1945 college football season, October
On October 6, Army beat Wake Forest, 54–0 and Navy beat Duke, 21–0. Ohio State beat Iowa 42–0. Minnesota won at Nebraska 61–7. Notre Dame won at Georgia Tech, 40–7. UCLA beat St. Mary's Pre-Flight, 26–14.


1945 college football season, October
October 13 At Yankee Stadium in New York, No. 1 Army beat No. 9 Michigan, 28–7. No. 2 Navy stayed unscored upon with a 28–0 win over Penn State. No. 3 Notre Dame beat Dartmouth, 34–0. No. 4 Ohio State beat Wisconsin, 12–0. No. 5 Minnesota beat Fort Warren, 14–0.


1945 college football season, October
October 20 No. 1 Army beat Melville PT Boats 55–13. In Baltimore, No. 2 Navy beat Georgia Tech 20–6. No. 3 Notre Dame won at Pittsburgh, 39–9. No. 4 Ohio State lost to No. 9 Purdue, 35–13. No. 5 Minnesota defeated Northwestern, 30–7.


1945 college football season, October
October 27 In New York, No. 1 Army beat No. 19 Duke 48–13. No. 2 Notre Dame beat Iowa 56–0. In Philadelphia, No. 3 Navy defeated No. 7 Penn, 14–7. No. 4 Purdue lost to unranked Northwestern, 26–14. No. 5 Minnesota lost to No. 12 Ohio State, 20–7. In Birmingham, No. 6 Alabama beat Georgia 28–14. No. 8 Indiana beat No. 14 Tulsa 7–2, to reach 5–0–1.


1945 college football season, November
November 3 No. 1 Army beat Villanova, 54–0. No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Navy, both 5–0–0, met in Cleveland, and played to a 6–6 tie. In Louisville, No. 4 Alabama defeated Kentucky, 60–19. No. 5 Indiana beat Cornell College of Iowa, 46–6, but dropped to sixth in the next poll. In Los Angeles, No. 8 St. Mary's beat USC, 26–0.


1945 college football season, November
November 10 No. 1 Army (6–0–0)  and No. 2 Notre Dame (5–0–1) met for a contest at Yankee Stadium, and it was no contest, with the Cadets winning 48–0. No. 3 Alabama was idle. In Baltimore, No. 4 Navy beat No. 7 Michigan 33–7. No. 5 St. Mary's beat Fresno State, 32–6. No. 6 Indiana won at Minnesota, 49–0.


1945 college football season, November
November 17  In Philadelphia, No. 1 Army beat No. 6 Penn, 61–0No. 2 Navy defeated Wisconsin 36–7 in Baltimore. In Nashville, No. 3 Alabama beat Vanderbilt, 71–0. No. 4 Indiana won at Pittsburgh, 19–0. No. 5 St. Mary's lost to UCLA, 13–7. No. 7 Notre Dame won at Northwestern, 34–7.


1945 college football season, November
November 24 No. 1 Army (8–0–0) and No. 2 Navy (7–0–1), both unbeaten, were idle as they prepared for the Army–Navy Game. No. 3 Alabama beat the Pensacola Naval Air Station, 55–6. No. 4 Indiana closed its season at 9–0–1 with a 26–0 win over No. 18 Purdue. In New Orleans, No. 5 Notre Dame beat Tulane, 32–6.


1945 college football season, November
December 1  In the second No. 1 and No. 2 matchup of the year, No. 1 Army (8–0–0) and No. 2 Navy (7–0–1) met at the Army–Navy Game in Philadelphia, with Army winning 32–13 to close a perfect season. No. 3 Alabama defeated Mississippi State, 55–13. No. 4 Indiana had finished its season. No. 5 Notre Dame lost to the Great Lakes Navy team, 39–7. No. 6 Oklahoma State, which had finished the season 9–0–0 and accepted an invitation to the Sugar Bowl, rose to fifth in the final poll.


1945 in Afghanistan
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Afghanistan.


1945 in Afghanistan
There is little change in internal affairs as Zahir Shah continues a peaceful rule and the end of World War II sees an unbroken record of neutrality for the country. During the year, Ely Palmer, formerly with the foreign service at the Australian embassy, succeeds Cornelius Van H. Engert as U.S. minister at Kabul.


1945 in Afghanistan, July 1945
The Red Crescent Society of Afghanistan donates £5,000 to the fund opened by the International Red Cross at Geneva as a token of its sympathy with the fate of European peoples.


1945 in Albania
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in the People's Republic of Albania.


1945 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Australia.


1945 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1945.


1945 in Australian literature, Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1945 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


1945 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1945 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1945 in Brazil
Events in the year 1945 in Brazil. (Incumbents, Events, Arts and culture, Births, Deaths)


1945 in Brazilian football
The following article presents a summary of the 1945 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 44th season of competitive football in the country.


1945 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1945.


1945 in British music
This is a summary of 1945 in music in the United Kingdom.


1945 in British radio
This is a list of events from British radio in 1945.


1945 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1945.


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Platoon leader in 48th Highlanders of Canada describes Battle of Apeldoorn in Netherlands


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
"A zest to life she has never felt before" - Manitoban nurses "tigers" of 1st Canadian Division in Italy


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Food shortage in occupied France, especially in cities but benefiting farmers, accompanied after liberation by high inflation


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Winter 1945 is trying for Canadian diplomats Charles Ritchie and Saul Rae and family, living in liberated Paris without fuel


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Record of two British mariners killed on Canadian cargo ship sunk in Scottish waters in war's last U-boat attack


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Film: newsreel shows U-boats surrendering in North American waters, including off Shelburne, Nova Scotia


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
"A despondent-looking mob" - Canadian Parachute Battalion finds German soldiers and families eagerly surrender to avoid Russians


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
"My survival was an absolute miracle" - 14-year-old orphan liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Hundreds of children freed from Buchenwald, where several Polish inmates ran school


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Agreement on trials of European war criminals, who will return "to the countries in which their abominable deeds were done"


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
"That vague expression and pose of utter bewilderment" - war artist's painting of lone survivor of bomber crash


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Royal Navy electrician posted to Quebec City makes substantial extra pay playing trumpet in Al Bedard's band


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
War artist Lance-Corporal Molly Lamb's humorous graphic story of saying goodbye to her CWAC comrades


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
"A friend to the service man and his dependents at home" - New Brunswick MP's election campaign flyer is aimed at military voters


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Black Canadian Army private goes to City Hall to challenge segregation policy in four Glasgow dance halls


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Returning veterans should have houses and suits, but souvenir firearms are not encouraged


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Poster: Information on Canadian production and fighting in later war period


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
British PM Clement Attlee says farm, factory and shipyard workers, scientists, technicians and research workers share credit for victory


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
"A steadfast and progressive people, blessed with a bountiful land" - production of energy and farm products in wartime Alberta


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
To block inflation, Canadians urged to avoid black markets, keep to price controls and "not buy two where one will do"


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Discussion guide on women's war effort and future role of women in workplace, home and community


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Postwar hurdles that Canadians face and need to discuss include too few people, too little independence, and disunity


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Editorial speculates on "Japanese mind" in assessing Japan's crimes, "which no Japanese wants to hear about today"


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Protests against transfer of more than half of Japanese Canadians to Japan, with calls for their rehabilitation and rights restoration


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
PM King explains proposal for peace and security organization (UN), and how it would improve on League of Nations


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
"Trust the people as to the future" - King believes putting war and UN conference above politics will aid Liberals' re-election


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
On way to UN conference, diplomat Charles Ritchie labels PM King "the fat little conjurer with his flickering, shifty eyes"


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Canadians seek standing equal to their role in victory, but U.S. diplomat says cooperation among four major Allies is complex enough


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
U.S.A., U.K. and Canada intend to share non-military atomic research with all nations for "an atmosphere of reciprocal confidence"


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Soviet embassy clerk Igor Gouzenko defects, "sickened by the evidence of intrigues and espionage directed against Canada"


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Film: newsreel of Russian espionage case with shots of Deep River, Ontario "atom bomb plant" and many Mounties


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
U.S. State Department briefing paper on Britain's (and specifically Churchill's) lack of control over Commonwealth nations


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
"Anglophobia" in U.S.A. targets U.K. (and Canada, as still part of Empire), hampering postwar economic settlement


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Private cars, buses and trucks seized for enormous roadblock during strike by Ford of Canada workers in Windsor, Ont.


1945 in Canada, Historical documents
Program of Oscar Peterson Trio concert includes works by Chopin, Kreisler, Dvorak, Gershwin, Ellington and Peterson


1945 in Canadian football
Football returned to relative normal in 1945 following the conclusion of World War II. Two rivals from the pre-war years met once again in the annual Grey Cup, but on this occasion, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were no match for the Toronto Argonauts. For Winnipeg, it was the worst loss by a western team in the Grey Cup since 1923 when Queen's University routed the Regina Roughriders 54-0.


1945 in Canadian football, Canadian Football News in 1945
On Thursday, September 27 a new football team was formed in Calgary. On October 10, it was decided that the new team would play as the Calgary Stampeders. The Stampeders joined the WIFU with blue and gold colours.


1945 in Canadian football, Canadian Football News in 1945
The IRFU would resume play, but the WIFU still suspended operations.


1945 in Canadian football, Regular season, Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


1945 in Canadian football, Grey Cup Championship
33rd Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario


1945 in Canadian football, 1945 Interprovincial Rugby Football Union All-Stars
NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.


1945 in Canadian football, 1945 Ontario Rugby Football Union All-Stars
NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.


1945 in Cape Verde
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Cape Verde.


1945 in Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Chile.


1945 in China
Events from the year 1945 in the Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 34 according to the official Republic of China calendar.


1945 in El Salvador
The following lists events that happened in 1945 in El Salvador.


1945 in Estonia
This article lists events that occurred during 1945 in Estonia.


1945 in Germany
Many events took place in 1945, including the change of the geographical map of Germany.


1945 in Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1945 in Iceland.


1945 in Iceland, Incumbents
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1945 in India, Events
Detailed Wavell Plan. In May 1945 Wavell visited London and discussed his ideas with the British Government. These London talks resulted in the formulation of a definite plan of action which was officially made public simultaneously on June 14, 1945 by L.S.


1945 in Indonesia
Events in the year 1945 in Indonesia. The country had an estimated population of 68,517,300 people.


1945 in Japan
1945 was the last year of World War II and the first year of the Allied occupation.


1945 in Malaya
This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1945, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans. Malaya remained under Japanese occupation until September, when British Military Administration was installed.


1945 in Malaya, Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WW2" acronym.


1945 in Mandatory Palestine
Events in the year 1945 in the British Mandate of Palestine.


1945 in Michigan, Top stories
The Associated Press polled editors of its member newspapers in Michigan and ranked the state's top news stories of 1945 as follows:


1945 in Michigan, Population
In the 1940 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 5,256,106, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1950, Michigan's population had increased by 21.2% to 6,371,766.


1945 in Michigan, Population, Cities
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 20,000 based on 1940 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1930 and 1950 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1945 in Michigan, Population, Counties
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 75,000 based on 1940 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1930 and 1950 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.


1945 in Michigan, Companies
The following is a list of major companies based in Michigan in 1945.


1945 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in New Zealand.


1945 in New Zealand, Population
A census was held on 25 September 1945. This was a year earlier than the established pattern, to make up for the lack of a census in 1941 due to World War II, and so that an electoral redistribution (the first for ten years) could be done before the 1946 election.


1945 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government
The 27th New Zealand Parliament continued, with the Labour Party in government.


1945 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Film
See : Category:1945 film awards, 1945 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1945 films


1945 in New Zealand, Sport, Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.


1945 in Norway, Events
The German surrender of Akershus Fortress on 11 May 1945.


1945 in Norway, Events
The Norwegian underground army of the Second World War on parade in front of the Royal Palace in 1945.


1945 in Norway, Events
The Royal Family of Norway waving to the welcoming crowds from HMS Norfolk at Oslo, June 1945


1945 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1945 in Norwegian music.


1945 in Portugal, Sport
In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1944–45 Primeira Divisão and 1945–46 Primeira Divisão; for the Taça de Portugal seasons, see 1944–45 Taça de Portugal and 1945–46 Taça de Portugal.


1945 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in South Africa.


1945 in Southern Rhodesia
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Southern Rhodesia.


1945 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1945 to Wales and its people.


1945 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1945 throughout the world.


1945 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1945  throughout the world.


1945 in chess
The below is a list of events in chess in the year 1945.


1945 in chess, Team matches
(Botvinnik 11 Denker; Smyslov 11 Reshevsky; Boleslavsky ½1 Fine; Flohr 10 Horowitz; Kotov 11 Kashdan; Bondarevsky 0½ H.Steiner; Lilienthal ½½ Pinkus; Ragozin 11 Seidman; Makogonov 1½ Kupchik; Bronstein 11 Santasiere)


1945 in comics
Notable events of 1945 in comics. See also List of years in comics.


1945 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1945.


1945 in film, Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1945 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:


1945 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1945 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.


1945 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1945.


1945 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1945.


1945 in motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 1945 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.


1945 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1945.


1945 in music, Biggest hit songs
The following songs achieved the highest  in the limited set of charts available for 1945.


1945 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1945.


1945 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).


1945 in poetry, Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:


1945 in poetry, Works published in other languages, Indian subcontinent
Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:


1945 in poetry, Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1945 in poetry, Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1945 in professional wrestling
1945 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.


1945 in radio
The year 1945 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.


1945 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1945.


1945 in science
The year 1945 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.


1945 in sports
1945 in sports describes the year’s events in world sport.


1945 in television
The year 1945 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1945.


1945 in the Belgian Congo
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in the Belgian Congo.


1945 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.


1945 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1945 in the United Kingdom. This year sees the end of World War II and a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party.


1945 in the United States
Events from the year 1945 in the United States. World War II ended during this year following the surrender of Germany in May and that of Japan in September.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam
The 1945 shooting on Dam square took place during the liberation of Amsterdam on 7 May 1945, in the last days of World War II in Europe. German soldiers fired machine guns into a large crowd gathered on Dam square to celebrate the end of the war, killing over 30 people.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Background
The German forces in the Netherlands surrendered to the Allies on 5 May 1945. However, the western part of the country remained occupied by the Germans until Allied troops could arrive to disarm them. Local newspapers reported on 6 May that Canadian forces would reach Amsterdam the next day.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Background
On 7 May, thousands of people gathered on the Dam, the central square of the city, to celebrate the end of the war and welcome the Allied soldiers. Shortly after noon, a handful of Humber Armoured Cars of the British 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division began to approach the Dam by way of the Rokin to carry out reconnaissance. A convoy of German vehicles, also carrying out reconnaissance, narrowly passed the British vehicles near the Dam, but quickly disappeared again. The British, observing that the situation was potentially explosive, decided to withdraw from the city until forces of the Dutch resistance (Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten) had successfully disarmed the Germans and taken possession of three key locations: the Royal Palace, the main money office and the main post office (Operation Three Castles).


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Shooting
While the local citizens celebrated on Dam square, German soldiers of the Kriegsmarine were trapped inside the Groote Club (Grand Club) building, a large building at the corner of the Dam and Kalverstraat. In the nearby Paleisstraat, local forces arrested two German soldiers. One of them refused to surrender his weapon and fired a shot. German soldiers then appeared in the windows, on the balcony and on the roof of the Groote Club and started firing into the crowd with machine guns.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Shooting
Large-scale panic broke out on Dam square and most of the crowd dispersed via the Nieuwendijk, Rokin and Damrak. Some people sought cover behind street lights and other objects, including a barrel organ known as 't Snotneusje and a small truck.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Shooting
After the initial shots, a second round was fired. The Germans and resistance forces then started to exchange fire. In total, the shooting lasted about two hours, until about 5pm. Members of the Scouts, Red Cross and nurses attempted to aid the victims. According to some sources, Major Overhoff, who commanded the local forces, persuaded a German officer, Hauptmann Bergmann, to join him in entering the Groote Club and ordering the German soldiers to cease fire.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Shooting
In another version of events, the shooting had already ended by the time they reached the Groote Club, after local forces had fired bazooka rockets at the  building, or threatened to do so. The German soldiers at the Groote Club remained there until they were taken into custody by Canadian forces on 9 May and taken back to Germany.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Shooting
German and local forces also exchanged fire at Amsterdam Central Station that day, causing the death of two Dutch soldiers and a number of German soldiers.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Aftermath
The day after the shooting, on 8 May, Canadian forces entered the city. Tens of thousands gathered on Dam square on 9 May to celebrate the liberation and listen to speeches by Prime Minister Gerbrandy and others.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Aftermath
The shooting was never fully investigated. After the event, local newspapers reported between 19 and 22 fatalities, but no official list of casualties was ever released. Stichting Memorial voor Damslachtoffers 7 mei 1945, an organisation founded to commemorate the event, has since identified a total of 32 people who died as a result of the event, not including German casualties. Twenty-six died immediately while five more died later of gunshot wounds. The last known victim died on 22 June. The actual number of fatalities may be higher; in some cases, it had not yet been determined whether the death was related to the Dam square shootout. The full number of wounded is also unknown; newspaper reports gave between 100 and 120 wounded.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Remembrance
Two years after the shooting, a commemorative plaque was unveiled on the facade of the Groote Club at the corner of the Dam and Kalverstraat.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Remembrance
Between June 2015 and March 2016, 15,509 virtual stones were placed on the website plaatseensteen.nl / placeastone.nl, shaping the letters of the victims’ names. On 1 March 2016, the end result was transferred to stone reliefs and embedded in the pavement of Dam square. The memorial was unveiled by Mayor Eberhard van der Laan on 7 May 2016 following a ceremony in the Nieuwe Kerk church.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Remembrance
A national Remembrance of the Dead ceremony is held on Dam square every year on 4 May.


1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam, Remembrance
Carel Frederik Overhoff, who commanded the Dutch forces in Amsterdam on 7 May 1945, received the Military Order of William in 1947 for his efforts to put an end to the fighting, but the honour was rescinded in 1952 after Overhoff was convicted of embezzlement and imprisoned.


1945 Úrvalsdeild, Overview
It was contested by 4 teams, and Valur won the championship. KR's Hörður Óskarsson was the top scorer with 6 goals.


1945–1946 Massachusetts legislature
The 154th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1945 and 1946 during the governorship of Maurice J. Tobin. Arthur W. Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Frederick Willis served as speaker of the House.


1945–1960 in Western fashion
Fashion in the years following World War II is characterized by the resurgence of haute couture after the austerity of the war years. Square shoulders and short skirts were replaced by the soft femininity of Christian Dior's "New Look" silhouette, with its sweeping longer skirts, fitted waist, and rounded shoulders, which in turn gave way to an unfitted, structural look in the later 1950s.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, General trends, Return of fashion
By 1947, the Paris fashion houses had reopened, and once again Paris resumed its position as the arbiter of high fashion. The "orderly, rhythmic evolution of fashion change" had been disrupted by the war, and a new direction was long overdue. The padded shoulder, tubular, boxy line, and short skirt (that had been around since before the war and was identified with uniforms) was gone. A succession of style trends led by Christian Dior and Cristóbal Balenciaga defined the changing silhouette of women's clothes through the 1950s. Television joined fashion magazines and movies in disseminating clothing styles. The new silhouette had narrow shoulders, a cinched waist, bust emphasis, and longer skirts, often with wider hems.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, General trends, Beginnings of Asian fashion
During the early 1950s, designers in the decolonised Third World sought to create an identity distinct from European fashion. Urban professionals in Asia and the Middle East, for example, might wear Western style suits with indigenous headgear such as the Astrakhan, fez or keffiyeh. In India, the traditional Sherwani was adapted into the Nehru collar business suit, while women frequently wore sarees in the workplace. Meanwhile, the Red Chinese developed the unisex Mao Suit in green, blue and grey to promote socialist values of equality. Due to their minimalist, modern design, both types of suit would later be adopted by mod and British invasion trendsetters during the 1960s and 70s, especially The Beatles and The Monkees.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, General trends, Casual clothing and teenage style
One result of the Post-World War II economic expansion was a flood of synthetic fabrics and easy-care processes. "Drip-dry" nylon, orlon and dacron, which could retain heat-set pleats after washing, became immensely popular. Acrylic, polyester, triacetate and spandex were all introduced in the 1950s. During the 1940s nylon stockings were an incredibly popular product as they were a lightweight alternative to silk and wool stockings. For the duration of WW2 the Du Pont company produced nylon exclusively for the war effort. At the end of 1945 the demand for nylon stockings was so great that Nylon riots ensued at stores selling the products.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, General trends, Casual clothing and teenage style
Social changes went hand-in-hand with new economic realities, and one result was that many young people who would have become wage-earners early in their teens before the war now remained at home and dependent upon their parents through high school and beyond, establishing the notion of the teenage years as a separate stage of development. Teens and college co-eds adopted skirts and sweaters as a virtual uniform, and the American fashion industry began to target teenagers as a specialized market segment in the 1940s.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, General trends, Casual clothing and teenage style
In the United Kingdom, the Teddy boys of the post-war period created the "first truly independent fashions for young people", favouring an exaggerated version of the Edwardian-flavoured British fashion with skinny ties and narrow, tight trousers worn short enough to show off garish socks. In North America, greasers had a similar social position. Previously, teenagers dressed similarly to their parents, but now a rebellious and different youth style was being developed.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, General trends, Casual clothing and teenage style
Young adults returning to college under the G.I. Bill adopted an unpretentious, functional wardrobe, and continued to wear blue jeans with shirts and pullovers for general informal wear after leaving school. Jack Kerouac introduced the phrase "Beat Generation" in 1948, generalizing from his social circle to characterize the underground, anti-conformist youth gathering in New York at that time. The term "beatnik" was coined by Herb Caen of the San Francisco Chronicle in 1958, and the stereotypical "beat" look of sunglasses, berets, black turtlenecks, and unadorned dark clothing provided another fashion alternative for youths of both sexes, encouraged by the marketing specialists of Madison Avenue.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, New Look Revolution
On 12 February 1947 at 10.30 a.m. Christian Dior, aged 42, presented his first collection at 30 Avenue Montaigne, which was strewn with flowers by Lachaume. The Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar, Carmel Snow, strongly believed in the couturier's talent, which she had already noted in 1937 with the Café Anglais model that he designed for Robert Piguet. At the end of the fashion show, she exclaimed, "It's quite a revolution, dear Christian! Your dresses have such a new look!" A correspondent from Reuters seized upon the slogan and quickly wrote it on a note that he threw from the balcony to a courier posted on Avenue Montaigne. The news reached the United States even before the rest of France, where the press had been on strike for a month.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, New Look Revolution
With his revolutionary New Look, Christian Dior wrote a new chapter in the history of fashion. Furthermore, in order to write it, he literally constructed it with his own hands. The designer had to hammer away at a Stockman mannequin that was too tough and unyielding to bear the preparatory canvases of his visionary wardrobe, says his friend Suzanna Luling: "And so, with big, nervous blows of the hammer, he gave the mannequin the same form of the ideal woman for the fashion that he was to launch." His aim was clear; his hand did not tremble.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, New Look Revolution
"I wanted my dresses to be 'constructed', moulded on the curves of the female body whose contours they would stylise. I accentuated the waist, the volume of the hips, emphasised the bust, In order to give my designs more hold, I had nearly all the fabrics lined with percale or taffeta, renewing a tradition that had long been abandoned." Thus, on 12 February 1947 at 10.30 a.m., the announcer introduced "numéro un, number one".


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, New Look Revolution
The first outfit was worn by Marie-Thérese and opened the show during which the audience saw 90 different creations file past, belonging to two principal lines: En Huit and Corolle. Bettina Ballard, Fashion Editor at Vogue, had returned to New York a few months earlier after 15 years spent covering French fashion from Paris: "We have witnessed a revolution in fashion at the same time as a revolution in the way of showing fashion."


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, New Look Revolution
The "softness" of the New Look was deceptive; the curved jacket peplum shaped over a high, rounded, curved shoulders, and full skirt of Dior's clothes relied on an inner construction of new interlining materials to shape the silhouette. This silhouette was drastically changed from its previous more masculine, stiff, triangular shape to a much more feminine form.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, New Look Revolution
Throughout the post-war period, a tailored, feminine look was prized and accessories such as gloves and pearls were popular. Tailored suits had fitted jackets with peplums, usually worn with a long, narrow pencil skirt. Day dresses had fitted bodices and full skirts, with jewel or low-cut necklines or Peter Pan collars. Shirtdresses, with a shirt-like bodice, were popular, as were halter-top sundresses. Skirts were narrow or very full, held out with petticoats; poodle skirts were a brief fad.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, New Look Revolution
Ball gowns (full-skirted gown for white tie occasions) were longer than ankle-length dresses (called "ballerina length"), reaching the floor and worn to balls (as they are today). Cocktail dresses, "smarter than a day dress but not as formal as a dinner or evening dress" were worn for early-evening parties. Short shrugs and bolero jackets, often made to match low-cut dresses, were worn. Meanwhile, in Israel, simple Biblical sandals, blue cotton shirts and utilitarian, khaki military-inspired dress remained popular choices for many women due to ongoing economic austerity and the need to feel prepared for war.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Intimate apparel
Christian Dior's 'New Look' collection in 1947 brought a revolution to the fashionable silhouette of the 1950s. Dior's nostalgic femininity of round shoulders, full skirts, padded hips and tiny waists replaced the boxy style of the wartime period at WWII. The trend of hourglass silhouette brought by the popularity of Dior guaranteed the market for intimate apparel. Although intimate apparels are usually hidden by outerwear, intimate apparel is especially emblematic for the contradictory beauty in the 1950s as the silhouette was created depends on the type of foundation garments worn.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Intimate apparel
Foundation garments became essential items to maintain the curvy silhouette, especially waspies, girdles and horsehair padding. For example, the sales of corsets doubled in the decade 1948-58 (Haye, 1996 p. 187). Dior's 'New Look' collection brought back the boned intimate apparels for women, even the young one, in order to create the feminised silhouettes that embrace feminity. Symington Corset Company of Market Harborough was one of the famous intimate apparel producers in the 1950s as they are the official producer of Dior's corselettes and girdles. "All the girdles were produced to the same design, in either black or white.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Intimate apparel
The sugar-pink cotton velvet trimming was a particular feature of the range, and some were woven with Christian Dior's initials in the elastic panels on the side..." (Lynn, 2010, p. 106). A brand new 'Bri-Nylon' fabric was introduced by the British Nylon Spinners. This fabric was popular fabric to be applied on intimate apparel in the 1950s because it was one of the first easy-to-launder and drip-dry fabric. There was a full corset advertisement in 1959 shows the popularity of 'Bri-Nylon' and the design of the corselet in the 1950s. '


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Intimate apparel
This exquisite Dior corselet features jacquard elastic net with the down-stretch back panel of stain elastic. The enchanting front panel is in Bri-Nylon lace and marquisette highlighted with criss-cross bands of narrow velvet ribbon. It has side fastening - partly hook and eye with zipping extension. The very light boning is covered with velveteen.' (Warren, 2001, p. 30 ) From the above advertisement, it is not hard to find that the corselets in the 1950s were constructed in details with boning, panels, different fabrics in different elasticity.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Intimate apparel
While the corselets reshaping the women's body with tiny waists and big hips, a new shape of bra called 'cathedral bra' was introduced and became popular in the 1950s. It is called 'cathedral bra' because there would be pointed arches created by the bones over the breasts when the bra is worn. The bones also separate and define the shape of the breasts by pressing them into a pointed or bullet shape. Therefore, 'cathedral bra' was also called the bullet bra.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Intimate apparel
This brassiere design was popularised by actresses like Patti Page, Marilyn Monroe, and Lana Turner, who was nicknamed the "Sweater Girl." Although this brassiere design was designed for wearing strapless cocktail dresses and evening gowns and became popular during the 1950s, the market for this design was short-lived because it was 'likely to slip down or need adjustment throughout the evening' (Lynn, 2010, p. 152). However, another brassiere design re-entered the market and grew popularity during the 1950s which even influenced the modern intimate design.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Intimate apparel
Underwire bras were first introduced to the market in the 1930s, however, it was forced to quit the market because the steel supply was restricted in the 1940s for WWII. Underwire brassiere design re-entered the market as it helped to uplift the shapes of the breasts to form the trendy curvy silhouette with big busts in the 1950s. Made with nylon, elastic nylon net and steel underwires, the underwire bras helped to create fashionable high, pert bosoms. Underwire bras are still dominating items in the modern intimate apparel industry.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Clothes for the space age
From the mid-1950s, a new unfitted style of clothing appeared as an alternative to the tight waist and full skirt associated with the New Look. Vogue Magazine called the knitted chemise the "T-shirt dress." Paris designers began to transform this popular fashion into haute couture. Spanish designer Balenciaga had shown unfitted suits in Paris as early as 1951 and unfitted dresses from 1954. In 1958, Yves Saint Laurent, Dior's protégé and successor, debuted the "Trapeze Line," adding novel dimension to the chemise dress.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Clothes for the space age
These dresses featured a shaped bodice with sloping shoulders and a high waist, but the signature shape resulted from a flaring bodice, creating a waistless line from bodice to knees. These styles only slowly gained acceptance by the wider public. Coco Chanel made a comeback in 1954 and an important look of the latter 1950s was the Chanel suit, with a braid-trimmed cardigan-style jacket and A-line skirt. By 1957, most suits featured lightly fitted jackets reaching just below the waist and shorter, narrower skirts. Balenciaga's clothes featured few seams and plain necklines, and following his lead chemise dresses without waist seams, either straight and unfitted or in a princess style with a slight A-line, became popular. The sleeveless, princess-line dress was called a skimmer. A more fitted version was called a sheath dress.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Sportswear
New York had become an American design center during the war, and remained so, especially for sportswear, in the post-war period. Women who had worn trousers on war service refused to abandon these practical garments which suited the informal aspects of the post-war lifestyle. By 1955, tight fitting drainpipe jeans became popular among American women. Casual sportswear was also an increasingly large component of women's wardrobes, especially the white T-shirts popularized by Brigitte Bardot and Sandra Milo between 1957 and 1963. Casual skirts were narrow or very full. In the 1950s, pants became very narrow, and were worn ankle-length.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Sportswear
Pants cropped to mid-calf were houseboy pants; shorter pants, to below the knee, were called pedal-pushers. Shorts were very short in the early 1950s, and mid-thigh length Bermuda shorts appeared around 1954 and remained fashionable through the remainder of the decade. Loose printed or knit tops were fashionable with pants or shorts. They also wore bikinis to sport training.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Sportswear
Swimsuits, including the Gottex brand popular in Israel and America, were one- or two-piece; some had loose bottoms like shorts with short skirts. High waisted Bikinis appeared in Europe and the South Pacific islands, but were not commonly worn in mainland America until the late 1950s.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Hats and hairstyles
Hair was worn short and curled with the New Look, and hats were essential for all but the most casual occasions. Wide-brimmed saucer hats were shown with the earliest New Look suits, but smaller hats soon predominated. Very short cropped hairstyles were fashionable in the early 1950s. By mid-decade hats were worn less frequently, especially as fuller hairstyles like the short, curly poodle cut and later bouffant and beehive  became fashionable. "Beat" girls wore their hair long and straight, and teenagers adopted the ponytail, short or long.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Maternity wear
In the 1950s, Lucille Ball was the first woman to show her pregnancy on TV. The television show I Love Lucy brought new attention to maternity wear. Most of the maternity dresses were two pieces with loose tops and narrow skirts. Stretch panels accommodated for the woman's growing figure. The baby boom of the 1940s to the 1950s also caused focus on maternity wear. Even international designers such as Givenchy and Norman Hartnell created maternity wear clothing lines. Despite the new emphasis on maternity wear in the 1950s maternity wear fashions were still being photographed on non-pregnant women for advertisements.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Womenswear, Maternity wear
On September 29, 1959, the maternity panty  was patented which provided expansion in the vertical direction of the abdomen. The front panel of this maternity undergarment was composed of a high degree of elasticity so in extreme stretched conditions, the woman could still feel comfortable.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Suits
Immediately after the war, men's suits were broad-shouldered and often double-breasted. As wartime restrictions on fabric eased, trousers became fuller, and were usually styled with cuffs (turn-ups). In America, Esquire introduced the "Bold Look", with wide shoulders, broad lapels, and an emphasis on bold, coordinated accessories. In Britain, clothing rationing remained in place until 1949. Demobilised soldiers were provided with a suit by the government, usually in blue or grey chalkstripes. Savile Row, the traditional home of bespoke or custom tailoring, had been heavily damaged in the Blitz and was slow to recover.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Suits
In 1950, Harper's Bazaar proclaimed the "Return of the Beau". Savile Row introduced the "New Edwardian Look", featuring a slightly flared jacket, natural shoulders, and an overall narrower cut, worn with a curly-brimmed bowler hat and a long slender overcoat with velvet collar and cuffs. This was the style commandeered by the Teddy Boys, who added bright socks and a bootlace necktie, achieving a "dizzy combination of Edwardian dandy and American gangster."


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Suits
The horrified tailors of Savile Row dropped the overtly Edwardian touches, but the style of business suits continued to move away from the broad English drape cut, and single-breasted two-piece suits with narrower lines and less padding in the shoulders became fashionable everywhere. Dark charcoal gray was the usual color, and the era of the gray flannel suit was born. By the later 1950s, a new Continental style of suit appeared from the fashion houses of Italy, with sharper shoulders, lighter fabrics, shorter, fitted jackets and narrower lapels.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Sports and leisurewear
Sport coats generally followed the lines of suit coats. Tartan plaids were fashionable in the early 1950s, and later plaids and checks of all types were worn, as were corduroy jackets with leather buttons and car coats. 49er jackets, originally worn by hunters, miners and lumberjacks, were a popular cold weather coat in America and Canada, and would later be adopted by the teenage surfer subculture.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Sports and leisurewear
On the West Coast many men, including Howard Hughes and Ricky from I Love Lucy, favoured two color gabardine Hollywood jackets with belts and Old West inspired detailing, often in black, white, cream, beige, burgundy, air force blue, mint green, sky blue, chocolate brown, dusky pink, or grey tweed cloth. Khaki-colored pants, called chinos, were worn for casual occasions. Bermuda shorts, often in madras plaid, appeared in mid-decade and were worn with knee socks. Hawaiian shirts, worn untucked from suspenders, also became widely popular during this era.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Sports and leisurewear
This summer fashion of the Hawaiian or Carioca shirt became particularly popular in America, with even President Truman being photographed wearing a marine flora shirt. Knit shirts and sweaters of various kinds were popular throughout the period. Some young men wore tight trousers or jeans, leather jackets, and white tee shirts.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Hats and hairstyles
Men's hair fashion favoured the wet look, achieved by the use of products such as Brylcreem. Young men often grew their hair out and, with pomade or other hair treatments, coiffed their hair into pompadours.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Accessories
Browline glasses were commonly worn by men during the 1950s and early 1960s.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1945–1949
Pakistani leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah wearing double breasted suit and Astrakhan cap, 1945.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1945–1949
Single-breasted summer suit with cuffed trousers and matching hat, Hot Springs National Park, 1948.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1945–1949
Insurance salesmen wear suits, hats, and patterned ties, Minneapolis, 1949.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1950–1960
Formal wear remained essentially unchanged from previous periods, but was worn less frequently. The Duke of Edinburgh in formal morning dress, 1951


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1950–1960
Emil-Edwin Reinert, Joan Camden, and Francis Lederer in a production of Stolen Identity, Vienna, 1952. Lederer (left) wears a broad-shouldered overcoat and scarf


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1950–1960
Walt Disney and Wernher von Braun in single-breasted two piece suits, 1954.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1950–1960
Belgian singers Jacques Brel and Bobbejaan Schoepen wear modified pompadour hairstyles, suits with sharply peaked lapels, and patterned ties, 1955.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1950–1960
Actor Chet Allen wears "wet look" hair parted on the side, 1957.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1950–1960
Jack Benny, former U.S. President Harry Truman, and Hans Schweiger in overcoats, 1958.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1950–1960
"Continental" style suits of 1959: Cary Grant in North by Northwest.


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Menswear, Style gallery 1950–1960
Canadian greaser wearing Schott Perfecto and Levi Strauss jeans, 1960


1945–1960 in Western fashion, Children's wear
High school prom including a male (center) wearing Teddy Boy style suit with bootlace tie, 1956.


1945–46 1re série season
The 1945–46 1re série season was the 27th season of the 1re série, the top level of ice hockey in France. Three teams participated in the league, and Chamonix Hockey Club won their eleventh championship.


1945–46 A.C. Torino season
During the 1945-1946 season Associazione Calcio Torino competed in Divisione Nazionale.


1945–46 A.C. Torino season, Summary
Concluded the last Alta Italia Championship in July 1944, Torino FIAT after several months of rest, re-open trainings over winter, disputing 2 derbies for beneficial organizations trying to organize a spring tournament with Juventus-Cisitalia, Filiale Italia, Lancia e Ispettorato del Lavoro. Matches played in front of a massive attendances despite being beneficial. The championship Divisione Nazionale was disputed after the World War II with a format of groups being Torino the winner of the trophy.


1945–46 A.C. Torino season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1945–46 AHL season
The 1945–46 AHL season was the tenth season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 62 games each in the schedule. The Indianapolis Capitals won their third F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions. The Buffalo Bisons won their third Calder Cup in a four-year span.


1945–46 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


1945–46 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1945–46 Allsvenskan, Overview
The league was contested by 12 teams, with IFK Norrköping winning the championship.


1945–46 Allsvenskan (men's handball)
The 1945–46 Allsvenskan was the 12th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 10 teams competed in the league. Redbergslids IK won the league, but the title of Swedish Champions was awarded to the winner of Svenska mästerskapet. IFK Lidingö and IFK Malmö were relegated.


1945–46 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 1945–46 English football season was Aston Villa's only season in the Football League South. Like all English clubs, Villa lost seven seasons to the Second World War, and that conflict brought several careers to a premature end. The team was rebuilt under the guidance of former player Alex Massie for the remainder of the 1940s.


1945–46 Aston Villa F.C. season
George Cummings was the Villains club captain from 1945 to his retirement in 1949, and was popular with supporters due to his never-say-die spirit and no-nonsense defending.


1945–46 Austrian football championship, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and SK Rapid Wien won the championship.


1945–46 Belgian First Division
The 1945–46 Belgian First Division was contested by 19 teams, and KV Mechelen won the championship.


1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 1945–46 season was Birmingham City Football Club's first season played under that name in nationally-organised football. The club had been called Birmingham F.C. since 1905, and the City suffix was added in 1943. Although the Football League did not resume until the 1946–47 season, the FA Cup restarted in 1945. Birmingham reached the semi-final, in which they lost to Derby County after extra time in a replay, played at Maine Road, Manchester, in front of 80,407 spectators. In league competition, Birmingham were champions of the first and only edition of the Football League South, taking the title on goal average from local rivals Aston Villa.


1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season
Twenty-four players made at least one Football League South appearance, though only twelve appeared regularly, the remaining twelve making just 36 appearances between them. Full -back Dennis Jennings missed only one of the 42 matches over the season. Charlie Wilson Jones was leading scorer with 20 goals in league competition. In the FA Cup, the same eleven players were selected for all the ties, apart from Sid King replacing Gil Merrick in goal for two of the ten matches.


1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season, Football League South
The Football League North and South were set up as a precursor to the resumption of the Football League proper the following season. They included those teams playing in the First and Second Divisions in the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned when war broke out, divided on a regional basis. Because registration rules had not been strictly observed during the war, and with many players still away on military service, teams were permitted to field guest players.


1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season, Football League South
On the last day of the season, Aston Villa had already completed their fixtures. Both Birmingham and Charlton Athletic were two points behind them with a game to play and a superior goal average. In the event, Birmingham won 3–0 away at Luton Town to finish level on points with Aston Villa with a better goal average. Charlton were 1–0 ahead of Wolverhampton Wanderers when they heard that Birmingham had scored twice, so they needed another goal to overhaul them on goal average. They went on an all-out attack, but Wanderers' Dicky Dorsett broke away to score, thus confirming Charlton in third place. The Birmingham Evening Despatch said:


1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season, Football League South
The best tribute that can be paid to Birmingham City FC is that 12 players were mainly responsible for taking the club through to this much envied football distinction. ... A grandstand finish to an exciting football race as has ever taken place found City on top, worthy of the championship because of their consistency."


1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup
From the first round proper to the sixth round of the 1945–46 FA Cup, the first edition of the competition to be completed since war broke out, matches were played over two legs. Birmingham defeated Portsmouth, Watford, Sunderland and Bradford Park Avenue to reach the semi-final, in which they drew with Derby County at Hillsborough, Sheffield, in front of 65,000 spectators.


1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup
In an exciting match that "did not produce a great deal of high-class play [but] was very keenly contested", Raich Carter opened the scoring from Derby's first attack, Jock Mulraney "hit the angle of bar and post with a glorious shot from twenty yards", and the same player equalised early in the second half "after one of the best movements of the game".


1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup
The replay, at Maine Road, Manchester, attracted huge interest. The second half of the match was scheduled for live radio broadcast, and the gates were closed on safety grounds about an hour before kickoff, with thousands locked out. "Several thousands" of the official attendance of 80,407 "were allowed to sit on the ground almost up to the touch line". The match went goalless to the last half-minute of normal time, when Harold Bodle was unmarked 20 yards (18 m) from goal.


1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup
Derby goalkeeper Vic Woodley stayed on his line, and "Bodle took the ball to within eight yards of goal but hit the ball so near to Woodley that he was able to beat the ball away." Six minutes into extra time, defender Ted Duckhouse arrived just too late to stop Peter Doherty scoring Derby's first goal and sustained a broken leg in the collision with his opponent. No substitutes were allowed, and Birmingham went on to lose 4–0.


1945–46 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1945–46 season was Blackpool F.C. 's first season of post-World War II football. They competed in the 22-team Football League North, a stop-gap competition introduced between the end of inter-war football and the recommencement of the Football League proper the following season, finishing ninth. The statistics from this season are not included in official publications.


1945–46 Blackpool F.C. season
Blackpool won 18 games, drew 9 and lost 15 of their league games.


1945–46 Blackpool F.C. season
Stan Mortensen was the club's top scorer for the second consecutive season, with 38 goals (34 in the league and four in the FA Cup).


1945–46 Boston Bruins season
The 1945–46 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins 22nd season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Bruins made it to the 1946 Stanley Cup Final only to lose to the rival Montreal Canadiens four games to one.


1945–46 Boston Bruins season, Off-season
Art Ross, who had been coach and general manager of the Bruins since their inception, retired. Dit Clapper became the team's first playing coach, while Ross remained with the team as general manager. Several players returned from war-time duty, including goalie Frank Brimsek and the Kraut Line: Milt Schmidt, Bobby Bauer and Woody Dumart. The three had played with the Ottawa Commandos, winning the Allan Cup in 1943.


1945–46 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1945–46 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League South, due to the cessation of competitive league football for one further season following the end of the Second World War in Europe in May 1945. A return to competitive cup football came in the form of the first FA Cup staged since before the war, with the Bees advancing to the sixth round and equalling the club record.


1945–46 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Though the Second World War ended in Europe in May 1945, the first post-war football season would be played in the regionalised wartime format, due to players continuing to be dispersed on service around the world. Brentford again began the season with a shortage of first team players, though full back Bill Gorman would go on to be an ever-present, while centre half Buster Brown, outside forward Idris Hopkins and goalkeeper Joe Crozier would all miss just a handful of games each.


1945–46 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Just two defeats in the opening two Football League South games gave way to a downturn in form, which was not helped by the departure of misfiring former England international forward Les Smith to Aston Villa in October 1945. Pre -war forward Tommy Cheetham also left Griffin Park, so manager Harry Curtis strengthened the attack by re-signing Gerry McAloon from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Further signings came in the form of experienced half backs George Smith and Eric Jones. With excitement hard to come by in league play, Brentford's attention turned to the first FA Cup competition held since the 1938–39 season.


1945–46 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Entering in the third round, the Bees battled through to the sixth round, equalling the club record, with Gerry McAloon scoring six goals in the eight matches played. With the return of competitive First Division football looming, a number of amateurs were trialled during the season, with future regulars Alf Jefferies, Frank Latimer and Roddy Munro all going on to sign professional contracts.


1945–46 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Former Brentford wartime guest player Albert Bonass was serving in the Royal Air Force and was killed when his Short Stirling, on a training flight, crashed in the village of Tockwith, North Yorkshire on 9 October 1945.


1945–46 British Victory Home Championship
The 1945–46 British Victory Home Championship was played during the 1945–46 football season between the national football teams of the four Home Nations of the British Isles. It was won by Scotland. Staged very soon after the end of World War II hostilities, the matches are not regarded as full internationals and are referred to as Victory Internationals.


1945–46 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
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1945–46 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
The 1945–46 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of Buffalo during the 1945–46 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Robert Harrington, coaching his first season with the Bulls.


1945–46 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 1945–46 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in the Third Division Northern Section.


1945–46 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1945–46 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Southern League First Division.


1945–46 Challenge Cup
The 1945–46 Challenge Cup was the 45th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1945–46 Challenge Cup
The final was contested by Wakefield Trinity and Wigan at Wembley Stadium in London. This was the first Challenge Cup to be held after the Second World War, and the final reverted to a one-leg format held at Wembley.


1945–46 Challenge Cup
The final was played on Saturday 4 May 1946, where Wakefield Trinity beat Wigan 13–12 in front of a crowd of 54,730.


1945–46 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1945–46 Chicago Black Hawks season was the teams 20th season in the National Hockey League, and they were coming off a disappointing season in 1944–45, failing to qualify for the playoffs.


1945–46 Chicago Black Hawks season
With Doug Bentley, Max Bentley, and Red Hamill returning to the team after World War II, the Black Hawks would set a team record by scoring 200 goals, which also led the NHL. The Hawks allowed 178, which ranked them 4th. The Hawks would finish the season with a 23–20–7 record, good for 53 points, which was their highest total since the 1934–35 season, and they would finish in 3rd place in the NHL.


1945–46 Chicago Black Hawks season
Offensively, the Hawks were led by Max Bentley, who scored a team high 31 goals, and had an NHL high 61 points, while winning the Hart Trophy. Clint Smith had a solid season, registering 50 points, while Bill Mosienko would have 48. Doug Bentley missed 14 games due to injuries, but still finished with 40 points. Team captain John Mariucci would lead the Hawks defensemen with 11 points, and have a team high 58 penalty minutes.


1945–46 Chicago Black Hawks season
In goal, Mike Karakas would get a majority of the action, earning a career high 22 wins, while posting a 3.46 GAA and a shutout along the way.


1945–46 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 3rd seeded Hawks would face the 1st place team, the Montreal Canadiens, in a best of 7 series in the opening round of the playoffs. Montreal finished 8 points ahead of the Hawks, and had recently swept Chicago in the 1944 Stanley Cup Finals. The Canadiens once again proved to be too much for the Hawks to handle, as they blew out the Hawks in each of the 4 games they played to sweep the series.


1945–46 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1945–46 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1945–46 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Ray Farnham, coaching his second season with the Bearcats. The team finished with an overall record of 8–13.


1945–46 Colchester United F.C. season
The 1945–46 season was Colchester United's fourth season in their history and their fourth in the Southern League. It was also their first since the end of World War II hostilities. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. Relying heavily on guest appearances of players from other clubs, Colchester United finished in 8th position in the Southern League, with a total of 81 different players registering appearances over the course of the season.


1945–46 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
The determination of a number of club directors and former player Syd Fieldus saw the club remain alive yet dormant during the war years. Fieldus was appointed secretary-manager, and attended the first post-war Southern League meeting during the summer of 1945. Following late changes to the structure of the competitions, where a national league was created over an Eastern and Western division, the club were close to pulling out of the competition entirely, risking falling further down the football pyramid. However, the club were to remain after the supporters club pledged to fund an average of £50 required for away travel to the likes of Cardiff City, Hereford United and Worcester City.


1945–46 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Fieldus liaised with Major Dai Rees to forge a strong relationship with Colchester Garrison, as the club on sported four contracted players. The first-team was complemented by a number of servicemen of varying degrees of ability, which meant that by the end of the campaign, 81 different players were used to compete in only 31 league and cup games. Players were often registered just moments before a scheduled kick-off time. After competing in all 20 scheduled games for the season, Fieldus urged the board to appoint a full-time manager for the 1946–47 season.


1945–46 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


1945–46 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
The 1945–46 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented University of Connecticut in the 1945–46 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with an 11–6 overall record. The Huskies were members of the New England Conference, where they ended the season with a 4–2 record. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by first-year head coach Blair Gullion.


1945–46 Copa Federación de España
The Copa Federación de España 1945–46 was the 2nd staging (old competition) of the Copa Federación de España, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs.


1945–46 Copa Federación de España
The competition began on 10 February 1946 and ended with the final on 20 June 1946, where Alavés became champion after defeating Sueca.


1945–46 Copa México
The Copa México 1945–46 was the 30th staging of the Copa México, the 3rd staging in the professional era.


1945–46 Copa México
The competition started on June 23, 1945, and concluded on July 21, 1946, with the final, in which Atlas lifted the trophy for the first time ever with a 5–4 victory over Atlante.


1945–46 Copa México
This edition was played by 16 teams, in a knock-out stage, in a single match.


1945–46 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
The 1945–46 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 38th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 24th season.


1945–46 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Cornell opened its first post-war season with a rematch against Yale. The Elis had handled the Big Red in last season's finale and the Cornellians were looking to even the score. Unfortunately, the Big Red were only able to get in 4 days worth of practice prior to the game while Yale had been on the ice for over a month. The Bulldogs embarrassed Cornell in the game, building a 10–2 lead in the first two periods and then tacking on another 8 markers before time was called.


1945–46 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
It was the second-worst defeat in the history of the program but the team was able to rebound when they played their second game a week later. The team allowed 6 goals in the opening period but seemed to settle down afterwards. Though they lost to the Cadets, the score was much closer at 4–9.


1945–46 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
The team returned to Ithaca for their only home game of the year, facing Colgate in the first of a weekend home-and-home series. From the start of the game, Cornell pressed their opponents and hemmed the Red Raiders in their own zone until finally score near the end of the first period. Colgate replied with a strong second frame and tied the score. Bruce Care scored the final goal in the third and earned Cornell its first win in over two years. The effort required to win the match seemed take everything the Big Red had to offer because two night later, Cornell fell to the same Colgate squad 1–9.


1945–46 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
The team did not name a captain for the season.


1945–46 Cypriot Cup
The 1945–46 Cypriot Cup was the ninth edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 6 clubs entered the competition. It began on 3 February 1946 with the quarterfinals and concluded on 14 April 1946 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. EPA won their 2nd Cypriot Cup trophy after beating APOEL 2–1 in the final.


1945–46 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 1945–46 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division.


1945–46 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of three knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay match.


1945–46 Cypriot First Division
Statistics of the Cypriot First Division for the 1945–46 season.


1945–46 Cypriot First Division, Overview
It was contested by 6 teams, and EPA Larnaca FC won the championship.


1945–46 Czechoslovak Extraliga season
The 1945–46 Czechoslovak Extraliga season was the third season of the Czechoslovak Extraliga the top level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia. 12 teams participated in the league, and LTC Prag won the championship. Due to World War II, it was the first time since 1937–38 the league had been played.


1945–46 Czechoslovak First League, Overview
It was contested by 20 teams, and Sparta Prague won the championship. Josef Bican was the league's top scorer with 31 goals.


1945–46 Danish 1st Division, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Boldklubben af 1893 won the championship.


1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season was the Detroit NHL franchise's 20th season of operation.


1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season, Playoffs
The Boston Bruins finished second in the league with 56 points. The Detroit Red Wings finished fourth with 50 points. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams with Detroit winning the three of the four previous series. They last met in the previous season's Stanley Cup Semifinals where the Red Wings won in seven games. Boston won the season's ten-game regular-season series earning eleven of twenty points.


1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Playoffs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;


1945–46 Division 2 season (Swedish ice hockey)
The 1945–46 Division 2 season was the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden for 1945–46. The league consisted of 41 teams, divided into seven geographical groups of five or six teams. The seven group winners—Brynäs IF (norra), Hofors IK (Dala), Forshaga IF (västra), Åkers IF (Sörmland), IFK Stockholm (östra), Västerås IK (Västmanland), and UoIF Matteuspojkarna (södra)—continued to a promotion qualifier, which resulted in Forshaga, Åker, Västerås, and Matteuspojkarna being promoted to Division 1 for the 1946–47 season.


1945–46 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1945–46 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1945–46 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 1st year head coach John McNally, played their home games at Curtis Hall Gym and were members of the Southern division of the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC).


1945–46 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1945–46 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1945–46 men's college basketball season. The head coach was Gerry Gerard, coaching his fourth season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 21–6.


1945–46 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1945–46 season was the seventh (and last) Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in specially arranged wartime football.


1945–46 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Football League
In what was the last Scottish football season to be played under wartime conditions, the League competition was split into two divisions, with Dumbarton playing in Division B.  Dumbarton finished 8th out of 16 with 26 points - 18 behind champions Dundee. No promotion or relegation resulted from the competition.


1945–46 Dumbarton F.C. season, League Cup South
The story in the League Cup South was a familiar one, with Dumbarton failing to qualify from their section games.


1945–46 Dumbarton F.C. season, Supplementary Cup
The Summer Cup was replaced for B Division teams with a Supplementary Cup, and Dumbarton reached the final only to lose out to Airdrie.


1945–46 Dumbarton F.C. season, Victory Cup
As in 1919, a special Victory Cup was played for, but for Dumbarton there was a first round exit, to Airdrie.


1945–46 Dumbarton F.C. season, Stirlingshire Cup
The Stirlingshire Cup competition was re-established for the first time since 1939, with Dumbarton falling at the semi final stage to A Division opponents, Falkirk. The competition was however never completed.


1945–46 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers, Players out
In addition Andrew Bartleman, David Boyd, Tom Brawley, Andrew Cheyne, Frank Douglas, Stan Gullan, James Hoy, Jackie Milne, John Mulvaney, Vincemnt Pritchard and David Watson would all have played their last 1st team game for Dumbarton before the end of the season.


1945–46 Dundee F.C. season
The 1945–46 season was the final season in which Dundee competed under wartime conditions, with the season beginning in the final days of World War II, which would end on 2 September 1945. Dundee were placed in the Southern Football League's B Division, and despite dominating the league and winning comfortably, they were not promoted to the top tier for the following season's resumption of the Scottish Football League. Dundee would also compete in several cups in lieu of the Scottish Cup's suspension. They would play in the Southern League Cup, the precursor to the Scottish League Cup, making it to the Quarter-finals; the B Division Supplementary Cup where they would get to the Semi-finals, and in the one-off Victory Cup where they would be knocked out in the 1st round.


1945–46 Dundee F.C. season
For this season only, Dundee would return to wearing a white shirt and black shorts as the club's primary colours until February for the first time since the 1901–02 season, before returning to a navy jersey and wearing red socks for the first time. The likely reason for the return to white shirts was probably due to clothes rations implemented due to World War II.


1945–46 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1945–46 season was the 39th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1945 to 30 June 1946. United finished in twelfth place in the Southern League Second Division.


1945–46 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 37 competitive matches during the 1945–46 season.


1945–46 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1945–46 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 1945–46 Eredivisie season was the first season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. The Dutch Cup had previously been played in 1938 and 1939, before being disrupted by World War II. Three teams participated in the league, and H.H.IJ.C Den Haag won the championship.


1945–46 European Rugby League Championship
This was the fifth European Championship and was won by England on points average. It was their second championship title.


1945–46 FA Cup
The 1945–46 FA Cup was the 65th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, generally known as the FA Cup, and the first to be held after the Second World War. Derby County were the winners, beating Charlton Athletic 4–1 after extra time in the final at Wembley, London. The tournament witnessed a disaster in the sixth round when, during the second leg of the Bolton–Stoke City tie, 33 people were crushed to death in the Burnden Park disaster.


1945–46 FA Cup
For the only time in the history of the competition, all matches from the First Round Proper up to and including the Sixth Round Proper were played over two legs, the first leg being played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. In the first and second rounds proper, the second leg was played on the following Saturday; from the third round onwards, it was played during the week following the first leg. If aggregate scores were level after 90 minutes of the second leg had been played, a replay would take place at a neutral venue. These changes were made in order to give clubs additional revenue, as the Football League would not resume normal play until the autumn of 1946.


1945–46 FA Cup, Results, First Round Proper
At this stage 38 Third Division North and Third Division South clubs joined the 25 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Instead, Chester, Cardiff City, Crystal Palace and Norwich City entered in third round. Hull City, and New Brighton not enter to compete this season. To complete this stage, Newport County from Second Division entered in this round plus non-league teams Bath City, Yeovil Town, Bishop Auckland and South Liverpool,


1945–46 FA Cup, Results, First Round Proper
The first leg matches were played on Saturday, 17 November 1945 and the second legs on the following Saturday, 24 November 1945. No replays were necessary.


1945–46 FA Cup, Results, Second Round Proper
The first leg matches were played on Saturday, 8 December 1945 and the second legs on the following Saturday, 15 December 1945. No replays were necessary.


1945–46 FA Cup, Results, Third Round Proper
At this stage the remaining First and Second Division (except Newport County that entered in the first round) clubs entered the competition plus Third Division clubs Chester, Cardiff City, Crystal Palace and Norwich City.


1945–46 FA Cup, Results, Third Round Proper
The first leg matches were played on Saturday, 5 January 1946 and the second legs in the following week commencing Monday, 7 January 1946. Two replays were necessary, both of which were played on Wednesday, 16 January 1946.


1945–46 FA Cup, Results, Fourth Round Proper
The first leg matches were played on Saturday, 26 January 1946 and the second legs in the following week commencing Monday, 28 January 1946. One replay was necessary, which was played on 4 February 1946.


1945–46 FA Cup, Results, Fifth Round Proper
The first leg matches were played on Saturday, 9 February 1946 and the second legs in the following week commencing Monday, 11 February 1946.


1945–46 FA Cup, Results, Final
The final took place on Saturday, 27 April 1946 at Wembley and ended in a 4–1 win for Derby County after extra time. Charlton Athletic's Bert Turner opened the scoring with an own goal in the 85th minute, which he equalised a minute later to force extra time. A goal from Peter Doherty and two from Jack Stamps completed Derby's victory.


1945–46 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The 1945–46 FA Cup was the 65th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 25 victorious teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper.


1945–46 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The teams that han been exempted until the fourth qualifying round are: Ilford, Lovells Athletic, Shorts Sports, Chelmsford City, Cheltenham Town, Dulwich Hamlet, Gillingham, Guildford City, Leytonstone, Lancaster City, Gainsborough Trinity, Scarborough, North Shields, Shrewsbury Town, Stalybridge Celtic, Runcorn, Walthamstow Avenue, Clapton, Wellington Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Willington, Colchester United, Marine and Workington.


1945–46 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1945–46 FA Cup
See 1945–46 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1945–46 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1945–46 season was the fifty-third season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Emil Junker was the club's chairman. It was his second year as president of the club.


1945–46 FC Basel season, Overview
Max Barras was first team manager for the second season. Basel played a total of 42 games in their 1945–46 season. Of these 26 in the Nationalliga B, three in the Swiss Cup and 13 were test games. The test games resulted with seven victories, one draw and five defeats. In total, they won 28 games, drew six and lost eight times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 141 goals and conceded 55.


1945–46 FC Basel season, Overview
Basel had suffered relegation the previous season and their clear aim was to obtain immediate promotion. The Nationalliga B was contested by 14 teams. The two teams that finished at the top of the division were to be promoted and the two teams that finished in last and second last position in the league table would be relegated. Basel played a good season, winning 19 league matches, drawing five, losing only two matches. Thus they ended the season with 43 points in 1st position four points ahead of Urania Genève Sport in 2nd position and these two clubs won promotion.


1945–46 FC Basel season, Overview
In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 3rd principal round with an away tie against lower tier local side SC Schöftland this ended with a 5–1 victory. In the round of 32 Basel had an away game against Nationalliga B team Fribourg which ended with a 4–0 win. In the round of 16 Basel had a home game at the Landhof against higher tier Servette and were knocked out of the competition.


1945–46 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1945–46 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season
The 1945–46 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season was the fifth season of the franchise in the National Basketball League. The team was looking to return to the finals for a fifth consecutive year and win their third straight title. The team once again claimed the best regular season record by winning 26 games and Bobby McDermott was awarded his fourth and last NBL MVP Award. Both Buddy Jeannette and Robert McDermott were named to the All-NBL first team.


1945–46 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season
Going into the playoffs the Pistons met the Rochester Royals in the first round but were upset in four games making it the first season in team history where they failed to reach the finals. This season marked the end of the Pistons NBL dominance as both McDermott and Jeannette left the franchise within the next year.


1945–46 French Division 1
Lille OSC won Division 1 season 1945/1946, the first professional football season since the end of World War II, of the French Association Football League with 45 points.


1945–46 French Division 1, Final table
Club from Alsace-Loraine, annexed by Nazi Germany during WW2, could not be relegated.


1945–46 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1946/1947


1945–46 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 28 teams, and Nancy and Montpellier won the championship.


1945–46 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1945–46 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won by Section Paloise (Pau) that beat Lourdes in the final.


1945–46 French Rugby Union Championship
The Championship was arranged in two groups. The first with 54 clubs divided in 9 pools of six (27 qualified) and the second of almost 100 clubs that qualified 5 club.


1945–46 French Rugby Union Championship
The 32 clubs were divided in 8 pools of 4 . the first two of esch were qualified two next round.


1945–46 French Rugby Union Championship
The 16 clubs are again divided in pools of 4 club . The winner of four pools are qualified for semifinals.


1945–46 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The "Coupe de France" was won by Toulose that beat Pau in the final.


1945–46 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1945–46 season was Galatasaray SK's 42nd in existence and the club's 34th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League.


1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1945–46 NCAA college basketball season. Ken Engles coached it in his only season as head coach. It played its home games on the campus of The Catholic University of America  at Brookland Gymnasium in Washington, D.C., the only Georgetown team to play home games there with the exception of the 1946-47 team, which played four games there the following season.


1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown had made its only post-season tournament appearance thus far in the 1942-43 season, when it advanced to the final of the 1943 NCAA Tournament. However, the school had suspended all of its athletic programs later in 1943 for the duration of World War II, prompting head coach Elmer Ripley to leave to coach at Columbia and ending the collegiate careers of many of its players, while other Georgetown players who retained eligibility transferred to other schools to continue their collegiate basketball careers or entered military service, planning to return to Georgetown and resume college basketball there after the war.


1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown had no basketball program during the 1943–44 and 1944-45 seasons. After World War II ended in August 1945, the school resumed athletic competition and began to put together a varsity men's basketball team for the 1945–46 season. Ripley had left Columbia after coaching there for two years but had committed to coach Notre Dame in 1945–46, and those Georgetown players from the 1942–43 team retaining eligibility to play had either transferred elsewhere or had not yet returned to Georgetown from military service.


1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
As result of all of this, the team Georgetown fielded for the season was unusual. With Ripley unavailable, senior forward Ken Engles – an older player who had played on the 1940-41 and 1941-42 teams before leaving school after the United States entered World War II – had returned this season for his third and final year of eligibility, and he was pressed into service as head coach, becoming the only player-coach in Georgetown men's basketball history. Aside from Engles, none of the players had prior varsity experience, and only one of them – freshman forward Ed Benigni – played on the team the following season when Ripley returned to coach Georgetown.


1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The virtually all-walk-on 1945–46 team played an abbreviated schedule, finishing with a record of 11-9 and having no postseason play.


1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
From the 1943–44 season through the 1946-47 season, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) suspended its freshman ineligibility rule. Georgetown had no athletic programs during the 1943–44 and 1944-45 seasons, so this was the first Georgetown varsity team to include freshman.


1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Some players appeared in only one or a handful of games in this unusual season, leading to the large size of the roster.


1945–46 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1945–46 schedule and results
It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, and the games played against United States Army teams from Fort George G. Meade and the United States Army War College and a United States Navy team from Naval Annex Anacostia therefore counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1945–46. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951–52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.


1945–46 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1945–46 season, Hearts competed in the Southern League First Division, the Victory Cup, the Southern League Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1945–46 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1945–46 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 16 clubs in the Southern Football League.


1945–46 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
The 1945–46 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented The College of the Holy Cross during the 1944–45 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Alvin Julian, coaching the crusaders in his first season. The team finished with an overall record of 12–3.


1945–46 Hong Kong Challenge Shield
1945–46 Hong Kong Challenge Shield (known as Sincere Perfumery Co. Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of Hong Kong Challenge Shield after World War II.


1945–46 Hong Kong Challenge Shield, Fixture and results, Second round (Quarter-finals)
The draw result was printed on 7 March 1946 on The China Mail.


1945–46 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1945–46 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 35th since its establishment. It was the first season of the league following the conclusion of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II.


1945–46 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
The 1945–46 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 1945–46 season. It was their inaugural year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Alden Pasche, who was serving in his 1st year in that position. The team played its home games at Jeppesen Gymnasium on-campus in Houston and were members of the Lone Star Conference. Houston captured its first conference regular season title, and competed in the postseason in the 1946 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament where they were defeated by eventual national runner-up Indiana State in the second round.


1945–46 Houston Cougars men's basketball team, Roster
Charlie Manichia also served as Houston's first starting quarterback. Guy Lewis served as an assistant for Houston from 1953 to 1956, and as head coach from 1956 to 1986.


1945–46 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1945–46 campaign was mainly played in the still active Wartime League, but the FA Cup was revived for the 1945–46 season in a two-leg format. Town went out in the third round to Sheffield United.


1945–46 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Players used during the two legs
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1945–46 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
It was the first and so far, only season in which a 2-leg system was used in the competition. Town were out in Round 3 with a 1–1 draw at Leeds Road, followed by a 2–0 loss at Bramall Lane, which made them lose 3–1 on aggregate.


1945–46 IHL season
The 1945–46 IHL season was the first season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Four teams participated in the regular season, and the Detroit Auto Club won the Turner Cup.


1945–46 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1945–46 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1945–46 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by fourth-year acting head coach James "Babe" Brown and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.


1945–46 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
For the first time in 23 years, the Vandals were Northern Division champions of the PCC, 22–9 overall in the regular season and 11–5 in conference play. In the last game of the regular season, the Vandals defeated Palouse neighbor Washington State by two points in Moscow, and Oregon took down runner-up Oregon State by a point in overtime on the road in Corvallis. In the four-game series with each, the Vandals split with both Oregon and Oregon State, took three from Washington, and swept Washington State.


1945–46 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Idaho met Southern Division champion California in the best-of-three championship series in Berkeley, lost game one in a near-riot, won game two, but lost the third.


1945–46 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team, Fatal accident
Earlier in the season on December 21, player Ronnie White (age 21) and student manager Walter Thomas (age 18) were killed in a midday automobile accident in southern Idaho, near Wendell. Also injured were players Warren Shepherd, George Weitz, and Bob Fuller, the latter two hospitalized. The five were traveling in a panel truck driven by Thomas from Rupert to Boise when it collided head-on with a larger truck loaded with concrete pipe on a snow-covered curve; the other driver was not injured.


1945–46 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team, Fatal accident
The team's outstanding player award was named for White, who previously played for Lewiston High School and North Idaho Teachers College (NITC) in Lewiston.


1945–46 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team, Aftermath
Alumnus Guy Wicks returned to the university after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II and resumed his duties as head coach in basketball (and baseball); Brown was the acting athletic director during the war and also the head football coach in 1945 and 1946.


1945–46 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team, Aftermath
The next title in basketball for Idaho was 35 years away, in 1981 in the Big Sky Conference.


1945–46 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1945–46 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1945–46 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The modern era of college basketball unofficially began with the 1945-46 season and the University of Illinois was quick to offer a team that was rebuilding its post-war image to that of a contender. Future hall of fame coaches Johnny Orr and Vic Bubas left the team to join in with the war effort as did Walt Kersulis, a top 5 scorer from the previous season and Consensus First-Team All-American and team captain Walt Kirk.


1945–46 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The addition of freshman Bob Doster and Dwight Humphrey to a lineup that included team  Jack Burmaster, Robert Rowe and Walter Mroz became formidable opponents to every team they played including a no. 1 ranked DePaul. On December 29, 1945, the Fighting Illini took on George Mikan's Blue Demons, who had lost just eight games in three years, and defeated them by a score of 56-37. In the game Burmaster and Doster each scored 14 points with Mroz adding 11 in the second half.


1945–46 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The victory proved that, even without team captain Kirk, who had gone to serve in the armed services, the young team was ready to take on all comers. The 1945 Blue Demons went on to win the 1945 National Invitation Tournament. Additionally, the 1945-46 season would be the finale for the University of Chicago as part of the Big Ten. Illinois would defeat the Maroons two times during the year, 70-28 and 85-24. Due to the departure of Chicago, the Big Ten would become the Big Nine until Michigan State joined the conference in 1950.


1945–46 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Mills used 31 players during the course of the season and had an overall record of 14 wins and 7 losses with a conference mark of 7 and 5, finishing in a fifth place tie in the Big Ten. The team finished with an 11 - 2 record at home and a road record of 3 - 5. Future All-American Dwight "Dike" Eddleman would appear in two games during the course of the season, as well as future North Carolina A&T Aggies, hall-of-fame men's basketball coach, Cal Irvin, would appear in one game.