league, ŠK Bratislava, was removed from the league and joined a new Slovak league, the Slovenská liga, in the newly independent Slovak Republic. Czech clubs in what was now the German-annexed Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia continued their own league which was variously referred to as the Bohemia/Moravia championship, Národní liga (English: National league) or Česko-moravská liga (English: Bohemian-Moravian league).


1938–39 Czechoslovak First League, Bohemia and Moravia
The Czechoslovak First League continued its season after annexation by Germany, now with Czech clubs only. For the 1938–39 season Baťa Zlín and SK Libeň had been newly promoted to the league.


1938–39 Czechoslovak First League, Slovakia
The Slovenská liga was a new competition, formed after the disestablishment of Czechoslovakia.


1938–39 Danish Championship League
Following are the statistics of the Danish Championship League in the 1938–39 season.


1938–39 Danish Championship League, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Boldklubben af 1893 won the championship.


1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season was the 13th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, seventh as the Red Wings.


1938–39 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 against       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Playoffs
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;


1938–39 Divizia A
The 1938–39 Divizia A was the twenty-seventh season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1938–39 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Mircea David (12 / 0); Nicolae Iordăchescu (10 / 0). Defenders: Lazăr Sfera (20 / 1); Gheorghe Albu (17 / 3); Bondoc Ionescu-Crum (7 / 0). Midfielders: Andrei Bărbulescu (15 / 1); Rudolf Demetrovics (17 / 0); Vasile Gain (17 / 0); Theodor Beffa (9 / 0); Alfred Eisenbeisser (8 / 0). Forwards: Cornel Orza (21 / 7); Silviu Ploeșteanu (22 / 3); Kostas Choumis (14 / 9); Iuliu Bodola (22 / 12); Traian Iordache (11 / 5); Petea Vâlcov (10 / 1); Nicolae Ene (10 / 7). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1938–39 Divizia B
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1938–39 Divizia B
The 1938–39 Divizia B was the fifth season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


1938–39 Divizia B
The format has been changed, from two series of 12 teams to four regional series of 10 teams. The winners of the series played a promotion play-off and only the first three places promoted to Divizia A.


1938–39 Divizia B, Team changes, Enrolled teams
Victoria CFR Iași and Luceafărul București were enrolled in Divizia B.


1938–39 Divizia B, Promotion play-off
Winners of the series played a promotion play-off to decide the first three team which promoted to Divizia A.


1938–39 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1938–39 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 7th year head coach Ernest Lange, played their home games at Curtis Hall Gym and were members of the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Basketball League (EPCBL).


1938–39 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1938–39 men's college basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Cameron, coaching his 11th season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 10–12.


1938–39 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was the 62nd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.


1938–39 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League
Dumbarton went into their 16th successive season in the Second Division encouraged by the positive performance from the previous campaign, and indeed with 6 wins and 3 draws from their first 10 games, it seemed that at last a challenge on the title could be mounted, but as before, the good results couldn't be maintained, and with only one win from the next 12 games the chance was gone. In the end, Dumbarton finished a disappointing 11th out of 18, with 30 points - half of that gathered by champions Cowdenbeath.


1938–39 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
Dumbarton fell at the 'first hurdle' in a shock defeat to non-league minnows Blairgowrie.


1938–39 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers, Players out
In addition John Curly, Archibald Duffy, William Kemp, James McKain and Willie White all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.


1938–39 Dundee F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was the forty-fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, and the first season playing in the second tier, having been relegated from the Scottish Division One the previous season. In their first season in Division Two, Dundee would finish in 6th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 2nd round by Clyde in a replay.


1938–39 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was the 30th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1938 to 30 June 1939.


1938–39 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 36 matches during the 1938–39 season.


1938–39 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1938–39 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season
The 1938–39 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program.


1938–39 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season, Season
Hot on the heels of a successful first season, Duquesne's second campaign began with good news as several non-conference programs expressed interest in coming to Pittsburgh and playing the Dukes. At the beginning of the season the two divisions codified a single set of rules where the three regulation periods would run for 12 minutes. Last season, games at Duquesne Gardens had 15-minute sessions while the ones at the Cleveland Arena went for 10 minutes. The practical reason for this was because all league teams shared two homes rinks. Since multiple games needed to be played on the same day, Penn-Ohio League games had to be shorter than those played by the rest of the college hockey world.


1938–39 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season, Season
Duquesne began well, winning their first two-game before meeting Pittsburgh in early December. The Panthers were fast becoming Duquesne's biggest rival and the Blue and Gold handed the Dukes their first loss of the season. Duquesne rebounded in the next game with a stellar effort against Carnegie Tech, outshooting the Skibos 30–5 in 36 minutes, but were only able to get one goal past the Tartan netminder. An even bigger win followed when the Dukes handed John Carroll only its second loss since the start of last season.


1938–39 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season, Season
To this point Duquesne was the only team that was able halt the juggernaut Blue Streak team. After the Dukes shutout JCU for a second time, they set up a showdown with Pitt that could very well decide the league championship. Duquesne won the rematch 2–0 to place them above the Panthers in the standings and then followed that up with several weeks off.


1938–39 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season, Season
After examinations, the team resumed their schedule with a new addition to the team. Dick Scully, a small but talented player, had passed his exams and was now eligible to play on the varsity team. He spent a few games getting used to his new teammates and then starred by scoring all three goals in the team's victory over Pitt on February 14. The win all but handed the east division to the Dukes and the team followed that up by taking the next three games all by a wide margin.


1938–39 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season, Season
The Dukes ended their regular season against Pitt and the two teams fought a bitter battle for about 20 minutes. In the later half of the second period, Bill Vance tied the game at 2–2 on a goal that Pittsburgh vehemently protested against. When the goal was allowed to stand, Pitt coach Jack McSorley took his team off the ice and abandoned the game. As a result, the Panthers were charged with a forfeit and Duquesne was handed their 15th win of the season. The Dukes finished out as the regular season league champion after two more wins and entered the playoffs with a change to avenge last seasons' defeat.


1938–39 Duquesne Dukes men's ice hockey season, Season
The playoff format had been changed from a total-goal series to one where two wins were required. Duquesne won their first game against Pitt 3–2 and then followed that up with a 1–1 tie. The tie stood due to the rink schedule and didn't help either squad get closer to a victory. By the third game, Pitt began to take over and tied the series, sending the two to a fourth match where Duquesne was knocked out of the tournament. The Dukes would never get the chance to repay Pitt for the loss before the Panthers ended their program before the start of the following season.


1938–39 English National League season
The 1938-39 English National League season was the fourth season of the English National League, the top level ice hockey league in England. Six teams participated in the league, and the Harringay Greyhounds won the championship.


1938–39 English National League season
Streatham was suspended from the league early in the season, by the Association, for the use of players who had previously been subjected to disciplinary action, and were thus ineligible, in two matches.


1938–39 Estonian Football Championship
The 1938–39 Estonian Top Division was the 18th official football league season in Estonia. JS Estonia Tallinn won the title.


1938–39 European Rugby League Championship
This was the fifth European Championship and was won by France for the first time.


1938–39 Everton F.C. season
In 1938–39, Everton won their fifth English title (and the last English top-flight title before World War II as the subsequent season was abandoned when Britain declared war on Germany on 1 September 1939). The club also competed in the FA Cup, advancing to the 6th round where they lost away to Wolves.


1938–39 FA Cup
The 1938–39 FA Cup was the 64th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Portsmouth won the competition for the first time, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 in the final at Wembley. As this was the last full FA Cup competition before the Second World War, Portsmouth held the trophy until the end of the 1945–46 season.


1938–39 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.


1938–39 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. Barnsley, York City and Notts County were given a bye to the Third Round. To make the number of matches up, non-league Scarborough and Bromley were given byes to this round. 34 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 26 November 1938. Eight were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.


1938–39 FA Cup, Second Round Proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 10 December 1938. Four matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. One of these, Halifax Town vs. Mansfield Town, then went to two more replays before being settled.


1938–39 FA Cup, Third round proper
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage, along with Barnsley, York City and Notts County. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 7 January 1939, although seven matches began at later dates. Eight matches were drawn and went to replays, with one of these requiring a second replay to settle the fixture.


1938–39 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 21 January 1939. Five games were drawn and went to replays, of which two went to a second replay.


1938–39 FA Cup, Fifth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 11 February 1939. There were four replays, of which two went to second replays.


1938–39 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
The four Sixth Round ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 4 March 1939. There was one replay, in the Huddersfield Town–Blackburn Rovers match.


1938–39 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 25 March 1939. Wolverhampton Wanderers and Portsmouth won their matches to meet in the final at Wembley.


1938–39 FA Cup, Final
The 1939 FA Cup Final was contested by Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Wembley. Portsmouth won 4–1, with goals from Bert Barlow, John Anderson and two by Cliff Parker. Dicky Dorsett scored Wolves' effort.


1938–39 FA Cup, Final
As a result of the suspension of the FA Cup for the duration of the Second World War, the next FA Cup final was not until seven years later in 1946, thereby enabling Portsmouth fans to claim that their team has held the Cup for the longest time.


1938–39 FC Barcelona season
The 1938–39 season was the 40th season for FC Barcelona.


1938–39 FC Barcelona season, Events
Most of the players have been exiled in France and Mexico, the Club only disputes some other friendly party. The situation is dramatic, with the war, it seems that Barça comes to an end. This year there was no transfer . After the war, Barca is about to disappear, but a management commission takes over the Club. It was constituted according to the criterion of the Federation. It was run by Joan Soler, a former member of the Board.


1938–39 FC Barcelona season, Events
They were part of the same: two members of the last Directive, and two soldiers of the Spanish Traditional Falange and JONS. Also included the captain of the Civil Guard Manuel Bravo Montero, head of the so-called Anti- Marxist Rondin, a kind of police body dedicated to the repression of the "Red-separatists." In a public act admitted "to have fought and hated the Barcelona".


1938–39 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1938–39 season was the forty-sixth 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 third consecutive season as club president. The club had financial and sporting problems over the previous few years and these continued this season.


1938–39 FC Basel season, Overview
According to statements in the 75th anniversary book written years later by author Jules Düblin (ex-player and ex-club chairman) the club had problems with the Swiss Football Association (SFA). The club was also having financial problems and these problems continued this season. The club suffered under the results of this confrontation with the SFA. These were mainly due to the transfer of the player Numa Monnard, who at the start of the season returned to his former club Cantonal Neuchatel.


1938–39 FC Basel season, Overview
Fernand Jaccard who had been Basel's player-manager the previous season, continued for the club in the same position this season. Basel played a total of 29 matches in their 1938–39 season. 22 of these matches were in the Nationalliga, two in the Swiss Cup and five were friendly matches. Of these five friendlies two were played at home in the Landhof and the other three were also in Switzerland. Two friendly games were won, two drawn and one ended in a defeat.


1938–39 FC Basel season, Overview
12 teams contested the 1938–39 Nationalliga championship, which was played as a round-robin, one team to be relegated. Despite the fact that the players were well prepared for the season, as Düblin wrote in his summary, sportingly the season was very bad. Despite two victories over the two top clubs that season, Grasshopper Club and Grenchen, one catastrophic game followed the other. Of the 22 domestic league games only five ended with a win, 12 were defeats. The team ended in last position, two points behind Biel-Bienne and the Young Boys. Basel was relegated for the first time in the club history into the newly reorganized 1.Liga.


1938–39 FC Basel season, Overview
In the first principal round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn at home against lower tier local rivals Concordia Basel and won 3–2. In the second round Basel were also drawn at home against a lower-tier team, but Brühl St. Gallen proved to be a strong competitor and Basel were defeated 1–3. and were thrown out of the competition.


1938–39 FC Basel season, Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1938–39. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 24 July 1938 but subsequently left the club after that date.


1938–39 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1938–39 Football League
The 1938–39 season was the 47th season of The Football League.


1938–39 Football League, Final league tables
The tables 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.


1938–39 Football League, Final league tables
Match results are drawn from  website and Rothmans for the First Division and from Rothmans for the Second Division and for the two Third Divisions.


1938–39 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, if the teams had a positive goal difference. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.


1938–39 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.


1938–39 French Division 1
FC Sète won Division 1 season 1938/1939, the last professional football season before World War II, of the French Association Football League.


1938–39 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who would play in Division 1 season 1945/1946 (With the beginning of World War II, relegations and promotions are only taken into account after the end of the war i.e. for season 1945/1946)


1938–39 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 23 teams, and Red Star Paris won the championship.


1938–39 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1938-39 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won by Biarritz  that beat the Perpignan in the final. Biarritz olympique took his revenge of the previous year when was defeated by Perpignan in the final.


1938–39 French Rugby Union Championship
The tournament was played by 42 clubs divided in six pool of seven. The better eight were qualified for the quarters of finals


1938–39 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The 1938 International Championship was won by Wales, the France was excluded


1938–39 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1938–39 season was Galatasaray SK's 35th in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League.


1938–39 Galatasaray S.K. season, Competitions, Friendly Matches, Stadium Cup
Galatasaray SK won the cup on goal difference over Fenerbahçe SK.


1938–39 Gauliga
The 1938–39 Gauliga was the sixth season of the Gauliga, the first tier of the football league system in Germany from 1933 to 1945. It was the last completed season before the Second World War.


1938–39 Gauliga
The league operated in eighteen regional divisions, of which the Gauliga Sudetenland was played in a knock-out format of regional champions, with the league containing 175 clubs all up, five less than the previous season. The league champions entered the 1939 German football championship, won by FC Schalke 04 who defeated Admira Wien 9–0 in the final. It was Schalke's fourth national championship, with the club winning six championships all up during the Gauliga era.


1938–39 Gauliga
Four clubs remained unbeaten during the league season, those being FC Schalke 04, Hindenburg Allenstein, VfR Mannheim and SV Dessau 05. At the other end of the table one club finished the season without a win, SV Algermissen. Hamburger SV scored the most goals of any Gauliga club with 87 while ESV Wacker Wiener Neustadt conceded the most with 87. SV Dessau 05 and Hamburger SV achieved the highest points total with 35 while SV Algermissen earned the least with two points to its name.


1938–39 Gauliga
The 1938–39 season saw the fifth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal. The 1939 edition was won by 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating SV Waldhof Mannheim 2–0 on 28 April 1940.


1938–39 Gauliga
The 1938–39 season saw an expansion of the number of the Gauligas from 16 to 18. In March 1938 Nazi Germany annexed Austria in what is commonly referred to as the Anschluss, with the Gauliga Ostmark formed as a consequence. In September 1938, through the Munich Agreement, Nazi Germany acquired the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia which resulted in the formation of the Gauliga Sudetenland. This was followed by the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 but the Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren was only organised in 1943 in the region.


1938–39 Gauliga
In the part of Czechoslovakia annexed by Germany in March 1939, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the Czechoslovak First League continued its 1938–39 season separately from the Gauligas and the German championship.


1938–39 Gauliga, Champions
The 1938–39 Gauliga champions qualified for the group stage of the German championship. Dresdner SC, Hamburger SV, Admira Wien and FC Schalke 04 won their championship groups and advanced to the semi-finals with the latter two reaching the championship final which Schalke won.


1938–39 Gauliga, Champions
FC Schalke 04 won their sixth consecutive Gauliga title, Fortuna Düsseldorf their fourth, SV Dessau 05 and Hamburger SV won their third consecutive one while Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz defended their 1937–38 Gauliga title.


1938–39 Gauliga Bayern
The 1938–39 Gauliga Bayern was the sixth season of the league, one of the 18 Gauligas in Germany at the time. It was the first tier of the football league system in  Bavaria (German:Bayern) from 1933 to 1945.


1938–39 Gauliga Bayern
For 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 it was the first of two Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944. The club qualified for the 1939 German football championship, where it finished second in its group, on equal points with group winner Dresdner SC, and ahead of Warnsdorfer FK.


1938–39 Gauliga Bayern
The fifth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, was won by Gauliga Bayern club 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating Waldhof Mannheim 2–0 in the final.


1938–39 Gauliga Bayern, Table
The 1938–39 season saw two new clubs in the league, BSG WKG Neumeyer Nürnberg and ASV Nürnberg.


1938–39 Gauliga Ostmark
The 1938–39 Gauliga Ostmark was the inaugural season of the Gauliga Ostmark and organized by the National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (German: Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen), the organizing body for sports in Nazi Germany. In March 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria in what is commonly referred to as the Anschluss, with the Gauliga Ostmark formed as a consequence. Austria and the Austrian football championship thereby ceased to exist until the end of the Second World War.


1938–39 Gauliga Ostmark
SK Admira Wien won the championship and qualified for the 1939 German football championship where it lost 9–0 in the final to FC Schalke 04.


1938–39 Gauliga Ostmark
The Gauliga Ostmark and Gauliga Donau-Alpenland titles from 1938 to 1944, excluding the 1944–45 season which was not completed, are recognised as official Austrian football championships by the Austrian Bundesliga.


1938–39 Gauliga Ostmark, Table
The 1938–39 season saw four new clubs in the league, SV Amateure Fiat, Grazer SC, SK Amateure Steyr and Reichsbahn Wacker Wiener Neustadt.


1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1938–39 NCAA college basketball season. Elmer Ripley, who had coached Georgetown previously from 1927 to 1929, returned for his second of three stints as head coach; it was his third season overall as the Hoyas' 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 as conference co-champion, with a record of 6-4 in the EIC and 13-9 overall. It had no postseason play.


1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior forward Joe Murphy was the team's star. He scored in double figures in nine games, including 14 points against Syracuse, 11 against Maryland, and 15 against EIC rival Penn State. He finished the season averaging a career-high 8.9 points per game. Over his career, he was the second-highest scoring Georgetown player of the 1930s and fifth-highest in school history at the time. He had scored in double figures in 17 of the 65 games of his three-year college varsity career.


1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior forward John Schmitt scored 12 points in an upset of West Virginia in an EIC game. His season ended when he broke his leg during the game at Yale.


1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown finished with an overall record of 13-9, the most wins by a Georgetown team since the 1929-30 season and the best winning percentage since 1928-29. The school had been a founding member of the EIC when the conference began play in the 1932-33 season, and this year's 6-4 conference record gave the school its first and only regular-season EIC championship – Georgetown's first championship of any kind – which it shared with Carnegie Tech.


1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Although the EIC never held a postseason conference tournament, in previous seasons when the regular season had ended in a first-place tie it had held a single postseason playoff game between the two first-place teams to determine the conference championship. This season, however, no such playoff game took place, and Georgetown and Carnegie Tech settled for the only co-championship in EIC history.


1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Although the Associated Press described the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference as "one of the best in the nation," its members agreed to disband it at the end of the season because geographical problems had made scheduling difficult. Georgetown's overall conference record during its seven-year membership was 27-39.


1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
At the end of the season, Georgetown thus became an independent again for the first time since the 1931-32 season. In 1939-40, the Hoyas would play their first of 38 seasons as an independent before becoming a founding member of the original Big East Conference in the 1979-1980 season.


1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Junior guard Francis "Reds" Daly was killed in action in the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 22, 1945, during World War II military service.


1938–39 Greek Football Cup
The 1938–39 Greek Football Cup was the 3rd edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, on 28 May 1939. The match was contested by AEK Athens and PAOK, with AEK Athens winning by 2–1.


1938–39 Greek Football Cup, Semi-finals
*Match suspended at 40th minute while the score was 1–2. Awarded 0-2 to AEK Athens.


1938–39 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 3rd Greek Cup Final was played at the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.


1938–39 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1938–39 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1938–39 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1938–39 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came thirteenth out of 20 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1938–39 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1938–39 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 31st since its establishment.


1938–39 Hovedserien season
The 1938–39 Hovedserien season was the fifth season of ice hockey in Norway. Eight teams participated in the league, and Grane won the championship.


1938–39 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1938–39 campaign was the last full season of football before the start of World War II. Town would finish 19th in Division 1, but they had another brilliant FA Cup run, following from the previous season's runner-up spot, by reaching the semi-finals, before losing to Portsmouth.


1938–39 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.


1938–39 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Town continued their downward spiral, which saw Town fighting in a relegation battle for a major part of the season, but luckily most of the season was highlighted by Town's successes in the FA Cup, following their 5th final appearance the previous season. They reached the semi-final against Portsmouth. They lost the match 2–1 at Highbury. This to date, is their last ever FA Cup semi-final appearance. Town's final league placing was 19th just ahead of Chelsea, Birmingham and Leicester City.


1938–39 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.


1938–39 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1938–39 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by third-year head coach Forrest Twogood and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.


1938–39 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 12–19 overall and 1–15 in conference play.


1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1938-39 season was year number three for head coach Doug Mills. Overall the team regrouped from a miserable eighth-place finish in the Big Ten a year earlier by winning 9 of their 10 home games only losing to conference rival Indiana. Unfortunately for the Fighting Illini they finished with a 5-5 record on the road to finish in third place overall in conference action. Mills' Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team featured only 5 returning letterman. Along with team captain Tom Nisbit, the Illini also featured a starting lineup of Lewis Dehner at the center position, John Drish, Joe Frank and William Hapac at forward and George Wardley, and Colin Handlon at guard.


1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season
The 1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program.


1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
The Illini were able to play their first full season in 1939 and showed improvement in their play. The team faced a tough slate of games, being dominated by some of college hockey's best teams but the program was able to earn its first three wins. Dick Fee was team captain until his graduation in February. Afterwards, Jim Beaumont led the Illini.


1938–39 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Schedule and results
† Illinois archives list the score as 0–8, however, contemporary reports have the game as 0–4.‡ Notre Dame's and Saint Louis' programs were club teams at the time.


1938–39 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 1st year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1938–39 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 17–3 and a conference record of 9–3, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.


1938–39 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1938-39 NCAA College men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Louis Menze, who was in his eleventh season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the State Gymnasium in Ames, Iowa.


1938–39 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 8–9, 5–5 in Big Six play to finish in fourth place.


1938–39 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1938–39 comprised 14 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship.


1938–39 Istanbul Football League
The 1938–39 İstanbul Football League season was the 31st season of the league. Beşiktaş JK won the league for the third time.


1938–39 Isthmian League
The 1938–39 season was the 30th in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1938–39 Isthmian League
Leytonstone were champions for the second time in a row, winning their third Isthmian League title. At the end of the season Casuals merged with Corinthian to form a new club Corinthian-Casuals.


1938–39 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1938–39 college men's basketball season. The Jayhawks were coached by Phog Allen. Kansas failed to qualify for the 1939 NCAA Tournament, which was the first tournament ever held.


1938–39 LFF Lyga
The 1938–39 LFF Lyga was the 18th season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. It was contested by 8 teams, and LGSF Kaunas won the championship.


1938–39 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 1938–39 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Leonard Tanseer, coaching the explorers in his sixth season. The team finished with an overall record of 13–6.


1938–39 Lancashire Cup
1938–39 was the thirty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Wigan won the trophy  by beating Salford by the score of 10-7. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 27,940 and receipts were £1,708


1938–39 Lancashire Cup, Background
The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained the same at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was once again one bye and one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round. The bye in the second round remained.


1938–39 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1
Involved  6 matches (with one bye and one “blank” fixture) and 13 Clubs


1938–39 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1938–39 Latvian Higher League, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Olimpija won the championship.


1938–39 League of Ireland
The 1938–39 League of Ireland was the eighteenth season of the League of Ireland. Shamrock Rovers were the defending champions.


1938–39 League of Ireland
Shamrock Rovers won their sixth title, and in doing so, became the first team to successfully defend their title.


1938–39 League of Ireland, Overview
Cork folded during the previous season, with Cork City taking their place.


1938–39 League of Norway
The 1938–1939 Norgesserien was the 2nd season of top division football in Norway.


1938–39 Liverpool F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was the 54th season in Liverpool F.C. 's existence, and ended their season in 11th place.


1938–39 Liverpool F.C. season
Liverpool reached the fifth round of the FA Cup but were knocked out by Wolverhampton Wanderers.


1938–39 Liverpool F.C. season, Results
these were the results of Liverpool's matches in the 1938-39 season.


1938–39 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team represented Long Island University during the 1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Clair Bee, coaching in his eighth season with the Blackbirds. The team finished the season with a 23–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. They won the second-ever National Invitation Tournament (NIT) as well, going 3–0 in the tournament with a win over Loyola of Chicago in the championship game.


1938–39 Luxembourg National Division
The 1938–39 Luxembourg National Division was the 29th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1938–39 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Stade Dudelange won the championship.


1938–39 Maltese Premier League
The 1938–39 Maltese First Division was the 28th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 4 teams, and Sliema Wanderers F.C. won the championship.


1938–39 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was Manchester United's 43rd season in the Football League. Newly promoted back to the First Division, they secured their survival with a 14th-place finish.


1938–39 Mansfield Town F.C. season
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1938–39 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was Mansfield Town's eighth season in the Football League and third in the Third Division South, they finished in 16th position with 39 points.


1938–39 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1938–39 season. The team compiled an 11–9 record and 4–8 against Big Ten Conference opponents. The team finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten.


1938–39 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Bennie Oosterbaan was in his first year as the team's coach. Leo Beebe was the team captain, and Edmund Thomas was the team's leading scorer with 140 points in 20 games for an average of 7.0 points per game. Football star Tom Harmon appeared in 13 games for the basketball team and scored 100 points for an average of 7.7 points per game.


1938–39 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1938–39 Montreal Canadiens season was the 30th season in club history. The team placed sixth in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the first round to the Detroit Red Wings 2 games to 1.


1938–39 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1938–39 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs
The NHL revised its playoff format and six of seven teams qualified for the playoffs. In the first round, the Canadiens would meet Detroit, which had finished in fifth place. They lost in a best of three series in 3 games, or 1–2.


1938–39 NCAA football bowl games
The 1938–39 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the 1938 college football season and featured five games, each of which had been held the previous season. All five bowls were played on January 2, 1939, as New Year's Day fell on a Sunday. Contemporary polls selected different national champions, as the AP Poll named TCU, the Dunkel System chose Tennessee, and the Dickinson System designated Notre Dame.


1938–39 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.


1938–39 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.


1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1938, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 27, 1939, at Patten Gymnasium in Evanston, Illinois. The Oregon Webfoots won the first NCAA national championship with a 46–33 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes.


1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season, Rule changes
After a team makes a free throw as a result of a technical foul, it retains possession and throws the ball in from out of bounds. Previously, a jump ball at center court had taken place after a team shot a free throw as a result of a technical foul.


1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.


1938–39 NHL season
The 1938–39 NHL season was the 22nd season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Seven teams each played 48 games. The Boston Bruins were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one in the final series.


1938–39 NHL season, League business
Just prior to the start of the 1938–39 season, the league held a meeting to decide the fate of the Montreal Maroons. The team had requested a shift to St. Louis, but this was rejected after considerable discussion, resulting in the Maroons suspending operations for the season. They sold most of their players to the Canadiens, and it was evident that the Maroons were through for good. With only seven teams left, the NHL decided to go back to the one division format.


1938–39 NHL season, League business
The Stanley Cup finals would be expanded to a best-of-seven format.


1938–39 NHL season, League business
NHL president Frank Calder reached a new professional-amateur agreement with Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) and its president W. G. Hardy in August 1938. The CAHA agreed not to allow international transfers for players on NHL reserve lists, and the NHL agreed not to sign any junior players without permission. It limited the number of amateur players which could be signed to contracts, and stipulated that both organizations use the same playing rules and recognize each other's suspensions.


1938–39 NHL season, Regular season
Prior to the start of the season, the Boston Bruins sold their star goaltender, Tiny Thompson, who had just won a record fourth Vezina Trophy, to the Detroit Red Wings The fans thought Art Ross was crazy, but soon they were applauding rookie Frank Brimsek, would go on to back-stop the Bruins to a first overall finish and a Stanley Cup victory. He wiped out Thompson's shutout sequence record with three consecutive shutouts. He nearly equalled his new record with three more. He ended the season with 10 shutouts, and earned the nickname "Mr. Zero". He also became the first goaltender to win both the Vezina Trophy and Calder Memorial Trophy in the same season.


1938–39 NHL season, Regular season
Joseph Cattarinich died on December 7 of a heart attack following an eye operation. Cattarinich was the original goaltender of the Montreal Canadiens when they were formed in 1909 and later a part-owner of the team. He was 57.


1938–39 NHL season, Regular season
The Montreal Canadiens eroded to the point where Jules Dugal replaced Cecil Hart as manager and coach. Dugal was not much better and the Canadiens finished sixth. One bright note was that Toe Blake won the scoring title, however, despite the poor showing of the team.


1938–39 NHL season, Regular season
Chicago, after its Stanley Cup win the previous season, began floundering at mid-season and owner Frederic McLaughlin was displeased. Accordingly, he fired coach Bill Stewart and hired left wing Paul Thompson in his place. But the Black Hawks continued to lose and finished last.


1938–39 NHL season, Regular season
The New York Americans, up in third place at mid-season, proceeded to fall into a big slump in the second half and though they finished fourth, they were below .500 and had the worst defence in the league. Part of the problem was the retirements of Ching Johnson and Hap Day on defence. Al Murray was also out of action for quite a time. Still, goaltender Earl Robertson found himself on the second all-star team.


1938–39 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1938–39 NHL season, Playoffs, Semifinals, (1) Boston Bruins vs. (2) New York Rangers
This series was the first to need seven games in NHL history; additionally, the Rangers were the first team in NHL history to force a Game seven after losing the first three games of a series. Mel Hill, a right wing for the Bruins, scored a record three overtime goals in a single series.


1938–39 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes


1938–39 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1938–39 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1938–39 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1938–39 (listed with their last team):


1938–39 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1938–39 National Football League was the 12th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.


1938–39 National Football League (Ireland)
30 counties participated in the league, with Kilkenny and Fermanagh being the non-participants.


1938–39 National Football League (Ireland)
Mayo won the league for the sixth year in a row, beating Meath in the final.


1938–39 National Football League (Ireland), Format
Group A had originally been drawn with five teams. When Mayo entered, they were added to Group A, which was then split into two sections for the round-robin stage.


1938–39 National Football League (Ireland), Format
The winners of Groups A, B and C qualified automatically for the Semi-Final.,


1938–39 National Football League (Ireland), Format
The winners of Groups D, E, F and G played off for the remaining semi-final place


1938–39 National Hurling League
The 1938–39 National Hurling League was the 12th season of the NHL, an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.


1938–39 National Hurling League, Overview
The National Hurling League featured three groups of teams - Group A, Group B and Group C.  Waterford remained unbeaten in Group A, after recording three wins and one draw. In Group B Dublin had four wins from their four games. Group C only contained three teams, with Wexford winning both and topping the group. Dublin received a bye into the final, while Waterford defeated Wexford in a lone semi-final. Dublin won the subsequent final.


1938–39 Nationalliga, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship.


1938–39 Nationalliga A season
The 1938–39 Nationalliga A season was the second season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. Six teams participated in the league, and HC Davos won the championship.


1938–39 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1938–1939 was contested by 51 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating DWS, NEC, FC Eindhoven and Achilles 1894.


1938–39 New York Americans season
The 1938–39 New York Americans season was the Americans' 14th season of play.


1938–39 New York Americans season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1938–39 New York Americans season, Playoffs
They went against Toronto in the first round in a best of three series and got swept in 2 games, or 0–2.


1938–39 New York Rangers season
The 1938–39 New York Rangers season was the 13th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). New York finished second in the NHL in regular season points with 58, and qualified for the playoffs. In the league semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games.


1938–39 New York Rangers season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1938–39 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.


1938–39 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1938–39 season was Newport County's 17th season in the Football League Third Division South and 18th overall in the Football League. They had been ever-present in the third tier except for the 1931–32 season since the introduction of the Football League Third Division in 1920.


1938–39 Newport County A.F.C. season
Newport County attained promotion to the Football League Second Division for the 1939–40 season on 15 April 1939 with two league games remaining following a 3–0 win over Southend United.


1938–39 Newport County A.F.C. season, League table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


1938–39 Northern Football League
The 1938–39 Northern Football League season was the 46th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.


1938–39 Northern Football League, Clubs
The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.


1938–39 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1938–39 Rugby Football League season was the 44th season of rugby league football.


1938–39 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Salford won their fourth Championship when they defeated Castleford 8-6  in the play-off final. Salford had also ended the regular season as league leaders.


1938–39 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
The Challenge Cup Winners were Halifax who defeated Salford 20-3 in the final.


1938–39 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Salford won the Lancashire League, and Castleford won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Salford 10–7 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Huddersfield beat Hull F.C. 18–10 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.


1938–39 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
Halifax beat Salford 20-3 in the final played at Wembley on Saturday 6 May 1939 in front of a crowd of 55,453. There would be no Challenge Cup competition in 1939–40.


1938–39 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
This was Halifax’s fourth Cup Final win in five Final appearances.


1938–39 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
This was Salford’s fifth Final appearance and second in consecutive years, having won the Cup the previous season


1938–39 Northern Rugby Football League season, European Championship
The tri-nation tournament was played between November 1938 and April 1939 as single round robin games between England, France and Wales. This was the fourth Rugby League European Championship, and was won by France. Match Details


1938–39 OB I bajnoksag season
The 1938–39 OB I bajnokság season was the third season of the OB I bajnokság, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Three teams participated in the league, and BKE Budapest won the championship.


1938–39 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1938–39 college basketball season as a member of the Big Six Conference. They finished the season 12–9 overall record, and tied for the Big Six Conference title with a 7–3 conference record. The Sooners made it to the Final Four of the 1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament. They were coached by Bruce Drake in his first season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team
The 1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team was a college basketball team that represented the University of Oregon. The Webfoots, coached by Howard Hobson, played in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and compiled a 29–5 win–loss record in regular and postseason competition. After winning the PCC title, they became the champions of the inaugural NCAA Basketball Tournament.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team
Coming off a season in which the Webfoots were defeated in the PCC championship series by Stanford, the team returned all five of their starters. Known for their fast break offense, Oregon's players were nicknamed the "Tall Firs" and held a height advantage over most teams. After several early-season wins, the Webfoots went on an extended road trip to the East Coast, becoming the first West Coast team to do so. The team suffered two losses on the trip, to City College of New York (CCNY) and Bradley, but posted seven victories as well.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team
Oregon won 10 consecutive games at one point in PCC competition, and clinched a Northern Division championship with a win in the next-to-last contest of the regular season. In the best-of-three PCC championship series, against California, the Webfoots won in two games to earn the team's first conference championship since 1919.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team
Oregon was invited to compete in the West Regional of the NCAA Tournament, and beat Texas in their first game to reach the regional final, where the team won against Oklahoma. At the first NCAA Tournament final, versus Ohio State, the Webfoots claimed a 46–33 victory behind a game-high 15 points by John H. Dick. Three players from the 1938–39 Oregon men's basketball team were selected as All-Americans, and Hobson and Lauren Gale have been honored by the Basketball Hall of Fame.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Background
The 1937–38 Webfoots posted a win–loss record of 14–6 in Pacific Coast Conference play. In the conference's North division, the Webfoots won the title by a one-game margin over Washington. The Webfoots were led by Lauren Gale, who was the PCC North division's leader in scoring with 12.5 points per game in conference play; his overall average was 12.4. Oregon advanced to the best-of-three PCC championship series, but lost two consecutive games to Stanford by margins of 52–39 and 59–51. That ended the team's hopes of being crowned PCC champions. Following the decisive game of the series, player Bobby Anet said at a team meeting, "Next year, we're going to win everything."


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Roster and schedule
Oregon's entire starting lineup returned from the 1937–38 team that had lost in the conference championship playoff; it included 6'8" center Slim Wintermute, who was known for his shot-blocking ability. Forward Gale, who was 6'4", had what sportswriter Michael Russell called "enormous hands (that) allowed him to fake opponents while palming the ball with one hand"; he was the PCC points-scoring leader in 1938–39. Anet, a 5'8" guard, was "the heart of the team", according to Russell, due to his ability to dribble and run the floor quickly.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Roster and schedule
He was the Webfoots' captain, and was responsible for calling timeouts and engaging in conversations with referees. Other players on the team included 6'4" forward John H. Dick and 5'11" guard Wally Johansen. Newspaper editor L. H. Gregory called the Oregon team the "Tall Firs" due to the height of the team's players, since Oregon was taller than most other teams of the era. Eight of the eleven men on the roster came from Oregon, and the other three from neighboring Washington.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Roster and schedule
Anet and Johansen, along with forwards Earl Sandness and Ted Sarpola, had played for Astoria High School; Anet and Johansen had won multiple state championships before joining Oregon. Ford Mullen, a future Major League Baseball player, was a backup guard on the team. Along with Mullen, the Webfoots' reserves included guard Matt Pavalunas and forwards Bob Hardy and Ted Sarpola.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Roster and schedule
The team normally played up to nine players in a game, foregoing a regular substitute for Wintermute; when he needed a rest, Dick or Gale often changed positions to play center, allowing for a third forward to be inserted into the lineup. The Webfoots' head coach was Howard Hobson, who was in his fourth season on the job. In his previous three seasons, he had led the Webfoots to a total win–loss record of 63–28.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Roster and schedule
Oregon's preferred offensive game plan was to play an attacking fast break style of basketball. In response, opposing teams with shorter players often played a slower-paced offense. Oregon's fast break was unique among West Coast basketball teams, who were not accustomed to facing such an offensive style. Dick said of the team's attack that "We wanted to keep the pressure on (the opponent) mentally – more so than physically. Never give them a moment's rest." When inbounding the ball, the Webfoots often restarted play quickly to maintain their fast pace. Hobson frequently tracked Oregon's attempted shots in both competition and practice sessions, and built the offense around his players' strengths. On defense, the team switched between zone and man-to-man styles depending on how its opponent played.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Regular season
The Webfoots began the 1938–39 season by defeating Portland 51–24 on November 29, 1938. Oregon's second game was also against a team based in Portland, which represented the Multnomah Athletic Club. The Webfoots won by an 83–25 final score. In a closer game with a team representing Signal Oil, Oregon stretched its winning streak to three games with a 46–34 triumph. The team then recorded a victory over Pacific Packards, by a 54–39 final score.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Regular season
Following those games, the Webfoots embarked on a long trip through the Eastern United States; they were the first college basketball team from the West Coast to do so. Nine games were set up in as many cities, with eight held on the East Coast and one in San Francisco before the team returned home. In scheduling the extended trip away from Oregon, Hobson sought to show the team "different styles of play and officiating" and help them prepare for games later in the season.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Regular season
As a result of the extended travel, a University of Oregon student newspaper nickname the club the "Wandering Webfoots". The first game of the trip came in December at New York City's Madison Square Garden against City College of New York (CCNY). Oregon had a poor start to the game; according to the Sporting News, the team was "confused by officials' interpretation of legal and illegal screens to the moving picks set by City College of New York."


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Regular season
CCNY took an early 10-point lead, but Oregon cut its deficit in half by the end of the first half, and tied the game at 30–30. Despite Oregon's comeback attempt, CCNY won 38–36 to hand the Webfoots their first loss of the season. The trip continued on December 19 with a game at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, against local team Saint Joseph's. Oregon won easily by a 54–44 margin, as Gale and Wintermute led the Webfoots with 13 points each.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Regular season
Future stops included Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit, among other locations. Starting with the St. Joseph's game, the Webfoots had a streak in which they played four games in five days before Christmas Eve. On December 20, Oregon routed Miami (Ohio) 74–38, as Sarpola led the team with 20 points. Wintermute suffered an ankle injury during the game. The Webfoots then defeated Canisius by a 12-point margin. In the next game, against an undefeated Wayne State team, the Webfoots entered halftime tied at 22–22 and needed a late burst of scoring, led by Gale and Johansen, to clinch an 11-point victory.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Regular season
After the Miami (Ohio) game, Wintermute missed three of the team's following four games. The Webfoots won without him in their next two games, but not in the game in which he returned to action against Bradley. In Peoria, Illinois, Oregon fell behind by 17 points at halftime and lost 52–39, as Bradley center Dar Hutchins tallied 17 points while defended by Wintermute, who was playing through his ankle injury. Following their loss to Bradley, Oregon traveled to the Chicago Coliseum for a game against Western Illinois State Teachers College.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Regular season
Despite being without the services of Wintermute again, the Webfoots posted a 60–45 victory. Drake, the Webfoots' opponent on December 29 in Chicago, was defeated by 11 points. The final game of the road trip, held in San Francisco on New Year's Eve, saw the Webfoots lose to Stanford. The stretch proved profitable for the school, which made $4,400 off of the East Coast games, and Dick credited the trip for giving the Webfoots exposure to different styles of play than they had been accustomed to.


1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team, Regular season, Conference play
The Webfoots then entered play in the PCC, with four games scheduled against each of the four other teams in the conference's Northern Division; Oregon hosted each club twice and played two games at all opposing teams' arenas. At the beginning of 1939, the Webfoots began its PCC schedule with consecutive home games against Washington State on January 6 and 7. In the first, Oregon entered halftime with a nine-point advantage and prevailed by a 46–35 margin. They lost the second, 39–34, for their only home defeat of the season; the loss broke a 23-game winning streak at McArthur Court, the Webfoots' arena.