1942–43 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1942–43 season was the fiftieth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Albert Besse was the club's chairman for the fourth consecutive season.


1942–43 FC Basel season, Overview
Eugen Rupf was the team's player-coach during this season and it was his third season as first team manager. Basel played 33 games in their 1942–43 season. 26 in the Nationalliga, three in the cup and four were test games. They won 12, drew five and lost 16 times. In total including the test games and the cup competition they scored 59 goals and conceded just 67. Of the four test games three were won and one was drawn. There was a fifth test match against Lausanne-Sport in Lausanne, but date and result are unknown.


1942–43 FC Basel season, Overview
There were 14 teams contesting in the 1942–43 Nationalliga. The team that finished in last position in the league table would be relegated. Rupf and his team had won promotion the previous season and thus it was clear that this was going to be a difficult year. Things started badly and five of the first six games ended with a defeat. Shortly before Christmas, Basel suffered their biggest defeat of the season, a 1–9 dubbing by Servette. Up until today this is still the highest score defeat that Basel have suffered in their domestic league history. However, this is shared with another match 45 years later. On 15 August 1987, in another away game, Basel were also defeated 1–9 this by Xamax.


1942–43 FC Basel season, Overview
However, despite this defeat, with the following 3–0 away game victory against their direct opponents Luzern, who also playing at risk of relegation near the bottom of the table, and a 2–0 home game victory against their other direct opponents Nordstern, Basel ended the season with 18 points in 13th position, just two points above local rivals Nordstern, who ended the season on the relegation spot. Of their 26 league games Basel won seven, drew four and lost 15 times. They scored 29 league goals and conceded 57. Hermann Suter was the team's top league goal scorer with six goals. Erich Andres and Rodolfo Kappenberger were joint second best scorers, each with five goals.


1942–43 FC Basel season, Overview
In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 4th principal round with a home tie at the Landhof against lower tier local side FC Pratteln. This ended with an expected easy 6–0 victory. In the round of 16 Basel were also allocated with a home match against lower tier SV Schaffhausen. Hermann Suter and Fritz Schmidlin were both able to achieve a hat-trick and Basel won 9–2. Then in the quarter-finals Basel were drawn at home against top tier Lugano. However, a 0–2 defeat ended their presence in this season's cup competition.


1942–43 FC Basel season, Players
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1942–43 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season
The 1942–43 season was the second season of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons franchise in the National Basketball League. The Pistons came into the season off of a championship appearance and ended the year with a 17-6 record that earned them the #1 seed in the playoffs and set the team up as clear favorites to win the championship. Unfortunately it wasn't to be as after defeating Chicago in the first round in 3 games the Pistons were upset by the Sheboygan Red Skins in the NBL Championship Series. After the season Redskins guard Buddy Jeanette joined Fort Wayne to form one of the best backcourts in NBL History with Bobby McDermott, along with one of basketballs earliest examples of a super team.


1942–43 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1942-43 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Bayonne that beat  Agen in the final..


1942–43 French Rugby Union Championship
After three seasons of non official competitions, the FFR made the decision on 5 June 1942, to restart to play the championship.


1942–43 French Rugby Union Championship
After the occupation of the second zone by the German Army, in November, the FFR changed the denominations in "Zone North" and "Zone South".


1942–43 French Rugby Union Championship
The final was played by the winners of the two zone


1942–43 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The "Coupe de France" was won by le Agen that beat SBUC in the final.


1942–43 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1942–43 season was Galatasaray SK's 39th in existence and the club's 31st consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League.


1942–43 Gauliga
The 1942–43 Gauliga was the tenth season of the Gauliga, the first tier of the football league system in Germany from 1933 to 1945. It was the fourth season of the league held during the Second World War.


1942–43 Gauliga
The league operated in twenty-nine regional divisions, four more than in the previous season, with the league containing 298 clubs all up, 33 more than the previous season. The  league champions entered the 1943 German football championship, won by Dresdner SC who defeated FV Saarbrücken 3–0 in the final. It was Dresden's first national championship and the club would go on to win the competition in the following season as well.


1942–43 Gauliga
The 1942–43 season saw the ninth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal. The 1943 edition was won by First Vienna FC, defeating Luftwaffe team LSV Hamburg 3–2 after extra time on 31 October 1943. It was the final edition of the Tschammerpokal, with the German cup not resuming until the 1950s, then under its current name.


1942–43 Gauliga
The number of Gauligas, twenty-nine, increased by four compare to the previous season because of the sub-division of existing ones. The Gauliga Nordmark was split into the Gauliga Hamburg, Gauliga Mecklenburg and Gauliga Schleswig-Holstein while the Gauliga Bayern was split into the Gauliga Nordbayern and Gauliga Südbayern and the Gauliga Niedersachsen was split into the Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig and Gauliga Weser-Ems.


1942–43 Gauliga
The 1942–43 season saw the continued participation of military and police teams, especially in the eastern regions. Gauliga champions like LSV Adler Deblin, LSV Reinicke Brieg and LSV Pütnitz were associated with the German air force, the Luftwaffe, LSV standing for Luftwaffen Sportverein while MSV Brünn was a club of the Wehrmacht. SG Warschau, in turn, was a club of the Ordnungspolizei, the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany.


1942–43 Gauliga
In the part of Czechoslovakia annexed into Germany in March 1939, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, a separate Czech league continued to exist which was not part of the Gauliga system or the German championship.


1942–43 Gauliga, Champions
The 1942–43 Gauliga champions qualified for the knock-out stages of the German championship. Holstein Kiel finished the tournament in third place, defeating First Vienna FC 4–1 in the third-place game while FV Saarbrücken and Dresdner SC contested the final which the latter won.


1942–43 Gauliga, Champions
FC Schalke 04 won their tenth consecutive Gauliga title, Stuttgarter Kickers their fifth, VfB Königsberg and Kickers Offenbach their fourth while LSV Pütnitz, Germania Königshütte and First Vienna FC defended their 1941–42 Gauliga title.


1942–43 Gauliga Bayern
The 1942–43 Gauliga Bayern was the tenth season of the league, one of the 29 Gauligas in Germany at the time. It was the first tier of the football league system in  Bavaria (German:Bayern) from 1933 to 1945. It was the first season of the league being sub-divided into a northern and southern division, the Gauliga Nordbayern and Gauliga Südbayern.


1942–43 Gauliga Bayern
For TSV 1860 München it was the second of two Gauliga championships while, for 1. FC Nürnberg, it was the sixth out of seven the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944. Both clubs qualified for the 1943 German football championship, where Nürnberg was knocked out in the first preliminary round after losing 3–1 to VfR Mannheim while TSV 1860 lost 2–0 to First Vienna in the quarter finals.


1942–43 Gauliga Bayern
The ninth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, saw 1. FC Nürnberg eliminated by First Vienna in the quarter finals as the best Gauliga Bayern club.


1942–43 Gauliga Bayern, Table, North
The 1942–43 season saw five new clubs in the league, 1. FC Bamberg, Würzburger Kickers, VfR 07 Schweinfurt, Reichsbahn/Viktoria Aschaffenburg and Post SG Fürth.


1942–43 Gauliga Bayern, Table, South
The 1942–43 season saw four new clubs in the league, LSV Straubing, TSG Augsburg, FC Bajuwaren München and VfB München.


1942–43 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland
The 1942–43 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland was the fifth season of the Gauliga Donau-Alpenland, formerly the Gauliga Ostmark, the first tier of football in German-annexed Austria from 1938 to 1945.


1942–43 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland
First Vienna FC won the championship and qualified for the 1943 German football championship, reaching the semi-finals where it lost 2–1 to FV Saarbrücken.


1942–43 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland
The 1942–43 season saw the ninth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal. The 1943 edition was won by First Vienna FC, defeating Luftwaffe team LSV Hamburg 3–2 after extra time on 31 October 1943.


1942–43 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland
The Gauliga Ostmark and Gauliga Donau-Alpenland titles from 1938 to 1944, excluding the 1944–45 season which was not completed, are recognised as official Austrian football championships by the Austrian Bundesliga.


1942–43 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland, Table
The 1942–43 season saw two new clubs in the league, Wiener AC and Reichsbahn SG Wien.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1942–43 NCAA college basketball season. Elmer Ripley coached it in his seventh of ten seasons as head coach; it was also the fifth and final season of his second of three stints at the helm. The team returned to Tech Gymnasium – where Georgetown had played its home games from 1929 to 1940 – on the campus of McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C., for its home games. It finished with a record of 22–5 (.815) and became the first Georgetown team in history to participate in a post-season tournament, advancing to the final game of the NCAA Tournament, losing to Wyoming. Its youth and inexperience led it to be nicknamed the "Kiddie Korps."


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The previous season, Georgetown had posted a 9–11 record, after which all but three varsity players had either graduated or left school for military service in World War II. For 1942-43, Ripley fielded a young team consisting of three seniors, a junior, and ten sophomores (at a time when freshmen were ineligible for varsity play under National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules), leading to the team being nicknamed the "Kiddie Korps." However, the sophomores were a particularly talented group Ripley had recruited primarily from the New York City area, and had led the 1941-42 freshman team to a 20-1 record.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
One of the talented sophomores to join the varsity from the freshman team this season was forward Andy Kostecka. In the season's second game, the 1942–43 squad became the first Georgetown team to score 100 or more points in a game when it defeated American 105-39 – a margin of victory no Georgetown team would exceed until the 1986–87 team beat Saint Leo 126-51 – and Kostecka scored a season-high 22 points in the game.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
He also had strong scoring performances against Temple, Catholic, Syracuse, and Penn State, and by the middle of the season led the team in scoring and was averaging 15 points per game. At the end of February 1943, Kostecka left school for World War II military service, not to return until the 1946–47 season, but he nonetheless was the team's second-highest scorer for the year.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior center Bill Bornheimer, who had starred for Georgetown the previous two seasons, would have played his senior year with the team this year, but the university had instituted an accelerated graduation schedule because of World War II, causing Bornheimer to graduate in January 1943 and lose eligibility for the 1942–43 season.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Fortunately for the Hoyas, sophomore center John Mahnken joined the varsity from the freshman team, so impressing fellow sophomore center Sylvester "Stretch" Goedde with his talent that Goedde gave up hope of competing with Mahnken for playing time and left the team after three games to return to his native Ohio to pursue a minor-league baseball career. Mahnken scored 25 points against Syracuse and averaged 16 points per game in the later part of the season and 15.4 points per game overall.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
One of the more notable games of the regular season came in January 1943 against the Quantico Marines, a United States Marine Corps team composed of former college players that was favored to beat the Hoyas. The Marines led through most of the game, but Georgetown mounted a comeback to close to 52-48 with two minutes left to play, at which point Ripley put talented sophomore point guard Dan Kraus into the game. Mahnken used a head fake to open up a shot for himself and then scored to make the score 52-50.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Marines did not score on their next possession, and sophomore Georgetown guard Jim "Miggs" Reily made a set shot to tie the game at 52-52. Kraus then stole the ball from Quantico on the Marines' final possession; with time running out, Ripley shouted "Shoot! ", and Kraus scored on a 15-foot (4.6-meter) shot as time expired to give the Hoyas a 54-52 upset win. According to legend, the Marines were so angry over Kraus's steal and game-winning last-second basket that the Georgetown team required an armed escort after the game for protection.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
On February 11, 1943, the Hoyas defeated longtime rival Fordham 52–39, their only victory over the Rams in 16 meetings between 1925 and 1952. The win completed a three-game homestand sweep that also included victories over Syracuse and Penn State, giving the Hoyas a 14–2 record and putting them in the running for their first NCAA Tournament bid.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The team finished the regular season with a record of 19-4, and the NCAA selection committee chose Georgetown over Kentucky and Duke for one of the four Eastern bids in the 1943 NCAA Tournament, while the National Invitation Tournament invited the Hoyas to play in the 1943 NIT — the first invitations to a post-season tournament in Georgetown men's basketball history. The Hoyas turned down the more regionally oriented NIT — at the time considered more prestigious than the NCAA Tournament — in order to play in the NCAA Tournament, which included teams from a larger geographic area and would give Hoya basketball true national exposure.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
In the tournament quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden, Georgetown faced New York University, which had defeated the Hoyas 16 times in their last 21 meetings dating back to the 1921–1922 season and was the 2-to-1 favorite of New York City sportswriters, but Georgetown won in an upset, 55-36, with Mahnken scoring 18 points for the Hoyas. In the semifinals, the Hoyas were 3-to-1 underdogs to DePaul under first-year head coach Ray Meyer and led by their dominating center George Mikan.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Following Ripley's strategy for the game, Kraus and Georgetown sophomore guard Billy Hassett kept Mikan busy in the middle while Hoya center Mahnken scored with outside shooting. The plan did succeed in allowing Georgetown to score, but also left Mikan fairly free to score for DePaul at the other end; despite this, Georgetown closed to 28-23 when Hoya guard Lloyd Potolicchio scored on a 50-foot (15-meter) shot at the buzzer at the end of the first half. The Hoyas pulled ahead in the second half, but Mahnken fouled out with 10 minutes left.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Ripley put Henry Hyde, seven inches shorter than Mikan, in to play center. Hyde managed to keep Mikan in check, and Georgetown upset DePaul 53-49, prompting a Hoya fan to shout "Believe it or not...by Ripley! ", a quote which received wide publicity. Hassett, a very reliable passer and outside shooter for the Hoyas, had 11 points in the game.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown faced Wyoming, led by center Milo Komenich and forward Ken Sailors, in the final, which had a smaller crowd than expected because of the New York City's area's focus on the NIT championship run by St. John's; it was also the only NCAA championship game in history which was not filmed for posterity. Although Wyoming's defense held Mahnken to six points in the game, Georgetown led 31–26 with six minutes to play – but Wyoming then scored 11 straight points to take a 37–31 lead.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas closed to 37–34, but Wyoming finished the game with nine unanswered points to win 46–34 and take the championship. The following evening, as a fundraiser for the American Red Cross, the finalists of the NCAA Tournament and NIT took part in the Sportswriters Invitational Playoff, in which the two tournament champions, Wyoming and St. John's, and the two runners-up, Georgetown and Toledo, played each other. The NCAA Tournament teams prevailed in both: Wyoming beat St. John's 52-47, and the Hoyas defeated Toledo 54-40 to close out the season. The Hoyas finished with a record of 22–5, the most wins in team history and the first time a Georgetown team won 20 or more games. No Georgetown team won as many games for 35 years, until the 1977–1978 team won 23.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The performance of the "Kiddie Korps" raised hopes for an extended period of college basketball success for Georgetown. Later in 1943, however, the school suspended all of its athletic programs for the duration of World War II. With no basketball team to coach, Ripley left Georgetown to coach at Columbia, and the collegiate careers of many of Georgetown's players came to an end. Mahnken served in the military, then pursued a professional basketball career instead of returning to Georgetown. Hassett transferred to Notre Dame and completed his college basketball career there.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown would have no basketball program during the 1943–44 and 1944-45 seasons. After World War II ended in August 1945, the school would resume athletic competition and put together a varsity men's basketball team for the 1945–46 season. After two years at Columbia, Ripley had committed to coach Notre Dame in 1945-46, and those Georgetown players from the 1942–43 team retaining eligibility to play – notably Kostecka, Kraus, Potolicchio, and Reilly – had not yet returned from military service. Georgetown would field a virtually all-walk-on team in 1945-46, and Ripley and his eligible players from 1942-43 would not return to Georgetown until the 1946–47 season.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas would not appear in a postseason tournament again until the 1952–1953 team played in the NIT in 1953, and they would not take part in the NCAA Tournament again until the 1974–1975 team played in the 1975 tournament. The 1942-1943 team was the only Georgetown men's team to win a game in a post-season tournament until the 1977–1978 team's fourth-place finish in the 1978 NIT, and the only one to win a game in the NCAA Tournament until the 1979–1980 team reached the East Region final of the 1980 NCAA Tournament. Georgetown would not appear in the Final Four or the NCAA Tournament championship game again until the 1981–1982 team finished as the national runner-up in 1982.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
After World War II military service, sophomore guards  Dan Kraus, Lloyd Potolicchio, and "Miggs" Reilly and sophomore forward Andy Kostecka all returned to play on the 1946-47 team. Junior guard Bob Duffey was killed in action in Germany on November 13, 1944, during his World War II service.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Sophomore center-forward Henry Hyde later became a 16-term United States Congressman from Illinois, representing the state's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007.


1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1942–43 schedule and results
It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, and the games played against United States Army teams from Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort Lee, a United States Navy team from Norfolk Naval Base, and a United States Marine Corps team from Marine Corps Base Quantico therefore counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1942-43. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951-52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.


1942–43 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1942–43 season Hearts competed in the Southern League, the Summer Cup, the Southern League Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1942–43 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1942–43 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 16 clubs in the Southern Football League.


1942–43 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented The College of the Holy Cross during the 1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Albert Riopel, coaching the crusaders in his first season. The team finished with a final record of 1–5.


1942–43 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1942–43 campaign saw Town continuing to play in the Wartime League. They finished 5th in the 1st NRL Competition, 6th in the War Cup qualifiers and 8th in the 2nd NRL Competition.


1942–43 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Results, 2nd NRL Competition
The first 9 matches of this competition took part in the War Cup qualifiers. The last 7 matches, with the exception of the match against Manchester City, took place in the Combined Counties Cup.


1942–43 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1942–43 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by first-year acting head coach James "Babe" Brown and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.


1942–43 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 14–20 overall but just 1–15 in conference play; the sole win came against Oregon State in late January.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illinois. The Illinois Fighting Illini finished the season with a record of 17 wins and 1 loss. The season was cut short as three of the five starters headed off to active duty in the armed forces. Illinois won the Big Ten Conference Title and had finished the regular season as the nations' top ranked team.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Paced by a group of players known as the Whiz Kids, the team consisted of 20-year-old All-America forward Andy Phillip and teenagers Ken Menke, Gene Vance, Jack Smiley and team captain Art Mathisen. These players were so dominant in the Big Ten, that only Northwestern's Otto Graham could crack the all-conference team.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The Army drafted Mathisen, Menke and Smiley. That left only Vance and Phillip, both good enough to be selected to Illinois' All-Century team. Head coach Doug Mills made a decision in February 1943 that all five always supported, the club did not participate in either the NCAA or NIT tournament. Wyoming's NCAA championship that season may not have happened had Illinois’ season not coincided with World War II. The team was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Four of the five, minus Mathisen, returned to Illinois and tried to recapture the glory for one more season in 1946–47 after the war ended, but the chemistry had changed as well as their talent. Illinois went 14–6.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The final living Whiz Kid, Gene Vance, died in 2012.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season
The 1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season was the 6th season of play for the program.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
There were high hopes for the team entering the season, but the Illini had several hurdles to yet overcome. The primary concern was the lack of players available for the squad; both academic ineligibility and the draft board had cut Illinois' roster down and the team only had a few alternates left. There was hope that, due to the war, the Big Ten would alter its rules and permit freshman to play varsity sports. Illinois would be well placed to take advantage as the freshman team looked as good, if not better, than the initial varsity lineup. A positive sign for the team was Minnesota agreeing to play Illinois once more and they were included on the program's 15-game schedule. Unfortunately, the Big ten punted on ruling for or against freshman, which left the team with few players.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
Illinois began its season against the Chicago Hornets, an amateur club, with just 7 players on the team. Lou Ferronti was missing due to his draft status but the team had received a boon with team captain Amo Bessone obtaining a deferment and being able to finish out his college career. Despite firing more than 50 shots on goal, Illinois lost the first game of the season but the team did demonstrate that they had enough conditioning to last for an entire contest.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
Entering the series against Minnesota, the team got another player as Bill Prentiss returned from a broken collarbone. So anticipated was the meeting that all 2,700 seats for both games were sold out in advance. Disaster stuck the team after the Gophers had arrived; Rolle was out with a mild concussion, Austin had come down with the flu and Prentiss' injury, which hadn't completely healed, was acting up. The two games were cancelled and the following series with Michigan Tech was in jeopardy.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
After a meeting between coach Vic Heyliger and AD Doug Mills, it was decided to cancel all games for the remainder of the semester but to resume after examinations. The plan came into place with the knowledge that several players could become eligible for the team in the spring session. Heyliger sent word of his program's decision to Minnesota's coach Larry Armstrong, offering to forfeit the two matches.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
When the team finally got to play their next game, they received good news as Bessone and Henry Coupe passed special examinations to remain eligible. The squad, which were tabbed 'Friday's Children' (in the nursery rhyme Monday's Child, the descriptors for Wednesday and Friday had been swapped), had already gone through a tumultuous season and had played just one game so far. The team sent 9 men to Minneapolis, having added Coupe and Wes Tregoning in the interim while losing Prentiss to academic ineligibility.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
In their first game in two months, Illinois played well, limiting the Gophers to two goals, but the Illini were limited offensively and lost the game 1–2. Worse, Bessone was injured in the game and there was a chance he wouldn't be ready for the rematch the next night. Bessone ended up starting and the team shot out of the gate, scoring 2 goals in the first. Bessone, however, was ejected for fighting just 7 minutes into the game and the team, which was already short-handed, had to play without any reserves for the remainder of the match. Several players, particularly Tom Twitchell and George Balestri, turned in outstanding performances and held off the Gophers to earn a 2–1 win. Bessone's injury was later confirmed to be a broken jaw.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
The following weekend the team took on Michigan Tech. Bessone had had surgery to repair the three fractures and was set on playing while Twitchell had received his orders and would be playing his final games. Bessone and Karakas starred in the two games as MTU was defeated twice and Illinois looked to be succeeding despite all of their difficulties.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
Before their series with Michigan, Illinois received word that Minnesota would not count the January games as forfeits. Because of this, the Illini still had a chance to win the Big Ten championship. Good news finally happened with Prentiss as he was able to pass a special exam and was in the lineup for the first time all season. The first game against the Wolverines was Henry Coupe's coming out party. He had been switched to center and responded with a 5-point night. Their huge win emboldened the Illini for the second game and the team fired 66 shots on goal. Michigan did well to allow only 4 goals against but it was more than enough to grant UI a second shutout.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
A week later the team headed to Ann Arbor, needing to win both games to capture the Big Ten title. While there had been a good deal of animosity between Illinois and Minnesota over the past few seasons, the Illini credited the Gophers and Armstrong with not taking advantage of their misfortune earlier in the year. Bessone led the charge with a 4-assist game to put the team within 1 win of a title and then Coupe responded with a 4-point game to sweep the Wolverines and earn Illinois its third consecutive championship. Tommy Karakas set a modern-day record with his 4th consecutive shutout.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
Illinois wrapped up their season with a two-game homestand against Tech. The two teams were more evenly matched and the Illini had to fight hard to win in both contests. Captain Bessone scored the final goal in his last home game, breaking a 4-4 tie with less than 5 minutes to play. The final game of the year was a rematch with the Chicago Hornets. Illinois avenged their early-season loss with the 10th win on the year, capping off a unbelievable campaign.


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
After the season, Illinois followed most other varsity programs and suspended operations. Despite the team's huge success, the program was never restarted after the war and remains a club team (as of 2021).


1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Schedule and results
† Michigan Tech records list the two final games being played on different days with different scores, though both were credited as Illinois wins.


1942–43 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 5th and final year before taking a 3-year leave of absence to serve in the Navy during World War II. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1942–43 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 18–2 and a conference record of 11–2, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.


1942–43 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State College in the 1942–43 college basketball season. The team was led by 15th-year head coach Louis Menze. In 1941–42, the Cyclones finished 11–6 overall (5–5 in the Big Six Conference). There were no captains for the season.


1942–43 Istanbul Football League
The 1942–43 İstanbul Football League season was the 35th season of the league. Beşiktaş JK won the league for the 7th time.


1942–43 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1942–43 college men's basketball season.


1942–43 LFF Lyga
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1942–43 LFF Lyga
The 1942–43 LFF Lyga was the 22nd season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. Tauras Kaunas won the championship.


1942–43 La Liga
The 1942–43 La Liga was the 12th season since its establishment. Athletic Bilbao achieved their fifth title.


1942–43 La Liga, Relegation play-offs
Match between Español and Real Gijón was played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa, while the other one was held at Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona.


1942–43 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 1942–43 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Obie O'Brien, coaching the explorers in his second season. The team finished with an overall record of 13–10.


1942–43 League of Ireland
The 1942–43 League of Ireland was the 22nd season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland. Cork United were the defending champions.


1942–43 League of Ireland, Season overview
Cork United won their third title, becoming the first team to win three consecutive titles.


1942–43 Magyar Kupa
The 1942–43 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 20th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1942–43 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1942–43 season was Manchester United's fourth season in the non-competitive War League during the Second World War.


1942–43 Manchester United F.C. season
Many of Manchester United's players went off to fight in the war, but for those who remained, the Football League organised a special War League.


1942–43 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1942–43 season. The team finished the season in a tie for eight place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 10–8 and 4–8 against conference opponents.


1942–43 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Bennie Oosterbaan was in his fifth year as the team's head coach. James Mandler was the team's leading scorer with 160 points in 18 games for an average of 8.9 points per game. Mandler, who had set a team scoring record with 230 points during the 1941–42 season, was also the team captain. Dave Strack, who was the team's second leading scorer, served as the head coach of the Michigan men's basketball team from 1960 to 1968. Bob Wiese, who was the team's third leading scorer, played professional football for the Detroit Lions from 1947 to 1948.


1942–43 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1942–43 Montreal Canadiens season was the 34th season in franchise history. The team placed fourth in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the semi-finals against the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2.


1942–43 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
The Montreal Canadiens were still making progress, and coach Dick Irvin put together the first "Punch Line" of Elmer Lach, Toe Blake and Joe Benoit. Benoit became the first Canadien to hit the 30 goal plateau since Howie Morenz did it in 1929–30 (40 goals) scoring an even 30. Gordie Drillon also added some scoring power. Rookie  Maurice Richard showed promise, but broke his leg. The Canadiens made the playoffs by one slim point and bowed out in the playoffs' first  round. Alex Smart scored three goals in his National League Debut.


1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1942, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1943 NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 30, 1943, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The Wyoming Cowboys won their first NCAA national championship with a 46–34 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas.


1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season, Rule changes
In overtime, a player can commit a fifth foul before fouling out. Previously, a player fouled out after committing four fouls, regardless of whether the game went into overtime or not.


1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.


1942–43 NHL season
The 1942–43 NHL season was the 26th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Brooklyn Americans were dropped, leaving six teams to play a schedule of 50 games. This is the first season of the "Original Six" era of the NHL. The league's long-time president Frank Calder died due to heart disease. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.


1942–43 NHL season, League business
The NHL and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) agreed in principle that a junior-aged player could become a professional whenever he wanted, to make a living under wartime conditions. They expected that NHL clubs would rely on junior-aged players as replacements due to military enlistments. In October 1942, a new professional-amateur agreement was reached by NHL president Frank Calder, and CAHA president Frank Sargent. NHL teams were permitted to sign junior-aged players if the junior club was contacted first, and agreed not to sign any other junior-eligible players who had not yet played for the CAHA. The NHL continued to pay the CAHA for developing players.


1942–43 NHL season, League business
The Brooklyn Americans franchise was dropped, as Madison Square Garden turned down a lease agreement with team owner Red Dutton. Dutton argued that the other teams would be weakened by the war, but the other owners pointed out the number of American players serving in the armed forces was such that the Americans could not operate. A despondent Dutton left the league meeting, but was to return to the NHL sooner than he thought.


1942–43 NHL season, League business
With the suspension of the Americans, this was the inaugural season of the so-called Original Six era, with the NHL consisting of six teams (the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs). This arrangement would last until the 1966–67 season, after which the league doubled in size.


1942–43 NHL season, League business, Death of Frank Calder
The league's meeting of January 25, 1943, was to have been a non-event. The only news that was supposed to come out of the meeting was that the playoffs would begin on March 20, and that all series would be best-of-seven affairs. This was resolved in the morning session.


1942–43 NHL season, League business, Death of Frank Calder
The afternoon session had just begun and Calder had informed Red Dutton of the reserve status of his suspended franchise, when Toronto coach Hap Day noticed that Calder appeared to be in pain. Two league governors came up to his aid, but he assured them he was all right. Then Calder's face contracted as if he were in pain. He took a few steps and exclaimed "My God, there IS something wrong!" He was taken to his hotel room and a doctor diagnosed a heart attack.


1942–43 NHL season, League business, Death of Frank Calder
A specialist convinced him, despite his protests, to check into St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, where he suffered a second heart attack. In a week, Calder felt well enough to return to Montreal and checked into Montreal General Hospital. After eating a light breakfast surrounded by his family and friends, he was looking over the league books when he slipped back on the pillows of his bed and died of a third heart attack. He died on February 4, 1943, at the age of 65 years. Red Dutton was chosen as the new president, on an "interim" basis.


1942–43 NHL season, Regular season
Due to war-time travel restrictions, the NHL ceased playing overtimes to decide tie games on November 21 partway through the season. The last regular season overtime game was November 10, 1942, between the Chicago Black Hawks and the New York Rangers, won by New York 5–3. Regular season overtime would not be re-introduced until the 1983–84 NHL season.


1942–43 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
Detroit finished first, partly due to the six shutouts of goaltender Johnny Mowers, who won the Vezina Trophy. During the season, Jimmy Orlando got into a stick-swinging incident with Toronto rookie Gaye Stewart and came out of it on the short end, badly cut in the face and bleeding profusely. Both players were suspended for the incident.


1942–43 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
The Montreal Canadiens were still making progress, and coach Dick Irvin put together the first "Punch Line" of Elmer Lach, Toe Blake and Joe Benoit. Maurice Richard showed promise, but broke his leg, and Canadiens' manager Tommy Gorman began to look at him as brittle. Benoit became the first Canadien to hit the 30 goal plateau since Howie Morenz did it in 1929–30 (40 goals) scoring an even 30. Gordie Drillon also added some scoring power. The Canadiens made the playoffs by one slim point and lost to Boston in the playoffs' first round.


1942–43 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
In contrast to the 1941–42 season, the Rangers felt the full impact of World War II and lost Art Coulter, Alex Shibicky, the Colville brothers, and Bill Juzda to the Armed Forces. Only Ott Heller was left of their defence. Babe Pratt was traded to Toronto for Hank Goldup and Dudley "Red" Garrett. Garrett proved to be an excellent replacement for Pratt. However, he only played 21 games, then gave his life in the Armed Forces. Goaltending was the Rangers problem as Steve Buzinski, Jimmy Franks, and old veteran Bill Beveridge all had to face lots of rubber as the Rangers went from first to worst.


1942–43 NHL season, Playoffs, Semifinals, (2) Boston Bruins vs. (4) Montreal Canadiens
This was the last time that Boston defeated Montreal in a postseason series until 1988.


1942–43 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes


1942–43 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


1942–43 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1942–43 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1942–43 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1942–43 (listed with their last team):


1942–43 Nationalliga, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship.


1942–43 Nationalliga A season
The 1942–43 Nationalliga A season was the fifth season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. Seven teams participated in the league, and HC Davos won the championship.


1942–43 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Csepel SC won the championship.


1942–43 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1942–1943 was contested by 52 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. ADO Den Haag won this year's championship by beating Feijenoord, Willem II, SC Enschede and sc Heerenveen.


1942–43 New York Rangers season
The 1942–43 New York Rangers season was the 17th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers posted an 11–31–8 record and finished with 30 points. The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL.


1942–43 New York Rangers season, Playoffs
The Rangers finished last in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1943 Stanley Cup playoffs.


1942–43 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.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
The 1942–43 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fourth season of the rugby league’s Wartime Emergency Leagues necessitated by the Second World War.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
As in the previous wartime season, clubs played a different number of games and several clubs dropped out. Only 14 of the original pre-war clubs participated with only three; Oldham, St Helens and Wigan from west of the Pennines.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
The 1942–43 season began on Saturday 5 September 1942. As in the previous season, there are still only the three Lancashire clubs who have not had to close down and withdraw from the League, the Northern Rugby League continued with a single (now) 14 club single Competition. As the clubs are still playing different number of marches, the league positions and the title would be decided on a percentage basis.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
At the completion of the regular season Wigan were on top of the league with a percentage success of 81.25% and Dewsbury were a close second (78.12%). Although Bradford Northern won more games than anyone else their percentage success was only 73.80%, and consequently they finished third. St Helens finished 14th out of the 14 clubs with only 2 wins from 15 . Dewsbury went on to defeat Halifax 33–16 on aggregate in the play-off final and win the Championship (for the second consecutive season), however the Championship was declared null and void as the Dewsbury had fielded an ineligible player in the semi-final.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
The Wartime Emergency Leagues did not count as an official league championship.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
In the Rugby league Challenge Cup Final, Dewsbury beat Leeds 16–15 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,470.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
With the Lancashire Cup suspended the duration of the war, Wigan competed in the Yorkshire Cup. The cup was won by Dewsbury who beat Huddersfield 7–2 on aggregate before an aggregate crowd of 17,252 in the two low scoring legs of the final


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Change in participation, Previous withdrawals
The following clubs had withdrawn from the League, before this season began:


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Championship play-offs, Qualifying game
On 1 May 1943 Bradford Northern beat Huddersfield 16–13 at Odsal Stadium, Bradford in the qualifying game.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Championship play-offs, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on 8 May 1943. Wigan  lost 3–13 to Halifax at Central Park, Wigan. In the other game Bradford Northern beat Dewsbury 8–3 at Odsal. After the game Dewsbury submitted a protest to the Rugby Football League and Bradford Northern were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Championship play-offs, Final
The first leg was played on 15 May 1943 Dewsbury beat Halifax 11–3 at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Championship play-offs, Final
The second leg was played the following Saturday, 22 May 1943 and Dewbury won again this time 22–13 at Thrum Hall, Halifax in front of a crowd of 9,700.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Championship play-offs, Final
Dewsbury won 33–16 on aggregate but at a meeting of the RFL committee in July the championship was declared null and void. The committee heard a complaint submitted by Bradford Northern that in the semi-final between them and Dewsbury, Dewsbury had also fielded an ineligible player. The complaint was upheld, the championship was voided, Dewsbury's title win was removed from the list of Championship wins and the club were fined £100.


1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Challenge Cup
Barrow who had not entered the League programme, took part in this competition. In the final Dewsbury beat Leeds 16–15 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,470.


1942–43 Národní liga
The 1942–43 Národní liga (English: National league) was the fourth season of the Národní liga, the first tier of league football in the Nazi Germany-annexed Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia which had been part of Czechoslovakia until March 1939.


1942–43 Národní liga
The Czech championship was won by Slavia Prague, and Josef Bican was the league's top scorer with 39 goals.


1942–43 Národní liga
Czech clubs in what was now the German-annexed Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia continued their own league which was variously referred to as the Národní liga (English: National league), Bohemia/Moravia championship or Česko-moravská liga (English: Bohemian-Moravian league) while ethnic-German clubs played in the German Gauliga Sudetenland.


1942–43 Národní liga
In the Slovak Republic an independent Slovak league, the Slovenská liga, had been established in 1939 and played out its own championship which was won by OAP Bratislava in the 1942–43 season. A national Czechoslovak championship was not played between 1939 and 1945.


1942–43 Národní liga, Table
For the 1942–43 season SK Nusle and SK Rakovník had been newly promoted to the league.


1942–43 OB I bajnoksag season
The 1942–43 OB I bajnokság season was the seventh season of the OB I bajnokság, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Four teams participated in the final round, and BBTE Budapest won the championship.


1942–43 Panhellenic Championship
The 1942–43 Panhellenic Championship did not occur due to the repetitive disputes in the Greek Football organisation. The 'Union of Greek Athletes' started a League in Athens and Piraeus under the supervision of the German Occupation army. During that period HFF had disbanded so the Union of Greek athletes (Greek: Ένωση Ελλήνων αθλητών) decided to organize the 1942-43 Panhellenic Championship. The championship started in January 1943 and the games were held at Kaisariani. After short time the championship stopped, because of HFF having been re-established and taken over Greek Football organisation. At that point AEK Athens was leading the championship having won three out of their first four games.


1942–43 Panhellenic Championship
The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.


1942–43 Panhellenic Championship
HFF and UoGA disagreed on whether the event held so far should be considered as official or not, so the championship restarted. Known results of AEK Athens:


1942–43 Panhellenic Championship
The championship was abandoned once more, due to disagreement between the HFF and the UoGA. At that time AEK Athens was leading the league with a record of:


1942–43 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season
The 1942–43 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season was the 4th season of play for the program. The Nittany Lions represented Pennsylvania State University and were coached by Arthur Davis in his 3rd season.


1942–43 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
With World War II in full force, many ice hockey programs suspended operations. Penn State tried to muddle through with a shortened season that didn't begin until February. On top of other issues, the Nittany Lions still weren't able to schedule any other varsity program, having played just one varsity game since the team was restarted in 1940.


1942–43 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season, Scoring Statistics
Note: Only the goal scorers in the Drexel games were counted.


1942–43 Primeira Divisão
The 1942–43 Primeira Divisão was the ninth season of top-tier football in Portugal.


1942–43 Primeira Divisão, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.


1942–43 Primera Fuerza season, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Marte won the championship.


1942–43 Primera Fuerza season, Moves
After this season Necaxa and Selección Jalisco retired, while Albinegros de Orizaba, Atlas, Guadalajara, and Veracruz joined.


1942–43 Primera Fuerza season, Moves, Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.


1942–43 Rangers F.C. season
The 1942–43 season was the fourth year of wartime football by the Rangers.


1942–43 Ranji Trophy
The 1942–43 Ranji Trophy was the ninth season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won their first title defeating Hyderabad in the final. Only 13 teams took part, the lowest in the history of the Ranji Trophy. Teams like Bombay and Madras skipped the competition.


1942–43 Real Madrid CF season
The 1942–43 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 40th season in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.


1942–43 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
The club had the third worst campaign ever finishing on 10th spot avoiding relegation by just one single point. Head coach Juan Armet "Kinké" was fired on round 12 after a bad streak of results, then after one match with Pablo Hernandez Coronado managing another lost game, the Executive Board appointed Ramon Encinas with the main goal of avoiding relegation.


1942–43 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
After remained in the first category aimed by the goals of Manuel Alday, the squad advanced rounds on 1943 Copa del Generalísimo and in semi-finals played against archrivals FC Barcelona. In the first leg of the series the club lost 0–3, then on 19 June 1943 the squad defeated Barcelona with a colossal 11–1 score being in fact, the most landslide result in El Clásico. In Final, the squad was defeated by Atletico Bilbao with a goal of Telmo Zarra after extra time.


1942–43 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.


1942–43 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1942–43 season saw Rochdale compete for their 4th season in the wartime league (League North). The season was split into 2 championships. In the 1st Championship, Rochdale finished in 41st position out of 48, and in the 2nd Championship, they finished 21st out of 28. Some matches in the 2nd Championship were also in the League War Cup and Lancashire Cup.


1942–43 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1942–43 SK Rapid Wien season was the 45th season in club history.


1942–43 SM-sarja season
The 1942–1943 SM-sarja season of the Finnish Elite League(SM-sarja) took place even though the Continuation War continued on. The season featured 8 teams from 4 cities. Teams played 7 games each.


1942–43 Scottish Districts season
The 1942–43 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.


1942–43 Scottish Districts season, History
There was no Inter-City match this year due to the Second World War.


1942–43 Scottish Districts season, History
East of Scotland District played an West of Scotland District side.


1942–43 Segunda División, Overview before the season
24 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1941–42 La Liga and 3 promoted from Divisiones Regionales.


1942–43 Serbian League
The 1942–43 Serbian League (Serbian: 1942–43 Српска лига / 1942–43 Srpska liga) was a top level football league of the Serbian military administration (Serbia under German occupation) in the 1942–43 season. It was won by BSK Belgrade.


1942–43 Serie A, Events
This was the last championship before a two-years break due to World War II.


1942–43 Serie A, Relegation tie-breaker
Triestina remained in Serie A. A second round was needed and played in Bologna.


1942–43 Serie B
The Serie B 1942–43 was the fourteenth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.


1942–43 Serie B, Teams
Cremonese, Anconitana, M.A.T.E.R. and Palermo had been promoted from Serie C, while Napoli and Modena had been relegated from Serie A.


1942–43 Serie B, Events
This was the last championship before a two-years break due to World War II.


1942–43 Serie C
The 1942–43 Serie C was the eighth edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system.


1942–43 Serie C, After the war
At the end of this season the championship was suspended due to World War II. After the war, the devastation left by the battles on the Gothic Line made travels from one side of the Apennines to the other very difficult. The championship was restarted in 1945 with a transitory season where northern and southern sides took part in nearly separated competitions. For these reasons, the championship composition was deeply changed.


1942–43 Sheboygan Red Skins season
The 1942–43 Sheboygan Red Skins season was the Red Skins' fifth year in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL), which was also the fifth year the league existed. Five teams competed in the NBL in 1942–43, the league's lowest number to that point (largely caused by the war), and the league did not use divisions.


1942–43 Sheboygan Red Skins season
The Red Skins played their home games at the Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory. For the second time in franchise history (1941), the Red Skins advanced to the NBL Championship. They then went on to win their first league title by defeating the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, two games to one in a best-of-three series. In the third and deciding game, Ed Dancker made the game-winning shot from the corner with less than five seconds remaining to win the championship.


1942–43 Sheboygan Red Skins season
Head coach Carl Roth won the league's Coach of the Year Award, while player Ken Buehler was named NBL Rookie of the Year. Ed Dancker (First Team), Buddy Jeannette (Second), and Ken Suesens (Second) earned All-NBL honors.


1942–43 Sheboygan Red Skins season, Playoffs, Semifinals
(2) Sheboygan Red Skins vs. (3) Oshkosh All-Stars: Sheboygan wins series 2–0


1942–43 Sheboygan Red Skins season, Playoffs, NBL Championship
(1) Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons vs. (2) Sheboygan Red Skins: Sheboygan wins series 2–1


1942–43 Slovenská liga
The 1942–43 Slovenská liga (English:Slovak league) was the fifth season of the Slovenská liga, the first tier of league football in the Slovak Republic, formerly part of Czechoslovakia until the German occupation of the country in March 1939.


1942–43 Slovenská liga
In the Slovak Republic an independent Slovak league had been established in 1939 and played out its own championship which was won by OAP Bratislava in 1942–43. In the German-annexed Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia a separate league, the  Národní liga (English:National league), was played and won by Slavia Prague in the 1942–43 season. A national Czechoslovak championship was not played between 1939 and 1945.


1942–43 Slovenská liga, Table
For the 1942–43 season OAP Bratislava and HG Šimonovany had been newly promoted to the league.


1942–43 South African cricket season
The 1942–43 South African cricket season saw only two first-class games. South Africa was involved in the Second World War and with the war came austerity and cricket matches played for the Currie Cup were considered too frivolous to be played in a country at war. There were only three first-class games played in South Africa during it. The two games played in 1942-43.


1942–43 South African cricket season, The matches, Air Force XI v Rest of South Africa (26–27 December)
Rest of South Africa beat Air Force XI by 5 wickets


1942–43 South African cricket season, The matches, First South African Division v Rest of South Africa (13–14 March)
First South African Division drew with Rest of South Africa


1942–43 Southern Football League (Scotland)
The 1942–43 Southern Football League was the third edition of the regional war-time football league tournament.


1942–43 Southern League Cup (Scotland)
The 1942–43 Southern League Cup was the third edition of the regional war-time football tournament.


1942–43 St. John's Redmen basketball team
The 1942–43 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's College of Brooklyn during the 1942–43 NCAA college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his seventh year at the school. St. John's home games were played at DeGray Gymansium in Brooklyn and the old Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.


1942–43 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1942–43 season was Stoke City's eighth season in the non-competitive War League.


1942–43 Stoke City F.C. season
In 1939 World War II was declared and the Football League was cancelled. In its place were formed War Leagues and cups, based on geographical lines rather than based on previous league placement. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League and thus not included in official records.


1942–43 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review
In the 1942–43 season there were again two series of League competition a cup tournament. Stoke played 38 matches and were beaten in ten of those. They took 6th place in the first phase and 10th in the second. Their best result of the season was a 7–1 victory over Walsall in mid December and two 6–1 wins over nearby Crewe Alexandra. Frank Mountford was leading scorer with 20 whilst both Frank Bowyer and Fred Basnett hit 18.


1942–43 Svenska Serien season
The 1942–43 Svenska Serien season was the eighth season of the Svenska Serien, the top level ice hockey league in Sweden. The series was never completed due to harsh weather conditions. Hammarby had however already clinched first place in the league for the fifth straight season.


1942–43 Svenska mästerskapet (men's handball)
The 1942–43 Svenska mästerskapet was the 12th season of Svenska mästerskapet, a tournament held to determine the Swedish Champions of men's handball. Teams qualified by winning their respective District Championships. 19 teams competed in the tournament. Majornas IK were the defending champions, and won their fourth title, defeating Västerås HF in the final. The final was played on 18 April in Mässhallen in Gothenburg, and was watched by 1,900 spectators.


1942–43 Svenska mästerskapet (men's handball), Champions
The following players for Majornas IK received a winner's medal: Bertil Huss, Stig Neptun (1 goal in the final), Claes Hedenskog (2), Sven-Eric Forsell (1), Stig Hjortsberg (3), Åke Gustafsson (2), Gustav-Adolf Thorén (1), Gunnar Lindgren (2), Torsten Henriksson (2) and Bo Sundby.


1942–43 Swedish football Division 2
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1942–43 season.


1942–43 Swedish football Division 2, League standings, Division 2 Norra 1942–43
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.


1942–43 Swedish football Division 3
Statistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 1942–43 season.


1942–43 Taça de Portugal
The 1942–43 Taça de Portugal was the 5th season of the Taça de Portugal (English: Portuguese Cup), the premier Portuguese football knockout competition, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses was the defending champion but lost in the quarter-finals to Sporting Clube de Portugal. The final was played on 20 June 1943 between Benfica and Vitória de Setúbal.


1942–43 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented The University of Texas at Austin in intercollegiate basketball competition during the 1942–43 season. The Longhorns were led by first-year head coach H. C. "Bully" Gilstrap. The team finished the season with a 19–7 overall record and a 9–3 record in Southwest Conference play to win a share of the SWC championship. Texas advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second time, recording its first-ever Final Four appearance.


1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).


1942–43 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1942–43 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by fourth year head coach Wilbur Johns. They finished the regular season with a record of 14–7 and were second in the PCC southern division with a record of 4–4.


1942–43 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 5–18 and were fourth in the PCC southern division with a record of 2–10.


1942–43 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
The 1942–43 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 48th season of collegiate ice hockey in the United States.


1942–43 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1942–43 NCAA college basketball season. Led by 23rd-year head coach Hec Edmundson, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at the UW Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.


1942–43 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 22–5 overall in the regular season and 12–4 in conference play; first in the Northern division. The conference playoff series was hosted by the Huskies, and they swept favored USC in two games.


1942–43 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
In the eight-team NCAA Tournament, Washington played in the West Regional in Kansas City. They lost to Texas by four points, then fell to Oklahoma in the consolation game.


1942–43 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1942–43 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1942–43 college basketball season. Led by fifteenth-year head coach Jack Friel, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at the WSC Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.


1942–43 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 19–11 overall in the regular season and 9–7 in conference play, third in the Northern division.


1942–43 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
The 1942–43 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College during the 1942-43 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and Helms Foundation All-American center Oran McKinney. The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and were invited to the 1943 National Invitation Tournament. During this period, the NIT was considered to be the premiere college basketball tournament, with the winner being recognized as the national champion. Dero Downing and Wallace “Buck” Sydnor were team captains and Don “Duck” Ray led the team in scoring. There were several military teams on Western Kentucky's schedule, which was not uncommon during World War II.


1942–43 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1942–43 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the fourth, and final, year of head coach Dwight Steussey, the team finished the season 11–10 and 6–4 in the Southern Conference. This was the 38th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.


1942–43 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The Indians finished in 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1943 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at the Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina, where they lost in the first round to George Washington.


1942–43 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1942–1943 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his ninth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team
The 1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in NCAA men's competition in the 1942–43 NCAA college basketball season. The Cowboys won the Mountain States Conference championship and were the first basketball team from the Rocky Mountains to win an NCAA title. Kenny Sailors of Hillsdale, Wyoming averaged 15.5 points per game and Milo Komenich averaged 16.7 points per game in leading the team to the championship. Despite playing just nine home games during the year, the Cowboys won 32 games.


1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team, Regular season
In the fourth game of the season, the Cowboys lost to Duquesne. It would be the last game the Cowboys lost to a college team during the season. Their only other loss was to the Denver Legion team. The Cowboys outscored their opponents by an average of over twenty points per game and was the first Wyoming team to score over 100 points in a game, by beating Regis 101–45.


1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team, Postseason, Red Cross game
St. John's won the eight-team National Invitation Tournament the night before, also at Madison Square Garden, and claimed it was better than Wyoming and that the NIT was a better event than the eight-team NCAA Tournament. Ev Shelton talked Ned Irish, the promoter at Madison Square Garden, into hosting a showdown game, with proceeds going to the Red Cross. Two days after winning the NCAA Championship at Madison Square Garden, Wyoming met St. John's in a Red Cross benefit game for the war effort, and the Cowboys won in overtime, 52–47.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup
The  Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden. The competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup
The Second World War was continuing and the  Yorkshire Cup was played in the early part of the  1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup
1942–43 was the thirty-fifth occasion on which the  Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup
Dewsbury won the trophy by beating Huddersfield over two legs by an aggregate score of 7–2


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup
Dewsbury played the first leg match at home (at Crown Flatt) and won 7–0. The attendance was 11,000 and receipts were £680.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup
Huddersfield were at home (at Fartown) for the second leg match and duly won 2-0. The attendance at the second leg match was 6,252 and receipts £618.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Hull Kingston Rovers – The club dropped out of the wartime Lancashire league after the ‘first (1939–40) season. They did not return to league competition until 1945–46 peacetime season.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Bramley withdrew after the  third wartime season (1941–42) had finished and did not rejoin until the 1945–46 season.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Castleford withdrew after the  third wartime season (1941–42) had finished and did not participate for two seasons, re-joining for the 1944–45 season.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Hunslet withdrew after the  third wartime season (1941–42) had finished and did not participate for this season, re-joining for the next 1943–44 season.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Wigan – This club entered the  Yorkshire Cup competition for the third successive season


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Oldham – The  club, as Wigan, also entered the  Yorkshire Cup competition and for the third successive season


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
St. Helens – The  club, as Wigan and Oldham}, also entered the Yorkshire Cup competition and for their first season


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Dewsbury  had a relatively successful time during the war years. Managed by Eddie Waring, and with the side boosted by the inclusion of a number of big-name guest players, the club won the Wartime Emergency League in 1941–42 and again the following season 1942–43  (though that championship was declared null and void when it was discovered they had played an ineligible player). They were also runners-up in the Championship in 1943–44, Challenge Cup winners in 1943 and Yorkshire Cup Final appearances in this season 1940–41 and winners in 1942–43.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, Bramley, Castleford and Hunslet withdrew, and St. Helens joined, which with the continued presence of the two Lancashire clubs, Wigan and Oldham resulted in the number of entrants decreasing by two to a total of fourteen.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This in turn resulted in two byes in the first round.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Background
For the second successive year, ALL the ties (this season including the actual final) were played on a two-legged home and away basis.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1 - First Leg
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1 - Second Leg
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Round 2 - Quarter Finals - First Leg
All second round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Round 2 - Second Leg
All second round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Round 3 – Semi-Finals - First Leg
Both semi-final ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Semi-Final - Second Leg
Both semi-final ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Final - First Leg
The  final was played on a two-legged home and away basis this season


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Final - Second Leg
The  final was played on a two-legged home and away basis this season


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Final - Second Leg, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, The road to success
All the ties (including the final itself) were played on a two-leg (home and away) basis.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, The road to success
The first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, The road to success
The scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * The  first Yorkshire Cup match to be played by St. Helens and also the first to be played at Knowsley Road


1942–43 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
2 * After Extra Time - 80 Mins Score was 19–6 (27-27 Agg)  Wigan win on Aggregate 40–32


1942–43 in Belgian football
The 1942–43 season was the 41st season of competitive football in Belgium. RFC Malinois won their first Premier Division title. The Belgium national football team did not play any official match during the season.


1942–43 in Belgian football, Overview
At the end of the season, RRC de Bruxelles and K Boom FC were relegated to Division I, while TSV Lyra (Division I A winner) and R Berchem Sport (Division I B winner) were promoted to the Premier Division. CS Andennais, Union Hutoise FC, RCS Hallois and K Belgica FC Edegem were relegated from Division I to Promotion, to be replaced by RFC Liégeois, Stade Nivellois, Sint-Niklaas SK and R Courtrai Sports.


1942–43 in English football
The 1942–43 season was the fourth season of special wartime football in England during the Second World War.


1942–43 in English football, Overview
Between 1939 and 1946 normal competitive football was suspended in England. Many footballers signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players instead. The Football League and FA Cup were suspended and in their place regional league competitions were set up. Appearances in these tournaments do not count in players' official records.


1942–43 in English football, Honours
League competition was split into three regional leagues, North, South and West.


1942–43 in Mandatory Palestine football
The 1942–43 season was the 16th season of competitive football in the British Mandate for Palestine under the Eretz Israel Football Association.


1942–43 in Mandatory Palestine football, IFA Competitions, 1941–42 Palestine League
League matches, which started during the previous season were continued during the season. The Jerusalem division was completed during the season, while the Southern division had one match, between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Nes Tziona, left to complete. This match was played on 4 September 1943.


1942–43 in Mandatory Palestine football, IFA Competitions, 1943 Palestine Cup
A cup competition was held during spring 1943, which was called The Wartime Cup. Early round matches were regionalized, with the four divisional winners meeting in the semi-finals. The early rounds of the competition were played during the season, with the semi-finals and final being delayed to the start of the next season.


1942–43 in Scottish football
The 1942–43 season was the 70th season of competitive football in Scotland and the fourth season of special wartime football during World War II.


1942–43 in Scottish football, Overview
Between 1939 and 1946 normal competitive football was suspended in Scotland. Many footballers signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players instead. The Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup were suspended and in their place regional league competitions were set up. Appearances in these tournaments do not count in players' official records.


1942–43 in Scottish football, Honours
League competition was split into two regional leagues, the Southern League and the North-Eastern League. No country-wide cup competition took place, the Glasgow Cup, East of Scotland Shield and Renfrewshire Cup continued, and Southern and North-Eastern League Cups were competed for, the Southern League Cup would later form the basis of the League Cup. The Summer Cup was played for by Southern League teams during May and June once league competition had been completed.


1942–43 in Scottish football, International
Due to the war official international football was suspended and so officially the Scotland team was inactive. However unofficial internationals featuring scratch teams representing Scotland continued. Appearances in these matches are not, however, included in a players total international caps.


1942–43 in Scottish football, International
Scotland faced England in a wartime international on 10 October 1942 at Wembley Stadium in front of 75,000 fans. The game ended 0–0. The Scotland team that day comprised: Jerry Dawson, Jimmy Carabine, Andy Beattie, Bill Shankly, Willie Corbett, Matt Busby, Willie Waddell, Tommy Walker, Jock Dodds, Gordon Bremner and Billy Liddell


1942–43 in Scottish football, International
The two teams met again at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 17 April 1943 in front of a crowd of 105,000. This time Scotland suffered a 4–0 defeat. The Scotland team that day comprised: Jerry Dawson, Jimmy Carabine, Jock Shaw, Bill Shankly, George Young, Sammy Kean, Willie Waddell, Willie Buchan, Dougie Wallace, Alex Venters and Billy Liddell.


1942–43 in Swedish football
The 1942–43 season in Swedish football, starting August 1942 and ending July 1943:


1942–43 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Börje Leander - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Malte Mårtensson, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Henry Carlsson, Arne Nyberg ( Erik Holmqvist).


1942–43 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Börje Leander - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Malte Mårtensson, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Henry Carlsson, Erik Holmqvist.


1942–43 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Börje Leander - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Malte Mårtensson (85' Knut Johansson), Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Henry Carlsson, Erik Holmqvist.


1942–43 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Börje Leander, Rickard Ödéhn - Olle Åhlund, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Malte Mårtensson, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Henry Carlsson, Carl-Erik Sandberg.


1942–43 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Börje Leander, Rickard Ödéhn - Olle Åhlund, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Malte Mårtensson, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Erik Holmqvist, Carl-Erik Sandberg.


1943
1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1943rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 943rd  year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd  year of the 20th century, and the  4th   year of the 1940s decade.


1943, Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.


1943 Acton by-election
The Acton by-election, 1943 was a by-election held on 12 December 1943 for the British House of Commons constituency of Acton in London.


1943 Acton by-election
The seat had become vacant after the death in October of the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Hubert Duggan. He had first been elected at the 1931 general election.


1943 Acton by-election
During World War II, the major parties had agreed an electoral pact under which they would not contest by-elections in seats held by their respective parties, and as a result many wartime by-elections resulting in a candidate being returned unopposed. However, other parties and independent politicians were free to field candidates.


1943 Acton by-election
Initially there were six candidates but the independent labour and liberal candidates withdrew leaving Walter Padley for the Independent Labour Party (ILP), Edward Godfrey who sought election as an 'English Nationalist' candidate,  Independent Dorothy Crisp who wrote for the Sunday Dispatch and the official Conservative candidate Henry Longhurst.


1943 Acton by-election
During the war Walter Padley had been a conscientious objector. In 1950 he was elected Labour Party MP for Ogmore and served until 1979.


1943 Acton by-election
Godfrey was founder of the English National Association, an organisation with alleged Fascist leanings.


1943 Acton by-election
The by-election was held on an electoral roll which had not been updated since 1937.


1943 Adapazarı–Hendek earthquake
The 1943 Adapazarı–Hendek earthquake occurred at 17:32 local time on 20 June in Sakarya Province, Turkey. It registered an estimated 6.6 on the surface wave magnitude scale with a maximum intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale.


1943 Alabama Informals football team
The 1943 Alabama Crimson Tide football team was to represent the University of Alabama in the 1943 college football season; however, the season was canceled due to the effects of World War II. In February 1943, the Army instituted a policy that prohibited their cadets from participation in intercollegiate athletics. Unsure if a season would occur, head coach Frank Thomas proceeded through spring practice as if it would be played.


1943 Alabama Informals football team
By summer, only two Alabama players were available to compete on the squad as a result of the Army prohibition on its trainees competing in intercollegiate athletics, and on August 23, 1943, the University announced its decision to cancel the 1943 season. The cancellation marked only the third time since the inaugural 1892 season that Alabama did not field a football team.


1943 Alabama Informals football team
Although not officially sanctioned by the University, an independent team called the Alabama Informals was organized in October 1943. Coached by former Crimson Tide player Mitchell Olenski, the Informals were composed of 17-year-old and draft deferred students ineligible for military service. The Informals were allowed to play their games at Denny Stadium and utilize the equipment of the Crimson Tide football team. The squad lost to Howard, defeated the Marion Military Institute twice and finished the season with an overall record of two wins and one loss (2–1).


1943 Alabama Informals football team
At the conclusion of the season, SEC officials met in an effort to bring a full football schedule back for the 1944 season. By May 1944, all SEC schools, with the exception of Vanderbilt, indicated they would field teams for the 1944 season. Football officially returned on September 30, 1944, when the Crimson Tide played LSU to a tie in their season opener.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, 1943 Crimson Tide
In February 1943, the United States Department of War announced they would take over both classroom space and athletic facilities at 271 colleges and universities to be utilized for the training of United States Army soldiers. As part of the Department's order, only students under 18 years of age or those with 4-F draft classifications were permitted to compete in intercollegiate athletics. At the time of the announcement, coach Thomas was quoted as saying:


1943 Alabama Informals football team, 1943 Crimson Tide
"Army–Navy programs not figured at all in our plans for athletics next fall."


1943 Alabama Informals football team, 1943 Crimson Tide
As such, preparations continued towards fielding a team for the 1943 season. On March 8, spring practice commenced at Denny Stadium and 55 student-athletes reported the first day. At that time coach Thomas acknowledged he did not know how many of his players would be eligible to play in the fall due to rules the prohibited active-duty servicemen playing intercollegiate football. As they entered practice, only 15 lettermen returned to the squad from the 1942 team.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, 1943 Crimson Tide
These players included: Jack Aland, Johnny August, Bill Baughman, Andy Bires, Charley Compton, Ted Cook, Leon Fichman, Ted McKosky, Jim McWhorter, Norman Mosley, Mitchell Olenski, Kenny Reese, Lou Scales, John Staples and Don Whitmire. Two weeks into the practices, coach Thomas held the first scrimmage of the spring on March 22.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, 1943 Crimson Tide
On March 26, Herbert Chapman, Billy DeWitt, James Grantham, Henry "Red" Jones, Jim McWhorter and Lou Scales became the first Alabama players to be called into active duty from the enlisted reserve corps. As they were now enlisted as active servicemen, they were all ineligible to play in the fall for the Crimson Tide. In June, the SEC developed a plan to allow its member schools to discontinue athletic teams due to the war efforts, but retain the overall structure of the conference.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, 1943 Crimson Tide
By August, the prospect of Alabama fielding a football team for the 1943 season was in doubt. On August 17, coach Thomas spoke to a civic group in Birmingham and stated he did not think the school would field a team in 1943 due to the unwillingness of the Army to change their policy that prohibited their cadets from participating in intercollegiate athletics. On August 23, 1943, the University Physical Education and Athletics Committee officially canceled the 1943 season. The decision was made at that time because only two Alabama players were available to compete on the squad.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, 1943 Crimson Tide
As the season was canceled, coach Thomas spent his time leading war bond drives and serving as president of the Tuscaloosa Exchange Club during the time the season was originally scheduled. The cancellation marked only the third time since 1892 that Alabama did not field a football team. The only other seasons the Crimson Tide did not field teams were in 1898 due to University policy that prohibited athletic teams from traveling off campus to compete and again in 1918 due to the effects of World War I.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, 1943 Crimson Tide, Schedule
At the time of the cancellation of the season, Alabama had four games scheduled: a pair against LSU, and one each against Tulane and Georgia.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, 1943 Crimson Tide, NFL Draft
Several players that were varsity lettermen from the 1942 squad, scheduled to play as part of the 1943 team, were drafted into the National Football League (NFL) in the 1944 draft. These players included the following:


1943 Alabama Informals football team, Alabama Informals
Although Alabama officially did not participate as part of the 1943 college football season, a team composed of 17-year old and draft deferred students was organized as the Alabama Informals in October 1943. Not officially sanctioned by the University, the Informals were allowed to utilize both equipment and the facilities of the Crimson Tide. The team was led by head coach Mitchell Olenski, and John Gresham and Al Alois served as assistant coaches. At the time of its creation, the Alabama Informals squad was the second created by a SEC school forced to abandon their football team for the year after Vanderbilt.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, Alabama Informals, Schedule
In addition to the three games played, the Informals were also scheduled to compete against Draper Prison at the Cramton Bowl on November 27. The game was canceled by University officials that stated the students on the team needed to focus on final examinations instead.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, Alabama Informals, Game summaries, Howard
The Informals first opponent was a team composed of players that were part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program at Howard College (now Samford University). In the game, the Seadogs won 42–6 with the majority of gate receipts collected for the Tuscaloosa Service Center War Chest. The Howard squad featured two former Crimson Tide players: Bill Harris at tackle and Billy Dabbs at fullback.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, Alabama Informals, Game summaries, Howard
Howard scored six touchdowns in the game. Cecil Duffee and Billy Dabbs scored on runs of 19 and 16-yards in the first quarter; Duffee scored on a 34-yard reception from Tris Mock in the second quarter; Stephenson scored on an eight-yard run in the third quarter; and Charley Spier scored on a 40-yard interception return in the fourth quarter. The only Alabama points of the contest came in the fourth quarter, down 35–0 when John Wade threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Barton Greer. Although not included as part of Alabama's all-time record, this is the only loss Alabama ever had against Howard.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, Alabama Informals, Game summaries, at Marion
After their loss against Howard, the Informals traveled to play the Marion Military Institute Cadets at Perry County High School Stadium. Against the Cadets, Alabama scored at least one touchdown in all four quarters for the 31–12 victory. The Informals scored first on an 80-yard Barton Greer touchdown run, only to see the Cadets tie the game at 6–6 on the next possession on a 40-yard touchdown pass. Alabama responded with a 20-yard touchdown run on a reverse by Whitey Blanchiak to take a 12–6 halftime lead.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, Alabama Informals, Game summaries, at Marion
In the third quarter, the Informals extended their lead to 24–6 after Lowell Edmondson scored on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Greer and on a four-yard Frank MacAlpine touchdown run in the third quarter. In the fourth, Greer scored on a run for Alabama and Marion scored the final points of the game on a punt returned for a touchdown in their 31–12 loss.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, Alabama Informals, Game summaries, Marion
After their victory over Marion, the Informals defeated the Cadets for the second consecutive week at Denny Stadium 19–13. After they took a 7–0 lead on an 85-yard drive, the Cadets extended it to 13–0 by the end of the first quarter when Jimmy Scruggs scored on a touchdown reception. The Informals responded with a pair of second-quarter touchdowns to make the halftime score 13–12. Touchdowns were scored on a Frank MacAlpine run and on a 21-yard Whitey Blanchiak reception from Barton Greer. Alabama then scored the go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter on a 55-yard interception return for a touchdown.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, Aftermath
On December 10, 1943, SEC officials met in Nashville in an effort to bring a full football schedule back for the 1944 season. In order to have enough students eligible to participate on a team, the SEC changed its eligibility restrictions to allow for any civilian to play as long as they had not played four years of college football or professionally. At that time, Alabama along with Tennessee and Vanderbilt indicated they might reform their respective teams and resume conference play for the 1944 season.


1943 Alabama Informals football team, Aftermath
On January 12, 1944, all SEC members, with the exceptions of Mississippi and Mississippi State, indicated their intent to field football teams the following fall. On May 19, 1944, every SEC school with the exception of Vanderbilt (who fielded an informal team) agreed to play a full conference schedule the following fall. Football officially returned to Alabama for the first time since the 1942 season on September 30, 1944, when the Crimson Tide played LSU to a tie in their season opener.


1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes
The 1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes occurred on June 8 and June 9 UTC (June 9, 1943, local time) in Sumatra, then under Japanese occupation. This was an earthquake doublet (the shocks occurred at the same location on consecutive days).


1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes
The first mainshock occurred on June 8 at 20:42 UTC. It ruptured the Suliti segment of the Sumatran Fault Zone. The magnitude was given as Mw 7.2, or Ms 7.1.


1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes
The second mainshock occurred on June 9 at 03:06 UTC. It ruptured the Sumani segment of the Sumatran Fault Zone and perhaps the northwestern part of the Suliti segment. The magnitude was given as Mw  7.5, or Ms  7.4.


1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes
Alahan Panjang was damaged in the earthquakes. Right lateral offsets were reported near the town of Solok.


1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes
Near the Sumani segment, earthquake doublets occurred repeatedly. Similar earthquake doublet nearby include the earthquakes in 1926 and 2007.


1943 Alameda Coast Guard Sea Lions football team
The 1943 Alameda Coast Guard Sea Lions football team was an American football team that represented the United States Coast Guard's Alameda Coast Guard station during the 1943 college football season. The team compiled a 4–2–1 record. Lieutenant Joe Verducci was the coach, and George Arabian was the assistant coach. The team's two losses were against teams that ended the season ranked in the top 20 in the final AP Poll: Del Monte Pre-Flight (No. 8) and Amos Alonzo Stagg's Pacific Tigers (No. 19).


1943 Alameda Coast Guard Sea Lions football team
Two Alameda players were named by the Pacific coast sports editors to the 1943 Service All-Coast football team. Quentin Greenough received first-team honors, and Gonzalo Morales received second-team honors.


1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
The 1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season marked the inaugural season of the circuit. Since the only organized ball for women in the country was softball, the league created a hybrid game which included both softball and baseball.


1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
The league underwent a name change during the season; it began as the All-American Girls Softball League., but midway through the 1943 season, the name was changed to the All-American Girls Baseball League (AAGBBL).