1946–47 FC Basel season, Overview
Therefore, Basel advanced to the Cup-Final, which was played in the Stadion Neufeld in Bern on 7 April 1947. Basel won the final 3–0 against Lausanne Sport and thus their second cup title. In the Final Paul Stöcklin scored two goals and Bader the other. Schall led Basel to win the Cup, but he died shortly afterwards at the age of 40 years during a workout on the football field. Following this unhappy event captain Ernst Hufschmid later took over as team coach.


1946–47 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1946–47 FK Partizan season
The 1946–47 season was the 1st season in FK Partizan's existence. This article shows player statistics and matches that the club played during the 1946–47 season.


1946–47 FK Partizan season, Players, Squad information
Stjepan Bobek (23/24)Miroslav Brozović (23/2)Béla Pálfi (21/4)Zlatko Čajkovski (20/3)Kiril Simonovski (19/5)Franjo Rupnik (18/11)Prvoslav Mihajlović (18/9)Aleksandar Atanacković (17/3)Milivoje Đurđević (17/0)Franjo Glazer (16/0) (goalkeeper)Stanislav Popesku (13/0)Miodrag Jovanović (13/0)Silvester Šereš (12/2)Florijan Matekalo (7/3)Jane Janevski (6/1)Risto Nikolić (6/0) (goalkeeper)Vladimir Firm (4/3)Momčilo Radunović (4/0)Ratko Čolić (2/0)Stevan Jakuš (2/0)Franjo Šoštarić (2/0) (goalkeeper)Šepe Šutevski (1/0)


1946–47 Football League
The 1946–47 season was the 48th completed season of The Football League.


1946–47 Football League
This season was the first to feature a full football programme since the 1938–39 campaign.


1946–47 Football League, Final division tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.


1946–47 Football League, Final division 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.


1946–47 Football League, First Division
After a tight title race involving several clubs in the First Division, Liverpool won their fifth league title, finishing one point ahead of their nearest rivals Manchester United (who won two league titles before the World War I) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (who had yet to win a First Division title). Stoke City and Blackpool completed the top five.


1946–47 Football League, First Division
Leeds United were relegated in bottom place after just six wins all season. They were joined by a Brentford side who failed to match their promising pre-war form, and the Bees wouldn't return to the top flight for another  74 years.


1946–47 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season
The 1946–47 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season was the sixth season of the franchise in the National Basketball League. For the first time Fort Wayne had to play without four time league MVP  Bobby McDermott who left the team mid season. The team also lost star guard Buddy Jeannette during the off season but did get the return of power forward  Blackie Towery. The Pistons finished the season second place in the eastern division and defeated the Toledo Jeeps 3-2 in the opening round of the playoffs before falling to the Rochester Royals in 3 games.


1946–47 French Division 1
CO Roubaix-Tourcoing won Division 1 season 1946/1947 of the French Association Football League with 53 points.


1946–47 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1947/1948


1946–47 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 22 teams, and Sochaux-Montbéliard won the championship.


1946–47 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1946-47 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 64 clubs divided in 16 pools. The eight first pools qualified 24 clubs for next phase . Eight other club were qualified from other eight pools.


1946–47 French Rugby Union Championship
The thirty-two teams qualified play the second round with eight pools of four. The two better were qualified to play the "Last 16" phase.


1946–47 French Rugby Union Championship
The Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Agen in the final, played on the ground of Stade Toulousain.


1946–47 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The 1947 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales and by Ireland.


1946–47 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The "Coupe de France" was won by Toulouse that beat the Montferrand in the final.


1946–47 French Rugby Union Championship, Last 16
In bold the clubs qualified for the quarter of finals.


1946–47 French Rugby Union Championship, Final
Note the presence of Albert Ferrasse and Guy Basquet: both will be future president and vice-president of French Rugby Federation.


1946–47 French Rugby Union Championship, Final
Guy Basquet, ended the match after a compromise. He was sent off by referee after a very bad fault, but after the protests of Agen player and managers, a federal manager, propose a temporary suspension.


1946–47 French Rugby Union Championship, Final
Temporary suspension that was officially introduced only six decades after.


1946–47 French Sudan General Council election
General Council elections were held in French Sudan in December 1946 and 5 January 1947.


1946–47 French Sudan General Council election, Electoral system
The General Council was elected using two voting lists. The First College elected 20 seats, whilst the Second College elected 30.


1946–47 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1946–47 season was Galatasaray SK's 43rd in existence and the club's 35th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1946–47 NCAA college basketball season. Elmer Ripley returned to coach it in the first season of his third stint as head coach, his eighth overall season as the Hoyas' head coach. The team was an independent and for the first time played its home games at Uline Arena in Washington, D.C., although because of conflicts at Uline Arena it played four home games on the campus of The Catholic University of America  at Brookland Gymnasium, which had been its home court the previous season.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
Ripley previously had coached Georgetown from 1927 to 1929, leaving to coach Yale for six seasons, and again from 1938 to 1943, leading the Hoyas to what at the time was their only postseason tournament apperanace in the 1943 NCAA Tournament. He then left to coach at Columbia and Notre Dame when Georgetown suspended its basketball program for two seasons during World War II. This time he would coach the Hoyas for three seasons, and the 1946–47 team was by far the most successful of his third stint as Georgetown's coach.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
With neither Ripley nor the varsity players of 1942–43 available the previous season, Georgetown had fielded a virtually all-walk-on team in 1945–46 with its only veteran player, Ken Engles, serving as player-coach. None of those players returned for 1946–47 except for junior guard George Benigni; instead, the returning Ripley brought back those members of the nucleus of the 1942–43 team who still had eligibility – senior guards Lloyd Potolicchio and "Miggs" Reilly, junior guard Dan Kraus, and junior forward Andy Kostecka, who all came back from World War II military service to play this season.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
He also brought with him from Notre Dame sophomore guard Tommy O'Keefe and sophomore forward Ray Corley, both of whom transferred to Georgetown to continue to play for him. Given the success of the 1942–43 Georgetown and 1945–46 Notre Dame teams – the former had gone 22-5 and the latter 17-4 – the outlook for 1946–47 was promising.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Kostecka was the team's top scorer all season, as well as in almost two-thirds of the individual games during the year; he set a school record by scoring 35 points against Niagara on January 25, 1947, and he scored 28 against Catholic, 22 against Nevada, and 20 against Penn State. When Duquesne came to Washington on March 4, 1947, to play Georgetown with a 19-game winning streak – one of which had been a victory over the Hoyas four days earlier – Kostecka scored 16 points in a 57-39 Georgetown victory that ended the Dukes' streak. Kostecka broke his arm in a game at Villanova two days later, ending his season, but he finished with 17.8 points per game, the highest average for a Georgetown player in 29 years. Meanwhile, Dan Kraus, although a defensive specialist, finished the year scoring 12 points a game.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Beginning the season with a 5-1 start, the Hoyas lost three of their next five games to fall to 7-4. They went 12-3 after that, finishing the season by winning eight of their last nine, to post a final record of 19-7. They barely missed invitations to the NCAA Tournament and National Invitation Tournament and had no postseason play.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Despite falling just short of a post-season tournament appearance, the 1946–47 team was one of the best in Georgetown history. No other Georgetown team would win 19 games in a season again until the 1975-76 team won 21, and no Georgetown team would exceed its 9-2 road record until the 1983-84 national championship team posted an 11-1 road record during its regular season.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
From the 1943–44 season through this season, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) suspended its freshman ineligibility rule. Georgetown had no basketball program during the 1943–44 and 1944-45 seasons, having suspended all competitive athletic programs in 1943 for the duration of World War II, so this was the last Georgetown team to play during this early period of freshman eligibility. After the conclusion of this season, the NCAA reinstated the rule that freshmen were ineligible to play on varsity teams, and they would remain ineligible until the 1972-73 season.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Sophomore guard Tommy O'Keefe would later serve as Georgetown's assistant coach for four seasons from 1956 to 1960 and as head coach for six seasons from 1960 to 1966.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Senior guard Lloyd Potolicchio, who had served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, resumed his military career after graduation, serving in the United States Air Force and seeing duty during the Korean War. He was killed on January 17, 1966, when the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker he was aboard collided with a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress it was refueling over the Mediterranean Sea off Palomares, Spain, and crashed. The B-52, carrying four hydrogen bombs, also crashed, resulting in the Palomares Incident.


1946–47 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1946–47 schedule and results
The March 13, 1947, game against Boston College was a post-season fundraiser which counted in the term's official final record.


1946–47 Greek Football Cup
The 1946–47 Greek Football Cup was the 5th edition of the Greek Football Cup. It was the first Greek Cup tournament to be held after the end of World War II. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, on 8 June 1947. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Iraklis, with Olympiacos winning by 5–0.


1946–47 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 5th Greek Cup Final was played at the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.


1946–47 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1946–47 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1946–47 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1946–47 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented The College of the Holy Cross in NCAA competition in the 1946–47 season. The Crusaders, behind coach Alvin "Doggie" Julian, NCAA tournament MVP George Kaftan, star Joe Mullaney and a freshman point guard named Bob Cousy, beat Oklahoma at Madison Square Garden to win the NCAA championship.


1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
The Crusaders, who played their home games at Boston Garden and the South High Community School in Worcester, Massachusetts, won their first four games of 1946-47, tripped through a three-game losing streak, then finished the year with 23 straight victories.


1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
The team entered the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the last seed in the 8-team tournament. In the first match, Holy Cross defeated the United States Naval Academy in front of a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden by a score of 55 to 47. Mullaney led the team in scoring with 18 points, mostly in part to Navy coach Ben Carnevale's decision to have his players back off from Mullaney, who was reputed as being more of a playmaker than a shooter.


1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
In the semi-final match, Holy Cross faced the City College of New York (CCNY), coached by Nat Holman, one of the game's earliest innovators. The Crusaders, led by Kaftan's 30-point game, easily defeated the Beavers 60–45. In the championship game, Holy Cross faced the University of Oklahoma, behind coach Bruce Drake, in another sold-out game at Madison Square Garden. Kaftan followed up the semi-final match with 18 points in the title game, leading the Crusaders to a 58–47 victory against the Sooners.


1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
Holy Cross became the first college from the New England area (as well as the state of Massachusetts) to win a national college basketball title. The Crusaders finished the 1947 season with 23 straight wins. Afterward, 35,000 people watched a parade in the team's honor on Holy Cross Day in Worcester. Future NBA legend Cousy was named AP and UP player of the year, and George Kaftan was voted to the all-decade team of the 1940s by the NCAA in 1989.


1946–47 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1946–47 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 36th since its establishment.


1946–47 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
1946–47 Hong Kong Challenge Shield was the 2nd edition of Hong Kong Challenge Shield after World War II.


1946–47 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 1946–47 season. It was their second year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Alden Pasche, who was serving in his 2nd year in that position. The team played its home games at Jeppesen Gymnasium on-campus in Houston and were members of the Lone Star Conference. Houston captured its second conference regular season title, and competed in the postseason in the 1947 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament where they were defeated by Arizona State–Flagstaff (now known as Northern Arizona) in the second round.


1946–47 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1946–47 campaign was the first full season since the end of World War II, but Town would have little to cheer during the season. Under David Steele, Town were in relegation trouble for most of the season, but because of the even worse displays of Brentford and Leeds United saw Town live to fight another day in Division 1.


1946–47 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.


1946–47 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
David Steele had been Town manager since 1943, but this was his first season in league football management with the Leeds Road club and it would be his last in Huddersfield. Town lost 5 of their opening league matches, but oddly enough won the other game 5–2 against Derby County. During October, Town lost 4 matches and conceded 19 goals in a 5–0 defeat against Leeds United, a 6–1 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers and 4–1 defeats to Liverpool and Middlesbrough.


1946–47 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Following that run, Town beat Charlton Athletic 5–1, but Town's form never made any dramatic improvements and even lost an FA Cup tie at home to Barnsley. Luckily during that season, Town were up against 2 worse teams in the relegation dogfight in Brentford and Leeds United, who were more than 7 points behind Town by the end of the season. This however didn't stop Steele from resigning at the end of the season.


1946–47 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.


1946–47 IHL season
The 1946–47 IHL season was the second season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Five teams participated in the regular season, and the Windsor Spitfires won the Turner Cup.


1946–47 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1946–47 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by second-year head coach Guy Wicks and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.


1946–47 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were defending Northern Division champions, but fell to 4–24 overall and 1–15 in conference play.


1946–47 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Alumnus Wicks returned to the university after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II; his first season as head coach was 1941–42. Over the next four seasons, UI basketball was led by acting athletic director James "Babe" Brown, who was also the head football coach in 1945 and 1946.


1946–47 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Idaho's sole conference victory was over Oregon State, the eventual PCC champion.


1946–47 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Wicks resigned as head coach (basketball and baseball) that summer and went into administration at the university;  Charles Finley, head coach at the New Mexico School of Mines, was hired as his successor for both sports.


1946–47 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1946–47 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1946-47 season would be the last year that Doug Mills would be the head coach of the Fighting Illini, however; he would remain as the University of Illinois athletic director until 1966. During his tenure at the helm, Mills' coached 217 games over 11 seasons. Overall his teams won 151 games and lost only 66, the 151 wins remains 4th all-time in Illini history. During the Big Ten Conference season, Mills' teams won 88 games while losing only 47.


1946–47 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Included in the 88 wins would be back-to-back conference titles in 1942 and 1943 where his teams would go 35-6 overall and 25-2 in the conference. Amazingly, Mills' three championships ('37, '42, '43) in just 11 years, place him just one behind Harry Combes, his replacement as head coach, for the most conference championships.


1946–47 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
An attempt to regroup 'The Whiz Kids' occurred during the 1946-47 season when Ken Menke, Gene Vance, and Andy Phillip returned from their service in World War II. January also saw the return of All-American guard Walt Kirk from his time in military service. Additionally, Dike Eddleman was not available to play until January based on the football team playing in the Rose Bowl. Unfortunately, the chemistry was not the same and the team finished in a tie for second in the conference with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses. Overall, the team finished with a 14-6 record. The starting lineup at the beginning of the season included 4 of the 5 Whiz Kids, guards Smiley and Vance, forwards Phillip and Ken Menke and Fred Green at center. However, as January unfolded, Mills would insert Kirk and freshman Bill Erickson into the starting lineup as well.


1946–47 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. After returning from serving as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II, Branch McCracken resumed the head coaching position for a 6th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Nine Conference.


1946–47 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 12–8 and a conference record of 8–4, finishing 2nd in the Big Nine Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.


1946–47 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1946-47 NCAA College men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Louis Menze, who was in his nineteenth and final season with the Cyclones. They played their home games for the first time at the Iowa State Armory in Ames, Iowa.


1946–47 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 7–14, 5–5 in Big Six play to finish tied for third place. They also finished in last place in the inaugural Big Six Holiday Tournament.


1946–47 Iraqi parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq between 21 November 1946 and 10 March 1947 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies.


1946–47 Iraqi parliamentary election, Background
During the al-Suwaidi government (February–June 1946), the electoral law of 1924 was revised. The number of seats of the Council of Representatives was increased to 138 and provinces were divided to smaller electoral districts. The elections were held by the al-Said government (1946–47). Five parties (the Liberals, National Union, National Liberation, Iraqi Communist, and People's Party) boycotted the election, accusing the government of interfering in the election process.


1946–47 Iraqi parliamentary election, Results
Pro -government parties won the elections. Two opposition parties, the Iraqi Independence Party and National Democratic Party, won five seats each. The new Parliament convened on 17 March 1947, and elected Abdul Aziz al-Qassab as Speaker. Salih Jabr was selected to form a new government, which was formed on 29 March 1947.


1946–47 Iraqi parliamentary election, Aftermath
After the 1948 uprising against renewing the 1930 Anglo-Iraqi treaty and the Portsmouth agreement, Salih Jabr resigned on 29 January 1948. Muhammad as-Sadr formed a new government. These events strengthened the opposition parties. Parliament was subsequently dissolved on 20 February 1948 to allow more political participation in fresh elections.


1946–47 Istanbul Football League
The 1946–47 İstanbul Football League season was the 39th season of the league. Fenerbahçe SK won the league for the 11th time.


1946–47 Isthmian League
The 1946–47 season was the 32nd in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1946–47 Ivorian General Council election
General Council elections were held in French Ivory Coast (which included Upper Volta at the time) in December 1946 and 5 January 1947. The Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally won all 15 seats in the Second College in Ivory Coast, and 24 of the 30 Second College seats overall.


1946–47 Ivorian General Council election, Aftermath
When Upper Volta was reconstituted as a separate territory in 1948, its members left the General Council (10 from the First College, 15 from the Second). By-elections were held in May 1948 for eight First College seats and 12 Second College seats; the PDCI won all of the Second College seats.


1946–47 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1946–47 college men's basketball season.


1946–47 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in intercollegiate basketball during the 1946–47 season. The team finished the season with 34–3 overall record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.


1946–47 La Liga
The 1946–47 La Liga was the 16th season since its establishment. Valencia conquered their third title.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup
1946–47 was the thirty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup
Wigan won the trophy by beating Belle Vue Rangers by the score of 9-3.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 21,648 and receipts were £2,658.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup
Although it could not have been known at this time, this was to be the first of Wigan’s record breaking run of six consecutive Lancashire Cup victories.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup
It was also to be the first of two consecutive finals to be competed for by these two teams.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Background
The number of teams entering showed little change from before the war.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Background
Leigh returned to the sport using a rented athletic stadium while their purpose built stadium was under construction.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Background
Overall, the number of teams entering this year’s competition increased by one with the return of Leigh bringing the total up to 13.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Background
The same pre-war fixture format was retained. This season saw one bye and one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round. The second round also had one bye, but now no “blank” fixture”.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Background
As last season, all the first round ties of the competition was played on the basis of two legged, home and away, ties. In addition, this season, the second round was also on a two leg, home and away basis.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1
Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one “blank” fixture) and 13 clubs


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1 – Second Leg
Involved 6 matches (with two “blank” fixture) and 12 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 2 - Quarter Finals – Second Leg
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, The road to success
All the first and second round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, The road to success
The first club named in each of the first and second round ties played the first leg at home.


1946–47 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, The road to success
the scores shown in the first and second round are the aggregate score over the two legs.


1946–47 League of Ireland
The 1946–47 League of Ireland was the 26th season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland.


1946–47 League of Ireland, Season overview
Shelbourne won their fifth title, their first in three years.


1946–47 Liga Bet
The 1946–47 Liga Bet season was the second tier season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine. The league covered wider areas as North and South (previously played in smaller regional divisions). This was also the last completed season under the British Mandate for Palestine.


1946–47 Liga Bet
Maccabi Haifa (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv (champions of the South Division) promoted to the top tier. However, due to outbreak of the 1947–1949 Palestine war, which caused the abandon of the 1947–48 season, they had to wait until the 1949–50 Israeli League season.


1946–47 Liga Bet
Following the Israeli Declaration of Independence, second tier football in Israel rearranged, and most of the participating clubs in the 1946–47 Liga Bet season continued to play in the new Liga Meuhedet (Special League), which became a temporary second division of Israeli football in the 1949–50 season.


1946–47 Liga Bet, South Division
Beitar Jerusalem, Beitar Petah Tikva, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, Degel Zion Tel Aviv, Hapoel Giv'atayim and Hapoel Jerusalem were all included in the South division before the start of the season. Beitar Jerusalem and Degel Zion Tel Aviv withdrew shortly after the season started.


1946–47 Liverpool F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was the 55th season in Liverpool F.C. 's existence, and ended their season as Champions, winning the title by one point from Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.


1946–47 Liverpool F.C. season
The chances of them doing the double was over by being beaten in the FA Cup Semi-Finals by 2nd Division Burnley.


1946–47 Luxembourg National Division
The 1946–47 Luxembourg National Division was the 33rd season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1946–47 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 12 teams, and Stade Dudelange won the championship.


1946–47 Maltese Premier League
The 1946–47 Maltese First Division was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Hamrun Spartans F.C. won the championship.


1946–47 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was Manchester United's 45th season in the Football League and second back in the First Division since their promotion from the Second Division in 1938. It was the first season of Football League action following the end of World War II, and the club's first in the league under the management of Matt Busby. United failed to end their wait for a major trophy which began in 1911, but they had undoubtedly their best season since then, finishing runners-up in the First Division behind Liverpool.


1946–47 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was Mansfield Town's ninth season in the Football League and fourth and final season in the Third Division South, they finished in bottom in 22nd position with 28 points and were transferred back to the Third Division North.


1946–47 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represented Marshall University in the 1946–47 college basketball season. They and were led by 12th year head coach Cam Henderson. Marshall won the 1947 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship held at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 10th annual men's basketball tournament of what is now the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.


1946–47 Mexican Primera División season
Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1946–47 season.


1946–47 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
It was contested by 15 teams, and Atlante won the championship.


1946–47 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1946–47 season. The team finished the season in 5th place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 12–8 and 6–6 against conference opponents.


1946–47 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Osborne Cowles was in his first year as the team's head coach. Mack Supronowicz was the team's leading scorer with 228 points in 20 games for an average of 11.4 points per game. Pete Elliott was the team captain.


1946–47 Montenegrin Republic League
The 1946–47 Montenegrin Republic League was second season of Montenegrin Republic League. The season began in October 1946 and ended in May 1947.


1946–47 Montenegrin Republic League, Season
After Budućnost won the title of 1946 season champion and gained promotion to Yugoslav First League, Lovćen, Sutjeska and Arsenal remained members of Montenegrin First League. New participants of competition were Velimir Jakić and Bokelj. Eight-week long season finished with the very first title for FK Sutjeska. Th team from Nikšić won the first-place battle against FK Bokelj, which lasted until the week 8. Anyway, at the end of season, both teams (Sutjeska and Bokelj) played in qualifiers for Yugoslav First League.


1946–47 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Results
Sutjeska finished season without one lost game, while FK Velimir Jakić won only one match with seven loses. Most goals (11) was seen on the game Arsenal – Lovćen (3-8).


1946–47 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Qualifiers for Yugoslav First League
Sutjeska and Bokelj played in qualifiers for the top-tier. In the first leg, teams from Montenegro played each other. Bokelj was eliminated in first leg, and Sutjeska in second. Below are their results in the qualifiers.


1946–47 Montenegrin Republic League, Higher leagues
On inaugural season of Yugoslav football system, there was only one competition. That was 1946–47 Yugoslav First League, and Budućnost was a representative of SR Montenegro in top-tier.


1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season was the 38th season in club history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the Stanley Cup finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to two.


1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1946, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1947 NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 25, 1947, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The Holy Cross Crusaders won their first NCAA national championship with a 58–47 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners.


1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.


1946–47 NHL season
The 1946–47 NHL season was the 30th season of the National Hockey League. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the 1947 Stanley Cup Final to win their sixth Stanley Cup championship.


1946–47 NHL season, League business
The NHL sought to renegotiate the existing professional-amateur agreement with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) in May 1946. The NHL proposed a flat payment of C$20,000 to cover all amateur players being signed to professional contracts, whereas the CAHA requested $2,000 for any player remaining in the NHL for more than a year. The flat rate offer was later accepted with the stipulation that a junior-aged player could sign a contract at age 16, but not play professional until age 18.


1946–47 NHL season, League business
Tommy Gorman, who had been associated with the National Hockey League since its inceptionin 1917, announced his retirement in July 1946 as general manager of the Montreal Canadiens. He left behind him seven Stanley Cup champions and a hall of fame career as a coach and general manager. Frank Selke, released from the Toronto Maple Leafs, took over as general manager and would build the greatest dynasty hockey ever knew in the late 1950s. The Canadiens were in financial trouble at this time, despite their winning team and Selke would turn things around by buying up talent and keeping the cream of the crop, selling some players to teams that needed talent.


1946–47 NHL season, League business
In December 1946, Selke proposed for professional teams to sponsor junior ice hockey teams under CAHA jurisdiction. The plan spread out talent instead of concentrating it on a few teams, provided a farm system for the NHL.


1946–47 NHL season, League business
Red Dutton finally got to resign as president of the NHL, as Clarence Campbell, whom Frank Calder had been grooming as his successor, had come home from Europe. Campbell's experience in law and in hockey made him an ideal choice as president. Campbell hired Ken McKenzie, who would become the league's first publicity director, in September 1946, as his first hiring. McKenzie would go on to found The Hockey News and other publications, including the annual NHL Guide.


1946–47 NHL season, League business
Lorne Chabot, whose outstanding career as goalkeeper brought him two Stanley Cups, a Vezina Trophy and a first all-star selection, died October 10, five days after his 46th birthday. He had been suffering from kidney disease for some time and had been bedridden with severe arthritis.


1946–47 NHL season, League business, Changes
The league extended the season from 50 games to 60 games. Linesmen are to be hired for each game from neutral cities. The system of hand gestures to symbolize penalties, devised by Bill Chadwick, is adopted officially by the NHL. The NHL announces that winners of its trophies, and members of the All-Star team will each receive $1,000. Additionally, the league modified the captaincy rule so that captains wore the letter "C" and assistant captains wear the letter "A" on the front of their jerseys.


1946–47 NHL season, Regular season
Detroit lost Syd Howe through retirement, but another Howe started his great career as Gordie Howe was Detroit's new rookie. In one of his first fights, he took care of Montreal's Rocket Richard. Sid Abel then added a taunt that enraged Richard and he broke Abel's nose in three places.


1946–47 NHL season, Regular season
Chicago decided to purchase goaltender Paul Bibeault from Montreal and regretted it. He played badly, one of his losses being an 11–0 whitewashing at the hands of Toronto. Finally, president and general manager Bill Tobin had enough and brought up 20-year-old Emile Francis to replace him. He made his debut on February 9, 1947, in a 6–4 win over Boston. During the season, Maple Leaf Gardens was the first arena in the NHL to have Plexiglas inserted in the end zones of the rink.


1946–47 NHL season, Regular season
A donnybrook took place March 16, 1947, between the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens. Cal Gardner lifted Kenny Reardon's stick so that it clipped him in the mouth and a fight broke out between both teams and the fans. On that same night, Billy Taylor of Detroit set an NHL record with 7 assists in a 10–6 shootout win over the Chicago Black Hawks.


1946–47 NHL season, Regular season
Bill Durnan broke George Hainsworth's record of consecutive Vezina Trophies as he won his fourth in a row, and Montreal again finished first. Max Bentley edged out Rocket Richard by one point and won the scoring championship. On February 12, 1947, Dit Clapper played his final game with the Boston Bruins. Before the start of the game, Clapper was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was the only active player to be inducted into the Hall. The New York Rangers were the first NHL team to have their home games televised.


1946–47 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes


1946–47 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts


1946–47 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1946–47 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1946–47 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1946–47 (listed with their last team):


1946–47 NK Dinamo Zagreb season
This article shows statistics of individual players for the football club Dinamo Zagreb. It also lists all matches that Dinamo Zagreb played in the 1946–47 season.


1946–47 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1946–47 National Football League was the 16th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.


1946–47 National Football League (Ireland)
Due to the extremely harsh winter, so many games had to be called off that the NFL was played off as a four-team tournament with Derry, Longford, Wicklow and Clare competing. Derry won their first league title. Although they had traditionally worn red, they wore white jerseys with a red band in the final, and have kept those colours since.


1946–47 National Hurling League
The 1946–47 National Hurling League was the 16th season of the NHL, an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams. Limerick won the league, beating Kilkenny by 3-8 to 1-7 in a replay of the final.


1946–47 Nationalliga A, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and FC Biel-Bienne won the championship.


1946–47 Nationalliga A season
The 1946–47 Nationalliga A season was the ninth season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. Eight teams participated in the league, and HC Davos won the championship.


1946–47 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
In the 1946–47 Hungarian League, Újpesti TE won the championship.


1946–47 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1946–1947 was contested by 66 teams participating in six divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, two southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating sc Heerenveen, NEC Nijmegen, MVV Maastricht, BVV Den Bosch and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam.


1946–47 New Caledonian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 22 December 1946 and 5 January 1947 to elect the 19 elected members of the General Council.


1946–47 New Caledonian legislative election
The elections saw the left-wing members elected in 1945 largely replaced by members representing business and the mining industry.


1946–47 New Caledonian legislative election
The new Council elected Henri Lafleur as the territory's representative to the French Council of the Republic.


1946–47 New York Knicks season
The 1946–47 New York Knicks season was the first season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks, the shortened form of Knickerbockers, named for Father Knickerbocker (a popular symbol of New York), are  one of only two teams of the original National Basketball Association still located in its original city (the other being the Boston Celtics). The Knickerbockers first head coach was Neil Cohalan.


1946–47 New York Knicks season, Regular season
The Knicks' (and the BAA's) first game was played on November 1, 1946, against the Toronto Huskies as the New York Knickerbockers at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, where the Knickerbockers won 68–66.


1946–47 New York Rangers season
The 1946–47 New York Rangers season was the 21st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers compiled a 22–32–6 record in the regular season and finished with 50 points. The team's fifth-place finish caused it to miss the NHL playoffs.


1946–47 New York Rangers season, Playoffs
The Rangers failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.


1946–47 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.


1946–47 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was Newport County's first competitive season in the Football League Second Division. The club had been promoted at the end of the 1938–39 season and although play had started in the 1939–40 season it was abandoned due to the outbreak of war in Europe.


1946–47 Northern Football League
The 1946–47 Northern Football League season was the 49th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.


1946–47 Northern Football League, Clubs
The league featured 12 clubs which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:


1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1946–47 Rugby Football League season was the 52nd season of rugby league football.


1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
1946-47 ended up being the longest season on record after a poor winter saw many matches postponed. Just as the country was recovering from post-World War II fuel and food shortages, it had to cope with prolonged frost and snow from 21 January to 16 March.


1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Wigan won their sixth Championship when they beat Dewsbury 13-4 in the play-off final at Maine Road, Manchester in front of a crowd of 40,599. Wigan scored three tries and two goals to Dewsbury's two goals. Wigan had also ended the regular season as league leaders.


1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
The Challenge Cup winners were Bradford Northern who were 8-4 winners over Leeds.


1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Leigh returned following World War II. Broughton Rangers relocated, and were renamed Belle Vue Rangers.


1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Dewsbury won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Belle Vue Rangers 9–3 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Hull F.C. 10–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.


1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
Leeds reached the Wembley final for the second time, doing so without conceding a single point in the final five rounds of the tournament. However Bradford Northern beat Leeds 8-4 in the final in front of a crowd of 77,605. Trevor Foster and Emlyn Walters scored Bradford's tries and were converted by Ernest Ward. Willie Davies, Bradford Northern's stand-off half back, won the Lance Todd Trophy for man of the match.


1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
This was Bradford’s third Cup Final win in five Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.


1946–47 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season
The 1946–47 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season was the eighth season of ice hockey in Norway. Nine teams participated in the league, and Mode won the championship.


1946–47 OB I bajnoksag season
The 1946–47 OB I bajnokság season was the 10th season of the OB I bajnokság, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Five teams participated in the league, and MTK Budapest won the championship.


1946–47 Oberliga
The 1946–47 Oberliga  was the second season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in Allied-occupied Germany. The league operated in four regional divisions, Berlin, South and Southwest (north and south). For the third consecutive season no German championship was held but the competition would resume the following year with 1. FC Nürnberg taking out the first post-war championship.


1946–47 Oberliga
In the British and Soviet occupation zone no Oberligas were organised. In the former the Oberliga Nord and Oberliga West commenced play in the following season while, in the Soviet zone, the DDR-Oberliga was organised from 1949 onwards. In the Soviet zone a championship was organised from the following season, while the first edition of the British occupation zone championship in 1947 was contested by eight teams and won by Hamburger SV.


1946–47 Oberliga
In the French occupation zone the Oberliga Südwest operated in two regional divisions, north and south, with a championship final at the end of season.


1946–47 Oberliga
In post-Second World War Germany many clubs were forced to change their names or merge. This policy was particularly strongly enforced in the Soviet and French occupation zones but much more relaxed in the British and US one. In most cases clubs eventually reverted to their original names, especially after the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.


1946–47 Oberliga, Oberliga Berlin
The 1946–47 season saw the league reduced from four divisions of nine clubs each to a single division of twelve clubs.


1946–47 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest, Northern group
The 1946–47 season saw two new clubs promoted to the league, TuS Neuendorf and FSV Kürenz.


1946–47 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest, Southern group
The 1946–47 season saw four new clubs promoted to the league, SSV Reutlingen, SG Friedrichshafen, VfL Schwenningen and SV Biberach.


1946–47 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest, Finals
The winners of the two regional divisions of the Oberliga Südwest played a final to determine the league champion:


1946–47 Oberliga, Oberliga Süd
The 1946–47 season saw four new clubs promoted to the league, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, VfL Neckarau, 1. FC Bamberg and TSG Ulm 1846.


1946–47 Oberliga, German championship
No 1947 German championship was held but attempts were made to stage one, scheduled to consist of eight teams, three each from the US and British zone and one each from the French and Soviet one. Difficulties with the scheduling resulted in a reduced format of only four teams planned to consist of Hamburger SV playing SG Charlottenburg and 1. FC Nürnberg playing 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the semi-finals on 10 August 1947, with the final planned for 24 August 1947. After the southern clubs declined to participate the competition was cancelled altogether.


1946–47 Palestine League
The 1946-47 Palestine League was the eleventh season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine. The defending champions were Hapoel Tel Aviv and the championship was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv.


1946–47 Palestine League
Hapoel Rehovot and Hapoel Herzliya were both relegated, whilst Hakoah Tel Aviv withdrew from league, and in the following month, merged with Hakoah 09 Tel Aviv, which have played in the second tier.


1946–47 Panhellenic Championship
The 1946–47 Panhellenic Championship was the 13th season of the highest football league of Greece. The form of the final round was decided after intense consultations and it was decided the teams that participated increased by 3 (6 out of 3) and resulted as follows:


1946–47 Panhellenic Championship
The championship was won by Olympiacos after a hard battle with Iraklis and Panionios. As the championship advanced, Iraklis had the first say, being the leader of the standings and undefeated.


1946–47 Panhellenic Championship
During the home game of Iraklis, on 26-6-1947 against AEK Athens, the referee Diamantopoulos left, interrupting the game in the 60th minute, with the score at that point at 0-2, because the football player of Iraklis, Paraschos Paschalidis refused to leave the field, although he had been expelled for kicking the referee, while at the same time there were episodes that started on the occasion of some fights between football players, but evolved as invasion of spectators on the field.


1946–47 Panhellenic Championship
On 29-6-1947, the Iraklis-Olympiakos match was held with a final result of 2-1, a fact that connected the emergence of the champion with the fate of the interrupted match, since Iraklis with this match completed its competitive obligations, while Olympiakos remaining 9 points had 3 games less. In the meantime, the HFF decided at first instance with 3-2 votes to zero Iraklis, as the culprit of the suspension in the match, with AEK being awarded the game.


1946–47 Panhellenic Championship
Following an appeal by Iraklis, who claimed that the reason for the suspension was the fans who invaded the stadium and who wore insignia of AEK, the secondary judicial committee of the HFF zeroed both teams as accomplices of the suspension, considering the reason for this the quarrel of the goalkeeper of AEK, Delavinias, with the forward of Iraklis, Zakapidas. For the first time, Iraklis came very close to winning the title, but Olympiakos won the remaining 3 games and reached 25 points, passing marginally first and crowned champion. The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.


1946–47 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season
The 1946–47 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season was the 6th season of play for the program. The Nittany Lions represented Pennsylvania State University and were coached by James O'Hora in his 1st season.


1946–47 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
After the end of the war, many of the players on previous teams returned to campus. Penn State restarted its ice hockey program in 1946 and arranged a few games but the problems that had plagued the team before had not been resolved. The program still didn't have a home building and the cost of travelling for all of its games was a burden. On top of that, despite having veteran players, the team wasn't competitive in any of its games. After the year the school made the only choice it had a discontinued the varsity program. It would later resurface as a club team in the early 1970s and eventually return to varsity status in 2012


1946–47 Philadelphia Warriors season
The 1946–47 BAA season was the first season of the Philadelphia Warriors in the BAA (which later became the NBA). The Warriors finished the season winning their first Championship.


1946–47 Philadelphia Warriors season, Player statistics, Regular season
Bold – Leaders (Qualified)* – Recorded statistics when playing for Philadelphia


1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen season
The 1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen season was the only season of the Pittsburgh Ironmen of the Basketball Association of America. They finished with a record of 15-45.


1946–47 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
The 1946–47 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 12th season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. Four teams participated in the final round, and KS Cracovia won the championship.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was Port Vale's 35th season of football in the English Football League, and their second full season in the Third Division South. It was their first full season following the outbreak of war in Europe, they thus continued where they left off in 1938–39, albeit after seven seasons of wartime football. Starting its post-war period modestly on the pitch with a tenth-place finish, the club still handed débuts to future legends Tommy Cheadle and Ronnie Allen, whilst work continued to complete 'The Wembley of the North'.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season
A club record was started on 19 October 1946, that would be completed on 13 March 1948, with a 33 long run of home games in which Vale's opposition failed to keep a clean sheet.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, WWII Football
Two games into a standard 1939–40 season, Vale were bottom of the Third Division South, and when war was initiated on 1 September all sports gatherings were prohibited and the season was cancelled. A week later and Stoke-on-Trent was one of many places to be permitted to host football matches. However almost all of the club's players volunteered or were conscripted to fight Nazi Germany. Vale played numerous friendlies, as well as taking part in the regional war leagues. They finished eighth in the West League in 1939–40.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, WWII Football
Unable to raise sufficient finances from 1940 onwards, they only put forward an amateur side filled with young players in the North Staffordshire League, also entering cup competitions such as The Sentinel Cup. They recorded some very one-sided victories over local amateur teams such as Shelton Labour, Hanley Deep Pit, and Northwood Mission. Some of Vale's top professionals signed to sides such as Stoke City, Crewe Alexandra, and Manchester United. Players that guested for the club included names such as Peter Doherty, Micky Fenton, Frank Soo and Dennis Wilshaw. Guest players often made up half of the first eleven, filling the gaps left by Vale's players on active service.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, WWII Football
The club came close to folding in summer 1943 when club president Mayor W.M.Huntbach died, leaving the club liable for £3,000 worth of debt, in addition to the £1,000 a year debit they were recording during the war. Appeals to The Football Association fell on deaf ears. The directors therefore agreed a £13,500 sale of The Old Recreation Ground to Stoke-on-Trent Corporation (the local council). Their application to the council to rent the stadium back was rejected.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, WWII Football
The sale was agreed without the support of shareholders, though the directors justified the sale by arguing that the stadium was a financial burden, especially as local vandals, hooligans and yobs regularly stole and trashed areas of the stadium. Nevertheless, Port Vale were then a club without any professional players and without a stadium. In October 1943 the council relented and allowed rent to be paid until April 1944. Then the council agreed to rent the stadium at a longer term for £400 a year.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, WWII Football
The search for a new ground took them to Hamil Road, Burslem; opposite a site the club occupied between 1884 and 1886. The rough land used for fly-tipping was valued at £30,000, and the Brownhills Estates Company and the Supporters' Club launched a New Ground Appeal. In September 1944 the land was acquired, and work began on a 70,000 capacity 'Wembley of the North'. These were ambitious plans for a club that had in the past recorded attendances as low as 3,000 from fair-weather fans. In the meantime the club took part in the 1944–45 Football League North league.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, WWII Football
Club director and former Northern Ireland international Jack Diffin took the position of manager. He was replaced by David Pratt in December 1944. For the 1945–46 season they were placed in the Third Division South (North Region), with new manager Billy Frith. The Council agreed to allow the Vale to rent The Old Recreation Ground until 24 June 1950. Plans for the new stadium now were expanded to a massive 80,000 capacity.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, WWII Football
Three former Port Vale players known to have been killed in the war were Tom Cooper, Haydn Dackins, and Sam Jennings. Meanwhile, Jack Roberts became a hero without losing his life, rising to the rank of Sergeant, he was captured in Tunisia, however managed to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp to return home.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
Of the 1938–39 squad there were six who returned for the 1946–47 campaign: goalkeepers George Heppell and Arthur Jepson; defender Harry Griffiths; and midfielders Alf Bellis, Wilf Smith, and Don Triner. The rest had been recruited between 1939 and 1946. Three players specifically recruited in summer 1946 to help win promotion were experienced forward Colin Lyman (signed from Tottenham Hotspur for 'fairly substantial fee'); 'the assassin' Garth Butler (Derby County); and half-back Norman Hallam (Chelsea). Also £1,000 was spent on "The Rec", with 23 new barriers and six new turnstiles installed. Tickets were priced at £5 for a season, or one shilling on the day.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
The season started with a goalless draw at the Withdean Stadium, before a 2–1 defeat by Exeter City in front of 14,490 home fans. This attendance was excellent, though would not be bettered all season. With Heppell in fine form in goal, Jepson was sold to Stoke City for £3,750. With Vale in poor form at the bottom of the league, manager Billy Frith resigned on 11 October, detailing a list of complaints against the directors, generally accusing them of undermining him and failing to support him sufficiently.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
Soon Cardiff City won at "the Rec" by four goals to nil, after which Lyman put in a transfer request. On 17 October, the club bought Jimmy Todd from Blackpool for then-club record fee, on the recommendation of Stanley Matthews. Lyman was then sold to Nottingham Forest for a higher fee than was paid for him earlier in the year. Gordon Hodgson was then appointed manager ahead of forty other applicants. Finding his team's unconvincing away from home he soon began to search for new players.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
Results soon turned around, and Hodgson's coaching and planning were credited with the success. However many games were put on hold until May, due to the exceptionally disruptive winter weather. Hodgson also helped to set up a youth program, arranging visits to schools, trials, and the running of two junior sides. In March 1947 he signed centre-half Eric Eastwood from Manchester City for a four figure fee. Experimenting with the first eleven, from 10 March to 19 April the team went on a run of one victory in eight games. Promotion hopeless and re-election unlikely, the experiments proceeded into the postponed games in May, when three consecutive away 1–0 defeats were followed by high-scoring victories at home to Crystal Palace and Southend United. Also the experienced Jack Smith was brought in from Manchester United.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
They finished in tenth place with 43 points from 42 games. Top scorer Morris Jones hit a very respectable tally of 26 goals, with double figure hauls from Bill Pointon and Alf Bellis.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances
On the financial side, a profit of £4,133 was recorded, then a club-record. League football had brought £20,872 in gross gate receipts, with the wage bill at £8,927. Twenty-one players were retained, and Harry Griffiths retirement was the only departure of note.


1946–47 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the FA Cup, Vale beat amateur side Finchley, league rivals Watford, and Second Division Millwall to reach the Fourth Round. There they came unstuck with a 2–0 defeat at Ewood Park to Second Division Blackburn Rovers in front of 32,900 spectators.


1946–47 Primeira Divisão, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship.


1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season
The 1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season was the first season of the Providence Steamrollers.


1946–47 Rangers F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was the 67th season of competitive football by Rangers.


1946–47 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 43 competitive matches during the 1946–47 season. This was the first official season played since the end of the Second World War. The club played in the Scottish League Division A and won the championship (25th title) with 46 points. They scored 76 goals during the campaign and conceded only 26 in the 30 matches. Willie Thornton finished top scorer with 19 goals.


1946–47 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers were successful in the newly inaugurated League Cup. They won all six matches in their Section before overcoming Dundee United from Division B in a 2 leg Quarter-Final. Hibernian were beaten 3–1 in the Semi-Final in front of a crowd of 125,154. Rangers defeated Aberdeen 4–0 in the Final at Hampden Park with Jimmy Duncanson netting a brace.


1946–47 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The Scottish Cup campaign ended at the Second Round stage. The club were knocked out in a replay by Hibernian at Easter Road. [ 1]


1946–47 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Jock Shaw, Willie Waddell and Willie Thornton represented Scotland against England in a match in aid of the Burnden Park Disaster victims.


1946–47 Rangers F.C. season, Transfers
6 August 1946:Charlie Johnstone to Queen of the South. John Galloway to Chelsea.


1946–47 Rangers F.C. season, Transfers
1 May 1947:Dougie Gray and Jimmy Smith were given free transfers.


1946–47 Ranji Trophy
The 1946–47 Ranji Trophy was the 13th season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won the title defeating Holkar in the final.


1946–47 Real Madrid CF season
The 1946–47 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 44th season in existence and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.


1946–47 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
During summer Bernabeu appointed Baltasar Albeniz from Español as new head coach for the upcoming season. The squad was reinforced with Arsuaga, Ferrús, Rodriguez Gallardo, Sureda and future club legend Luis Molowny whom transfer rights President Bernabeu bought 'in extremis' sending his club manager Jacinto Quincoces by airplane to Las Palmas just before the arrival of FC Barcelona manager Ricardo Cabot by boat travel.


1946–47 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
In League, the squad reached the first spot several rounds aimed by Pruden goals, however, the team collapsed by the second part of the season finishing on 7th place.


1946–47 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
The club clinched back-to-back cup champions winning its ninth 1947 Copa del Generalísimo Final against Español.


1946–47 Real Madrid CF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1946–47 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1946–47 season saw Rochdale compete for their 19th season in the Football League Third Division North, and the first after World War 2. The schedule was identical to the abandoned 1939-40 season.


1946–47 Rochester Royals season
The 1946–47 Rochester Royals season was the franchise's second season in the National Basketball League (NBL). The team finished with the best record in the league.


1946–47 Romanian Hockey League season
The 1946–47 Romanian Hockey League season was the 18th season of the Romanian Hockey League. Four teams participated in the league, and HC Ciocanul Bucuresti won the championship.


1946–47 Romanian Hockey League season, Regular season
HC Ciocanul București - Dermagand Târgu Mureș 1-1 (Sadovsky - Turcu)


1946–47 Romanian Hockey League season, Regular season
HC Ciocanul: Dron, Anastasiu, Sadovsky, Flamaropol, Fl. Popescu, Dlugosch, Tanase, Pana, Amirovici


1946–47 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1946–47 Rugby Union County Championship was the 47th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.


1946–47 Rugby Union County Championship
Lancashire won the competition for the fourth time after defeating Gloucestershire in a replayed final.


1946–47 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1946–47 SK Rapid Wien season was the 49th season in club history.


1946–47 SM-sarja season
The 1946–47 SM-sarja season was the 16th season of the SM-sarja, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. Nine teams participated in the league, and Ilves Tampere won the championship.


1946–47 Scottish Cup
The 1946–47 Scottish Cup was the 62nd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen who defeated Hibernian in the final.


1946–47 Scottish Districts season
The 1946–47 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.


1946–47 Scottish Districts season, History
Edinburgh and South East played a combined Glasgow and West on 23 November 1946.


1946–47 Scottish Districts season, History
Army against a 'Rest of Scotland' side on 15 February 1947.


1946–47 Scottish Division A
The 1946–47 Scottish Division A was the first season of competitive football in Scotland after World War II. It was won by Rangers by two points over nearest rival Hibernian. Kilmarnock and Hamilton Academical finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1947–48 Scottish Division B.


1946–47 Scottish Division B
The 1946–47 Scottish Division B was won by Dundee who, along with second placed Airdrieonians, were promoted to Division A. Cowdenbeath finished bottom. It was the first season after World War II.


1946–47 Scottish Division B, Events
Dundee recorded 10-0 victories in consecutive matches - against Alloa Athletic on 8 March, and Dunfermline Athletic on 22 March.


1946–47 Scottish Division C
The 1946–47 Scottish Division C was won by Stirling Albion who, along with third placed Leith Athletic, were promoted to Division B. Edinburgh City finished bottom. It was the first season after World War II. It was the first season of the reformed third-tier since 1925–26 and featured three reserve teams.


1946–47 Scottish League Cup
The 1946–47 Scottish League Cup was the inaugural staging of Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Aberdeen 4–0 in the Final.


1946–47 Scottish League Cup
The tournament became an annual competition in the Scottish football calendar with the return of regular football following the Second World War. The previous season, the unofficial 1945–46 Southern League Cup had been contested by teams across the country and proved popular; the final (also between Aberdeen and Rangers) attracted a crowd of crowd of 135,000 at Hampden Park). It was thus continued on those lines on an official basis from then on.


1946–47 Segunda División
The 1946–47 Segunda División season was the 16th since its establishment and was played between 22 September 1946 and 13 April 1947.


1946–47 Segunda División, Overview before the season
14 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1945–46 La Liga and three promoted from the 1945–46 Tercera División.


1946–47 Serie A, Events
Following the expansion of the league to 20 clubs, the FIGC decided that three teams would be relegated.


1946–47 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1946–47 Serie A season was the 14th season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Hockey Club Milano won the championship by defeating HC Diavoli Rossoneri Milano in the final.


1946–47 Serie A (ice hockey) season, Qualification
The two Serie B group winners played against each other for the right to participate in the Serie A.


1946–47 Serie B
The Serie B 1946–47 championship was organized by the Lega Calcio with geographical criteria: for this reason the three groups have different numbers of participants.


1946–47 Serie B, Teams
26 clubs had variously qualified for this championship, following the results of both 1942–43 and 1945–46 seasons. However, war damages and political choices imposed to divide the old Serie B between Northern and Southern Italy. Consequently, 20 Northern clubs from the previous Serie B-C and 14 selected teams from Southern Italy were added.


1946–47 Serie B, Events
To reduce the fixtures to 34 matchdays they following season, four teams per group and an additional club from Northern Italy had to be relegated.


1946–47 Serie B, Events
Three groups were created: North-West, North-East and South. The group with 22 clubs was a record in the Italian football history.


1946–47 Serie B, Group A, Relegation tie-breaker
Biellese qualified for the Northern Italy relegation play-off while Vogherese remained in Serie B.


1946–47 Serie B, Group B, Relegation tie-breaker
Pisa was saved while Anconitana qualified for the Northern Italy relegation play-off.


1946–47 Serie B, Northern Italy relegation play-off
When the Football League rejected in autumn 1946 the planned reduction of the Serie A, wild cards for two places in Serie B were given to the FIGC. US Cagliari joined after the end of the US occupation of Sardinia. Extraordinary match to fill the last place was organized.


1946–47 Serie B, Northern Italy relegation play-off
Biellese relegated to Serie C while Anconitana was re-admitted to Serie B.


1946–47 Serie C
The 1946–47 Serie C was the ninth edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system.


1946–47 Serie C, Northern Italy
Northern Italy sides were divided in nine rounds (gironi). The winners qualified to a tournament to determine the three teams promoted to 1947–48 Serie B.


1946–47 Serie C, Northern Italy, Finals, Girone C
Bolzano, Meganta and Vita Nova promoted to 1947–48 Serie B.


1946–47 Serie C, Central Italy
Central Italy sides were divided in six rounds (gironi). The winners qualified to a tournament to determine the two teams promoted to 1947–48 Serie B.


1946–47 Serie C, Southern Italy
Southern Italy sides were divided in three rounds (gironi). The winners and the runners-up qualified to a tournament to determine the sole team promoted to 1947–48 Serie B.


1946–47 Sheffield Shield season
The 1946–47 Sheffield Shield season was the 45th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Victoria won the championship following the renewal of the tournament after the suspension imposed by World War II.


1946–47 Slovenian Republic League
The 1946–47 season was the 24th season of the Slovenian Republic League and the second as part of the country of SFR Yugoslavia. The league champions were Enotnost.


1946–47 Southampton F.C. season
The 1946–47 Southampton F.C. season was the club's 18th season in the Football League Second Division and their 20th in the Football League. Southampton finished the season in 14th place in the league table, having won 15, drawn 9 and lost 18 of their 42 matches. The club also made it to the fourth round of the FA Cup. Inside forward Jack Bradley finished the season as the club's top scorer in the league with 14 goals, while centre forward George Lewis finished as joint top scorer in all competitions alongside Bradley, with 15 goals.


1946–47 Southampton F.C. season
League football in England resumed in 1946 following the Second World War. The first post-war season was Southampton's first to feature Bill Dodgin as manager, who had previously played for the club during wartime and was appointed in March 1946. In the summer the club signed a number of new players, including Bill Rochford and George Lewis, and due to the lack of official competition during wartime many first team players made their official debuts for the club during the campaign (including eight in the first game of the season).


1946–47 Southampton F.C. season, Pre-season
In preparation for the 1946–47 season, Southampton played two pre-season friendly matches. On 14 August 1946 the Saints won 4–1 against Irish club Bohemians, with new signing George Lewis and Don Roper scoring two goals each. They then beat French side Le Havre 7–0 at home thanks to a hat-trick from Don Roper, two goals from Doug McGibbon, and one each from Jack Bradley and Bobby Veck.


1946–47 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
Southampton began the 1946–47 season well with a 4–0 win over Swansea Town at home, with Doug McGibbon scoring a hat-trick. The team dropped down to 10th in the table with a draw and a loss, before beating Nottingham Forest convincingly 5–2 thanks to goals from McGibbon (two), Alf Freeman (two) and Jack Bradley. The Saints began to drop down the league table in October thanks to a winless run, but picked their form back up at the end of the month with wins over Newport County and Plymouth Argyle. The club's fortunes continued to change week on week, although they finished the year off strongly with a 5–1 win over Newport County to remain in the top ten going into 1947.


1946–47 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
The year began poorly for the Saints with three consecutive losses away from home in which the side conceded 11 goals, prompting Dodgin to replace regular goalkeeper George Ephgrave with Len Stansbridge for much of the rest of the season. Through February and March, the team won four out of seven matches to move away from the relegation zone and back up to the top ten, although four straight losses saw them drop back down to 15th in April. Seven players were released by the club near the end of the month. Three wins from their last six matches meant that Southampton finished 14th in the Second Division table, compared to 18th in the last pre-war season.


1946–47 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup
Southampton entered the 1946–47 FA Cup in the third round, facing Bury at home on 11 January 1947. The Saints controlled the game from the early exchanges, with Jack Bradley, George Lewis and Billy Bevis scoring within the first 16 minutes to put the hosts 3–0 up. Bury pulled one back before the break through a penalty, which was awarded due to a handball in the area by George Smith. In the second half, the Saints quickly reasserted their dominance and made it 4–1 through a second goal from Lewis in the 52nd minute. After he was initially denied by the crossbar earlier on, Lewis did later complete his hat-trick (the club's first in the competition proper) when he converted following a run by Eric Webber.


1946–47 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup
In the fourth round Southampton travelled to face Newcastle United, who were then second in the Second Division league table. The Saints took the lead in the 11th minute, as Don Roper shot from the outside of the box and scored due to a deflection off centre-half Frank Brennan. The lead remained until the break, before Charlie Wayman equalised for the hosts shortly after half-time. Nine minutes later he scored again, heading in a Doug Wright free-kick. Wayman completed his hat-trick later in the game to put Newcastle through to the fifth round. The Magpies went on to make it to the semi-finals of the tournament, before being knocked out by eventual champions Charlton Athletic.


1946–47 Southern Football League
The 1946–47 Southern Football League season was the 44th in the history of the league, an English football competition.


1946–47 Southern Football League
The league featured eight new clubs, including Football League members Millwall, who also entered their first team in the Southern League. However, due to fixture congestion, they only played 24 matches, with the remaining fixtures all being awarded as 0–0 draws. Yeovil & Petters United were renamed Yeovil Town at the end of the previous season.


1946–47 Southern Football League
A total of 17 clubs contest the division, including nine clubs from previous season, three clubs missed previous season and five new clubs.


1946–47 Southern Football League
Gillingham were champions, winning their first Southern League title. At the end of the season Millwall II resigned from the league.


1946–47 Southern Football League, Football League elections
Barry Town, Bath City, Chelmsford City, Colchester United, Gillingham, Gravesend & Northfleet, Guildford City, Merthyr Tydfil, Worcester City and Yeovil Town were amongst 27 non-League clubs to apply for election to the Football League. However, as the two clubs relegated from Division Two to the regional divisions Three were both from the south, the Football League secretary had suggested that electing new members could create an imbalance in the divisions' geographical boundaries, and that instead all four clubs (Halifax, Mansfield, Norwich and Southport) should be re-elected en bloc. This was accepted and no elections took place.


1946–47 Soviet League season
The 1946–47 Soviet Championship League season was the first season of the Soviet Championship League, the top level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. There were 12 teams in the league, 8 of which were associated with the army or police. The season began on December 22, 1946 and lasted until January 20, 1947. Dynamo Moscow won the championship.


1946–47 St. Louis Bombers season
The 1946–47 BAA season was the Bombers' 1st season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).


1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was Stoke City's 40th season in the Football League and the 26th in the First Division.


1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season
After a seven year absence due to World War II, the Football League made a welcome return for the 1946–47 season. Stoke were boosted by their time in the war leagues where they used many younger players to speed up their development. So Stoke now with a squad full of talent went on to achieve the finest league season in the club's history as they were involved in their first real attempt at winning the English title.


1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season
The season was expanded until June due to a poor winter weather wise and on the final day of the season Stoke needed to beat Sheffield United to claim their first league title, but with the unhappy Stanley Matthews now moved on to Blackpool, Stoke lost 2–1 and ended up in 4th position. The 1946–47 season finish of 4th is only matched by the performance by the Stoke team of the 1935–36 season.


1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
After a seven-year break the Football League returned for the 1946–47 season. Stoke, relying on many of their wartime discoveries along with quite a few who had served the club before the war commenced, were confident of doing well, and manager Bob McGrory announced that his squad consisted of 45 players (19 of them  were amateurs) of which 22 were eventually used. As the season took its course a number of players were sold for a profit and the only signing McGrory made was that of 31 years old goalkeeper Arthur Jepson.


1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
McGrory indicated that with full-time training, his side would thrive and given the right coaching and facilities in which to train and reach peak fitness. And he was proved right, despite the team picking up one point in their first four matches, the side started to play as a unit and thanks to two unbeaten runs, a challenge was made for top spot.


1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
By October the saga involving Stanley Matthews and McGrory reared its ugly head again this time after the manager had asked the England winger to 'prove his fitness' in the reserves. Matthews now living in Blackpool refused and he drifted in and out of the squad following the fall out. One of the worst winters of the 20th century gripped Britain in 1947 and consequently the football season was extended into June and indeed it was late in the season when Stanley Matthews again asked to leave.


1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
He was 32, and running his own hotel with his wife in Blackpool, and he named the club he wanted to join unsurprisingly it was the Bloomfield Road club Blackpool. Matthews was worried that his career had only four years left and wanted to end it near his business. Matthews' career would however continue for another 20 years.


1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
The 1946–47 season came to a climax in mid June when Stoke visited Sheffield United. A victory at Bramall Lane would give Stoke the league title, anything less would hand the honour to Liverpool. Stoke took around 10,000 of their fans to Sheffield but it was the "Blades" who proved to be too sharp for Stoke as they scored twice and despite Alexander Ormston replying for Stoke the title bid was over. Stoke were awarded £110 'talent money' for their performance during the season.


1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
Stoke beat Tottenham Hotspur and Chester both after replays before meeting Sheffield United who again proved be their bogey side winning 1–0 in front of 39,683 at the Victoria Ground.


1946–47 Sussex County Football League
The 1946–47 Sussex County Football League season was the 22nd in the history of the competition.


1946–47 Sussex County Football League, Clubs
The league featured 14 clubs, 11 which competed in the last season, along with three new clubs:


1946–47 Svenska mästerskapet (men's handball)
The 1946–47 Svenska mästerskapet was the 16th season of Svenska mästerskapet, a tournament held to determine the Swedish Champions of men's handball. The qualification criteria for the tournament was changed for this season. All Allsvenskan teams and all District Champions qualified, along with invited teams from Division II. 32 teams competed in the tournament. Majornas IK were the five-time defending champions, but were eliminated by Sandvikens IF in the Second Round. Redbergslids IK won their third title, defeating cross-town rivals IK Heim in the final. The semifinals and final were played on 15–16 March in Mässhallen in Gothenburg. The final was watched by 4,198 spectators.


1946–47 Svenska mästerskapet (men's handball), Champions
The following players for Redbergslids IK received a winner's medal: Henry Öberg, Valter Larsson (1 goal in the final), Lars-Eric Olsson, Gösta Swerin (1), Rolf Andreasson (2), Sten Åkerstedt (2), Olle Juthage (2), Kimfors, Bertil Lundberg and Holger Karlsson.


1946–47 Swedish Division I season
The 1946–47 Swedish Division I season was the third season of Swedish Division I. Hammarby IF defeated Sodertalje SK in the league final, 2 games to none.


1946–47 Swedish football Division 2
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1946–47 season.


1946–47 Swedish football Division 2, League standings, Division 2 Norra 1946–47
Teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the national league system until the 1953–54 season, and a championship was instead played to decide the best team in Norrland.


1946–47 Swedish football Division 3
Statistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 1946–47 season. At the end of this season major re-structuring of the Swedish third tier took place with the number of divisions reduced from 16 sections to 4 sections. There were no promotions to Division 2 and most of the third tier teams were relegated to Division 4 for the 1947-48 season.


1946–47 Swedish football Division 3, League standings, Uppsvenska Sydöstra 1946–47
The league table is not currently available but it is known that Ljusne AIK won the division and Strands IF qualified for the relegation playoffs.


1946–47 Syracuse Nationals season
The 1946–47 Syracuse Nationals season was the first season of the franchise. They competed in the National Basketball League.


1946–47 Tercera División
The 1946–47 Tercera División was the 11th edition of the Spanish national third tier.


1946–47 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in intercollegiate basketball competition during the 1946–47 season. The Longhorns were led by eighth-year head coach and former Longhorn basketball consensus first-team All-American Jack Gray. The team finished the season with a 26–2 overall record, for the highest win percentage in all of college basketball for the season, and a 12–0 record in Southwest Conference play to win the SWC championship. Texas advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third time, recording its second Final Four appearance.


1946–47 Toronto Huskies season
The 1946–47 BAA season was the Toronto Huskies' inaugural season. The NBA's first game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on November 1, 1946. The New York Knickerbockers defeated the Toronto Huskies 68–66 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The teams were part of the Basketball Association of America, the forerunner to the NBA. The Huskies finished last in their division and folded after one season. Throughout the season, the Huskies had four head coaches:  Ed Sadowski 3–9, Lew Hayman 0–1, Dick Fitzgerald 2–1, and Red Rolfe 17–27.


1946–47 Toronto Huskies season, Regular season
The attendance for the inaugural match was 7,090 with ticket prices ranging from 75 cents to two dollars and fifty cents. On that night, anyone taller than George Nostrand, the tallest Husky at 6'8", was given free admission.


1946–47 Toronto Huskies season, Regular season
Attendance quickly dwindled and the Toronto Star published an estimate that team owners Eric Cradock (co-owner of the Montreal Alouettes football team) and Harold Shannon lost $100,000 in one season of operations. The managing director of the Huskies was Lew Hayman, who was also the coach and general manager of the Alouettes. Previously, he had been a star basketball player at Syracuse University. Other key figures included team president Charles Watson, co-founders Ben Newman and Salter Hayden and Annis Stukus.


1946–47 Toronto Huskies season, Player stats
Note: GP= Games played; FG= Field Goals; FT= Free Throws; FTA = Free Throws Attempted; AST = Assists; PTS = Points


1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup. During the season, Maple Leaf Gardens was the first arena in the NHL to have Plexiglas inserted in the end zones of the rink.


1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Off-season
Frank Selke was involved in the wrong end of a power struggle with Conn Smythe and the club's board of directors. Selke was let go, and was immediately signed as the new general manager of the Montreal Canadiens. Frank McCool retired of his own volition due to his ulcers, while Lorne Carr, Dave Schriner, Mel Hill and Bob Davidson were asked to retire by the team. Babe Pratt was traded to Boston. The team brought in several rookies: Bill Barilko, Garth Boesch, Howie Meeker and Sid Smith.


1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season
Despite having a large number of rookies, the team won twenty of their first thirty-one games, led by the play of Meeker. Meeker set a rookie record, scoring five goals in a 10–4 win over Chicago on January 8, 1947. The team bounced back from a disappointing 1945–46 season to place second and qualify for the playoffs.


1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Toronto Maple Leafs 1947 Stanley Cup champions, Stanley Cup engraving
†Joe Klukay name was removed by mistake from new version of 1947 Toronto's engraving created in 1957–58. There is more than enough room to add his name. He played in finals and qualified to be on the cup.


1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Toronto Maple Leafs 1947 Stanley Cup champions, Stanley Cup engraving
When the Replica Cup was created in 1992–93 a new mistake happened. Robert J. Galloway's name was misspelled as P.J. Galloway with "P" instead of a "R". His name is spelled correctly the first 2 times 1947 Toronto members were engraved.


1946–47 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season
The 1946–47 season was the Tri-Cities Blackhawks' inaugural season in the National Basketball League (NBL). The team began play as the Buffalo Bisons, based in Buffalo, New York, but moved mid-season (after only 13 games) to Moline, Illinois, becoming the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.


1946–47 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season, Regular season
The Buffalo Bisons won its first game 50–39  over the Syracuse Nationals on November 8, 1946. The team's last Buffalo appearance was a 50–38 loss to the Sheboygan Red Skins on December 16. The Bisons left town for a December road trip with their future in doubt; the team struggled to draw crowds in Buffalo, and  two of their scheduled home games were canceled. On December 25, it was announced that the franchise was moving to Moline, where they finished the season as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks. The Blackhawks missed the postseason with a 19–25 record (5–8 in Buffalo and 14–17 in Moline).


1946–47 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1946–47 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by eighth year head coach Wilbur Johns. They finished the regular season with a record of 18–7 and won the PCC southern division with a record of 9–3.


1946–47 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 8–16 and where third in the  PCC southern division with a record of 5–7.


1946–47 USM Blida season
In the 1946–47 season, USM Blida competed in the First Division for the 14th season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They competed in First Division, and the North African Cup.


1946–47 USM Blida season, Players statistics
Reserve: Rabah Hamou, Bradai, M'henni Zahzah, Bachir Reguieg, Boukhalfa, Laidi, Housairi, Zouthi, Benazout, Bouguerra M, Bouchekour.


1946–47 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
The 1946–47 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 52nd season of collegiate ice hockey in the United States.


1946–47 United States network television schedule
The 1946–47 United States network television schedule was nominally from September of 1946 to the March of 1947, but scheduling ideas were still being worked out and did not follow modern standards.


1946–47 United States network television schedule
This was the first "network television season" in the United States, and only NBC and DuMont operated networks, as CBS only operated one television station, WCBS, and had yet to send out its programs to cities other than New York City. Additionally, several other companies—including Mutual, Paramount, and ABC—had plans to enter the medium over the next few years. Although experimental broadcasting had begun in the 1930s and television stations had been commercially licensed beginning in 1941, it was not until 1946 that coaxial cable connections allowed stations to share the same program schedules. Even then, only a few cities on the East Coast were connected.


1946–47 United States network television schedule
Notable series on the schedule included the first network TV soap opera, Faraway Hill; the poorly-received but ambitious variety series, Hour Glass; the first network-televised game show, Cash and Carry (prior game shows had been single-station only); and the anthology series Kraft Television Theatre.


1946–47 United States network television schedule
Few broadcasts made during this season exist in any archive, but segments of Campus Hoopla dating from 1947 exist in the Hubert Chain Collection of the earliest kinescopes still in existence, as preserved in the Library of Congress (Moving Image Collection). Audio recordings of live TV broadcasts of this show are also on file at the Library of Congress from the 1946–47 period, as recorded from WNBT-TV in New York (NBC's original flagship station in New York City, today's WNBC-TV).


1946–47 United States network television schedule
New series and those that made their network debuts during the season are highlighted in bold. Series ending are highlighted in italics.


1946–47 United States network television schedule, Fall schedule, Sunday
* Beginning in December 1946 on WNBT-TV, and then on January 5, 1947, on the NBC Network, Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties, hosted by Jinx Falkenburg and Tex McCrary, aired Sundays from 8:15 to 8:30pm ET.


1946–47 United States network television schedule, Fall schedule, Thursday
Note: On DuMont, King Cole's Birthday Party was also known simply as Birthday Party. It debuted on Dumont′s New York City station, WABD on May 15, 1947. By early 1948 it was carried on the entire network, but the date it switched from a New York-only to a complete network broadcast is unclear.


1946–47 United States network television schedule, By network
Some of the series below are not shown on the schedule as the day and time these aired are not currently known.


1946–47 United States network television schedule, By network, NBC
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.


1946–47 WIHL season
The 1946–47 Western International Hockey League season was the first season of the WIHL. The West Kootenay League expanded to Los Angeles and Spokane and changed its name.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
In 1946, a group of Los Angeles businessmen decided to enter a team in the WIHL. However, after operating the team for one year and losing over $100,000, they decided to end the venture. The Los Angeles team had to guarantee teams from Kimberley, Nelson, Trail and Spokane all expenses to travel to California, with each club making four trips and playing a doubleheader. During the week the Los Angeles Ramblers would fly up to the Kootenay for return games.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
Los Angeles had a second team with Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco in the Pacific Coast Hockey League. Although the quality of hockey played in the WIHL was considered superior to that of the other league, Kimberley, Nelson and Trail were small towns, and hockey did not appeal to wealthy patrons.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
To add colour to the league, the Los Angeles Ramblers' executive came up with the George Montgomery-Dinah Shore Cup, a beautiful trophy donated by the film-famed pair from Hollywood. The trophy went to the league champions, with the Kimberley Dynamiters the first team to have their name carved on the cup. The Dynamiters were a long shot to win the WIHL title in 1946-47, for Kimberley was the only city in the league with natural ice, and never had a home game until December 10, by which time they were buried deep in the WIHL basement.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
The Dynamiters' coach, Ralph Redding, had real problems that fall, for the East Kootenays were enjoying an exceptionally mild fall, and the Dynamiters depended on nearby frozen lakes and sloughs to hold their practices. With no ice, and the hockey season soon to open, the Dynamiters were forced to set up camp in Nelson for a week; this turned out to be a costly project. The Dynamiters were forced to play their first six games away from home, and only managed one win before ice was available in Kimberley.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
It was a hard climb for the Dynamiters, from deep in the WIHL basement suite to the penthouse, and it climaxed in one of the greatest comebacks in the annals of the Kootenay League. The Dynamiters won the league championship in the final weekend of play, and in order to do so they had to defeat the Los Angeles Ramblers twice in a doubleheader played in Kimberley. The Ramblers had led the league from the start of the season, and needed only one tie in Kimberley to be declared champions.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
Coach Ralph Redding had a surprise waiting for the Ramblers, with the Dynamiters closing the gap with a close 6-4 win in the first game. The Dynamiters left little doubt who was the best team, by lacing the Ramblers 14-1 in the final game of the regular season, with Jack Forsey collecting four goals. Benny Redisky scored the hat trick in that game, with Gordie Wilson gathering six assists. The Dynamiters started to jell after the new year, finishing the season with 18 straight home victories; and despite their disastrous start only lost 12 games the entire season, while winning 24.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
The league played an unbalanced schedule, with the Dynamiters playing 36 games, the same as Nelson and Trail. Los Angeles participated in 32 games, with Spokane performing in 40 matches. The Kimberley Dynamiters finished with a .667 winning percentage; Los Angeles .657 percent; Trail .514 percent; Nelson .458 percent; and the Spokane Spartans .250 percent. The Spartans managed only ten wins, while losing 30 games.