1946–47 WIHL season, History
The Dynamiters showed plenty of scoring punch, and ended the regular season with 203 goals while holding the opposition to 112, thanks to the great goaltending of Arthur "Jakie" Nash, and Sammy Quigley. In a game played at Trail on December 28, 1946, the Dynamiters were leading the Smoke Eaters 15-2, when Lyle "Butch" Swaney unloaded a long shot at the Smokies' netminder, Duke Scodellaro, who in disgust, after stopping the shot, tossed the puck into his own net to make the score 16-2. It must have been a nightmare for Scodellaro, who was arguably the best goaltender to ever perform in amateur hockey.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
Los Angeles Ramblers Coach Kenny Stewart, a native of Lethbridge, Alberta (and a former Lethbridge Maple Leaf), was the playing-coach of the Ramblers, and he moulded together a big, rough team with plenty of experience. Vern Kneeshaw was their number one goalie, with Fred Holger doubling as spare netminder and general manager. Mayer Flett, Lou Labovich, Jack Lambrecht and Harvey Barnes formed the Ramblers' defence. Up front they had Joe Levine, Benny Hayes, Max Labovich, Kenny Stewart, Jack Miller, Hassie Young, Terry Cavanaugh and . Eric Bishop announced the Ramblers games (on radio), both at home and away.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
Spokane's Spartans, coached by Joe Benoit, had a disappointing season, and despite their poor showing, still drew capacity crowds at home. Al Laface, an ex-Dynamiter, was the Spartans' netminder, and received very little support from his defencemen, allowing a league high of 255 goals. Playing for Spokane were Jack Kirk, Louis Corrado, Bob Proulx, Sonny Barchyn, Lorne Nadeau, Dick Hammond, Len McCartney, Wilf Cook, Bill Haldane, Jake McLeod, Bob Gibson and Steve Pawlecko.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
Coach Jimmy Morris had his Smoke Eaters sailing along nicely, until they met a red-hot Nelson team in the semi-finals. Duke Scodellaro and Bill Waddell guarded the Smokies' net, with Les Christensen, Sandy Shearer, Jimmy Anderson and Norm DePaolis looking after the blueline duties. The rest of the team were Ab Cronie, Mike Buckna, Emil Kwasney, Ken Stanton, Ron Gardner, Dave Nicol, Bob "Zeke" Clements, Gordie Robertson and Hedley Marshall.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
The Kimberley team received a bye into the WIHL finals, by virtue of winning the league regular season; and locked horns with the Nelson Maple Leafs for the Savage Cup. The Dynamiters finished the Leafs off in five games in their best-of-five series, winning three, losing one; and one game ended in a tie. The 1946-47 edition of the Kimberley Dynamiters will have to go down in the record book as one of the most gallant Dynamiter hockey teams.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
Coach Redding elected that year to go along with a rookie defenceman named , a small but determined player from Canmore, Alberta. Many thought Jones couldn't stand the rough WIHL play, but what they didn't know was that what he lacked in size, he more than made up for it in guts. What a good investment it was: for Bill Jones stayed around for years and season-after-season, was one of the Dynamiters' top performers.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
The Dynamiters, paced by the two-goal efforts of Frank "Sully" Sullivan and Sammy Calles, trounced the Leafs 7-3 in the opening game of the finals in Kimberley; before 2,200 fans. Kimberley took the second tilt 6-1, thanks to Sammy Calles' hat trick, and Jack Forsey's two-goal performance. The scene switched to Nelson for the remainder of the series, with the first game ending in a tie. The Maple Leafs held on to a 3-2 victory in the next game, for their only win. The Dynamiters wrapped up the Savage Cup with a thrilling 3-2 win, before a capacity Nelson crowd.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
The Dynamiters had to do it the hard way, with only a skeleton crew. Sammy Calles, Lloyd "Sandy" Sanderson and Gordie Wilson were sidelined with the flu. Jack "Buck" Kavanaugh played, despite the fact he was running an exceptionally high temperature from the same malady. played with a cast on, due to a broken wrist; and Sully Sullivan had a foot injury, with Jack Forsey working under a distinct handicap being banged twice on the same ankle. Redding was forced to juggle his lines, and came up with a combination of Sullivan, Kavanaugh and Forsey.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
Benny Redisky, Pete Clements and defenceman Harry Brown formed the other forward unit; with Red Dezall the utility forward. Bill Jones, Bill "Tank" Johnston and Lyle "Butch" Swaney were a tower of strength in front of Jake Nash. Jack Forsey, Buck Kavanaugh and Bill Jones scored one goal each for the Dynamiters, all coming in the second period; and Jakie Nash kept the pressing Leafs at bay in the third frame.


1946–47 WIHL season, History
The Maple Leafs, coached by Len Bicknell, did receive excellent goaltending from Jess Seaby. Others on the Leafs' roster were George Barefoot, Steve Krizan, Bill Vickers, Roy Allen, Doug Winlaw, Jack Kilpatrick, Spence Tatchell, Red Koehle, John Fargher, John Arichuk and John Hyrciuk (no relation to Bill Hyrciuk of Kimberley and Kamloops fame).


1946–47 WIHL season, Standings
Note: Spokane Spartans & Los Angeles Ramblers were not eligible for the Allan Cup.


1946–47 WIHL season, Semi final
Nelson Maple Leafs beat Trail Smoke Eaters 3 wins to none.


1946–47 WIHL season, Final
Kimberley Dynamiters beat Nelson Maple Leafs 3 wins to 1, 1 tie.


1946–47 WIHL season, Final
Since this was the only senior league in the province, the Kimberley Dynamiters advanced to the 1946-47 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.


1946–47 Walsall F.C. season
During the 1946–47 season Walsall competed in the Football League Third Division South where they finished in 5th position with 46 points.


1946–47 Washington Capitols season
The 1946–47 Washington Capitols season was the inaugural season of the Washington Capitols in the Basketball Association of America (BAA). Their record was 49–11, owning the best overall record in the league.


1946–47 Washington Capitols season, Playoffs, Semifinals
(E1) Washington Capitols vs. (W1) Chicago Stags: Stags win series 4-2


1946–47 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1946–47 NCAA college basketball season. Led by 27th-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.


1946–47 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 16–8 overall in the regular season and 8–8 in conference play; third in the Northern division.


1946–47 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
Edmundson stepped down after this season, but continued as track coach until the summer of 1954; assistant Art McLarney was promoted to head basketball coach and led the program for three seasons. The twenty-year-old UW Pavilion was renamed for Edmundson in January 1948.


1946–47 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1946–47 college basketball season. Led by nineteenth-year head coach Jack Friel, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.


1946–47 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 23–10 overall in the regular season and 11–5 in conference play, second place in the Northern division.


1946–47 Welsh Cup
The 1946–47 FAW Welsh Cup is the 60th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.


1946–47 Welsh Cup, Fifth round
Six winners from the Fourth round and six new clubs.


1946–47 Welsh Cup, Sixth round
Six winners from the Fifth round plus two new clubs - winner and runner-up of the previous Welsh Cup.


1946–47 Welsh Cup, Semifinal
Chester and Newport County played at Wrexham, Wrexham and Merthyr Tydfil played at Cardiff.


1946–47 Welsh Cup, Final
Final were held at Cardiff, replay were held at Wrexham.


1946–47 Western Football League
The 1946–47 season was the 45th in the history of the Western Football League.


1946–47 Western Football League
The league was again split into two divisions for the first time since the 1938–39 season, with seventeen new clubs having joined. The champions for the second time in their history were Trowbridge Town, and the winners of Division Two were Clandown. A system of automatic promotion and relegation was introduced for the first time, and due to the severe winter, several fixtures were not fulfilled and the season was abandoned on 5 June 1947.


1946–47 Western Football League, Final tables, Division One
Division One consisted of eighteen clubs: eleven from the previous season's single division were joined by seven new clubs. All had been members of the league before the war and had left in 1939, except for Bath City Reserves and Wells City, who had left in 1940.


1946–47 Western Football League, Final tables, Division Two
Division Two consisted of thirteen clubs: three from the previous season's single division (Clandown, Douglas and Soundwell) were joined by ten new clubs:


1946–47 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
The 1946–47 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College during the 1946-47 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and leading scorer Odie Spears. The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships. Spears, Don “Duck” Ray, and Dee Gibson were named to the All-KIAC team, and Gibson and John Oldham made the All-SIAA team.


1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the only year of head coach Richard F. Gallagher (who concurrently served as the head baseball coach), the team finished the season 14–12 and 6–6 in the Southern Conference. This was the 42nd season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.


1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The Indians finished in 9th place in the conference and failed to qualify for the 1947 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.


1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The Indians played three teams for the first time this season: American, Penn, and Boston University.


1946–47 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1946–1947 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his thirteenth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Nine Conference.


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup
1946–47 was the thirty-ninth occasion on which the  Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 10-0


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 34,300 and receipts were £3,718


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup
This is Wakefield Trinity second successive appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final, last year they were beaten by Bradford Northern 5-2


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This season junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were invited to take part. This increased the  number of clubs who entered last season by one to a total number of sixteen.


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup, Background
The  competition again followed the  original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the  exception of the  first round which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis.


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Round 1 - First Leg
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Round 1 - Second Leg
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Round 2 - Quarter Finals
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


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


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


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, The road to success
For the  first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League 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.


1946–47 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this 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)


1946–47 Yugoslav First League
The 1946–47 Yugoslav First League season was the first season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, which ended the six-year period in which national football competitions were suspended due to World War II.


1946–47 Yugoslav First League
It was also the first season in which the Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ) introduced the modern league system which included promotion and relegation between tiers of the football pyramid, as pre-war national championships held between 1927 and 1940 during Kingdom of Yugoslavia employed either a play-off tournament or a mini league format contested by regional champions.


1946–47 Yugoslav First League
In 1946 both the First and Second Leagues began to use a season long derby to determine the league champion, and an elimination cup to feature a secondary cup champion. With Partizan dominating the league, and then winning the cup shortly after, they are the first ever "double champion" of the Yugoslav First League.


1946–47 Yugoslav First League, Cup, Finals
Partizan: Franjo Šoštarić, Miroslav Brozović, Ratko Čolić, Béla Pálfi, Miodrag Jovanović, Aleksandar Atanacković, Prvoslav Mihajlović, Stjepan Bobek, Jovan Jezerkić, Momčilo Radunović, Kiril Simonovski.


1946–47 Yugoslav First League, Cup, Finals
Naša krila: Živko Popadić, Lazić, Dragiša Filipović (captain), Lenko Grčić, Brnjevarac, Antun Lokošek, Aleksandar Panić, Vladimir Pečenčić, Siniša Zlatković, Ognjan Damnjanović, Borovic


1946–47 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season
The 1946–47 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season was the sixth season of the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Yugoslavia. Four teams participated in the league, and Mladost have won the championship.


1946–47 in Belgian football
The 1946–47 season was the 44th season of competitive football in Belgium. RSC Anderlechtois won their first Premier Division title. At the end of the season, several teams were relegated at all levels in order to decrease the number of teams in all divisions to 16. The Belgium national football team played 4 friendly games and had only one win, against Scotland.


1946–47 in Belgian football, Overview
At the end of the season, 5 clubs (RCS La Forestoise, R White Star AC, SC Eendracht Aalst, Sint-Niklaas SK and RFC Brugeois) were relegated to Division I, while R Uccle Sport (Division I A winner) and R Charleroi SC (Division I B winner) were promoted to Premier Division.


1946–47 in Belgian football, Overview
No fewer than 7 clubs were relegated from Division I to Promotion: Vilvorde FC, CS Schaerbeek, RU Hutoise FC, CS Hallois, RC Lokeren, ASV Oostende KM, Cappellen FC, SC Menen, Oude God Sport, to be replaced by FC Winterslag, Gosselies Sports, RFC Bressoux and SK Roeselare.


1946–47 in English football
The 1946–47 season was the 67th season of competitive football in England.


1946–47 in English football, Overview
The 1946–47 season was the first to feature a full football programme since the 1938–39 campaign. Eighty-eight teams competed over four divisions. Liverpool went top of the First Division with a 2–1 away win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on 31 May 1947. Wolves could have clinched their first league title with a victory in that match, but instead the title was won by Liverpool for the fifth time. Due to a bitter winter that postponed many fixtures Liverpool had to wait until the match between Stoke City and Sheffield United on 14 June. A win for Stoke would see them take the title on goal average; however, Sheffield United prevailed 2–1 to give Liverpool its fifth league championship.


1946–47 in English football, Events
The season commenced on 31 August 1946. The largest crowd of the day was 61,000 at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea beat Bolton Wanderers 4–3. Aggregate attendance was 950,000 for the 43 matches – the match between Newport County and Southampton was postponed due to floods.


1946–47 in English football, Events
In September, Scottish International Inside-forward, Tommy Walker, joined Chelsea  from Hearts for £6,000 (2010: £194,000). By 14 September most teams had averaged five games with only Manchester United and Doncaster Rovers maintaining a 100% record. By 23 September, only Barnsley, Manchester City, Rotherham United and Queens Park Rangers remained unbeaten.


1946–47 in English football, Events
On 5 October Newcastle United created a Second Division record, scoring 13 against Newport County. New signing Len Shackleton scored five.


1946–47 in English football, Events
In 1946 Sparta Prague toured Great Britain opening with a 2–2 draw against Arsenal on 2 October before losing 3–1 to Birmingham City.


1946–47 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1946–47 in Scottish football
The 1946–47 season was the 74th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 50th season of the Scottish Football League.


1946–47 in Swedish football
The 1946–47 season in Swedish football, starting August 1946 and ending July 1947:


1946–47 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Harry Nilsson, Börje Leander - Olle Åhlund, Bertil Nordahl, Rune Emanuelsson - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Eric Karlsson, Knut Nordahl, Stig Nyström.


1946–47 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Magnus Bergström - Hans Malmström, John Wikdahl - Kjell Rosén, Sture Mårtensson, Kjell Hjertsson - Egon Jönsson, Börje Tapper, Gustaf Nilsson, Bror Karlsson, Stellan Nilsson.


1946–47 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Harry Nilsson, Erik Nilsson - Kjell Rosén, Bertil Nordahl, Rune Emanuelsson - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Knut Nordahl, Stellan Nilsson.


1946–47 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Torsten Lindberg - Harry Nilsson, Knut Nordahl - Kjell Rosén, Börje Leander, Sune Andersson - Lennart Lindskog, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Nils Liedholm, Stig Nyström.


1946–47 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Torsten Lindberg - Harry Nilsson, Knut Nordahl - Kjell Rosén, Börje Leander, Sune Andersson - Malte Mårtensson, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Nils Liedholm, Stig Nyström.


1946–47 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Torsten Lindberg - Harry Nilsson, Knut Nordahl - Kjell Rosén, Börje Leander, Sune Andersson - Sven Persson, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Nils Liedholm, Stig Nyström.


1946−47 Gabonese Representative Council election
Representative Council elections were held in Gabon in December 1946 and January 1947.


1946−47 Gabonese Representative Council election, Electoral system
The Representative Council consisted of 30 members, of which 12 were elected by the First College and 18 by the Second College.


1946−47 Gabonese Representative Council election, Results
The Second College seats were won by candidates nominated after the French authorities had consulted with traditional chiefs.


1946−47 Guinean General Council election
General Council elections were held in Guinea in December 1946 and 5 January 1947.


1946−47 Guinean General Council election, Electoral system
The 40-member General Council was elected by groups; the First College (French citizens) elected 16 members and the Second College elected 24 members.


1946−47 Nigerien General Council election
General Council elections were held in Niger on 15 December 1946, with a second round of voting on 5 January 1947. The General Council had been established by decree on 25 October 1946.


1946−47 Nigerien General Council election, Electoral system
The 30 seats in the General Council were elected using two colleges. The first college was restricted to French citizens and elected ten members from two constituencies. The second college was for Africans, and elected twenty members from nine constituencies, which were based on the regions, which included Fada N'Gourma and Dori, both of which were transferred to Upper Volta in September 1947.


1946−47 Nigerien General Council election, Campaign
The campaign for the elections was based primarily on the clientele of local leaders rather than political parties or manifestos.


1946−47 Nigerien General Council election, Aftermath
Following the elections, Moumouni Aouta was elected as the Council's first President. On 6 February 1952 the Council was converted into the Territorial Assembly, and fresh elections were held in March.


1947
1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th  year of the 20th century, and the  8th   year of the 1940s decade.


1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.


1947 AAA Championship Car season
The 1947 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Arlington, Texas on November 2. The AAA National Champion was Ted Horn, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Mauri Rose. Shorty Cantlon died at Indianapolis in the 500 miles race.


1947 AAA Championship Car season, Final points standings
Note: The points became the car, when not only one driver led the car, the relieved driver became small part of the points. Points for driver method: (the points for the finish place) / (number the lap when completed the car) * (number the lap when completed the driver)


1947 AAFC Draft
The 1947 AAFC Draft was the first collegiate draft of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). It used an inverse order to the teams' final standings in the 1946 season. The Buffalo Bills, which had finished with the same record as the Brooklyn Dodgers, drafted second in each round, with Brooklyn drafting third.


1947 AAFC Draft
Beginning in round 16 a type of supplemental draft was held. From rounds 16 through 25, the Cleveland Browns and New York Yankees which were the league's top two teams, did not make any selections. From rounds 21 to 25, the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Dons did not receive any selections.


1947 AAFC Draft
Although the Miami Seahawks played in the league's inaugural season, the franchise was confiscated by the AAFC prior to the draft for failure to fulfill contractual obligations. Their selections were exercised by their head coach Hampton Poole, and were listed under the name "Florida Seahawks". On December 28, its assets (including its draft choices rights) were sold to a group of entrepreneurs who founded the original Baltimore Colts.


1947 AAFC Draft, Special Draft
Prior to the regular draft, 'special selections' were made. It is not known why these were not part of the regular draft or in what order they were executed. All teams had two, except the Buffalo Bills, which had four, because the Los Angeles Dons and San Francisco 49ers, each traded one of its choices to Buffalo.


1947 AAFC season
The 1947 AAFC season was the second season of the All-America Football Conference. The league included eight teams, broken up into Eastern and Western divisions, which played a 14-game official schedule, culminating in a league championship game.


1947 AAFC season
After the end of the previous season, the Miami Seahawks had accrued $350,000 dollars in debt, prompting owner Harvey Hester to declare bankruptcy and the AAFC to shut down the team. They would be replaced in the Eastern division by the Baltimore Colts. The Buffalo Bisons chose to rename their franchise, holding a contest to determine the new name. The winner requested the new name to be the Buffalo Bills, named after "Buffalo Bill" Cody.


1947 AAFC season, Draft
The league's first collegiate draft was held on December 20–21, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio. Ernie Case was the first overall selection.


1947 AAFC season, Regular season, Week One
The 1947 regular season of the All-America Football Conference kicked off on Friday, August 29 with a game between the Los Angeles Dons and the Chicago Rockets. The game was attended by 41,812 people, only about 70% of that of last season. Former Washington Redskins coach Dudley DeGroot was able to pull off a victory against the Rockets with a score of 24–21.


1947 AAFC season, Regular season, Week One
The week continued with two games on Sunday, August 31, with the San Francisco 49ers beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 23–7, in front of 31,874 people at Kezar Stadium, and the Buffalo Bills beating the New York Yankees 28–24, in front of 32,385 people.


1947 AAFC season, Regular season, 1947 AAFC final standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pct. = Winning PercentagePF = Points Scored For, PA = Point Scored Against


1947 AAFC season, Championship game
AAFC Championship: Cleveland 14, New York 3 (December 14 @ New York)


1947 Aden riots
The 1947 Aden riots were three days of violence in which the Jewish community of Aden (in modern-day Yemen) was attacked by members of the Yemeni-Arab community in early December, following the approval of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine on 29 November 1947. It was one of the most violent pogroms in modern times against Mizrahi-Jewish communities in the Middle East, resulting in the deaths of 76–82 Jews, 33 Arabs, 4 Muslim Indians, and one Somali, as well as wide-scale devastation of the local Jewish community of Aden.


1947 Aden riots
The riots were a significant embarrassment for the British government, particularly given that the British-raised Aden Protectorate Levies were blamed for causing many unnecessary deaths.


1947 Aden riots, Background
By the mid-20th century, Aden was under British rule (today part of Yemen) and had a community of around 5,000 Jews living alongside the Muslim population. In the 1930s, there were rare religiously-motivated outbreaks of anti-Jewish violence, as well as a relatively small riot in May 1932 in which Muslims accused Jews of throwing excrement into a mosque courtyard. Sixty people, including 25 Jews, were injured, but there were no fatalities. The Farhi synagogue was desecrated.


1947 Aden riots, Background
In the 1940s, visits of Palestinian Arabs to Aden and expressions of anti-Jewish sentiments became common. The Adenese-educated Arab population had become exposed to Egyptian newspapers, as well as radio broadcasts of Voice of the Arabs from Cairo, which incited political awareness and prepared the grounds for the anti-Jewish riot of November 1947 and later the 1967 withdrawal of the last British forces.


1947 Aden riots, Background, United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 181(II), titled: "Recommendation to the United Kingdom, as the mandatory Power for Palestine, and to all other Members of the United Nations the adoption and implementation, with regard to the future government of Palestine, of the Plan of Partition with Economic Union".


1947 Aden riots, Background, United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
This was an attempt to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict by partitioning Mandatory Palestine into "Independent Arab and Jewish States and the Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem". Following the vote by the UN on partition of Mandatory Palestine, wide scale protests took place across the Arab countries and communities, with Aden being no exception.


1947 Aden riots, Riots
The riots occurred in December 1947, several days after the United Nations' approval of the partition plan.


1947 Aden riots, Riots
On 2 December, a three-day strike was called to protest the decision. Demonstrations in the Jewish quarter of Aden led to stone and bottle throwing between Jews and Muslims. Jewish houses and shops were looted, and military control was declared when the crisis exceeded the capacity of the small police force. The main military force available was the 1,800-strong Aden Protectorate Levies who were locally recruited soldiers with British and Arab officers. Assistance was also received from several British warships, which sent landing parties, and the equivalent of two companies of British infantry flown in from the Canal Zone. Order was not restored until 6 December. The British government was severely embarrassed by the riots, noting privately that they were urging the Arab states to protect their Jews when they themselves were unable to.


1947 Aden riots, Riots
On the second day, rifle fire began. The Levies proved unreliable and worse; some fired indiscriminately and probably contributed to the casualties.


1947 Aden riots, Riots
The main violence of the riots occurred in three locations. In Aden town (also called Crater), an attempt to impose a curfew was largely unsuccessful. Jewish schools and houses were looted and set alight. In the port towns of Steamer Point and Tawahi, most of the Jews were evacuated but some whose presence was not known to the police were killed. Several Arabs who were apparently innocent were shot accidentally. In the Arab town of Sheikh Othman, which had a large Jewish compound, a military contingent arrived to evacuate the 750 Jews to safety. However, several declined to leave and were later found dead.


1947 Aden riots, Riots, Casualties
The official casualty count was 76–82 Jews (6 persons were unidentified) and 38 Arabs killed, and 76 Jews wounded. At least 87 Arabs were known to have been wounded but many others failed to report their condition. The dead included one Indian Medical Officer and one Levy.


1947 Aden riots, Riots, Casualties
More than 100 Jewish shops were looted and 30 houses burned. An official enquiry conducted by Sir Harry Trusted determined that many individual Levies were sympathetic to the rioters and did not act to control them. Nine Levies were imprisoned for looting. Trusted put most of the blame on Yemeni "coolies," workers temporarily in the country who "have a low standard of life, are illiterate, fanatical and, when excited, may be savage."


1947 Aden riots, Riots, Casualties
He did not find claims of Jewish sniping to be convincing, though the Governor Sir Reginald Champion secretly reported to the British government that the two military fatalities were killed "almost certainly by Jewish sniper." Jewish leaders acknowledged "many instances of Arabs and Indians sheltering and otherwise befriending their Jewish neighbours."


1947 Aden riots, Aftermath
The Aden government established a second enquiry, under magistrate K. Bochgaard, to consider claims for compensation. Claims totalling more than one million pounds were submitted, exceeding the total annual income of the colony. On the grounds that most of the damage was inflicted by non-residents of Aden, Bochgaard awarded £240,000 with a maximum of £7,500 per claim. The Aden government then further reduced the maximum per claim to £300 with some options for interest-free loans, much to the anger of the Aden Jewish community.


1947 Aden riots, Aftermath
Shortly after the riots, Aden's Jewish community almost entirely left, together with most of the Yemeni Jewish community.


1947 Akron Zippers football team
The 1947 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its second season under head coach Paul Baldacci, the team compiled a 2–6 record and was outscored by a total of 162 to 44. The team played its home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1947 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 53rd overall and 14th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Harold Drew, in his first year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3 overall, 5–2 in the SEC) and with a loss in the Sugar Bowl.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
After the Crimson Tide opened the season with a victory over Mississippi Southern, Alabama lost consecutive. games against Tulane and Vanderbilt to open the season 1–2. However, the Crimson Tide rebounded to win their final seven games against Duquesne, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Georgia Tech, LSU and Miami. Alabama then lost to Texas in the Sugar Bowl to finish the season 8–3.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1947 season also marked the first for Harold Drew as head coach for the Crimson Tide. Drew was hired as the replacement for long-time head coach Frank Thomas after he resigned his post due to personal health conditions in January 1947.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi Southern
To open the 1946 season, the Crimson Tide defeated the Mississippi Southern Golden Eagles at Legion Field 34–7 in what was the first all-time meeting between the schools. The Crimson Tide took a 6–0 lead in the first quarter when Harry Gilmer threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Rebel Steiner. Norwood Hodges extended the Alabama lead to 13–0 at halftime with his eight-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Early in the third quarter, Mississippi scored their only points of the game on a 66-yard Bubba Phillips touchdown run to cut the Crimson Tide lead to 13–7. Alabama responded with 21 unanswered points for the 34–7 victory. Touchdowns were scored on a four-yard Gilmer run in the third and on a two-yard Hodges and one-yard Ed Salem run in the fourth quarter.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tulane
To open conference play, Alabama traveled to New Orleans and lost to the Tulane Green Wave 21–20. After a scoreless first quarter, the Crimson Tide took a 6–0 lead after Norwood Hodges scored on a one-yard touchdown run. However, the Green Wave responded on the kickoff that ensued when Ed Price returned it 101-yards for a 7–6 Tulane lead. A Bennie Ellender touchdown pass as the second quarter ended gave the Green Wave a 14–6 halftime lead. Ray Prats extended the Tulane lead to 21–6 early in the third quarter after he returned an interception 65-yards for a touchdown. The Crimson Tide responded with a pair of third-quarter touchdowns, but lost by a single point. Alabama touchdowns in the third were scored by Hodges on a two-yard run and by Billy Cadenhead on an eight-yard run. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Tulane to 15–5–1.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
Against Vanderbilt, Alabama lost 14–7 at Dudley Field in a game dominated by the Commodores' pass defense. Vanderbilt scored the only points of the first half when Jamie Wade threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to John North for a 7–0 lead. In the fourth quarter, Robert Berry scored for the Commodores on an 11-yard run after they intercepted a Harry Gilmer pass. A late 23-yard Gilmer touchdown pass to Carl Mims to make the final score 14–7 and breakup the Vanderbilt shutout attempt. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Vanderbilt to 16–11.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Duquesne
In what was the first all-time game against Duquesne, the Dukes lost 26–0 in the first Denny Stadium game of the season. After a scoreless first quarter, the Crimson Tide took a 7–0 halftime lead after Billy Cadenhead scored on a six-yard run. The Alabama lead was extended further in the third quarter after a 58-yard Norman Mosley punt return and a one-yard Norwood Hodges touchdown run to make the score 20–0 as they entered the final period. In the fourth, Travis Hicks scored the final points of the game and made the final score 26–0.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
Against Tennessee, the Crimson Tide shutout Volunteers 10–0 before a sellout crowd at Legion Field. After a scoreless first half, a nine-yard Billy Cadenhead touchdown run in the third and a seven-yard Hugh Morrow field goal in the fourth provided for the 10–0 margin of victory. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Tennessee to 17–9–3.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia
Against Georgia, the Crimson Tide defeated the Bulldogs 17–7 before 48,000 fans at Sanford Stadium. The Crimson Tide took an early 7–0 lead after Harry Gilmer returned a punt 80-yards for a touchdown. The Bulldogs responded in the second quarter with their only points on an 83-yard John Rauch touchdown pass to Eli Maricich to tie the game 7–7 at halftime. Alabama retook the lead in the third on an 84-yard run that saw Lowell Tew run 44-yards before he tossed a lateral pass to Billy Cadenhead who took it the final 40-yards for the touchdown. A seven-yard Hugh Morrow field goal in the fourth made the final score 17–7. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Georgia to 16–14–3.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
In Lexington, the Crimson Tide defeated the Wildcats 13–0 at McLean Stadium who were led by former Crimson Tide player Bear Bryant. Alabama scored all of their points on a pair of touchdowns in the first half. The first came on a three-yard Harry Gilmer run in the first quarter and the second on a two-yard Billy Cadenhead run in the second quarter. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Kentucky 24–1–1.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech
Against the Yellow Jackets, the Crimson Tide had their second consecutive upset victory with their 14–7 at Legion Field. Alabama took a 14–0 lead into the fourth quarter after a five-yard Harry Gilmer touchdown pass to Rebel Steiner in the first quarter and on a one-yard Gilmer run in the second quarter. Tech scored their only points late in the fourth quarter on a four-yard Robert McCoy touchdown run to make the final score 14–7. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Georgia Tech to 14–12–3.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
On homecoming in Tuscaloosa, Alabama defeated LSU 41–12 to close out conference play for the season. Immediately following the win, the Crimson Tide accepted an invitation to play in the 1948 Sugar Bowl. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against LSU to 13–4–3.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Miami
This game against the Miami Hurricanes was originally scheduled to be played on Friday, November 28. However, severe weather and poor field conditions postponed its being played until the following evening, and in what was their final regular season game, Alabama defeated Miami 21–6 at Burdine Stadium. Miami took a 6–0 lead in the first quarter after Harold Schuler threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Ed Houck. The Crimson Tide then responded with 21 unanswered points to win the game 21–6. Touchdowns were scored on a three-yard Harry Gilmer pass to Rebel Steiner in the second quarter and on runs by Gilmer and Jim Cain in the third quarter. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Miami to 2–0.


1947 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Texas
Against the Texas Longhorns, the Crimson Tide were defeated 27–7 in the 1948 Sugar Bowl. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Texas to 0–4.


1947 Alamo Bowl
The 1947 Alamo Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys and Denver Pioneers. The game was played on January 4, 1947, at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio, Texas. The game was originally scheduled for January 1, however freezing temperatures and icy conditions delayed the game. Hardin–Simmons defeated Denver 20–0. Poor attendance caused the game to be a financial failure and was not scheduled again. There is no relation between this game and the current Alamo Bowl which began in 1993.


1947 Albanian National Championship
The 1947 Albanian National Championship was the tenth season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.


1947 Albanian National Championship, Overview
The league was contested by 9 teams. Partizani won the championship.


1947 Albanian National Championship, League standings
Note: 'Dinamo Korça' is Skënderbeu, '17 Nëntori' is SK Tirana, 'Ylli i Kuq Durrës' is Teuta, 'Bashkimi Elbasanas' is KS Elbasani and 'Shqiponja' is Luftëtari


1947 Alcorn A&M Braves football team
The 1947 Alcorn A&M Braves football team was an American football team that represented Alcorn A&M College as a member of the South Central Athletic Conference (SCAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Felix "Cat" Harris, Alcorn compiled a 10–1 record (7–0 against conference opponents), shut out eight of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 327 to 79. The team won the SCAC championship, and was also ranked No. 1 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System. The team played its home games in Alcorn, Mississippi.


1947 Algerian municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in Algeria in October and November 1947, with councils in large cities elected in October, and those in smaller towns in November.


1947 Algerian municipal elections, Results
The elections were won by the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties (MTLD), whose lists were victorious in all major cities.


1947 Algerian municipal elections, Aftermath
The results shocked the French establishment, who resolved not to allow it to happen again. In the Assembly elections in 1948 the MTLD and fellow nationalists Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto were poised to gain a majority of Second College seats in the second round of voting before the authorities openly rigged the vote in more than two-thirds of constituencies to ensure the victory of pro-government independents.


1947 All England Badminton Championships
The 1947 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Harringay Arena, London, England, from 5–9 March 1947. Snow made its way into the arena during the first round and made the courts unplayable.


1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
The 1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season marked the fifth season of the circuit. The teams Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Kenosha Comets, Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches and South Bend Blue Sox competed through a 112-game schedule. The final Shaugnessy playoffs faced second place Grand Rapids against third place Racine in a Best of Seven Series.


1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
By April 1947, all of the league's players were flown to Havana, Cuba for spring training. At the time, the Brooklyn Dodgers trained in the Cuban capital because Jackie Robinson, who would be the first Afro-American to play in the Major Leagues, was training with the Dodgers for the first time. By then, city ordinances in Vero Beach, Florida, where the Dodgers normally trained, prevented blacks and whites players from competing on the same field against each other. Notably, newspaper stories from Havana indicate that the All-American girls drew larger crowds for their exhibition games at Estadio Latinoamericano than did the Dodgers.


1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
In addition to the eight team practices, early 55.000 Cuban fans attended a round-robin tournament which took place at Estadio Latinoamericano at the end of the training. The Racine Belles won the tournament and received a commemorative trophy from Esther Williams, American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star.


1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
All in all, the rules, strategy and general play were the same in 1947. The sidearm pitching was strictly used, as the league was moving toward full overhand delivery for the next season. The sidearm throwing allowed the hitters more of an advantage than previous seasons. Rockford's Dorothy Kamenshek repeated her batting crown with a .306 batting average in a close race with Audrey Wagner (.305) of Kenosha. Nevertheless, five no-hitters were recorded during the regular season by Racine's Doris Barr, Muskegon Erma Bergmann,  Kenosha's Jean Cione, and Rockford's Margaret Holgerson and Betty Luna.


1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
The pitching highlight came from Muskegon's Doris Sams, who hurled the third perfect game in league history. In addition, P/OF Sams posted an 11–4 record and a 0.98 earned run average in 19 pitching appearances, while batting a combined average of .280 (97-for-346) in 107 total games. Following the season, Sams was honored with the AAGPBL Player of the Year Award.


1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
At the end, Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Racine battled for the regular season title, until Muskegon got the victory with just two days remaining the schedule. Muskegon lost to Racine in the first round, three games to one, behind a strong pitching effort from Anna Mae Hutchison, who was credited with all three victories for Racine. By the other side, Grand Rapids defeated South Bend in five games guided by Connie Wisniewski, who pitched a win, stole home plate for another win, and collected an average of .318 (7-for-22).


1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
The second round was a tight fight, when the first three contests all went to extra innings and Grand Rapids held a 3–1 advantage in the best of seven series. But the defending champion Racine won the next two games to force a decisive game seven. In a pitching duel, Mildred Earp defeated Hutchison and the Belles on a 1–0, five hit shutout, while driving in the winning run to give Grand Rapids the championship.


1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
In 1947 average crowds at AAGPBL games were two to three thousand people, while attendance records were set in Muskegon, Peoria and Racine ballparks  .


1947 All-Big Nine Conference football team
The 1947 All-Big Nine Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Nine Conference teams selected by the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP) and the International News Service (INS) for the 1947 Big Nine Conference football season. The top vote getters in the AP voting by conference coaches were Leo Nomellini, Bob Chappuis, and Bump Elliott, each receiving 16 of 18 possible points.


1947 All-Big Nine Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by the AP, UP and INS


1947 All-Big Six Conference football team
The 1947 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Six Conference teams for the 1947 college football season. The selectors for the 1947 season included the United Press (UP).


1947 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1947 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 16th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.


1947 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Kerry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final


1947 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
On 14 September 1947, Tyrone won the championship following a 4-4 to 4-3 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.


1947 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 1947 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 17th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.


1947 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.


1947 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 7 September 1947 Tipperary won the championship following a 9-5 to 1-5 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title and their first in ten championship seasons.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1947 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Antrim, who defeated Dublin by a three-point margin in the final. The semi-final between Dublin and Galway ranks alongside the disputed semi-final of 1966 between Dublin and Tipperary as the most controversial in camogie history.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Structure
With the resumption of a second round of hostilities between Dublin County Board and the Central Council of the Camogie Association in 1944, only the (CIÉ club) remained affiliated in Dublin. The county was represented by one club selection in the championship, albeit one that included three of the leading exponents of the game of that era or the entire history of the 12-a-side game, Kathleen Cody, Kathleen Mills and Sophie Brack. Galway beat Mayo in the Connacht final. Tipperary won the Munster championship for the first time in the absence of Cork.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals
Eileen Walsh (Tipperary) and Bridie O'Neill (Antrim) scored three goals each as Antrim defeated Tipperary in the All Ireland semi-final. The Irish Independent reported that the other semi-final between Dublin and Galway at Ballinasloe, ended with hundreds of spectators rushing onto the field "to voice their displeasure at the referee", Barney McDonnell from Wicklow, who had stood in for Michael Hennessy of Clare. Gardaí restored order and escorted the referee away by car. Galway led by 2–1 to 0–1 at the interval until goals from Kathleen Cody and Kathleen Mills gave Dublin victory by 2–3 to 2–1. Galway were pushing for an equaliser when the final whistle was blown. A letter-writer to the Connacht Tribune proposed that in future only lady referees should be appointed to camogie matches in future.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Antrim had got off to a great start in the final and had 1–1 on the scoreboard within five minutes. Kathleen Cody shot for goal towards the end of the final, the ball sank in the sea of mud that filled the goal area. Antrim goalkeeper Kathleen Madden retrieved the ball and cleared it. Dublin appeals that the ball had crossed the line were not entertained and Antrim retained their title.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the sixteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Antrim led by 2-2 to 2-0 at half-time and had a three-point lead in the last minute when Kathleen Cody sent in a shot at goal that would have equalised the game. The Antrim 'keeper dug the ball out of a mucky goalmouth and the referee and umpires judged that the sliotar did not cross the line, which was enough to give Antrim their three-in-a-row.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 61st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the sixtieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Cavan were captained by John Joe O'Reilly.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-game
For the first and only time, the final was played outside Ireland, at the Polo Grounds in New York City,  to cater for the large Irish-American community there. The New York final was also intended to observe the centenary of the Great Famine that triggered mass Irish emigration to the U.S. and other countries. Around 30,000 people were in the ground for the final. Cavan travelled by air and Kerry by sea; the Cavan team credited their victory partially to their shorter time spent travelling. The Cavan team flew via the Azores, taking 30 hours. Kerry's trip by Ocean Liner took far longer.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-game
Mick Higgins, a key member of the Cavan team that day, recalled in later life: "There was no huge send-off for us in Cavan, but both teams got a good reception in New York when we arrived. I remember the team stayed in the Commodore Hotel, but I stayed with my relatives." He also remembered there was "oppressive heat" during the game itself.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
After a slow start, Cavan fought back to lead 2–5 to 2–4 at the break and went on to win by four points. Peter Donohoe scored eight points from frees and was called "the Babe Ruth of Gaelic football" in the New York press. Michael O'Hehir broadcast radio commentary back across the Atlantic Ocean.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
O'Hehir noticed that broadcasting delays would bring the radio link down five minutes before the final had ended. O'Hehir later recalled his plea:'"If there's anybody along the way there listening in, just give us five minutes more, and I kept begging for five minutes more". The link stayed open.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The Cavan team returned to Ireland aboard the RMS Queen Mary. Higgins recalled, "It was only after we arrived in Southampton that we realised the joy of it all. Large numbers of Cavan people turned up to see us in London and Birmingham. We were treated like kings in Cavan."


1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The 1947 All-Ireland final brought about an understanding that a large audience existed for Gaelic games highlights.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Mick Higgins, the last surviving member of the winning team, died in January 2010.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
This was the last All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final to be played on 14 September until the 2019 replay.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1947 was the 61st series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Cork 0-14 to 2-7 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Quarter-finals: (2 matches) These were two matches between the first four teams drawn from the province. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the semi-finals.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals joined the two remaining Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the final.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the All-Ireland semi-finals.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the semi-finals.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined the other three Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the final.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The two provincial winners were paired on opposite sides with Galway and Antrim making up the four semi-final teams. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the final.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Championship statistics, Debutantes
The following players made their debut in the 1947 championship:


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 60th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 7 September 1947, between Kilkenny and Cork. The Munster champions narrowly lost to their Leinster opponents and great rivals on a score line of 0-14 to 2-7.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Introduction
It is generally agreed by former players and commentators that the 1947 All-Ireland final was the greatest championship decider of all-time. Contested by two fierce rivals, with more than a game at stake, the final contained a mixture of pure hurling, fierce exchanges, excitement and a heart-stopping last-gasp score to clinch a victory when a draw seemed likely.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Introduction
This was the second consecutive meeting of Cork and Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. Cork went into this game as reigning champions, after trouncing their great rivals twelve months earlier. This was Kilkenny’s third consecutive appearance in an All-Ireland final; however, they had yet to claim a victory. A defeat in 1947 would earn for Kilkenny the unenviable distinction of being the first team to lose three All-Ireland finals in-a-row. A victory, however, would give Kilkenny a first All-Ireland triumph since the great ‘thunder and lightning final’ against Cork in 1939.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Introduction
Cork, on the other hand, were enjoying a remarkably successful decade in terms of All-Ireland triumphs. This was their seventh appearance in the All-Ireland decider in nine championship seasons. After losing to Kilkenny in 1939 the team regrouped and went on to claim an unprecedented four-in-a-row from 1941 until 1944. The chain was broken in 1945, however, Cork claimed a fifth All-Ireland crown inside six years in 1946. To win in 1947 would give Cork a remarkable sixth All-Ireland title in seven years, thus bettering similar records set by Tipperary and Kilkenny at the turn of the century.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Pre-match
Just over 61,000 people packed into Croke Park on a pleasant, sunny afternoon for the All-Ireland showdown. In the Kilkenny dressing-room the team were faced with a late set-back when Bill Walsh was forced to cry-off with an injury. Jimmy Heffernan was brought in as a late substitute for Walsh. Paddy Grace, the Kilkenny corner-back, also suffered a knee injury. He played in the match but did not take part in the pre-match parade.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, First half
At 3:15pm the sliotar was thrown in by referee Phil Purcell, an All-Ireland-winner with Tipperary in 1930, and the greatest All-Ireland final began. Kilkenny had decided on their tactics well in advance. Cork’s full-back and half-back lines, as well as their goalkeeper, Tom Mulcahy, were virtually impregnable and had earned a reputation for not giving away goals easily. Kilkenny sought to counteract this and decided to go for points rather than goals. Because of this, an early feature of the game was Kilkenny’s flair when scoring points from 30, 40 and 50 yards out from the goal. A titanic first-half struggle saw Kilkenny retire at half-time with a 0-7 to 0-3 lead over the champions.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Second half
The spectators looked forward to more of the same immediately after the restart. Cork made some defensive changes immediately. Jack Lynch moved to wing forward while Seán Condon went to midfield. These changes helped Cork to claw their way back, however, Kilkenny were still on top. With the game entering the final ten minutes  Terry Leahy gathered a pressured clearance by the Cork ‘keeper and duly sent it straight between the posts from 30 yards for a two-point lead. At this stage the spectators were on their feet as a grandstand finish was in prospect. Cork were soon awarded a side-line cut which Jim Young stepped up to take. Young sent the sliotar goal wards via Connie Murphy towards Mossy O'Riordan who sent the sliotar in low to the Kilkenny net. This score gave Cork a one-point lead for the first time in the match.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Second half
A Kilkenny point by Tom Walton made the sides all level once again, just before Terry Leahy sent over a point to allow Kilkenny reclaim the lead. A huge burst of applause and cheering broke out amongst the Kilkenny supporters when Leahy sent over another point shortly to give ‘the Cats’ a two-point lead, as many thought that he had sealed the victory with the vital score. The game was not over yet. A hectic melee in the Kilkenny goalmouth occurred with the game entering the dying minutes.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Second half
Joe Kelly, a young clerical student, was at hand to dispatch the ball into the Kilkenny net to give Cork a one-point lead for the first time. A long clearance immediately after that score found Jim Langton who was fouled about 30 yards out from the Cork goal. Leahy stepped up to take the resultant free as Croke Park descended from a state of frenzy to one of silence. The free posed no problem for the star attacker who levelled the sides with a well-taken point.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Second half
The puck-out by ‘keeper Tom Mulcahy came back almost immediately and the much vaunted Cork defenders found it difficult to clear their lines. The sliotar reached Tom Mulcahy whose clearance fell to the eponymous Terry Leahy. From 30 yards out he sent the ball straight over the bar as time was almost up. Jack Lynch had a chance to equalise for Cork, however, he was hooked twice and the game was over.


1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Second half
A 0-14 to 2-7 score line gave Kilkenny their first All-Ireland since 1939 and their last until 1957. The defeat of Cork heralded the end of their great decade of success.


1947 All-Pacific Coast football team
The 1947 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1947 college football season. The organizations selecting these teams included the conference coaches, the Associated Press (AP), and the United Press (UP).


1947 All-Pacific Coast football team
The 1947 USC Trojans football team won the PCC championship in 1947, finished the season ranked #8 in the final AP Poll, and had four players receive first-team honors. End Paul Cleary, tackle John Ferraro, and halfback Don Doll received first-team honors from the coaches, AP and UP, and Cleary and Ferraro were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Tackle Bob Hendren was selected as a first-team honoree by the AP.


1947 All-Pacific Coast football team
The California Golden Bears football team finished in second place in the PCC with a 9–1 record and were ranked #15 in the final AP Poll. The Golden Bears landed two players on one or more of the All-PCC first teams. Guard Rod Franz and fullback John Graves were chosen as a first-team honorees by the coaches, the AP, and the UP, and Franz was later induced into the College Football Hall of Fame.


1947 All-Pacific Coast football team
The Oregon Ducks finished in third place in the PCC and landed three players on one or more of the first team squads. Quarterback Norm Van Brocklin was a consensus first-team pick by the coaches, the AP, and the UP, and was later inducted into both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. Halfback Jake Leicht received first-team honors from the coaches and the UP, and center Brad Ecklund was selected by the coaches as a first-team player.


1947 All-Pacific Coast football team
Despite finishing in fourth place with a 5-4 record, the UCLA Bruins had more first-team selections, five, than any other team in the conference. The UCLA first-team honorees were end Tom Fears (coaches, AP, UP), center Don Paul (AP, UP), tackle Bill Chambers (coaches, UP), guard Mike Dimitro (coaches, AP), and halfback Al Holsch (AP). Fears was later inducted into both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame.


1947 All-Pacific Coast football team, Key
Coaches = selected by the conference coaches and announced by Pacific Coast Conference Commissioner Vic Schmidt


1947 All-Pacific Coast football team, Key
AP = Associated Press, based on "consensus of coaches and experts"


1947 All-Pacific Coast football team, Key
UP = United Press, based on votes of "sports writers up and down the coast"


1947 All-Pacific Coast football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of the coaches, AP and UP


1947 All-Pro Team
The 1947 All-Pro Team consisted of American football players who were chosen by various selectors for the All-Pro team for the 1947 football season. Teams were selected by, among others, the Associated Press (AP), the United Press (UP), Pro Football Illustrated, and the New York Daily News (NYDN). The AP selections included players from the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference; the UP, PFI, and NYDN selections were limited to players from the NFL.


1947 All-SEC football team
The 1947 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1947 college football season. Ole Miss won the conference.


1947 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI


1947 All-Southern Conference football team
The 1947 All-Southern Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP) for the All-Southern Conference football team for the 1947 college football season.


1947 All-Southwest Conference football team
The 1947 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1947 college football season. The selectors for the 1947 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.


1947 All-Southwest Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP


1947 Allan Cup
The 1947 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1946-47 Senior season.


1947 Amateur World Series
The 1947 Amateur World Series was held from November 29 through December 20 in Barranquilla, Colombia. It was the 9th Amateur World Series. The Cuban national team sat out and the competition only consisted of other Caribbean, Central American and South American teams. Thus, host Colombia won its first title.


1947 Amritsar train massacre
The 1947 Amritsar train massacre was an attack on Indian refugees. It killed 3000 Muslims and wounded a further 1000.


1947 Amritsar train massacre
This massacre is one of many on trains carrying refugees that happened during the 1947 India-Pakistan Partition, which saw the transport of around 4 million refugees.


1947 Amritsar train massacre, Incident
On Monday September 22, 1947, a train was leaving 30 miles east from Amritsar and was attacked by Sikhs. This attack was stopped. However, when the same train arrived at Amritsar, it was faced with crowds of armed Sikh people who opened fire on it from both sides of the track.


1947 Amritsar train massacre, Incident
Trains carrying Sikh troops did pass by during the massacre, but they did not intervene. Only a few troop trains were left by Sikhs to join the massacre.


1947 Amritsar train massacre, Incident
It is unknown who the escorts of the train were, but many believe it to be Hindu Jats. These escorts were ordered by British officers to fire, but going against such orders, instead fired over the attacker's heads.


1947 Amritsar train massacre, Incident
The officer of the train was left alone to fend for the passengers. He reportedly shot back at the raiders with a machine gun he possessed until it ran out of ammo. He was killed soon after losing such ammo. It has been reported that he was killed by his own men.


1947 Amritsar train massacre, Incident
Men, women and children were attacked by Sikhs who swept through the train. The weapons used by Sikhs during this attack included swords and spears. This slaughter lasted for approximately three hours.


1947 Amritsar train massacre, Incident
On Tuesday September 23rd 1947, the train involved in the attack was returned to its platform.


1947 Amritsar train massacre, Effects
The West Punjab Government announced other attacks that happened during the 1947 India-Pakistan Partition. This included the attack of a refugee train in Kamoke carrying Sikh-Hindu passengers around 25 miles west of Lahore on Wednesday September 24th 1947. This attack was responsible for a further 340 deaths of both Sikhs and Hindus and wounded a further 250.


1947 Amritsar train massacre, Effects
Meetings within the Indian Cabinet to stop further attacks were called on Thursday the 25th as reported by the Associated Press of Great Britain. Military spokesmen reported on the mounting tensions in the Punjab and the serious attacks on refugee trains and convoys.


1947 Argentine Primera División
The 1947 Argentine Primera División was the 56th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 13 and ended on November 16.


1947 Argentine Primera División
Banfield returned to Primera while Atlanta was relegated. River Plate won its 9th title.


1947 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 1947 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ed Doherty, the team compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 against Border opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 234 to 168.


1947 Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks football team
The 1947 Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College at Flagstaff (now known as Northern Arizona University) in the Border Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its first year under head coach Nick Ragus, the team compiled a 1–7 record (0–4 against conference opponents) and was outscored by a total of 295 to 39. The team played its three home games at Skidmore Field in Flagstaff, Arizona.


1947 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 1947 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Border Conference during the 1947 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Mike Casteel, the Wildcats compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2 against Border opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and were outscored by their opponents, 241 to 233. The team captain was Fred Knez. The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.


1947 Arizona Wildcats football team
Fred Enke led the team with 1,406 passing yards (88 of 184 passing) and 538 net rushing yards on 146 carries. His combined tally of 1,944 yards of total offense was the best in the country. See List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders.


1947 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1947 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1947 college football season. In their second year under head coach John Barnhill, the Razorbacks compiled a 6–4–1 record (1–4–1 against SWC opponents), finished in a tie for fifth place in the SWC, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 191 to 145.


1947 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Clyde Scott led the Razorbacks in rushing in 1947 with 659 rushing yards on 152 carries (4.3 yard average). Quarterback Kenny Holland was the leading passer, completing 25 of 46 passes for 360 yards. Ross Pritchard was the team's leading receiver with 15 catches for 266 yards.


1947 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Dixie Bowl
Arkansas was set to play in the inaugural Dixie Bowl, which was the first of only two ever played, against a 9–1 William & Mary team. The Indians got on top early, recovering a Razorback fumbled quick-kick on the Arkansas six yard line, after which Jack Cloud scored from the one to give fourteenth-ranked William & Mary a 7–0 lead. The Indians drove another 78 yards, with Cloud again hitting pay dirt, but QB Stan Magdziak could not convert the extra point, leaving the score 13–0. The Razorbacks answered with a 59-yard touchdown pass from Kenny Holland to Ross Pritchard.


1947 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Dixie Bowl
Moments later, defensive halfback Melvin McGaha would intercept an errant Indian pass and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown. Aubrey Fowler's extra point was true, and the Razorbacks had a one-point lead. After halftime, William & Mary took back the lead with a six-yard strike from Magdziak to Henry Bland, but the extra point was again no good. A 97-yard Razorback drive was capped by Leon Campbell sprinting in from seven yards out with five minutes to play to give Arkansas a 21–19 lead, one that would not be relinquished. The crowd of 21,000 watched Arkansas push their record in bowl games to 1–0–2, which could have been 0–0–3 had the Indians converted two extra points.


1947 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Dixie Bowl
Arkansas rushed for 103 yards against a William & Mary team that was allowing 61.5 yards per contest, second behind only Penn State's 17 yards per game.


1947 Army Cadets football team
The 1947 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its seventh year under head coach Earl Blaik, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record, was ranked No. 11 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 220 to 68. The team played its home games at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York.


1947 Army Cadets football team
Army's loss to Columbia on October 25, 1947, broke the Cadets' 32-game unbeaten streak dating back to November 1943.


1947 Army Cadets football team
Army guard Joe Steffy was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as the 1947 recipient of the Outland Trophy as the best guard or tackle in the country. Steffy was also a consensus first-team pick for the 1947 All-America team, and he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Steffy and Army fullback Elwyn "Rip" Rowan received first-team honors on the International News Service's 1947 All-East team.


1947 Assam earthquake
The 1947 Assam earthquake occurred on 29 July at 13:43 UTC with an Mw of 7.3 and a maximum EMS-98 intensity of V (Strong).


1947 Assam earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake was located near the border between India and Tibet. Some sources put the epicenter in Indian, and some put it in Tibet. The released seismic moment was about 1.5×1020 Nm. The mechanism of the earthquake is not well known. In the Chinese literature, this earthquake was often located around the Nang County, Tibet.


1947 Assam earthquake, Damage
In Dibrugarh, Jorhat, and Tezpur, there were cracks in walls. Failure of electricity was reported in Guwahati.


1947 Assam earthquake, Other seismicity
The border region was struck by the much larger 8.6 Mw  Assam–Tibet earthquake three years later, on August 15, 1950.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1947 Atlantic hurricane season was the first Atlantic hurricane season to have tropical storms labeled by the United States Air Force. The season officially began on June 16, 1947, and ended on November 1, 1947. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. However, the first tropical cyclone developed on June 13, while the final system was absorbed by a cold front on December 1.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season
There were 10 tropical storms; 5 of them attained hurricane status, while two became major hurricanes, which are Category 3 or higher on the modern day Saffir–Simpson scale. Operationally, the third tropical storm was considered two separate tropical cyclones, resulting in the storm receiving two names. The eighth tropical storm went undetected and was not listed in HURDAT until 2014.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season
Nearly all tropical storms impacted land during the season, some of which caused many fatalities and left destruction. The second storm caused severe flooding and mudslides in Mexico, leaving at least 48 dead and 43 others missing. In September, the strongest and costliest hurricane of the season, the Fort Lauderdale hurricane, left severe damage in Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi due to strong winds, heavy rainfall, and abnormally high tides. There were 51 fatalities and about $160.2 million (1947 USD) in damage. The ninth storm, also known as the Cape Sable hurricane, caused additional flooding in South Florida and left wind damage in Georgia and South Carolina. The storm left about $20 million in damage. Overall, the systems of the season caused about $184.2 million in damage and at least 101 fatalities.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1947. However, tropical cyclogenesis began with the development of a tropical depression on June 13. There was a total of seven tropical storms, five of them strengthened into hurricanes, while two of those became major hurricanes – Category 3 or higher on the modern day Saffir–Simpson scale. The final system, a tropical depression, was absorbed by a cold front on December 1, one month after the official end of the season on November 1, 1947. Four hurricanes and four tropical storms made landfall during the season.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
Overall, the tropical cyclones of this season caused about $184.2 million in damage and at least 101 fatalities. The United States death toll of 53 was low compared to 20 years earlier in spite of the Fort Lauderdale (George) and Cape Sable (King) hurricanes crossing urban areas. The Weather Bureau attributed this to adequate warnings from the hurricane warning office and mass evacuations. A then-record total of 159 bulletins were issued from Weather Bureau offices.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The first tropical cyclone of the season, a tropical depression, existed from June 13 to June 14. However, activity went dormant for over a month and a half. On July 31, Baker developed in the Gulf of Mexico. In August, two tropical storms developed – Charlie and Dog-Easy. September featured five tropical cyclones, including Fox, George, and How, as well as two tropical depressions.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
George, more commonly known as the Fort Lauderdale hurricane, was the most intense tropical cyclone of the season, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 938 mbar (27.7 inHg). October also had five tropical cyclone, including Item, King, Love, an unnamed storm, and a tropical depression. With four tropical storms, this was the most in the month of October since 1933. The season's final tropical cyclone, a depression, developed on November 28 and was absorbed by a cold front on December 1.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The season's activity was reflected with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 88. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. It is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 39 mph (63 km/h), which is tropical storm strength.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm One (Baker)
A low pressure area in the Bay of Campeche developed into a tropical depression at 06:00 UTC on July 31. Moving north-northwestward, the depression deepened into a tropical storm six hours later. The storm, identified as "Baker" by the United States Air Force, then intensified slowly and gradually curved to the northwest. At 00:00 UTC on August 2, the storm attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1,001 mbar (29.6 inHg).


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm One (Baker)
The latter was observed at Port Isabel, Texas, while the former was estimated based on the pressure-wind relationship. Simultaneously, Baker made landfall in Tamaulipas about 25 mi (40 km) south of the Mexico–United States border. The system weakened to a tropical depression by 12:00 UTC on August 2 and dissipated near Reynosa shortly thereafter.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm One (Baker)
Small craft were advised between the lower and middle coast of Texas were advised to remain in port. The American Red Cross recommended that residents of Port Aransas evacuate as a precaution, but mainly only tourists in the area fled. Most of the damage was done to cotton crops, due to heavy rainfall, with up to 9.35 in (237 mm) observed at Raymondville. However, the precipitation was more beneficial than damaging. The storm caused just over $2 million in damage.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two (Charlie)
A tropical depression developed about 125 mi (200 km) north-northwest of Colombia early on August 9. The depression moved northwestward across the Caribbean Sea and remained weak for a few days, before reaching tropical storm status on 00:00 UTC on August 12. About 16 hours later, the cyclone – known to the United States Air Force as Tropical Storm Charlie – made landfall near Punta Allen, Quintana Roo, with winds of 50 mph (80 km/h). After entering the Bay of Campeche on August 13, the system resumed strengthening, becoming a hurricane early on August 14.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two (Charlie)
Later that day, Charlie peaked as a Category 2 hurricane on the modern day Saffir–Simpson scale with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 977 mbar (28.9 inHg), both of which were observed by during a reconnaissance aircraft flight. On August 15, the system curved southwestward and made landfall just south of Tampico, Tamaulipas, around 10:00 UTC, at the same intensity. The storm rapidly weakened after moving inland and dissipated by 06:00 UTC on August 16.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two (Charlie)
Heavy rainfall, strong winds, and storm surge walloped portions of Mexico, especially in Tampico and the state of Veracruz. In the former, storm surge forced the evacuation of residents near the coast. Winds unroofed several homes and resulted in the closure of many businesses. Signs atop buildings fell, while some equipment used by the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional was destroyed. Additionally, the city of Tampico was left without electricity for about five hours. Heavy rainfall caused small lakes and rivers to rise rapidly, flooding homes in the poorer sections and forcing a number of families to flee to higher ground.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two (Charlie)
In El Higo, one of the worst impacted communities, the Pánuco River exceeded its bank, inundating the village with over 8 ft (2.4 m) of water. Most of the one story buildings were submerged, while water approached the second story of taller buildings. Thirty-six deaths occurred in the city. In Chontla, 24 homes were destroyed. Flooding and mudslides in San Luis Potosí resulted in another 12 deaths. Overall, the hurricane caused at least 48 fatalities and left 43 other people missing.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three (Dog-Easy)
A tropical wave developed into a tropical depression just northeast of Havana, Cuba, late on August 18. The depression briefly moved inland along the north coast of Cuba, before emerging into the Gulf of Mexico early on August 19. At 06:00 UTC, the system intensified into a tropical storm. Shortly thereafter, the cyclone curved northwestward, before turning westward late on August 19. About 24 hours later, the storm curved north-northwestward. At 14:00 UTC on August 22, the system made landfall near Golden Meadow, Louisiana, with winds of 45 mph (75 km/h).


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three (Dog-Easy)
However, the cyclone turned southwestward and soon reemerged into the Gulf of Mexico. The storm then curved northwestward on August 23 and finally began to strengthen significantly. At 06:00 UTC on August 24, it intensified into a hurricane. About 12 hours later, the hurricane peaked with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 984 mbar (29.1 inHg); the latter was observed on land and was used to estimate the former.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three (Dog-Easy)
The cyclone made landfall in Galveston, Texas, at 22:00 UTC. Moving inland, the system weakened to a tropical storm early on August 25 and to a tropical depression later that day. Thereafter, the depression slowly weakened, until dissipating over Oklahoma on August 27. Operationally, this cyclone was believed to have been two systems, causing the United States Air Force to inadvertently assign it two names – Dog and Easy.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three (Dog-Easy)
The storm left little impact in Louisiana, with mainly squalls reported and winds up to 43 mph (69 km/h) observed at Grand Isle. In Texas, tides reached 4 ft (1.2 m) above normal in Galveston. A sustained wind speed exceeding 72 mph (116 km/h) was observed in the city, damaging roofs, signs, and the interior of dwellings. Numerous power wires were downed, causing the electricity to be shut down to avoid residents coming into contact with a live wire, but not before a man touched a downed power line and died.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three (Dog-Easy)
In Galveston County, but outside the city, crop damage reached about $32,500, while property damage totaled about $150,000. At Texas City, communication lines were downed, signs were toppled, homes were deroofed, and boats were washed ashore or set adrift. In Dickinson, several dwellings were destroyed. Farther north, 35 to 40 people at a prison near Houston escaped in the midst of the storm, though 10 of them were recaptured by the following day. Overall, the total damage was estimated at $757,000, with $500,000 of that amount incurred to buildings and improvements, while the remainder was to crops.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four (George)
A tropical wave developed into a tropical depression about 175 mi (280 km) west-southwest of Senegal early on September 4. Several hours later, the depression strengthened into a tropical storm, which was named George by the United States Air Force in real time. After moving generally westward for several days, the storm failed to intensify significantly and turned northwestward on September 10. By the following day, George finally became a Category 1 hurricane.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four (George)
The storm intensified further over the next few days and later peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 938 mbar (27.7 inHg). Early on September 16, George weakened to a Category 3 and curved westward while approaching the northern Bahamas. At 19:00 UTC, the hurricane struck the Abaco Islands with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h). In the Bahamas, the storm produced a large storm surge and strong winds, damaging or destroying many homes and docks on the western end of Grand Bahama.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four (George)
Thereafter, George continued westward and re-intensified into a Category 4 at 12:00 UTC on September 17, just three and a half hours before the storm made landfall near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with winds of 130 mph (210 km/h). In Florida, advance warnings and stringent building codes were credited with minimizing structural damage and reducing loss of life to 17 people, but nevertheless widespread flooding and coastal damage resulted from heavy rainfall and high tides.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four (George)
Many vegetable plantings, citrus groves, and cattle were submerged or drowned as the storm exacerbated already high water levels and briefly threatened to breach the dikes surrounding Lake Okeechobee. However, the dikes held firm, and evacuations were otherwise credited with minimizing the potential death toll. On the west coast of the state, the storm caused further flooding, extensive damage south of the Tampa Bay area, and the loss of the Cuban fishing vessel Antonio Cerdado offshore Fort Myers, resulting in seven deaths. Damage in Florida reached $31.8 million.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four (George)
On September 18, the hurricane entered the Gulf of Mexico and threatened the Florida Panhandle. Later, George made landfall southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 19 as a strong Category 2 with winds of 110 mph (175 km/h). George weakened to a tropical storm later that day, and then to a tropical depression on September 20. The cyclone was absorbed by a cold front over Missouri on the following day.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four (George)
Strong winds in the vicinity of Lake Pontchartrain caused water to over-top the levees, leaving some lakefront streets inundated "waist-deep" and many areas of the city under about 2 ft (0.61 m) of water. New Orleans alone suffered about $100 million in damage. The widespread flooding spurred flood-protection legislation and the creation of an enlarged levee system to safeguard the flood-prone area. Some coastal flooding also occurred in Mississippi. The state suffered slightly more than $28.4 million in damage. The storm destroyed 1,647 homes and structurally impacted 25,000 others in both Louisiana and Mississippi. Throughout its path, the hurricane caused $160.2 million in damage and 51 casualties.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Five (Fox)
At 00:00 UTC on September 7, a low pressure area developed into a tropical depression about 135 mi (215 km) south-southwest of Cape St. George Island, Florida. The depression moved northward and intensified, reaching tropical storm status about 18 hours later, and being assigned the name "Fox" by the United States Air Force. Around that time, the cyclone curved north-northwestward. Early on September 8, Fox peaked with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h), which was observed by a ship.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Five (Fox)
Between 07:00 and 10:00 UTC, an observation station in Mobile, Alabama, recorded a barometric pressure of 1,006 mbar (29.7 inHg), the lowest known in association with the cyclone. At 14:00 UTC on September 8, the storm made landfall on Dauphin Island, Alabama, and later near Bayou La Batre. By early the next day, the system weakened to a tropical depression and dissipated over southern Mississippi shortly thereafter.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Five (Fox)
Some coastal areas reported strong wind gusts, including 45 mph (72 km/h) in Mobile, Alabama, and 51 mph (82 km/h) in Pensacola, Florida. At Mobile Bay, two ships were beached, but were re-floated later that day. Overall, damage from the storm was minimal.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Six (How)
A tropical wave developed into a tropical storm just north Jamaica on September 20. The storm, assigned the name "How" by the United States Air Force – moved west-northwestward to northwestward and slowly intensified as it passed near Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands. At 22:00 UTC on September 21, the cyclone struck Cuba's Isla de la Juventud with winds of 50 mph (85 km/h), about five hours before making landfall near the modern day border of Artemisa and Pinar del Río provinces. Thereafter, the storm moved northward to north-northeastward.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Six (How)
How made landfall near Crystal River, Florida, with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) around 22:00 UTC on September 23. The wind speed, the highest associated with the storm, was estimated based on an observation of a barometric pressure of 990 mbar (29 inHg) at St. Leo. The storm was already losing tropical characteristics prior to landfall, and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone by 00:00 UTC on September 24, just two hours after moving inland. The remnants moved northeastward over Georgia and the Carolinas,before emerging into the Atlantic from North Carolina on September 25. By early the following day, the remnants of the cyclone dissipated.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Six (How)
Throughout Florida, wind speeds of 40 to 60 mph (64 to 97 km/h) were observed, with winds of 60 mph (97 km/h) common between Sarasota and Cedar Key. A series of tornadoes left damage across Central and North Florida. A tornado in Seffner destroyed three homes and damaged several trees. In Ocala, a tornado downed trees and power lines and deroofed two homes. Two twisters in Jacksonville damaged roofs, trees, and electrical and power lines, while another tornado in Arlington (which was later annexed by Jacksonville) moved a home off its foundation, damaged roofs, and downed trees.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Six (How)
Heavy rainfall in some areas worsened the flooding situation that began with the Fort Lauderdale hurricane. Above normal tides caused some erosion between Bradenton and Tarpon Springs. The storm left about $100,000 in damage in Florida. The storm and its remnants brought heavy rainfall to Georgia, including 7.5 in (190 mm) of precipitation at Brunswick in 24 hours. Street flooding was reported there, with water nearly entering businesses. In Savannah, streets were inundated with several feet of water, resulting in the rescue of several families.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Seven (Item)
An extratropical low pressure area transitioned into a tropical storm offshore North Florida on October 7, after acquiring a more symmetrical structure and the strongest winds moving closer to the center. However, the system had characteristics of a subtropical cyclone, including a moderate temperature gradient still existing at the center and an upper-level trough remaining associated with the storm. The United States Air Force referred to this system as "Item". At 00:30 UTC on October 7, a ship observed winds of 52 mph (84 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 1,000 mbar (30 inHg).


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Seven (Item)
The former was used to estimate the storm's maximum sustained wind speed of 60 mph (95 km/h), while the latter was the lowest barometric pressure in association with the cyclone. Item made landfall near Kings Bay, Georgia, at peak intensity around 04:00 UTC on October 7. The storm weakened to a tropical depression about eight hours later. It executed a cyclonic loop, briefly emerging into the Gulf of Mexico near Apalachicola, Florida, before moving inland again over rural Taylor County. Thereafter, Item moved north-northeastward and continued weakening, before dissipating over northern Georgia on October 9.