1948–49 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest, Finals
The winners of the two regional divisions of the Oberliga Südwest played a final to determine the league champion who was also directly qualified for the German championship:


1948–49 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest, Finals
The runners-up of the two divisions determined the club who would face the loser of the championship final for the second place in the German championship:


1948–49 Oberliga, Oberliga Süd
The 1948–49 season saw two new clubs promoted to the league, BC Augsburg and 1. Rödelheimer FC 02.


1948–49 Oberliga, German championship
The 1949 German football championship was contested by the eight qualified Oberliga teams and won by VfR Mannheim, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final. It was played in a knock-out format and consisted of ten clubs.


1948–49 Oberliga (ice hockey) season
The 1948-49 Oberliga season was the first season of the Oberliga, the top level of ice hockey in Germany. Six teams participated in the league, and EV Füssen won the championship.


1948–49 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball team
The 1948–49 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Oklahoma A&M College, now known as Oklahoma State University, in NCAA competition in the 1948–49 season.


1948–49 PFC Cherno More Varna season
The 1948–49 season was the inaugural season of A group under the name Republican Football Division (Bulgarian: Републиканска футболна дивизия). Cherno More started the season as TVP but was renamed after the first round to Botev pri DNV (Bulgarian: Ботев при ДНВ), a common practice in the years after the establishment of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Botev is 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and poet Hristo Botev and pri DNV stands for Home of the People's Army (Bulgarian: Дом на народната войска).


1948–49 Panhellenic Championship
The 1948–49 Panhellenic Championship was the 15th season of the highest football league of Greece. The clubs that participated were the champions from the 3 founding football associations of the HFF: Athens, Piraeus and Macedonia. Panathinaikos won the championship, due to a better goal ratio than Olympiacos. The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.


1948–49 Philadelphia Warriors season
The 1948–49 BAA season was the Warriors' 3rd season in the NBA.


1948–49 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
The 1948–49 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 14th season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. Four teams participated in the final round, and Ogniwo Kraków won the championship.


1948–49 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1948–49 season was Port Vale's 37th season of football in the English Football League, and their fourth full season in the Third Division South. A promotion campaign soon tailed off into an unremarkable mid-table finish, as bad form persuaded the club to sell off Bill Pointon for a then-club record fee.


1948–49 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
The pre-season saw the club attempt to sign Huddersfield Town's star forward Peter Doherty, when this failed Gordon Hodgson instead signed Liverpool left-wing duo Stan Palk and Mick Hulligan for £10,000. Striker Walter Aveyard was also signed from Birmingham City, despite his belief that a leg injury had finished him. Fans were convinced promotion to the Second Division was possible, and so there was a surge in season ticket sales.


1948–49 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
The season started with seven points from the opening four games, leaving the club top of the table. The season-high 18,497 fans that turned up for a 3–0 win over Aldershot were impressed by the skill of the three new signings. The club's good form continued to the end of September, despite the sale of Walter Keeley to Accrington Stanley for £1,500 – who had found himself relegated to the sidelines by Hulligan's good performances. After this Hulligan broke his ankle, whilst other injuries also hit the squad.


1948–49 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
Six weeks of six defeats in seven games followed, leaving Vale sixth from bottom. During this spell Joe Dale was offloaded to Witton Albion, as Hodgson attempted to fill the gaps in the first team with young reserves. Winning three games on the trot, the Vale put an end to this bad spell, also keeping three clean sheets.


1948–49 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
Over the Christmas period talk was dominated by 'The Wembley of the North', which had been projected as an 80,000 capacity stadium, now it was planned as a 40,000 capacity ground with room for future expansion. Finding just fifty members for the '100 club', the financing was helped by a £8,000 grant from The Football Association. In January the club initiated a fire-sale of players: Bill Pointon went to Queens Park Rangers for a then-club record five-figure fee, whilst Harry Hubbick was sold to Rochdale for around £1,000.


1948–49 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
Meanwhile, the club transfer listed Palk, Aveyard, and Eric Eastwood (who all lived outside North Staffordshire); whilst Hulligan returned from injury. A two-month run without a win followed, in which Hodgson again experimented with the first eleven. This run finally ended with a 1–0 win over Notts County on 9 April. Nine days later at Ashton Gate, keeper Harry Prince was given a chance in place of regular George Heppell, who embarrassed himself by attempting to punch a forty-yard punt from Stone, only to miss the ball entirely and thereby concede the equalizer. Later in the month, Hodgson signed George King from Hull City for a four-figure fee. King scored twice in his debut against Torquay United.


1948–49 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
They finished a disappointing thirteenth, boasting just 39 points. They had scored twelve fewer goals than the previous campaign, though their defensive record was identical. Harry Prince's move to Stafford Rangers was the only significant departure of the summer.


1948–49 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances
On the financial side, a large transfer credit helped the club record a gross profit of £7,120. Gate receipts had declined to £25,831, whilst wages had risen to £16,095. The Burslem Supporters Club put forward a donation of £600, and the club issued 22,000 new five shilling shares to help with the New Ground Fund.


1948–49 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the FA Cup, Vale were knocked out in the First Round by Notts County at Meadow Lane in front of 36,514 spectators.


1948–49 Portsmouth F.C. season
In Portsmouth Football Club's Golden Jubilee season of 1948–49, the club were tipped to be the first team of the 20th century to win the Football League and FA Cup double. However, Pompey crashed out of the FA Cup in the semi-final against Leicester City, but made up for it by claiming the league title in spectacular fashion. That season also saw a record attendance of 51,385, a record which still stands to this day.


1948–49 Primeira Divisão, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship.


1948–49 Providence Steamrollers season
The 1948–49 BAA season was the Steamrollers' third and final season in the NBA/BAA. The team would fold after finishing last in the league for a second consecutive season, at 12–48.


1948–49 Rangers F.C. season
The 1948–49 season was the 69th season of competitive football by Rangers.


1948–49 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1948–49 season becoming the first club to win The Treble.


1948–49 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers won the league by a single point over second placed Dundee, winning 20 of the 30 matches.


1948–49 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The Scottish Cup was won thanks to a 4–1 win over Clyde with goals from Billy Williamson, Jimmy Duncanson and a brace from George Young.


1948–49 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The club won the League Cup with a 2–0 win over Raith Rovers.


1948–49 Ranji Trophy
The 1948–49 Ranji Trophy was the 15th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Baroda in the final. The semi-final match between Bombay and Maharashtra was the highest-scoring first-class match of all time. A total of 2,376 runs were scored, including nine centuries.


1948–49 Real Madrid CF season
The 1948–49 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 46th season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.


1948–49 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
During summer Bernabeu reinforced the team with several players including young star midfielder Pablo Olmedo, midfielder Miguel Muñoz and top goalscorer Pahiño came from Celta Vigo, and midfielder Jesus Narro was bought from Real Murcia. In the league the squad reached the first spot after ten matchdays, but then collapsed to ultimately finish in the 3rd spot. New arrival forward Pahiño played in a superb form scoring 21 goals. In June, the club advanced to the 1948–49 Copa del Generalísimo round of 16 where they were eliminated by Atletico de Bilbao in a playoff game after two draws.


1948–49 Real Madrid CF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1948–49 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1948–49 season saw Rochdale compete for their 21st season in the Football League Third Division North.


1948–49 Rochester Royals season
The 1948–49 BAA season was the Royals' first season in the BAA (later known as the NBA).


1948–49 Romanian Hockey League season
The 1948–49 Romanian Hockey League season was the 19th season of the Romanian Hockey League. Three teams participated in the league, and Avintul IPEIL Miercurea Ciuc won the championship.


1948–49 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1948–49 Rugby Union County Championship was the 49th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.


1948–49 Rugby Union County Championship
Lancashire won the competition for the sixth time and third in succession after defeating Gloucestershire in the final.


1948–49 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1948–49 SK Rapid Wien season was the 51st season in club history.


1948–49 SM-sarja season
The 1948–49 SM-sarja season was the 18th season of the SM-sarja, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. Eight teams participated in the league, and Tarmo Hameenlinna won the championship.


1948–49 Scottish Cup
The 1948–49 Scottish Cup was the 64th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup Final was played at Hampden Park on 23 April 1949 between Rangers and Clyde. Rangers defeated Clyde 4–1 to win the Cup.


1948–49 Scottish Districts season
The 1948–49 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.


1948–49 Scottish Division A
The 1948–49 Scottish Division A was won by Rangers by one point over nearest rival Dundee. Morton and Albion Rovers finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1949–50 Scottish Division B.


1948–49 Scottish Division B
The 1948–49 Scottish Division B was won by Raith Rovers F.C. who along with second placed Stirling Albion, were promoted to Division A. East Stirlingshire finished bottom.


1948–49 Scottish Division C
The 1948-49 Scottish Division C was won by Forfar Athletic who were promoted to Division B. Edinburgh City finished bottom. It was the third and final season of the short-lived single Scottish Division C and featured seven reserve teams.


1948–49 Scottish Division C, Future
The competition was restructured for the 1949–50 season when the number of reserve teams was significantly expanded and the Division divided into two sections, the South-East (soon renamed the North-East) and South-West. Promotion became rarer as the reserve sides of the bigger clubs such as Rangers and Aberdeen came to dominate; Brechin City's victory in the North-East section in the 1953–54 season was the sole promotion managed in the new format before its final season.


1948–49 Scottish Division C, Future
The competition completed its final season in 1954–55 when Aberdeen II won the North-East section and Partick Thistle II the South-West; three non-reserve sides, Montrose, East Stirlingshire and Berwick Rangers remained in the North-East section with two, Dumbarton and Stranraer in the South-West. All five were admitted to full membership of the Scottish Football League; the reserve teams were placed into a separate Scottish (Reserve) League.


1948–49 Scottish League Cup
The 1948–49 Scottish League Cup was the third season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Raith Rovers in the Final.


1948–49 Segunda División
The 1948–49 Segunda División season was the 18th since its establishment and was played between 11 September 1948 and 17 April 1949.


1948–49 Segunda División, Overview before the season
14 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1947–48 La Liga and two promoted from the 1947–48 Tercera División.


1948–49 Serie A
Torino were declared 1948–49 Serie A champions on 6 May 1949, after the Superga tragedy, an air disaster that killed the entire Torino squad. At the time of the declaration, Torino led the runner-up Internazionale by four points with four matches remaining. Their remaining four matches were played by their reserve team, and they finished the league five points ahead of the runner up.


1948–49 Serie A, Teams
Novara for Northern Italy, Padova for Central Italy and Palermo for Southern Italy had been promoted from Serie B.


1948–49 Serie A, Events
Following the restoration of ordinary Serie B championship, the FIGC decided to come back to two relegations only from Serie A.


1948–49 Serie A, Final classification
Note: Goal Difference did not come into effect until the 1960s.


1948–49 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1948–49 Serie A season was the 16th season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Nine teams participated in the league, and HC Diavoli Rossoneri Milano won the championship.


1948–49 Serie B
The Serie B 1948–49 was the seventeenth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.


1948–49 Serie B, Teams
Salernitana, Alessandria, Vicenza and Napoli had been relegated from Serie A.


1948–49 Serie C
The 1948–49 Serie C was the eleventh edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system, the first one to be organized by the Lega Nazionale.


1948–49 Sheffield Shield season
The 1948–49 Sheffield Shield season was the 47th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship. In March 1949, Donald Bradman played his final first-class match.


1948–49 Slovenian Republic League
The 1948–49 season was the 26th season of the Slovenian Republic League and the fourth in the SFR Yugoslavia. The league champions Železničar Ljubljana and second placed Rudar Trbovlje qualified for the Yugoslav Third League.


1948–49 Southern Football League
The 1948–49 Southern Football League season was the 46th in the history of the league, an English football competition.


1948–49 Southern Football League
The league consisted of 22 clubs, including all 18 clubs from the previous season, and four newly elected clubs.


1948–49 Southern Football League
Gillingham were champions, winning their second Southern League title. Four Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none was successful.


1948–49 Southern Football League, Football League elections
Eight Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League, but all four League clubs were re-elected.


1948–49 Soviet League season
The 1948–49 Soviet Championship League season was the third season of the Soviet Championship League, the top level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. 10 teams participated in the league, and CDKA Moscow won the championship.


1948–49 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The 1948–49 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his first year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference and hosted their home games at the 14th Regiment Armory.


1948–49 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The 1948–49 Terriers became the first team in the New York City area to have a game televised, they defeated Seton Hall in its inaugural telecast on WPIX. St. Francis finished the season at 20–13 overall and 2–2 in conference play. They also participated in their second National Catholic Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the finals to Regis 47–51.


1948–49 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
Tom Gallagher scored 496 points during the season, which was reported to be new record for a player from the New York Metropolitan Area. In addition, Tom Gallagher, Tom O'Connor, and Paul Labanowski were named to the National Catholic Invitation Tournament All-Tournament Team.


1948–49 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team, National Catholic Invitation Tournament
In 1949, the Terriers were invited to participate in the first annual National Catholic Invitation Tournament, to take place in Denver, Colorado. Gallagher was awarded a trophy as the Tournaments outstanding player.


1948–49 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team, NBA Draft
At the end of the season Tom Gallagher was selected with the 45th overall pick by the Baltimore Bullets.


1948–49 St. Louis Bombers season
The 1948–49 BAA season was the Bombers' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA.


1948–49 St. Louis Bombers season, Playoffs, West Division Semifinals
(1) Rochester Royals vs. (4) St. Louis Bombers: Royals win series 2-0


1948–49 St. Louis Bombers season, Playoffs, West Division Semifinals
Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Royals and Bombers.


1948–49 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1948–49 season was Stoke City's 42nd season in the Football League and the 28th in the First Division.


1948–49 Stoke City F.C. season
It was again a disappointing season for Stoke as a number of players started voicing their displeasure at manager Bob McGrory's strict discipline. A number of players handed in transfer requests as discomfort began to affect the club. Results on the pitch were inconsistent and a mid table finish of 11th was the final outcome.


1948–49 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
A strange feeling of disharmony set in at the Victoria Ground prior to the start of the 1948–49 season and Stoke received a number of transfer requests from players on the slightest whim. The previous season's main signings Jimmy McAlinden and Tommy Kiernan both departed after just a year with the club losing around £2,000 on the pair. The only other player whose wish to leave was accepted was Bert Mitchell.


1948–49 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
The 4 December 1948 was Stoke's red letter day as they fielded a team against Blackpool that cost a mere £10 and with all of them from the Stoke-on-Trent area. The only blotch on the claim however is that Frank Mountford was born in Doncaster but he moved to Stoke when he was about three years old.


1948–49 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
A mid table position of 11th was all that Stoke could have expected from an inconsistent season with 16 wins and 17 defeats. One key point during the season was manager Bob McGrory's decision to employ Frank Bowyer as an out-and-out centre forward and he scored 21 goals. Surprisingly, when the campaign ended Bowyer asked for a transfer which was accepted but he soon had a change of heart and would remain at the club until 1960.


1948–49 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
Stoke beat Swindon Town 3–1 in the third round before being drawn against Stanley Matthews' Blackpool. Stoke overcame the "Tangerines" 1–0 in a replay. Around 46,738 fans assembled to watch Stoke take on Third Division Hull City but much to the shock of the Stoke supporters, Hull won 2–0 on an awful Victoria Ground pitch.


1948–49 Sussex County Football League
The 1948–49 Sussex County Football League season was the 24th in the history of the competition.


1948–49 Sussex County Football League, Clubs
The league featured 14 clubs, 13 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:


1948–49 Svenska mästerskapet (men's handball)
The 1948–49 Svenska mästerskapet was the 18th season of Svenska mästerskapet, a tournament held to determine the Swedish Champions of men's handball. The tournament was contested by all Allsvenskan teams and all District Champions, along with invited teams from Division II. 32 teams competed in the tournament. IFK Kristianstad were the defending champions, but were eliminated by IFK Lidingö in the semifinals. IFK Lidingö won the title, defeating cross-town rivals SoIK Hellas in the final. The semifinals and final were played on 19–20 March in Eriksdalshallen in Stockholm. The final was watched by 1,403 spectators.


1948–49 Svenska mästerskapet (men's handball), Champions
The following players for IFK Lidingö received a winner's medal: Arne Lindecrantz, Erik Ek (3 goals in the final), Lars Eriksson (2), Bengt Arenander, Roland Hagen (2), Lars-Eric Johansson, Lennart Hedberg, Claes Kåhre, Harry Larnefeldt and Axel Erikssson.


1948–49 Swedish Division I season
The 1948–49 Swedish Division I season was the fifth season of Swedish Division I. Hammarby IF defeated Gavle GIK in the league final.


1948–49 Swedish football Division 2
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1948–49 season.


1948–49 Swedish football Division 2, League standings, Division 2 Nordöstra 1948–49
Teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the national league system until the 1953–54 season, and a championship was instead played to decide the best team in Norrland.


1948–49 Swedish football Division 3
Statistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 1948–49 season.


1948–49 Syracuse Nationals season
The 1948–49 Syracuse Nationals season was the third season of the franchise in the National Basketball League. The Nationals finished with the first winning season in team history.


1948–49 Syracuse Nationals season, Playoffs
Won Opening Round (Hammond Calumet Buccaneers) 2–0Lost Division Semifinals (Anderson Packers) 3–1


1948–49 Tercera División
The 1948–49 Tercera División was the 13th edition of the Spanish national third tier.


1948–49 Tercera División, Segunda División Promotion/Relegation phase, Group I
This phase was canceled for the expansion of the Segunda División, all teams promoted.


1948–49 Tercera División, Segunda División Promotion/Relegation phase, Group II
This phase was canceled for the expansion of the Segunda División, all teams promoted.


1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup.


1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The Maple Leafs became the first team in NHL history to win three consecutive Stanley Cups.


1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Playoffs, 1949 Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions
Turk Broda, Garth Boesch, Gus Mortson, Jimmy Thomson, Bill Juzda, Bill Barilko, Harry Watson, Ted Kennedy, Don Metz, Fleming MacKell, Bill Ezinicki, Vic Lynn, Howie Meeker, Max Bentley, Joe Klukay, Sid Smith, Harry Taylor, Bob Dawes, Tod Sloan, Conn Smythe (manager), Hap Day (coach), Tim Daly (trainer).


1948–49 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season
The 1948–49 season was the Tri-Cities Blackhawks' third season of play and the last of the National Basketball League (NBL) before its merger with the Basketball Association of America (BAA). Led by league MVP Don Otten, the Blackhawks experienced the first winning season in team history.


1948–49 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season, Playoffs
Won Opening Round (Sheboygan Red Skins) 2–0Lost Division Semifinals (Oshkosh All-Stars) 1–3


1948–49 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1948–49 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by first year head coach John Wooden. They finished the regular season with a record of 22–7 and were southern division champions with a record of 10–2. They lost to the Oregon State Beavers in the conference play-offs.


1948–49 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished the season 12–13 overall and were third in the PCC South Division with a record of 3–9. At the end of the season, head coach Wilbur Johns retired and become UCLA's athletic director. John Wooden was hired as Johns' successor on April 1948.


1948–49 USM Alger season
In the 1948–49 season, USM Alger was competing in the First Division for the 12th season French colonial era, as well as in the Forconi Cup.


1948–49 USM Alger season, Squad
Sid Ahmed Khos, Azouz, Nait Kaci, Chabri, Ouaguenouni, Zouaoui, Bedareb, Hamdi, Djeknoun, Beddaréne, Zitouni, Ben Adad, Aidoun, Chaouane, Chahi, Hamdouche


1948–49 USM Blida season
In the 1948–49 season, USM Blida is competing in the Division Honneur for the 16th season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They will be competing in Division Honneur, and the North African Cup.


1948–49 USM Blida season, Players statistics
Statistics for 23 games only and 2 (1 and 18) games does Its figures.


1948–49 USM Blida season, Players statistics, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


1948–49 United States network television schedule
The following is the 1948–49 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1948 through March 1949. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1947–48 season. This was the first season in which all four networks then in operation in the United States offered nightly prime time schedules Monday through Friday.


1948–49 United States network television schedule
The schedule below reflects the fall lineup as it all settled into place throughout October 1948, before any subsequent time changes were made and additional new series appeared in November.


1948–49 United States network television schedule
New fall series are highlighted in bold. A number of ABC's new fall shows began as early as mid-August when the network first began broadcasting a seven-night schedule. CBS and DuMont also had some new shows begin in the latter half of August. These shows are noted as such by (Aug.). NBC began airing Saturday Night Jamboree in December.


1948–49 United States network television schedule
Several notable programs debuted during the season and within the preceding summer. The preservation of these telecasts on kinescope film vary. The Texaco Star Theater proved to be one of the most notable hits of the year with its host, Milton Berle, credited with encouraging consumers to purchase their first television set. The 1948 episodes of the Berle show are missing, but many of the 1949 episodes still exist. A short-lived series, The Laytons, was the first network television sitcom to feature an African-American in a regular supporting role, albeit a stereotypical one. No episodes have survived.


1948–49 United States network television schedule
The Morey Amsterdam Show, which debuted on CBS in December, introduced television audiences to Art Carney as a lead cast member. In the David Weinstein book, The Forgotten Network, similarities between Carney's role as "Charlie the Doorman" and his later Ed Norton from  Cavalcade of Stars and The Honeymooners are noted. The Morey Amsterdam Show was not a ratings success. Four episodes are held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.


1948–49 United States network television schedule
Toast of the Town, debuting in June 1948 and re-titled The Ed Sullivan Show in 1955 and a mainstay of Sunday night viewing, became one of the most successful and long-running programs in American television history. It would remain on the air until 1971. The premier episode with composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and the comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are among the few missing telecasts.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, Fall Schedule, Sunday
Notes: Toast of the Town, later known as The Ed Sullivan Show, premiered June 20, 1948, at 9:00 p.m. on CBS.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, Fall Schedule, Sunday
On DuMont, King Cole's Birthday Party, also known as simply Birthday Party, aired from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time from March to May 1949.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, Fall Schedule, Monday
Note: Beginning July 18, 1949, The Magic Cottage aired on DuMont Monday through Friday from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, Fall Schedule, Tuesday
Note: Beginning July 18, 1949, The Magic Cottage aired on DuMont Monday through Friday from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, Fall Schedule, Wednesday
Notes: On DuMont, King Cole's Birthday Party also was known as simply Birthday Party. The Laytons only lasted 10 episodes, from August 11 to October 13, 1948. Beginning July 18, 1949, The Magic Cottage aired on DuMont Monday through Friday from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, Fall Schedule, Wednesday
On NBC, Picture This, hosted by Wendy Barrie, aired November 17, 1948, to February 9, 1949. The Black Robe debuted on May 18, 1949, and ran from 8:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday until it began to air at various times on Mondays during August 1949.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, Fall Schedule, Thursday
Notes: On ABC, Blind Date debuted on May 5, 1949, airing from 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. It moved to 9:30 p.m. during July 1949 and aired in that time slot into September 1949.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, Fall Schedule, Thursday
On DuMont, King Cole's Birthday Party also was known as simply Birthday Party. Beginning July 18, 1949, The Magic Cottage aired on DuMont Monday through Friday from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, Fall Schedule, Friday
Notes: From April 14, 1948, to April 22, 1949, Russ Hodges' Scoreboard aired Fridays from 6:30pm to 6:45pm ET on DuMont. Beginning July 18, 1949, The Magic Cottage aired on DuMont Monday through Friday from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, Fall Schedule, Friday
On NBC, Your Show Time replaced Musical Miniatures on January 21, 1949. Your Show Time had premiered on NBC's East Coast stations in September 1948, and began to include NBC's Midwest stations on January 21.


1948–49 United States network television schedule, By network, NBC
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.


1948–49 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Talk shows are highlighted in  yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.


1948–49 United States network television schedule (daytime)
NOTE: This page is missing info on the DuMont Network, which started daytime transmission before any other United States television network.


1948–49 United States network television schedule (daytime), Winter 1948/1949
On Dumont, half-hour-long live variety show Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room debuted on January 17. It aired in the 10:00 a.m. half-hour.


1948–49 United States network television schedule (daytime), Winter 1948/1949
There is some dispute as to the exact lineup on DuMont. The above listing is according to What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s (University of Texas Press, 2005) by Marsha Cassidy. This would create a conflict with some other sources that have TV Shopper still in the lineup at this time.


1948–49 WIHL season
1948–49 was the third season of the Western International Hockey League.


1948–49 WIHL season
The league champion Spokane Flyers went on to face the Windsor Spitfires in a best-of-seven series for the national amateur hockey title.


1948–49 WIHL season, League Championship final
Note: Spokane Flyers were not eligible for the Allan Cup so the Kimberley Dynamiters advanced to the final. The Spokane Flyers did advance to the 1948-49 United States National Senior Championship.


1948–49 WIHL season, Semi final
Trail Smoke Eaters beat Nelson Maple Leafs 3 wins to 2.


1948–49 WIHL season, Final
Trail Smoke Eaters beat Kimberley Dynamiters 3 wins to none, 1 tie.


1948–49 WIHL season, Final
This was the only senior league in the province so the Trail Smoke Eaters advanced to the 1948-49 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.


1948–49 Washington Capitols season
The 1948–49 BAA season was the Capitols' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA. They became the first team to win 15 straight games to start the season, an NBA record, which was since tied 45 years later by the Houston Rockets in 1993 before Golden State Warriors surpassed it in 2015.


1948–49 Washington Capitols season, Playoffs, East Division Semifinals
(1) Washington Capitols vs. (4) Philadelphia Warriors: Capitols win series 2-0


1948–49 Washington Capitols season, Playoffs, East Division Semifinals
Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Warriors.


1948–49 Washington Capitols season, Playoffs, East Division Finals
(1) Washington Capitols vs. (2) New York Knicks: Capitols win series 2-1


1948–49 Washington Capitols season, Playoffs, East Division Finals
Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Knicks.


1948–49 Washington Capitols season, Playoffs, BAA Finals
(E1) Washington Capitols vs. (W2) Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 4-2


1948–49 Washington Capitols season, Playoffs, BAA Finals
Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Lakers.


1948–49 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1948–49 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1948–49 NCAA college basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Art McLarney, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.


1948–49 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The defending conference champion Huskies were 11–15 overall in the regular season and 6–10 in conference play, last place in the Northern division. They ended the season with a two-game sweep over the rival Washington State Cougars.


1948–49 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1948–49 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1948–49 college basketball season. Led by 21st-year head coach Jack Friel, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.


1948–49 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 21–9 overall in the regular season and 8–8 in conference play, second place in the Northern division.


1948–49 Welsh Cup
The 1948–49 FAW Welsh Cup is the 62nd season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.


1948–49 Welsh Cup, Fifth round
Eight winners from the Fourth round and ten new clubs.


1948–49 Welsh Cup, Sixth round
Two winners from the Fifth round. Seven other clubs get a bye to the Seventh round.


1948–49 Welsh Cup, Seventh round
One winner from the Sixth round plus seven clubs who get a bye in the previous round.


1948–49 Welsh Cup, Semifinal
Swansea Town and Rhyl played at Wrexham, Cardiff City and Merthyr Tydfil played at Swansea.


1948–49 Western Football League
The 1948–49 season was the 47th in the history of the Western Football League.


1948–49 Western Football League
The champions for the first time in their history were Glastonbury, and the winners of Division Two were new club Chippenham United.


1948–49 Western Football League, Final tables, Division One
Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Radstock Town and Bristol Aeroplane Company, who were relegated to Division Two.


1948–49 Western Football League, Final tables, Division Two
Division Two was increased from thirteen to eighteen clubs, after Salisbury and Weymouth were promoted to Division One, and B.A.C. Reserves, RAF Colerne and RAF Locking left the league. Five new clubs joined:


1948–49 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
The 1948–49 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State College during the 1948-49 NCAA University Division Basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and All-American guard John Oldham. This was the inaugural season for the newly established Ohio Valley Conference and Western Kentucky won the conference championships, and appeared in the 1949 National Invitation Tournament. During this period, the NIT was considered by many to be the premiere college basketball tournament, with the winner being recognized as the national champion.


1948–49 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
Oldham and Center Bob Lavoy were named to the All-Conference team as well as the OVC All-Tournament team. This was the first year that a widely distributed, national poll was published by the Associated Press, and Western Kentucky was ranked 3rd in the initial poll and finished the season ranked 5th.


1948–49 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1948–49 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the second year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 24–10 and 10–3 in the Southern Conference, the most wins in program history. This was the 44th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.


1948–49 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The Indians finished in 2nd place in the conference and qualified for the 1949 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by Duke University at the Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated Davidson in the quarterfinals before losing  a triple overtime game against George Washington in the semifinals.


1948–49 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
However, William & Mary was invited to participate in the 1949 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament, where the Indians lost against both Xavier and La Salle.


1948–49 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1948–1949 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his fifteenth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Nine Conference.


1948–49 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team
The 1948–49 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in NCAA men's competition in the 1948–49 season. The Cowboys qualified for the 1949 NCAA Tournament.


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup
1948–49 was the forty-first occasion on which the  Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 18-9


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 31,393 and receipts were £5,053


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part and the  number of clubs who entered remained at the same as last season's total number of sixteen.


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Background
The  competition again followed the  original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the  exception of the  first round which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis.


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Round 1 - First Leg
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Round 1 - Second Leg
All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Round 2 - Quarter Finals
All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, The road to success
All the ties in the  first round were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, The road to success
For the  first round ties, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home.


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, The road to success
For the  first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs.


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Yorkshire Amateurs were a team from Yorkshire which appeared to have players selected from  many both professional and amateur clubs - can anyone comment ? Yorkshire Amateurs played on many grounds, this match was played at Parkside, the  ground of Hunslet


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
2 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was  40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from  the  county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from  outside the  county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.


1948–49 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)


1948–49 Yugoslav First League, Cup, Finals
Nasa Krila: Popadić, Filipović, Jovanović, Kobe, Zvekanović, Adamović, A.Panić, Lenko Grčić, Popović, Zlatković, Borović


1948–49 Yugoslav First League, Cup, Finals
Crvena Zvezda: Srđan Mrkušić, Branko Stanković, Mladen Kašanin, Bela Palfi, Milivoje Đurđević, Predrag Đajić, Tihomir Ognjanov, Rajko Mitić, Kosta Tomašević, Josip Takač, Branislav Vukosavljević


1948–49 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season
The 1948–49 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season was the eighth season of the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Yugoslavia. Nine teams participated in the league, and Mladost have won the championship.


1948–49 Yugoslav Second League
The 1948–49 Yugoslav Second League season was the 3rd season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946.


1948–49 Yugoslav Second League, Teams
A total of ten teams contested the league, including four sides from the 1947–48 season, three clubs relegated from the 1947–48 Yugoslav First League and three sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1947–48 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 18 rounds. Two points were awarded for a win and one point for draws.


1948–49 Yugoslav Second League, Teams
Sarajevo and Spartak Subotica were relegated from the 1947–48 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table, while Vardar lost to Naša Krila Zemun in the relegation play-offs. The three clubs promoted to the second level were Dinamo Skopje, Podrinje Šabac and Proleter Osijek.


1948–49 in Belgian football
The 1948–49 season was the 46th season of competitive football in Belgium. RSC Anderlechtois won their second Premier Division title. The Belgium national football team played 6 friendly games, of which they won 2 and drew 4.


1948–49 in Belgian football, Overview
At the end of the season, K Boom FC and RU Saint-Gilloise were relegated to Division I, while R Stade Louvain (Division I A winner) and RFC Brugeois (Division I B winner) were promoted to the Premier Division. RCS La Forestoise, Stade Waremmien, SK Roeselare and RRC Tournaisien were relegated from Division I to Promotion, to be replaced by R Albert Elisabeth Club Mons, ASV Oostende KM, AS Herstalienne and RU Hutoise FC.


1948–49 in Belgian football, Final league tables, Premier Division
Top scorer: René Thirifays (R Charleroi SC) with 26 goals.


1948–49 in English football
The 1948–49 season was the 69th season of competitive football in England.


1948–49 in English football, Overview
Portsmouth won the First Division title for the first time with a team of no recognised stars and very few international players. However, it was not the first major honour for the Hampshire club, as they had been the last winners of the FA Cup before the outbreak of the war. They would retain their league title the following season.


1948–49 in English football, Overview
Wolverhampton Wanderers, under manager Stan Cullis and captain Billy Wright, won their first major trophy for more than 40 years when they beat Leicester City 3-1 in the final of the FA Cup. This was the beginning of a great run of success for the West Midlands side.


1948–49 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1948–49 in Israeli football
The 1948–49 season was the 1st season of competitive football in Israel, which was established towards the end of the previous season, and the 23rd season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.


1948–49 in Israeli football, IFA Competitions
As the newly formed Israel was in the midst of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, most footballing activities were delayed until spring 1949.


1948–49 in Israeli football, IFA Competitions, 1949–51 Israel State Cup
The competition started on 9 April 1949, with 16 teams competing in the first round. After the completion of the quarter-finals, on 28 May 1949, two teams, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Maccabi Tel Aviv appealed their eliminations, and the competition was halted.


1948–49 in Israeli football, IFA Competitions, League competitions
League competitions started on May 1949 and carried over to the next season.


1948–49 in Israeli football, IFA Competitions, Youth competitions
Footballing activities for underage (and therefore, not eligible for military service) footballers continued, as possible even during the ongoing war, with the 1947–48 Palestine Noar League, which started before the declaration of independence, completed in summer 1948. During fall 1949, the IFA organized a national cup competition for youth teams, which was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv, who had beaten Maccabi Ramat Gan 3–0 in the final.


1948–49 in Israeli football, National teams, National team
In summer 1948 an initiative was set to send a select XI to a tour in the United States, as a mean to show independence and as a fundraiser for the cash-strapped state. Prior to departure the national team held a training camp in Israel, playing training matches against several army teams, beating the transport corps 10–1, the artillery corps 8–0, the Alexandroni Brigade 8–3 and a select XI from the brigades stationed along the Jordanian-Iraqi front 6–0.


1948–49 in Israeli football, National teams, National team
The team played three matches on the tour, one against the USA team which appeared in the 1948 Summer Olympics, and two against select XIs, losing all three matches. While in the USA, the teams also had a training match, while visiting the United States Military Academy, against the Army Black Knights, winning 9–0.


1948–49 in Scottish football
The 1948–49 season was the 76th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 52nd season of the Scottish Football League. Rangers became the first team to win the Scottish domestic treble. At the end of the season, Scottish Division C was split into two regional sections. It would be 26 years before a set-up with three national divisions would be in place again.


1948–49 in Swedish football
The 1948–49 season in Swedish football, starting August 1948 and ending July 1949:


1948–51 Nordic Football Championship
The 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship was the fifth Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its third Nordic Championship win. The tournament was arranged by the Danish Football Association and the trophy was named DBU's Vase.


1948–51 Nordic Football Championship
The tournament had three occasions of a team playing two games on the same day, including two times for Sweden and one time for Denmark.


1948–51 Nordic Football Championship, Table
The table is compiled by awarding two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.


1948–53 Central European International Cup
The 1948–53 Central European International Cup was the fifth edition of the Central European International Cup played between 1948 and 1953. It was played in a round robin tournament between five teams involved in the tournament.


1949
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th  year of the 20th century, and the  10th  and last year of the 1940s decade.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 17th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 25 and 26 June 1949. Luigi Chinetti won the race for a third time in the first Ferrari barchetta by driving 22.5 hours. This race also saw the death of British driver Pierre Maréchal when his Aston Martin DB2 was involved in an accident between Arnage and Maison Blanche around 1:00 a.m. Marechal had attempted to pass another car there and he hit an embankment and the hapless Briton was crushed by the overturning car.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans
This was the first race held at the circuit following the end of World War II. Even though the war had ended four years prior, major infrastructure reconstruction throughout France meant that the return of the race was of secondary concern, and thus was not run until after France had established itself again. Following the end of the war the circuit needed extensive repairs. During the war the RAF, then the Luftwaffe, had used the airfield by the pits, as well as the 5 km Hunaudières straight as a temporary airstrip (thereby also making it a target for Allied bombing).


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans
So it was four years before the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) was in a position to revive the great race. Assisted with money from the government, the pits and grandstand had been rebuilt, a new 1000-seat restaurant and administration centre built and the whole track was resurfaced. However one section of the hinterland was still off-limits as it had not yet been cleared of landmines. Likewise, in that time the car manufacturers had also been rebuilding.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Most of the entry list for this year's race was from cars built or designed before the war. The ACO put preference to those entered in the last, 1939, race for the Biennial Cup. So there were twelve cars from that race back for the Cup. Otherwise, there were fourteen entries from manufacturers - although "works" entries effectively, many were one-car small companies.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
The regulations used by the ACO were based on those of the new FIA, created in 1946. There were ten classes, based on engine size, and at least ten cars had to have been produced before the entry was submitted. Supercharged engines’ equivalence was calculated at 2:1 for engine capacity.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
However, for this new start, sportscar prototypes were now given admission for the first time, "as an exceptional measure to contribute towards a faster revival of automobile manufacture" by the French Service des Mines (Vehicle registration authority), or its foreign equivalent That was, in a sense, just formalising an unofficial practice started in the 1930s, when race-specific cars were entered at Le Mans and other races for the win with no intentions of going into full production. The ACO reserved the right to disqualify a car not entered 'in the spirit of the regulations'.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
In days of petrol rationing, there was considerable interest in the Index of Performance - the measure of cars making an improvement on its nominal assigned distance, based on engine size. Entrants had to choose to run on either gasoline (68-Octane), diesel or ‘’ternary’’ fuel (a blend of 60% gasoline, 25% ethanol, 15% benzole). All fuel was supplied by the ACO. Fuel, oil and water could only be topped up after 25 laps had been run, and ACO inspectors sealed the radiator and oil-caps after each refill. A spare wheel, fire extinguisher and toolkit had to be carried in the car and on-circuit repairs could only be done by the driver, with the onboard tools. Night-time (when it was compulsory for lights to be on) was defined as being between 9.30pm and 4.30am.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Finally there was the Hors Course rule, whereby after 12 hours, any car that had not completed 80% of its corresponding Performance Index distance was disqualified. Also, the car had to be running to take the chequered flag with a final lap taking no longer than 30 minutes.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Prizemoney still overwhelmingly favoured the Index of Performance, awarding FF1,000,000 to that competition's winner (equivalent to about €23000 currently), whereas only 10% of that - FF100,000 was awarded to the winners on overall distance and of the Biennial Cup. FF10,000 was awarded to the leader at the end of each hour, increasing to FF25,000 at the 6-hour mark, FF50,000 at 12-hours, FF100,000 at 18-hours and FF200,000 at the 24th hour. So a car leading start-to-finish would still only reap FF675,000 compared to the Index of Performance. There was also a FF50,000 prize with the Coupe des Dames for the top female driver.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
From a staggering initial list of over a hundred prospective entries, the ACO trimmed the field down to 49 starters. There were 18 cars in the S3000 and S5000 categories - 15 French and 3 British cars. These included 3 Talbots, 7 Delahayes, 4 Delages and a Delettrez, driven by its constructor brothers – the first diesel-engined car to compete at Le Mans, using an engine from an American Army GMC truck.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The Talbot-Lagos included the two biggest cars in the field: a new SS saloon for André Chambas’ Ecurie Verte team, and a 2-seater sportscar modified from the current T26 grand-prix car for Paul Vallée's works-supported Ecurie France team. Both used the new 4.5L straight-6 engine, developing 240 bhp. The third Talbot was a modified pre-war T150C raced by the very capable father-and-son Rosier team.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Most French hopes rested on the Delahayes: there were two new 4.5L 175 S raced by Parisian car-dealer Charles Pozzi (himself teamed with 1938 winner Eugène Chaboud), as well as five privately entered pre-war type 135 CS (a sports-car version of the 135 S grand prix car, and race-winner in 1938), running the smaller 3.6-litre 160 bhp engine.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Delage was represented by four D6S cars, all privately entered, built just after war's end in the Delahaye factory but based on a pre-war chassis and the old 3.0-litre, 145 bhp engine.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The three British cars were a 2.4L Healey Elliott saloon driven to and from the race from England, a unique 1938 Bentley sedan originally designed for the Greek tycoon Nico Embiricos, and a brand-new Aston Martin DB2 prototype, with a 2.6L Lagonda engine designed by W.O. Bentley


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The middle categories (S2000 and S1500) numbered 16 cars. In retrospect, the biggest news was the arrival of an Italian newcomer: Enzo Ferrari was represented by two racing versions of his first production car, with a two-litre V12 developing 140 bhp and a top speed of 210 km/h. He had been Alfa Romeo's team manager in the 1930s but was now a constructor in his own right. However, not confident of the car's reliability, Ferrari had not entered instead the pair were privately entered. Both had recently been purchased after gaining success in the Mille Miglia.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Entered from Great Britain were a new Frazer-Nash ‘High-Speed’, driven by British motorcycle ace Norman Culpan, and company owner Harold Aldington and a works trio of lightened HRG 1500s (co-organised by future Gulf team manager John Wyer). David Brown, who had recently purchased Aston Martin and Lagonda, fielded three works prototypes – the aforementioned 2.6L DB2 and two 2.0L versions. Three privately entered Astons also took the start, including two pre-war models.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
A number of small specialist sportscar companies started up in post-war France, and two of the most significant were those of Amédée Gordini, and Charles Deutsch/René Bonnet. Overcommitted in 1949, the 1500cc Gordinis didn’t make the start, but two new DB cars were present – one driven by the team owners themselves.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Finally, there were 15 cars in the small classes (S1100 & S750). A traditional rivalry was started between the Monopoles, Simcas, Gordinis (and later DBs in this class) all using Citroen, Simca or Panhard engines at various times, all vying for the Index of Performance prize. Under the ‘prototype’ provision, a half-dozen Simcas were entered with a variety of bodystyles and one of those (for Mahé/Crovetto ) was installed with the race's first pit/car radio, as pioneered in American motor-racing.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The other new international marque in the race were two Aero-Minors with 745cc two-stroke engines from Czechoslovakia (one of which had to drive all the way to the race from Prague after its truck-transporter broke down). A privately entered Renault 4CV was the first rear-engined car to race at Le Mans.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
As was usual, the cars were numbered in order of their engine size, the big Talbot-Lago of Chambas and Morel having #1. There was no grid based on practice time, instead the cars would be lined up, in echelon, in numerical order for the iconic “Le Mans start”. It was Louis Rosier in his Talbot T150 who recorded the fastest lap in practice. Jean Lucas badly damaged the Dreyfus Ferrari avoiding a child who had wandered onto the circuit during the practice. Tireless work overnight got the car repaired just in time to take the start.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
The race started at 4pm in blazing hot sunshine, and Pozzi's new Delahaye sports-cars took off into a handy lead. At the end of the first hour, Chaboud and Flahaut led in the Delahayes, from Dreyfus, Rosier, Chinetti, and Vallée in one of the big Talbots. The pace of the leading Delahayes was frantic; in the second hour André Simon set the fastest lap of the race. Soon after, Rosier came to a stop at Arnage after 21 laps, his car overheating. However, because it was before the 25-lap minimum he was not allowed to refill the water and became an early retirement.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Four hours in, Chaboud still led from Flahault, with the Ferraris of Chinetti (now up to 3rd) & Dreyfus just behind. Yet barely half an hour later, just before dusk, Chaboud, with a big lead, stopped at Mulsanne with an engine fire, burning out the electrics. The sister car of André Simon briefly took over the lead, until he also started having problems with overheating dropping him down to 18th, and was overtaken by the Ferrari.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
Chinetti stayed in the car through the night, as Mitchell-Thompson was not feeling well. When he pitted, Dreyfus took over at the front but then just before 10pm Dreyfus crashed heavily and rolled near the  Maison Blanche corner when trying to overtake two cars at once. The driver was uninjured but the car was wrecked. This time it was the Talbot-Lago of Mairesse / Vallée that inherited the lead ahead of Chinetti. Through attrition, the Delage of Veuillet/Mouche and the Culpan/Alderton Frazer-Nash had risen to 3rd and 4th respectively.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
At midnight, Chinetti had a narrow lead from Mairesse and Veuillet – all on the same lap. Fourth was Louveau's Delage, then the Frazer-Nash, Gérard's Delage and the Delahaye of Tony Rolt (in his first Le Mans). The leading Aston Martin (of Maréchal/Mathieson) was running in 8th and the brand new “works” DB-5 of Deutsch/Bonnet had moved up into 10th.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
In the early hours, the Mairesse Talbot retired with engine trouble, and Veuillet's Delage arrived at the pits with an engine-fire, thus allowing Gérard's Delage and the DB to move up the order, and the other big Talbot up into the top-10. Also moving up the leader-board was the Pozzi Delahaye of Simon/Flahaut, having been driven hard though the night back into contention.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
Finally at 4.30am, as dawn broke, Chinetti came into the pits with a three-lap lead and handed over the Ferrari to Mitchell-Thompson. He managed just 72 minutes before having to hand it back to Chinetti for the rest of the race. But the hard racing was taking its toll on the new car, and Chinetti was now having to nurse a slipping clutch. The chasing pack was now led by the Delages of Louveau and Gérard, who gradually closed in on the exhausted Chinetti.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
After all the hard work getting back to 5th overall, Flahout's engine finally gave out mid-morning. The little DB-5 had reached as high as sixth but then its camshaft seized at a similar time. Likewise, the Delettrez diesel came to a stop. It had performed steadily, if not quickly, but blocked fuel lines caused its demise when in 23rd place.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
Except for Louveau's Delage, all the leading cars were now running under duress: aside from Chinetti's clutch, Gérard's Delage was streaming oil-smoke, the Fraser-Nash had lost its clutch and having fuel-feed issues and Maréchal's Aston Martin was losing its brakes. The last was the most serious and, ultimately, tragic: at 1pm the Aston Martin's brakes failed completely coming into the Maison Blanche curves. In a violent crash, the car rolled, the engine was torn away and the roof crushed. Pierre Maréchal was immediately taken to hospital in a critical condition but died the next day from spinal injuries.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Through the day, Louveau chased hard, making back two of the laps on the slowing Ferrari. Right up to the last lap he was pulling spectacular four-wheel drifts on the corners, thrilling the growing crowd sensing a heroic French victory. But it was not to be and the veteran Chinetti carefully nursed his car home with just enough pace. At 4pm Charles Faroux, originator and director of the race since its inception in 1923, was again the man to wave the chequered flag – overseen by the new French President, Vincent Auriol.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Chinetti got home by only 15 km - just over a lap - from the charging Louveau (who matched Delage's best Le Mans result). The Frazer-Nash had moved up to third after midday and, although ten laps behind the leaders, kept it despite gearbox problems and virtually no clutch by the end.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
The big #1 Talbot-Lago SS sedan had been running well all race and had comfortably moved into 4th place until the very last lap when it stopped on circuit with engine failure (or out of fuel!). After running strongly Louis Gérard lost time when the engine lost a cylinder, then he was one of the first on the scene and stopped to help poor Maréchal. His Delage inherited the Talbot's fourth place and finished trailing a plume of oil smoke.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Veterans Georges Grignard (who would later buy the stock of the bankrupt Talbot company) and Robert Brunet brought home the first of the Delahayes, in 5th place winning the S5000 class. In sixth came the Bentley of owner Jack Hay and racing journalist Tommy Wisdom, that had not missed a beat all race, apart from two punctures. Having had a night's sleep afterward, Hay then swapped the big fuel tank for the family luggage and they headed off to the Côte d’Azur on holiday.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
After the demise of the DB, it was the HRG of Jack Fairman (in his first Le Mans) who inherited the 1500cc class lead despite being 10 laps adrift and he held that to the end of the race. Both Aero-Minor's finished (the only manufacturer to finish a complete team) with one of the cars finishing second in the Index of Performance. Otherwise, it was a rugged race in the weekend's heat – only 16 of the 49 starters being classified. The ‘’ternary’’ fuel was blamed for a number of engine problems affecting the cars during the race.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
For the Italian-born Chinetti, who had emigrated to America after the war, this was his third Le Mans victory (the second man to do so after Woolf Barnato’s trio of victories for Bentley). He had driven for nearly 23 hours – no mean feat for the 47-year old – which was the reverse of his first win in 1932, when he had been ill and Raymond Sommer had to do most of the driving. Mitchell-Thompson, after finishing 4th in the 1939 race and victory here, won the Biennial Cup.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
It was the first victory for a V12 engine, and until the Porsche victory in 2015 with its 2.0L hybrid-turbo, the Ferrari 1995cc engine was the smallest engine to win Le Mans outright. Such overachievement also meant a clear victory in the Index of Performance, giving a clean sweep to Ferrari of all the silverware – a spectacular effort for a company competing in its very first Le Mans, not matched until McLaren’s comprehensive win at first attempt in 1995. After being repaired, Dreyfus’ Ferrari went on the following weekend to win the Spa 24-Hours race, driven by Chinetti and Simon.


1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results
Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO


1949 AAA Championship Car season
The 1949 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning in Arlington, Texas on April 24 and concluding in Del Mar, California on November 6. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Johnnie Parsons, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Holland. The season was marred by George Metzler's death at Indianapolis in practice, Bill Sheffler's death at Trenton also in practice, and Rex Mays's death in the final race at Del Mar.


1949 AAA Championship Car season, Final points standings
Note: The points became the car, when not only one driver led the car, the relieved driver became small part of the points. Points for driver method: (the points for the finish place) / (number the lap when completed the car) * (number the lap when completed the driver)


1949 AAFC Draft
The 1949 AAFC Draft was the third and last collegiate draft of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The teams traded draft choices for the first time in league history. New York sent their first round pick to Chicago, which selected Pete Elliott. Brooklyn traded their second round pick to New York, which selected Lou Kusserow. Chicago traded their third round pick to Buffalo, which selected Hugh Keeney.


1949 AAFC Draft, Secret Draft
The AAFC held an initial secret draft on July 8, 1948. It consisted of two rounds and was held before the start of the college football season, in order to give the league and advantage on signing players over the National Football League. Two of the selections (Ernie Stautner and Levi Jackson) were voided by league Commissioner Oliver Kessing, because the players were juniors and had college eligibility remaining for the 1949 season.


1949 Afghan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan in 1949 after a royal proclamation was issued calling upon the people to elect the National Assembly. The elections decided the members for the 1949–1951 parliamentary term and were considered relatively free.


1949 Akron Zippers football team
The 1949 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1949 college football season. In its second season under head coach William Houghton, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record (0–3–1 against OAC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 257 to 114. Tony Laterza was the team captain. The team played its home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1949 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 55th overall and 16th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Harold Drew, in his third year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished with a record of six wins, three losses and one tie (6–3–1 overall, 4–3–1 in the SEC).


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Alabama opened the season with losses against Tulane and at Vanderbilt before they notched their first win of the season against Duquesne at Denny Stadium. A week later, the Crimson Tide played Tennessee to a tie before they won five consecutive games over Mississippi State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Mississippi Southern and Florida. Alabama then closed their season with a 14–13 loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl after Ed Salem missed an extra point that would have tied the game with less than two minutes left in the game.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tulane
To open the 1949 season, Alabama traveled to Mobile and were defeated 28–14 by the Tulane Green Wave to open the second consecutive season with a loss. After a scoreless first quarter, Tulane took a 7–0 halftime lead after George Kinek scored on a four-yard touchdown run. The Greenies extended their lead further in the third quarter to 14–0 when Eddie Price scored on an 11-yard run. In the fourth quarter, Bill Svoboda scored a pair of touchdowns on a one-yard run and on an 85-yard kickoff return for Tulane.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Alabama scored both of their touchdowns on a pair of passes; the first on a 78-yard pass from Ed Salem to Bill Abston and the second on a 23-yard Butch Avinger pass to Tom Calvin to make the final score 28–14. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Tulane to 15–7–1.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
The Crimson Tide lost for the second consecutive week against the Vanderbilt Commodores by a final score of 14–7 at Dudley Field. After a scoreless first quarter, both teams scored second-quarter touchdowns in a span of just one minute to make the halftime score 7–7. The Commodores scored first on a 29-yard Dean Davidson run and the Crimson Tide responded with a nine-yard Ed Salem pass to Tom Calvin. Joe Hicks then scored the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter on a one-yard run. Alabama then drove to the Vandy 12-yard line late in the fourth when a fourth down pass went incomplete to preserve the Commodores victory. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Vanderbilt to 16–12–1.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Duquesne
In their first Tuscaloosa game of the season, Alabama defeated the Duquesne Dukes, for the third consecutive season, by a final score of 48–8 on a Friday evening. The Crimson Tide opened the scoring with three first-quarter touchdowns on a 36-yard Tom Calvin run, a 61-yard James Melton run and on a 20-yard Butch Avinger pass to Al Lary for a 20–0 lead. In the second quarter, Alabama scored first on a one-yard Ralph Cochran run, and then the Dukes responded with their only touchdown of the game on a three-yard Chuck Rapp run to make the score 27–6. The Crimson Tide then scored on the kickoff that ensued when a 101-yard Jim Burkett return made the halftime score 34–6.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Duquesne
Alabama then closed the scoring for the evening with a pair of third-quarter touchdowns. The first came on a 76-yard J. D. Roddam run and the second on a 22-yard Lary run to make the score 48–6. The Dukes then scored the final points of the game in the fourth quarter when Frank Yacina tackled George McCain for a safety to make the final score 48–8. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Duquesne to 3–0.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
Alabama played the rival Tennessee Volunteers to a 7–7 tie at Legion Field in a driving rainstorm. The only points of the game came on a pair of one-yard touchdown runs in the first half. Bernie Sizemore scored for the Volunteers in the first quarter and James Melton scored for the Crimson Tide in the second quarter. The tie brought Alabama's all-time record against Tennessee to 17–10–4.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
On homecoming in Tuscaloosa, the Crimson Tide scored touchdowns in all four quarters and defeated the Mississippi State Maroons 35–6 at Denny Stadium. Lionel W. Noonan scored the initial Alabama touchdown on a two-yard run in the first. In the second, Ed Salem scored on a three-yard run and later threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Al Lary for a 21–0 halftime lead. The Crimson Tide further extended their lead with touchdown runs of three-yards by J. D. Roddam in the third and of two-yards by Jim Burkett in the fourth to make the score 35–0. The Maroons then ended the shutout attempt with just 0:02 remaining in the game when Max Stainbrook returned an interception 60-yards for a touchdown as time expired to make the final score 35–6. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi State to 25–7–2.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia
One year after Georgia gave the Crimson Tide their worst defeat since the 1910 season, Alabama upset the Bulldogs 14–7 on homecoming in Athens. In the second quarter, Alabama scored on a one-yard Butch Avinger run and Georgia on a five-yard Floyd Reid run for a halftime score of 7–7. After a scoreless third, the Crimson Tide scored the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 25-yard Ed Salem pass to James Melton. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Georgia to 17–15–3.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech
Before 43,000 fans at Legion Field, Alabama defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 20–7 for their third conference victory of the season. After a scoreless first quarter, the Yellow Jackets took a 7–0 halftime lead when George Humphreys threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Charles Harvin late in the second. Alabama then took the lead with a pair of third-quarter touchdowns scored by Ed Salem on a five-yard run and on a 25-yard Butch Avinger pass to Al Lary. Salem then made the final score 20–7 late in the fourth with his three-yard touchdown run for the Crimson Tide. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Georgia Tech to 16–12–3.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi Southern
Although the Golden Eagles scored 26 fourth quarter points, Alabama defeated Mississippi Southern at Denny Stadium 34–26. The Crimson Tide opened the scoring with a pair of first-quarter touchdown passes from Ed Salem to Ed White for a 14–0 lead. In the second quarter, Butch Avinger scored touchdowns on a quarterback sneak and on his five-yard pass to Al Lary for a 27–0 halftime lead. Before Southern scored their 26 fourth quarter points, Bob Cochran threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Charley Davis to give Alabama a 34–0 lead as they entered the fourth. In the fourth quarter Southern touchdowns were scored by Morris Brown on a four-yard run, a 95-yard Bobby Holmes punt return, a 43-yard Brown run and then on a second Holmes punt return for 85-yards. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi Southern to 3–0.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
In their final road game of the season, Alabama defeated the Florida Gators 35–13 for their fifth consecutive win on the season. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Florida to 7–3.


1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
In the second meeting since the renewal of the series, Alabama was upset by Auburn 14–13 at Legion Field. After a scoreless first, Auburn took a 7–0 lead in the second quarter when Johnny Wallis intercepted an Ed Salem pass and returned it 19-yards for the touchdown. Alabama responded with just seconds remaining in the half with a 13-yard Salem touchdown run to tie the game 7–7 at halftime. The Tigers retook the lead early in the fourth on a ten-yard George Davis run. The Crimson Tide responded with a three-yard Tom Calvin touchdown run with just under two minutes left in the game. However, Salem missed the extra point to give Auburn the 14–13 victory. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Auburn to 5–8–1.


1949 Albanian Cup
1949 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the third season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began in March 1949 with the First Round and ended on May 1949 with the Final match. KF Partizani were the defending champions, having won their first Albanian Cup last season. The 1949 cup was won by KF Partizani.


1949 Albanian Cup
The rounds were played in a one-legged format. If the number of goals was equal, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.


1949 Albanian Cup, Quarter finals
In this round entered the eight winners from the previous round.


1949 Albanian Cup, Semifinals
In this round entered the four winners from the previous round*


1949 Albanian National Championship
The 1949 Albanian National Championship was the twelfth season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.


1949 Albanian National Championship, Overview
It was contested by 9 teams, and Partizani won the championship.


1949 Albanian National Championship, League standings
Note: 'Shkodra' is Vllaznia, 'Ylli i Kuq Durrësi' is KS Teuta Durrës, 'Tirana' is SK Tirana, 'Kavaja' is Besa, 'Korça' is Skënderbeu, 'Fieri' is Apolonia and 'Shijaku' is Erzeni


1949 All England Badminton Championships
The 1949 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Harringay Arena, London, England, from 2–5 March 1949.


1949 All Powers Long Handicap
The 1949 All Powers Long Handicap was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 18 April 1949. It was contested over 25 laps, a total distance of approximately 100 miles. The race utilised a handicap start with the last car commencing 18 minutes and 30 seconds after the first cars.


1949 All Powers Long Handicap
The race was won by Arthur Rizzo driving a Rizzo Riley.


1949 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
The 1949 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season marked the seventh season of the circuit. With the Chicago Colleens and Springfield Sallies turning into rookie development teams after the 1948 season, the AAGPBL was left with eight squads: the Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches and South Bend Blue Sox. The teams competed through a 112-game schedule.


1949 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
This time the league adopted a smaller ball during the midseason, from 10⅜ inches to 10 inches, while the pitching distance increased 50 feet to 55 feet. The transition toward traditional baseball  increased significantly. As a result, some talented pitchers jumped up to the rival Chicago National League when they could not adapt to the overhand delivery adopted the previous season. Pitching still outweighed hitting in the league, as no hitter could top the .300 average mark for the year. Rockford's Lois Florreich collected a 0.67 earned run average and South Bend's Jean Faut had a .909 winning percentage, both all-time single season records, while South Bend's Lillian Faralla hurled two no-hitters and Faut added another one for the team.


1949 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
The greatest highlight of the season came from Muskegon's pitcher/outfielder Doris Sams, who won the batting crown with a .279 average and posted a 15–10 record with a 1.58 ERA, to become the first player in league history to win two Player of the Year Awards. She obtained her first distinction in the 1947 season.


1949 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
The South Bend team finished tied in first place along with Rockford. In the first round of the Shaughnessy playoffs, third place Grand Rapids and sixth place Muskegon won their respective best-of-three series against fifth place Fort Wayne and fourth place Kenosha. In the second round, Rockford defeated South Bend in a best-of-seven series and Rockford won over Grand Rapids in a best-of-five series to determine the championship, which was won by Rockford in the final best-of-five series.


1949 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
The AAGPBL peaked in attendance during the 1947 and 1948 seasons, when the teams attracted almost a million paid fans for consecutive year. But for the first time, the league failed to reach the attendance desired since its foundation in 1943.


1949 All-Big Nine Conference football team
The 1949 All-Big Nine Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Nine Conference teams selected by the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP) and the International News Service (INS) for the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season.


1949 All-Big Seven Conference football team
The 1949 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Six Conference teams for the 1949 college football season. The selectors for the 1949 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP). Players who were the consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP are shown in bold.


1949 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1949 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 18th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.


1949 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Tyrone entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Ulster Championship.


1949 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
On 25 September 1949, Armagh won the championship following a 1-7 to 1-5 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.


1949 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 1949 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 19th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.


1949 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Waterford entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.


1949 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 4 September 1949 Tipperary won the championship following a 6-5 to 2-4 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title and their first in two championship seasons.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1949 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin, who defeated London by a 22-point margin in the final "proper" at Croke Park having earlier defeated Tipperary by a 17-point margin in a poorly attended home final in Roscrea. They were to play London in a final "proper" on 4 December, which fell through.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Structure
It was clear that CIÉ clubmates Kathleen Cody and Sophie Brack had hit their top form together throughout the championship. When Dublin beat Wexford 8–7 to nil in the Leinster final at New Ross the Sophie Brack scored six goals and Kathleen Cody scored 0–7, Doreen Rogers and Pat Rafferty scoring the other goals. They then beat Down by 3–4 to 1–3 at Kilclief, with the help of an own goal by a Down defender and goals by Kathleen O'Keeffe and Sophie Brack. Dublin had just two surviving players from their controversial 1948 side, Kathleen Cody and Sophie Brack Tipperary beat Galway 3–2 to 1–3 in the All Ireland semi-final at Roscrea before 1,000 spectators and a match described as "the best in many years".


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Structure
The game was one of the best seen in the championship this year and the net minding of Kathleen Griffin for the visitors won rounds of applause.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Structure
Of particular note was the exchange of goals midway through the first half by May Hynes of Tipperary and Scully of Galway.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Kathleen Cody scored a soft goal in the opening minute of the final at St Cronan's Park in Roscrea and ended up scoring a total of 6–7 for Dublin, all but two goals of Dublin's total of 8–7. The Irish Independent reported:


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
A feature of the game was the outstanding individual play of Kathleen Cody, who several times went right through the Tipperary defence from midfield. Tipperary were not able to cope with Dublin in any section of the field and soft scores in the first half left Dublin ahead 7–4 to 1–1 at half time.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
There was no denying that Dublin were the better side. They combined much better and were more accurate in shooting. They were vastly superior in the first half and had the game won at the interval. This time Sophie Brack scored six goals and Kathleen Cody scored 2–3.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
The gate receipts at Roscrea were wiped out by the expenses incurred in staging the event, including a large bill submitted by local stewards. Radio Éireann did not broadcast the final because of the expense of taking a unit to Roscrea.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final proper
London defeated Lancashire "after a hard struggle" and Warwickshire to qualify for the All Ireland final as British champions, a match in which Dublin had a facile win over London. The Irish Press reported of the match:


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final proper
Were it not for an obvious easing off on the part of the forwards in the second half their final score would have been a far more impressive one. The standard of play was not as low as the scores would seem to indicate and an otherwise uninteresting game was at times relieved by some bright passages of play. Chief interest centred on the brilliant individual displays of Noreen Collins of London and Kathleen Cody of Dublin, who, in particular, delighting the crowds with some wonderful scores and delightful solo runs.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final proper
Three Waters sisters played for London in the final. Dublin and London teams were entertained in the CIE hall in Phibsboro after the match on Sunday evening after the final. Agnes O'Farrelly sent a message to the teams:


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final proper
It is heartening to think of our kindred from England returning to the home of their people as trained athletes.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final proper
The match had taken place less than eighteen months after the revival of camogie in Britain. Matches in London were played on a full-sized hurling pitch, leaving their players with the additional handicap of adapting to the smaller space.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the eighteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Dublin led 7-4 to 1-1 at half-time, and although Tipperary made a slight comeback, Dublin still won easily. Kathleen Cody scored 6-7 of Dublin's total.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 62nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match
Cavan were aiming for three consecutive All-Ireland football titles, having beaten Kerry at America's Polo Grounds in 1947 and beaten Mayo at Croke Park in 1948.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match summary
Meath led 0–7 to 0–3 at half-time and were able to retain this four-point lead to the end, despite six points by Cavan's Peter Donahue.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 63rd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 15 May 1949 and ended on 4 September 1949.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Tipperary won the title following a 3-11 to 0-3 defeat of Laois.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 62nd All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1949, between Tipperary and Laois. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 3-11 to 0-3.


1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
Laois trailed 1-5 to 0-3 at half time but failed to score again in the second half.


1949 All-Pacific Coast football team
The 1949 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1949 college football season.


1949 All-Pacific Coast football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of at least two selectors from the AP, Coaches and INS


1949 All-Pro Team
The 1949 All-Pro Team consisted of American football players chosen by various selectors for the All-Pro team of the National Football League (NFL) for the 1949 NFL season. Teams were selected by, among others, the Associated Press (AP), the United Press (UP), and the New York Daily News.


1949 All-SEC football team
The 1949 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1949 college football season. Tulane won the conference.


1949 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP


1949 All-Southern Conference football team
The 1949 All-Southern Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP) for the All-Southern Conference football team for the 1949 college football season.


1949 All-Southwest Conference football team
The 1949 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1949 college football season. The selectors for the 1949 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.


1949 All-Southwest Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP


1949 Allan Cup
The 1949 Allan Cup was the national senior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) for the 1948–49 senior season.


1949 Allan Cup, Final
Ottawa Senators beat Regina Capitals 4-1 on series. W. B. George presented the Allan Cup trophy to the Senators who won the first senior championship title by an Ottawa team in 41 years.


1949 Ambato earthquake
The 1949 Ambato earthquake  was the largest earthquake in the Western Hemisphere in more than five years. On August 5, 1949, it struck Ecuador's Tungurahua Province southeast of its capital Ambato and killed 5,050 people. Measuring 6.4 on the Ms scale, it originated from a hypocenter 15 km beneath the surface. The nearby villages of Guano, Patate, Pelileo, and Pillaro were destroyed, and the city of Ambato suffered heavy damage. The earthquake flattened buildings and subsequent landslides caused damage throughout the Tungurahua, Chimborazo, and Cotopaxi Provinces. It disrupted water mains and communication lines and opened a fissure into which the small town of Libertad sank. Moderate shaking from the event extended as far away as Quito and Guayaquil.


1949 Ambato earthquake
Earthquakes in Ecuador stem from two major interrelated tectonic areas: the subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate and the  Andean Volcanic Belt. The 1949 Ambato earthquake initially followed an intersection of several northwest-southeast-trending faults in the Inter-Andean Valley which were created by the subduction of the  Carnegie Ridge. Strata of rock cracked as the earthquake ruptured the faults, sending out powerful shock waves. Today threats exist throughout the country from both  interplate and intraplate seismicity.


1949 Ambato earthquake, Background
Earthquakes are common in Ecuador. Near the Nazca subduction zone the recorded history of  interplate earthquakes spans 80 years. At the time it struck the 1949 Ambato earthquake was the second-worst earthquake in Ecuador's modern history topped only by the 1797 Riobamba earthquake, and the most devastating earthquake in the Western Hemisphere since the 1944 San Juan earthquake. Several major earthquakes have occurred throughout the country since 1949, including the  1987 Ecuador earthquakes and the 1997 Ecuador earthquake. The 2007 Peru earthquake also affected the country.


1949 Ambato earthquake, Geology
Much of South American seismic activity and volcanism originates from subduction of the oceanic Nazca Plate under the continental South American Plate and subduction of the Pacific's lithosphere under the South American continent. This seismicity extends for 6,000 km (3,728 mi) along the continent's western edge and probably stems from a region of northeast-trending faulting near the Ecuadorian Trench. The region of faulting may actually function as its own microplate.


1949 Ambato earthquake, Geology
The Carnegie Ridge is sliding under Ecuadorian land, causing coastal uplift and volcanism. The ridge's movement may also have changed the type of faulting along the coast, causing strike-slip faults (faults that move horizontally past each other). Evidence of this subduction altering the course of faulting is found at the Yaquina fault, which, unlike the rest of the Panama Basin faults, trends to the west instead of north-south, indicating that the Carnegie Ridge may be colliding with the continental mass of Ecuador. This collision created northwest-southeast and northeast-southwest-trending faults in the region, and with that, caused strong earthquakes in Riobamba in 1797 and Alausi in 1961. Several of the northwest-southeast-trending faults converge in the Inter-Andean Valley where the 1949 Ambato earthquake took place.


1949 Ambato earthquake, Geology
The hypocenter of the earthquake occurred 40 km (25 mi) beneath the surface, under a mountain 72 km (45 mi) from Ambato. Nearby faults ruptured, breaking rock strata and sending shock waves to the surface capable of bringing down entire buildings. Life reported that local seismologists first placed the earthquake's magnitude at 7.5, but the official measurement was later revised to 6.4 Ms.


1949 Ambato earthquake, Damage and casualties
The earthquake was preceded by a foreshock, which, although modest, was strong enough to cause chaos and force people to flee from their homes into the streets. The main shock originated southeast of Ambato. When the primary shock hit Ambato's main cathedral and military barracks collapsed, as did most of the city's buildings, scores of young girls preparing for their First Communion perished in the cathedral. The shaking ruptured water mains, disabled communication lines, opened cracks in the earth, reduced bridges to rubble, and derailed a train.