1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash, Inquiry, Report and findings
He also cited the hardship that would be inflicted on many remote communities in Western Australia if the operator's airline licence were to be suspended or cancelled. The Minister said his Department would be extra vigilant towards the operator but conceded there were limits to what could be done without significant increases in staff numbers.


1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash, Inquiry, Report and findings
The inquiry was also critical of the lack of qualifications and experience of the pilot in command, the late Captain Norman. It said Norman should not have been promoted to captain, and evidence from Captain Kleinig in support of Captain Norman was worthless. It recommended that promotion of a pilot to Captain of an airliner should be at the discretion of the Department of Civil Aviation, and that the Department should take account of all records and reports of tests relating to the applicant.


1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash, Inquiry, Report and findings
The Managing-Director of MacRobertson Miller Aviation, Mr E.C. Gare, rejected claims of incorrect loading on the night of the accident. He also defended Captain Norman, saying he had 3,500 hours flying experience and an unblemished record.


1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft was constructed as a Douglas C-47A-20-DL transport aircraft with a Douglas serial number 9350. It was completed in April 1943 and assigned the military serial number 42-23488. It was delivered to the US Army Air Force in Brisbane in May 1943.


1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash, Aircraft
In July 1946, it was acquired by MacRobertson Miller Aviation and ferried from the Philippines to Perth, where it was converted from a military C-47 to a civil DC-3 with seating for 21 passengers. It was registered by MacRobertson Miller Aviation in March 1947 and named Fitzroy.


1949 Maine Black Bears football team
The 1949 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1949 college football season. In its first season under head coach David M. Nelson, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record (2–0–1 against conference opponents) and tied with Connecticut for the conference championship. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Donald Barron was the team captain.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 16th annual midseason exhibition game for Major League Baseball all-stars between the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The AL continued its early dominance of the Midsummer Classic with an 11–7 win at Ebbets Field, home field of the NL's Brooklyn Dodgers. The win moved the AL's all-time record in the game to 12–4.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1949 All-Star Game was the first to have African-Americans in the line-up. Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers started for the NL at second base, while his teammates catcher Roy Campanella and pitcher Don Newcombe also played for the NL. Cleveland Indians' outfielder Larry Doby played the final four innings of the game for the AL.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Dodgers in the game
The Dodgers hosted the game and were well-represented. Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson were starting infielders for the NL. Ralph Branca, Don Newcombe, and Preacher Roe were on the pitching staff, while Roy Campanella and Gil Hodges were reserve position players. All of the Dodgers' representatives, with the exception of Branca, played in the game.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Starting lineups
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Starting lineups, Umpires
The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Gore and Hubbard swapped positions, while Barlick left the game, Summers moved behind the plate, and Ballanfant move to third base. This was the first All-Star Game to field a 6-man umpiring crew, although after Barlick's departure the remainder of the game was played without an umpire in right field.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Synopsis
The starting pitchers were Mel Parnell of the Boston Red Sox for the AL, and Warren Spahn of the Boston Braves for the NL.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Synopsis
The AL opened a high scoring game in the top of the 1st inning; with a man on first (who reached on an error) and two outs, a sequence of single-walk-single-error-single pushed across 4 runs. The NL got 2 runs back in the bottom of the inning, with a double from Jackie Robinson followed by a home run by Stan Musial.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Synopsis
In the bottom of the 2nd, the NL cut the AL's lead to 4–3; with bases loaded and no outs, Don Newcombe hit a lineout to left field that Willard Marshall scored on, but the NL was unable to score more as the next batter grounded into a double play. The NL then pulled ahead 5–4 by scoring twice in the bottom of the third, on two walks and three singles during the inning.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Synopsis
The AL pulled back ahead 6–5 in the top of the 4th inning; with men on second and third with two out, Eddie Joost hit a single to score both runners. The AL's lead was extended to 8–5 in the top of the 6th inning; with runners on first and third with one out, Joe DiMaggio drove in both men with a double. Ralph Kiner of the NL hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 6th inning, which cut the AL lead to 8–7. The AL extended their lead in the top of the 7th inning; with a man on second and two out, a sequence of single-single-double scored three runs. That brought the AL lead to 11–7, and completed the scoring for the game.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Synopsis
The game wasn't crisp defensively, as there were six errors, five of them by the NL. All four of the AL's runs in the first inning were unearned.


1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Synopsis
Detroit Tigers pitcher Virgil Trucks got the win, and Vic Raschi of the New York Yankees earned a save, while the Brooklyn Dodgers' Don Newcombe took the loss.


1949 Major League Baseball season
The 1949 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 18 through October 15, 1949. Both the American League (AL) and National League (NL) had eight teams, with each team playing a 154-game schedule. The New York Yankees won the World Series over the Brooklyn Dodgers in five games. Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox and Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers won the Most Valuable Player Award in the AL and NL, respectively.


1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident
The 1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident occurred when a twin-engined British European Airways Douglas DC-3 (registration: G-AHCY) crashed on Saddleworth Moor in the Pennines near Oldham, Lancashire, after a flight from Belfast. The accident killed 24 of the passengers and crew on board. The aircraft had first flown in 1944, and was captained by F. W. Pinkerton, a former RAF serviceman who, as a sergeant, had been posted missing during World War II. The airline was government-owned.


1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident, Accident
The aircraft took off from Belfast Nutts Corner Airport at 10:58 on 19 August 1949 on a short-haul flight to Manchester Airport, with twenty-nine passengers and either three or four crew members on board. US newspaper reports, using agency reports filed soon after the incident, favour the former number of crew; Flight Magazine, reporting a little time later, favoured the latter.


1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident, Accident
An hour after take-off, at 11:59, the last radio contact with the crew occurred and about one minute later the aircraft crashed. It was flying at approximately 1,350 feet (410 m) when it hit a mist-covered hill () at Wimberry Stones, near to the Chew Valley on Saddleworth Moor near Oldham, 15 miles (24 km) from Manchester Airport. Contact was made approximately 20 feet (6 m) from the summit. The aircraft broke up and caught fire. Twenty-one passengers and all the crew members died, leaving eight survivors.


1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident, Accident
The dead passengers were eleven women, six men and four children, three of whom were aged under two years; the three crew members were all male. All but two of the dead died at the scene. The injured were treated at Oldham Infirmary. The rescue was hampered by bad weather and the remote location of the crash site. Workers from a paper mill approximately 0.75 miles (1.2 km) away formed a human chain to carry the injured from the hillside to lower ground and a doctor at the scene said, "I found bodies scattered all over the place.


1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident, Accident
There were a few survivors lying groaning on the hillside but some of them died before I could attend to them. I have been a doctor since 1914 and served in both wars, but this was the worst sight that I have ever seen." The cause of the accident was an error in navigation, incorrect approach procedure and failure to check the position of the aircraft accurately before the descent from a safe height.


1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident, Accident
An hour later, a Proctor light aircraft crashed on a test flight in mist at Baildon in Yorkshire, approximately 40 miles (64 km) away. All four of its passengers died.


1949 Manchester Borough Council election
Elections to Manchester Borough Council were held in 1949. One third of the council was up for election, the council stayed under Labour Party control.


1949 Manchester Borough Council election, Candidates and Ward Results
Below is a list of the 36 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired.


1949 Manitoba general election
The 1949 Manitoba general election was held on November 10, 1949, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.


1949 Manitoba general election
This election pitted the province's coalition government, made up of the Liberal-Progressive Party and the Progressive Conservative Party, against a variety of opponents.


1949 Manitoba general election
The social democratic Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was the coalition's primary challenger, while the communist Labour Progressive Party and an assortment of independent candidates also challenged the coalition in some constituencies.


1949 Manitoba general election
Liberal-Progressive and Progressive Conservative candidates ran against each other in some ridings, generally where no anti-coalition candidates had a serious chance of winning.


1949 Manitoba general election
The result was a landslide victory for the coalition. Premier Douglas Campbell's Liberal-Progressives remained the dominant party in government, increasing their caucus to thirty-one seats out of fifty-seven—enough to form a majority government even without assistance from other parties. One of these candidates was elected simply as a "Liberal", but sat as a full member of the Liberal-Progressive caucus.


1949 Manitoba general election
The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Errick Willis, remained the junior partner in government, falling to nine seats from thirteen in the previous election. Five independent "Conservative" or "Progressive Conservative" candidates were also elected, with all but one opposing the coalition government. These results provoked serious debate in the Progressive Conservative Party about the wisdom of staying with the coalition.


1949 Manitoba general election
The CCF under Edwin Hansford fell to seven seats, down from nine in the previous election. Bill Kardash of the LPP retained his seat in north-end Winnipeg. Three pro-coalition independents were also elected, as was Edmond Prefontaine, an independent Liberal opposing the coalition.


1949 Manitoba general election
The Social Credit League did not contest the election, having fallen into a state of internal disorganization.


1949 Manitoba general election
Winnipeg had 10 seats filled through Single Transferable Voting, St. Boniface had two seats filled through STV, and the other districts elected one MLA each through Alternative Voting, where a candidate had to have majority of the votes to be elected. In Iberville and Morris, where no candidates had the majority in the First Count, only the First Count totals are shown - the final vote count and the intermediate counts are not.


1949 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Single-member constituencies
A second count was held to allow Robertson's votes to be transferred, which gave McDowell a majority of the vote.


1949 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Single-member constituencies
A second count was held to allow Wishart's votes to be transferred, which gave Shewman a majority of the vote.


1949 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Single-member constituencies
A second count was held to allow Cryderman's votes to be transferred, which gave Robertson a majority of the vote.


1949 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
On August 15, 1950, Progressive Conservative leader Errick Willis resigned his seat in cabinet. The party formally left the coalition later in the summer, and John McDowell, Hugh Morrison and Dufferin Roblin joined the party caucus.


1949 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Some Progressive Conservative MLAs opposed their party's decision, and chose to remain with the coalition side. Charles Greenlay and Wallace Miller chose to remain in cabinet, while James Argue and Joseph Donaldson sat as pro-coalition independents. Argue rejoined the Progressive Conservatives in 1953, while Donaldson resigned his seat. Thomas Seens did not initially support the party's decision to leave the coalition, but sat with the Progressive Conservatives in the legislature.


1949 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Ronald Robertson and Edmond Prefontaine rejoined the Liberal-Progressives, while independents Rod Clement and Walter Weir also remained on the government side. Harry Shewman appears to have sided with the opposition.


1949 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
St. Andrews (dec. James McLenaghen, June 23, 1950), October 24, 1950:


1949 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Brandon City (res. Joseph Donaldson, April 18, 1951), January 21, 1952:


1949 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
La Verendrye (dec. Sauveur Marcoux, November 16, 1951), January 21, 1952:


1949 Marquette Hilltoppers football team
The 1948 Marquette Hilltoppers football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its 19th and final season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled a 4–5 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 257 to 209. The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.


1949 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1949 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1949 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Cam Henderson, the team compiled a 6–4 record (4–0 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 168 to 147. Marvin Wetzel and Danny Clark were the team captains.


1949 Maryland State Raiders football team
The 1949 Maryland State Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Maryland State College (now known as University of Maryland Eastern Shore) during the 1949 college football season. In their second season under head coach Vernon McCain, the team compiled an 8–0 record, shut out seven of eight opponents, outscored all opponents by a total of 310 to 8, and was ranked No. 6 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.


1949 Maryland State Raiders football team
The November 15 game against Trenton State Teachers College (now known as The College of New Jersey) was the first interracial game played on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Maryland State played a second interracial game the following week against Glassboro State Teachers College.


1949 Maryland State Raiders football team
Maryland State halfback Sylvester Polk who led the nation with 129 points scored. Other key players included T-slotter Calvin Martin and guard Donald Thomas.


1949 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 1949 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in 1949 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). Jim Tatum served as the head coach for the third season of his nine-year tenure. The team compiled a 9–1 record and received a bid to the 1950 Gator Bowl, where they defeated 20th-ranked Missouri, which was coached by Don Faurot, Tatum's former boss and the inventor of the split-T offense.


1949 Masters Tournament
The 1949 Masters Tournament was the 13th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner, and previous champions were awarded theirs retroactively.


1949 Masters Tournament
Sam Snead shot consecutive rounds of 67 on the weekend to win by three strokes over runners-up Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum. This was the first of his three Masters victories and the third of his seven major championships. Snead also won the next major, the PGA Championship in May, and became the first to win those two in the same calendar year. He was followed by Jack Burke Jr. (1956) and Jack Nicklaus (1963, 1975); they completed their doubles in the summer (July, August).


1949 Masters Tournament
Previous champions of both the Masters and PGA Championship, won in different calendar years, were Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, and Henry Picard.


1949 Masters Tournament
Defending tour player of the year Ben Hogan did not play in the majors in 1949, due to a near-fatal automobile collision in west Texas in early February. Prior to the accident, he had won twice in January and was a runner-up in a playoff. Hogan returned to the tour on a limited basis in 1950 and won six more majors (nine total), including the Masters in 1951 and 1953. He finished fourth in 1950, in his first major back.


1949 Masters Tournament
Founder and host Bobby Jones (1902–1971) played in his last Masters the year before; diagnosed with syringomyelia and recovering from spinal surgery, this was his first as a spectator.


1949 Masters Tournament, Field
Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Claude Harmon (9,12), Herman Keiser (9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith, Craig Wood (2)


1949 Masters Tournament, Field
Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Lew Worsham (10)


1949 Masters Tournament, Field
Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Johnny Revolta


1949 Masters Tournament, Field
Art Bell, Johnny Bulla (10,12), Ed Dudley (17), Ed Furgol, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (12), Dutch Harrison, Dick Metz, Cary Middlecoff (10), Al Smith (10), Harry Todd


1949 Masters Tournament, Field
Skip Alexander, Herman Barron, Leland Gibson, Otto Greiner, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Jug McSpaden, Toney Penna, George Schneiter, Herschel Spears, Jim Turnesa, Ellsworth Vines


1949 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 1949 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 57th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 9 teams. The championship applied a league format.


1949 Meath Senior Football Championship
The championship had one divisional side known as North Meath, composed of top players from Intermediate and Junior club players in the district.


1949 Meath Senior Football Championship
This season saw Ballivor's return to the top flight after claiming the 1948 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title. Ardcath also made their debut in the grade after claiming the 1948 J.F.C. title.


1949 Meath Senior Football Championship
Skryne were the defending champions after they defeated Syddan in the previous year's final.


1949 Meath Senior Football Championship
Syddan claimed their 1st S.F.C. title after finishing top of the table. Their triumph was sealed by the defeat of North Meath on 6 November 1949 by 5-4 to 1-3 in Pairc Tailteann.


1949 Meath Senior Football Championship
At the end of the season Ardcath and Dunderry were regraded to the 1950 I.F.C. while Drumconrath Brian Boru's were regraded to the 1950 J.F.C.


1949 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1948 championship season.


1949 Meath Senior Football Championship, League Table & Fixtures/Results
The two clubs with the best record enter the S.F.C. Final. Many results were unavailable in the Meath Chronicle.


1949 Meistaradeildin
1949 Meistaradeildin was the seventh season of Meistaradeildin, the top tier of the Faroese football league system. The league was in a league format, having six teams; every team played against each other once. TB Tvøroyri won its second championship in the season.


1949 Memorial Cup
The 1949 Memorial Cup final was the 31st junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Montreal Royals of the Quebec Junior Hockey League in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Brandon Wheat Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in Western Canada. In a best-of-seven series, held at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the Wheat City Arena in Brandon, Manitoba, Montreal won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Brandon 4 games to 3, with 1 tied game.


1949 Memorial Cup
News reports claimed that bookies suffered throughout this series because the Royals and Wheat Kings, were such evenly matched forces. In Game 8, it was the Royals who scored a stunning four goals in the third period to win 6–4 and secure Quebec's first Memorial Cup.


1949 Memorial Cup, Winning roster
Eric Appleby, Gordon Armstrong, Matthew Benoit, Robert Bleau, Fredrick Burchell, Mike Darling, Victor Fildes, Robert Frampton, John Hirschfeld, Gordon Knutson, Neale Langill, Peter Larocque, Tommy Manastersky, Dickie Moore, William Rattay, Donald Rose, Roland Rousseau. Coach: J. T. Millar.


1949 Memphis State Tigers football team
The 1949 Memphis State Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Memphis State College (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In their third season under head coach Ralph Hatley, Memphis State compiled a 9–1 record.


1949 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The 1949 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 22–27 April. Mahmoud Karim won his third consecutive title defeating  Brian Phillips in the final.


1949 Menarsha synagogue attack
The Menarsha synagogue attack took place on 5 August 1949 in the Jewish quarter of Damascus, Syria. The grenade attack claimed 12 lives.


1949 Menarsha synagogue attack, Background
The security situation of the Syrian Jewish community deteriorated in the late 1930s, during a period of increased Arab nationalism, pressure for independence from the French Empire leading to Syrian independence in 1946, World War. Anti - Western and Arab nationalist fervour took on an increasingly anti-Jewish tone. Before and after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Jews in Syria faced greater discrimination as the government adopted anti-Jewish measures. During this period, Jews and their property became the target of numerous attacks, including the Aleppo pogrom in 1947.


1949 Menarsha synagogue attack, Attack
On Friday night, 5 August 1949, several hand grenades were thrown into the Menarsha Synagogue in Damascus that killed 12 Jews, 8 of them children, and injured about 30. The attack occurred at the time of the Lausanne Conference, when Syria and other frontline Arab states were conducting armistice talks with Israel at Lausanne, Switzerland. The armistice agreement between Israel and Syria had been signed on 20 July 1949. A simultaneous attack was also carried out at the Great Synagogue in Aleppo.


1949 Menarsha synagogue attack, Reaction, Official condolences
Syrian President Husni al-Za'im sent his personal representative to visit the carnage area and ordered a legal probe into it.


1949 Menarsha synagogue attack, Reaction, Investigation
The police attributed the attack to an underground movement calling itself Arab Redemption Suicide Phalange, and held numerous suspects. On 9 August, a seventeen-year-old Syrian veteran of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War confessed that he and two friends were behind the attack. President al-Za'im ordered the execution of the accused, but a few days later the coup of Colonel Sami al-Hinnawi took place and al-Za'im was executed. In 1950, the suspects of the attack were acquitted due to lack of evidence.


1949 Mestaruussarja
The 1949 season was the nineteenth completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja.


1949 Mestaruussarja, Overview
The Mestaruussarja was administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 1949 season was contested by 12 teams. TPS Turku won the championship and the four lowest placed teams of the competition, HIFK Helsinki, HJK Helsinki, HPS Helsinki and TuTo Turku, were relegated to the Suomensarja.


1949 Mexican legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 3 July 1949. The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 142 of the 147 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.


1949 Mexicana DC-3 crash
The 1949 Mexicana DC-3 crash was an aviation accident which took place on September 26, 1949, when a Mexicana de Aviacion Douglas DC-3 aircraft, registered as XA-DUH, en route to Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico from Tapachula during a flight that had originated in Tuxtla Gutierrez with intermediary stops in Ixtepec and Oaxaca, crashed into the Popocatepetl volcano, killing all 23 people on board, including its pilot, co-pilot and flight attendant as well as actress Blanca Estela Pavon and senator Gabriel Ramos Millan.


1949 Mexicana DC-3 crash, Accident
The DC-3 left Tapachula at 12:40 local time, for a one hour flight. According to investigations, the DC-3 flying the route that day faced severe turbulence as it arrived over Mexico City. The  pilot communicated with an air force base, telling them they were near the volcano.


1949 Mexicana DC-3 crash, Other information
The famous Mexican writer and later politician, Andrés Henestrosa, was supposed to be on the flight with his friend, senator Ramos Millan. Henestrosa had a premonition and he boarded a train to Mexico City instead.


1949 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1949 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1949 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Andy Gustafson, the Hurricanes played their home games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. Miami finished the season 6–3.


1949 Miami Redskins football team
The 1949 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University during the 1949 college football season. In their first season under head coach Woody Hayes, the Redskins compiled a 5–4 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 251 to 163. Bo Schembechler played at the tackle position on the team.


1949 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team
The 1949 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1949 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry Ockerman, the Hurons compiled a 0–8 record and were outscored by their opponents, 180 to 61. Jack B. VanWagoner and Theodore D. Bott were the team captains.


1949 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team
Ockerman was hired as the school's head football coach in August 1949. He had played football, basketball and baseball at the school from 1924 to 1927. He replaced Elton Rynearson who had been the school's head football coach for more than 25 years. Rynearson continued to serve as the school's athletic director.


1949 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1949 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1949 college football season. In their third season under head coach Biggie Munn, the Spartans compiled a 6–3 record and were ranked #19 in the final AP Poll.


1949 Michigan State Spartans football team
After the University of Chicago formally withdrew from the Big Ten Conference in 1946, conference officials began considering other schools to fill the vacancy. In December 1948, conference officials voted unanimously to admit Michigan State College, selecting the Spartans over a competing bid from the University of Pittsburgh. The decision was certified in May 1949, with Spartans' participation slated to begin in the fall of 1950 with the exception of football where their participation was delayed until 1953.


1949 Michigan State Spartans football team
Two Spartans received first-team honors on the 1949 College Football All-America Team. Guard Ed Bagdon was a consensus first-team All-American, and halfback Lynn Chandnois received first-team honors from the International News Service and Collier's Weekly, and second-team honors from the United Press and Football Writers Association of America.


1949 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1949 Spartans lost their annual rivalry games against Notre Dame by a 34 to 21 score and against Michigan by a 7 to 3 score.


1949 Michigan State Spartans football team
In intersectional play, the Spartans beat Maryland (14-7), William & Mary (42-13), Penn State (24-0), Temple (62-14), and Arizona (75-0), but lost to Oregon State (25-20).


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1949 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season. In their second season under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan, the Wolverines compiled a 6–2–1 record (4–1–1 against conference opponents), tied with Ohio State for the Big Ten Conference championship, were ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 135 to 85. On October 8, 1949, the Wolverines had their 25-game winning streak broken in 21–7 loss to Army.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team
On offense, the 1949 team averaged 12.3 points, 176.8 rushing yards, 94.9 passing yards, and 272.3 yards of total offense per game. In rushing yards per carry, the team averaged only 4.3 yards per carry, the lowest season average in team history, reaching a low against Army with only 0.7 yards per rushing attempt against (the second lowest single-game average in team history). Chuck Ortmann led the team with 956 yards of total offense, including 627 passing yards. Ortmann also rushed for 115 yards on 16 carries against Minnesota. Other statistical leaders on offense included Don Dufek with 392 rushing yards and 30 points scored and Harry Allis with 23 receptions for 338 yards.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team
On defense, the team allowed an average of 9.4 points, 116.4 rushing yards, 98.7 passing yards, and 215.1 yards of total offense per game. Chuck Lentz set a Michigan school record with nine interceptions in 1949. His record was broken by Tom Curtis in 1968. The defense as a whole recorded 25 interceptions, tied for second best in school history. Michigan allowed zero first downs by rushing in its game against Indiana.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team
Tackles Alvin Wistert and Robert Wahl received first-team All-America honors. Wistert, Lloyd Heneveld, and Chuck Ortmann received first-team All-Big Nine honors. Dick Kempthorn, who contributed at fullback and linebacker, was selected as the team's most valuable player.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team
The team played its home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Prior to the 1949 season, Michigan replaced the stadium's wooden bleachers with permanent steel stands and increased the seating capacity to 97,239. Michigan led the NCAA in 1949 with average home attendance of 93,894 (563,363 in six games).


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The 1948 Michigan team finished undefeated and untied with a 9–0 record and entered the 1949 season with a 23-game winning streak dating back to October 29, 1946. Several key players from the 1948 team were lost to graduation, including All-American end Dick Rifenberg, All-American quarterback Pete Elliott, center Dan Dworsky, guard Dominic Tomasi, and halfback Gene Derricotte. Finding a quarterback to replace Elliott and rebuilding the offensive line were rated as Michigan's biggest challenges in the 1949 pre-season.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
Key players returning from the 1948 team were All-American tackle Alvin Wistert, halfback Chuck Ortmann, fullback Don Dufek, linebacker Dick Kempthorn, and tackle Robert Wahl.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
On September 24, Michigan opened its season with a 7–3 victory over Michigan State. The game was the first in the newly expanded Michigan Stadium and drew a record crowd of 97,239 persons. Michigan State recovered a Dick Kempthorn fumble early in the first quarter and took a 3–0 lead on a field goal by George Smith from the 18-yard line. Lloyd Heneveld recovered a fumble for Michigan at the end of the first quarter at the Michigan State 25-yard line. Four plays later, early in the second quarter, sophomore Bill Putich came off the bench for his collegiate debut on fourth down; he threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Irv Wisniewski, and Harry Allis kicked the extra point.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
The Wolverines held the Spartans to 92 rushing yards and 85 passing yards and intercepted as many passes (four) as the Spartans completed. On offense, the Wolverines turned the ball over four times (three times on fumbles, once on an interception) and tallied only 89 rushing yards and 115 passing yards. Michigan State halfback Lynn Chandnois gained acclaim for his efforts on both offense and defense, playing all 60 minutes of the game. Spartan guard Ed Bagdon, winner of the 1949 Outland Trophy, also played more than 55 minutes, as did Don Coleman.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Stanford
For its second game, Michigan traveled to Palo Alto, California, defeating Stanford by a 27–7 score before 87,123 spectators at Stanford Stadium. Stanford had outscored its first two opponents, San Jose and Harvard, by a combined 93 to 0. The victory extended Michigan's winning streak to 25 games, dating back to the 1946 season. On offense, Michigan totaled 286 rushing yards and 98 passing yards. Chuck Ortmann completed 5 of 16 passes for 81 yards and also rushed for 63 yards. Leo Koceski rushed for 90 yards and 12 carries and scored two touchdowns. Don Dufek, and Dick Kempthorn also scored touchdowns, and Harry Allis kicked three extra points. On defense, Michigan held Stanford to 116 rushing yards and 110 passing yards and forced six turnovers (three on interceptions and three on fumbles).


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Stanford
After its victory over Stanford, Michigan was ranked No. 1 in the weekly AP Poll.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Army
On October 8, No. 1 Michigan's 25-game winning streak ended with a 21–7 loss to Army (ranked No. 7 in the weekly AP Poll) before a capacity crowd of 97,239 at Michigan Stadium. Army extended its own win streak to 14 games. On Michigan's second play from scrimmage, Chuck Ortmann, who had set the conference passing record in 1948, was kicked in the head, suffered a concussion, and was carried off the field on a stretcher. Without Ortmann to lead the passing game, Michigan completed only three of 23 passes for 16 yards and gave up four interceptions.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Army
With Michigan's passing game rendered ineffective, Army played six men on the line in an effort to neutralize Michigan's running game. Don Dufek scored Michigan's lone touchdown in the fourth quarter, and Harry Allis kicked the extra point. Later in the fourth quarter, with Army ahead 14–7, Michigan drove to Army's 16-yard line, but Michigan's Charley Lentz threw an interception into the end zone to end the threat.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Northwestern
On October 15, Michigan lost its second consecutive game, falling by a 21–20 score to Northwestern before a crowd of 54,816 at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois. Michigan entered the game as a 13-point favorite. Both teams scored three touchdowns, and the difference was a missed extra point. Harry Allis converted on the first and third extra points, but his kick after Michigan's second touchdown went wide to the right. The win ended Michigan's 15-game winning streak against Big Ten Conference opponents, dating back to 1946.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Northwestern
It was also the first time since 1939 that Michigan had lost back-to-back contests; the first victory for Northwestern over Michigan since 1937; and Michigan's first one-point loss since 1940. Michigan dominated the game statistically with 17 first downs to eight for Northwestern, and 215 rushing yards to 159 for Northwestern.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
On October 22, Michigan (ranked No. 12 in the weekly AP Poll) upset undefeated Minnesota (ranked No. 3) by a 14–7 score before a capacity crowd of 97,239 at Michigan Stadium. Michigan was a two-touchdown underdog before the game. The Detroit Free Press credited "a heroic one-man show" from Chuck Ortmann for the victory. Ortmann accounted for 207 of Michigan's 228 yards. Ortmann ran for Michigan's first touchdown in the first quarter, and Wally Teninga followed with a rushing touchdown as time ran out in the second quarter to give Michigan a 14-0 lead at halftime.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
Harry Allis kicked both extra points. Michigan's scoring was limited by six turnovers, four on fumbles and two on interceptions. On defense, Michigan held Minnesota to 67 rushing yards (only four yards in the first half) and 77 passing yards. Chuck Lentz intercepted three Minnesota passes in the game. Minnesota's lone touchdown was scored off a blocked punt in the third quarter.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Illinois
On October 29, Michigan (ranked No. 6 in the weekly AP Poll) shut out Illinois, 13-0, before a crowd of 71,119 in Champaign. Illinois legends Red Grange and Robert Zuppke were on hand as the Illini celebrated Robert Zuppke Day and the 25th anniversary of the dedication of Memorial Stadium. Michigan gained 118 rushing yards and 145 passing yards and scored in the second quarter on a 51-yard touchdown pass from Chuck Ortmann to Harry Allis and in the third quarter on a short run by Don Peterson. Allis was successful on one of his two extra point kicks. Wally Teninga received praise for his performance, including a 61-yard punt from his own end zone and forcing an Illinois fumble at the Michigan two-yard line and then recovering the fumble. Johnny Karras gained 122 yards on 23 carries for Illinois, but Michigan's defense held the Illini scoreless.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
On November 5, Michigan (ranked No. 5 in the weekly AP Poll) defeated Purdue by a 20–12 score before a crowd of 95,207 at Michigan Stadium. Michigan took a 7–0 lead on a short run by Don Dufek late in the first quarter. The teams then scored three touchdowns in a span of 90 seconds at the end of the second quarter. Purdue scored a touchdown but missed the extra point kick. Chuck Ortmann returned the ensuing kickoff 83 yards to the Purdue nine-yard line, and Michigan scored on nine-yard run off a reverse by Don Peterson. A short time later, Michigan's Chuck Lentz intercepted a Ken Gorgal pass near midfield and returned it to the Purdue 12-yard line. Bill Putich then threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Harry Allis. Allis was successful on two of three extra point kicks, and Michigan led 20–6 at halftime.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Indiana
On November 12, Michigan (ranked No. 5 in the weekly AP Poll) defeated Indiana by a 20–7 score before a crowd of 79,200 at Michigan Stadium. The game was tied at 7–7 at halftime as the teams traded touchdowns in the second quarter – a one-yard scoring run by Michigan's Wally Teninga followed by a seven-yard touchdown by Indiana quarterback Nick Sebek. Michigan then took the lead with two touchdowns in the third quarter – a six-yard touchdown run on a reverse by Robert Van Summern and a 12-yard touchdown pass from Chuck Ortmann to Don Peterson. Ortmann completed 10 of 19 passes for 160 yards, and Don Dufek rushed for 83 yards on 22 carries. Harry Allis was successful on two of three extra point kicks.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
On November 19, Michigan (ranked No. 5) and Ohio State (ranked No. 7) played to a 7–7 tie before a capacity crowd of 97,239 at Michigan Stadium. With the tie, Michigan and Ohio State shared the 1949 Big Nine Conference championship. Michigan took a 7–0 lead in the first quarter on a 10-yard pass from Wally Teninga to Leo Koceski, and Harry Allis kicked the extra point. Ohio State scored its touchdown in the fourth quarter on a one-yard run by fullback Fred "Curly" Morrison. Jimmy Hague's extra point attempt went wide, but the officials ruled that Michigan end Ozzie Clark was offside. Hague split the uprights with his second attempt, and the game ended in a tie.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season honors and developments
At the end of November the Associated Press (AP) released its final poll with unbeaten Notre Dame rated as the national champion. Michigan was rated at No. 7 . The AP also analyzed the top programs' strength of schedule. With three opponents ranked among the top 10 in its final polling (Ohio State, Minnesota, and Army), the AP rated Michigan as having played the toughest schedule in 1949.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season honors and developments
On November 24, the Michigan players selected fullback/linebacker Dick Kempthorn as the team's most valuable player. The United Press described him as "one of the top linebackers in Michigan history", citing his "keen analysis" and "vicious tackling". Don Dufek received the Meyer Morton Award.


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season honors and developments
Four Michigan players received first- or second-team All-America honors as follows:


1949 Michigan Wolverines football team, Players, Letter winners
The following players won varsity letters for their participation on the 1949 Michigan football team. Players who started at least four games are shown in bold.


1949 Milan–San Remo
The 1949 Milan–San Remo was the 40th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1949. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi–Ursus team.


1949 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1949 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season. In their 15th year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 231 to 80.


1949 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Tackle Leo Nomellini was named an All-American by Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press (AP), Look Magazine, and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Center Clayton Tonnemaker was named an All-American by Walter Camp Football Foundation, AP, Collier's/Grantland Rice, Look Magazine, Football Writers Association of America and the AFCA. Nomellini, Tonnemaker and end Bud Grant were named All-Big Ten first team. Guard John Lundin was named All-Big Ten second team.


1949 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Bud Grant, end, and John Lundin, guard, were awarded the Team MVP Awards.


1949 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance for the season was 305,200, which averaged to 61,040. The season high for attendance was against Wisconsin.


1949 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team
The 1949 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi Southern College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) as a member of the Gulf States Conference during the 1949 college football season. In their first year under head coach Thad Vann, the team compiled a 7–3 record.


1949 Mississippi State Maroons football team
The 1949 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1949 college football season. In their first season under new head coach Arthur Morton, the Maroons compiled an overall record of 0–8–1 and finished last of 12 teams in the SEC with a conference mark of  0–6. Mississippi State failed to score more than seven points in any game all season. They played their home games at Scott Field


1949 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1949 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Seven Conference (Big 7) during the 1949 college football season. The team compiled a 7–4 record (5–1 against Big 7 opponents), finished in second place in the Big 7, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 264 to 225. Don Faurot was the head coach for the 12th of 19 seasons. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.


1949 Missouri Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Dick Braznell with 766 rushing yards and 1,128 yards of total offense, Phil Klein with 808 passing yards, Gene Ackerman with 621 receiving yards, and John Glorioso with 77 points scored.


1949 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1949 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1949 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Ted Shipkey, played their home games on campus at Dornblaser Field in Missoula and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4, 0–3 PCC).


1949 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1949 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1949 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Clyde Carpenter, the team compiled a 2–5 record.


1949 Monte Carlo Rally
The 1949 Monte Carlo Rally was the 19th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, the first since the end of the Second World War. It was won by Jean Trévoux.


1949 Montreal Alouettes season
The 1949 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in 2nd place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with an 8–4 record and won the Grey Cup.


1949 Morgan State Bears football team
The 1949 Morgan State Bears football team was an American football team that represented Morgan State College in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1949 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach Edward P. Hurt, the Bears compiled an 8–0 record, won the CIAA championship, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 226 to 33. The Bears were recognized by the Pittsburgh Courier, using the Dickinson Rating System, as the 1949 black college national champion.


1949 NAFC Championship
The 1949 NAFC Championship was the second edition of the association football championship for the North American Football Confederation.


1949 NAFC Championship
In 1949, the NAFC Championship served both as a regional championship as well as the regional qualification tournament for the 1950 FIFA World Cup and was held in Mexico City. Four teams were invited, Cuba, Mexico, Canada and the United States, but Canada did not send a team.


1949 NAFC Championship
Mexico easily topped the standings, going undefeated and outscoring the two other teams seventeen goals to two. The United States came in second and Cuba, winless in its four games, was third. As the top two teams qualified for the World Cup, Mexico and the U.S. went to the finals in Brazil.


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
Mexico: Raúl Córdoba, Felipe Zetter, Carlos Laviada (captain), José Antonio Roca, Mario Ochoa, Héctor Ortíz, Antonio Flores, Luis Luna, Horacio Casarín, Luis de la Fuente, Carlos Septién


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
United States: Frank Borghi, Ben Wattman, Manuel Martin, Walter Bahr, Charlie Colombo, Bill Sheppell, Frank Wallace, Jack Hynes, Pete Matevich, John Souza, Benny McLaughlin


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
Mexico: Raúl Córdoba, Jorge Romo, Carlos Laviada (captain), José Antonio Roca, Mario Ochoa, Héctor Ortíz, Antonio Flores, Luis Luna, Horacio Casarín, Luis de la Fuente, Carlos Septién


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
Cuba: Arozamena, Barquín, Llerandi, Ovide, J.Minsal, Torrent, Veiga, Fano, Gómez, Torres, Brios, Granado


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
Cuba: Rolando Aguilar, Jacinto Barquin, Bernardo Llerandi, José Minsal, Marcelino Minsal, Francisco Torrent, Clerch, José Gómez, Ricardo Torres, Vicente Pérez, Manuel Briso, A. Granado


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
United States: Frank Borghi, Harry Keough, Manuel Martin, Bill Sheppell, Charlie Colombo, Walter Bahr, Frank Wallace, Jack Hynes, Pete Matevich, John Souza, Benny McLaughlin


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
Mexico: Melesio Osnaya, Jorge Romo, Carlos Laviada (captain), Héctor Ortíz, Mario Ochoa, José Antonio Roca, Antonio Flores, Francisco Hernández, Horacio Casarín, Luis de la Fuente, Carlos Septién


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
United States: Frank Borghi, Harry Keough, Manuel Martin, Bill Sheppell, Charlie Colombo, Walter Bahr, Frank Wallace, Jack Hynes, Ben Wattman, John Souza, Benny McLaughlin


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
Cuba: Pedro Arosemana (Rolando Aguilar 40'), Jacinto Barquin, Bernardo Llerandi, José Ovide, José Minsal, Francisco Torrent, Santiago Veiga, José Gómez, Ricardo Torres, Angel Valdes, Manuel Brioso, Armando Granado


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
Mexico: Melesio Osnaya, Felipe Zetter, Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez, Alfonso Montemayor (captain), Samuel Cuburu, Raúl Varela, Antonio Flores, José Naranjo, Mario "Flaco" Pérez, Luis Vázquez, Enrique Sesma


1949 NAFC Championship, Results
Cuba: Aguilar, Barquín, Llerandi, Ovide, J.Minsal, Torrent, Veiga, Pérez, Gómez, Torres, Valdés, Granado, Fano


1949 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1949 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 12th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game featured Hamline University defeating Regis College 57 to 46. Hamline's championship win would make them the first team to win 2 non-consecutive tournaments (1942, and 1949). Regis University in their first tournament appearance would finish as the National Runner-Up, but it would be the highest finish Regis would ever see of the 5 tournament appearances. Regis would make it back to the NAIA Semifinals in 1951, only to finish in 4th place.


1949 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, Awards and honors
Many of the records set by the 1949 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:


1949 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1949 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series
The 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock season was the inaugural season of professional stock car racing in the United States. Beginning at Charlotte Speedway on June 19, 1949, the season included eight races and two exhibition races. The season concluded with the Wilkes 200 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on October 16. Raymond Parks won the Owners' Championship, while Red Byron won the Drivers' Championship with a 16th-place finish at the final race of the season.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–01
The very first NASCAR Strictly Stock race was held June 19 at Charlotte Speedway, a 3/4 mile dirt track in Charlotte, North Carolina owned by Carl C. Allison on Little Rock Rd.. Bob Flock won the pole. Glenn Dunaway was declared the original winner, although a post-race inspection revealed that his car was fitted with illegal springs, causing NASCAR to disqualify him.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–02
The second race of the Strictly Stock season was held July 10 at the Daytona Beach Road Course. Gober Sosebee won the pole. Sosebee led the first 34 laps and was passed by Red Byron after he got sideways in the north turn with six laps remaining. Byron won the 166-mile NASCAR Strictly Stock race on the sands of the 4.15-mile Daytona Beach and Road Course. There were 21 of the 28 starters running at the finish. Byron won the caution free race with an average speed of 80.883 mph and won with a gap of 1:51 lead over second-place finisher Tim Flock.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–02
Three female drivers, Sara Christian, Louise Smith, and Ethel Mobley, started the race. Mobley was the highest finishers of the female drivers, finishing in 11th place with her Cadillac. Christian in her Ford finished 18th, while Smith finished 20th after flipping her car early in the race. Pre -race favorites Curtis Turner, Bob Flock and Glenn Dunaway all failed to make it to the finish.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–02
This race took two hours, three minutes and 15 seconds to complete 40 laps. The lead was swapped twice by Sosebee and Byron. Dunaway finished last in this race, which, along with his disqualification at Charlotte, means that Dunaway finished last in the first two races in the season.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–03
The third race of the Strictly Stock season was held August 7 at Occoneechee Speedway. Jimmy Thompson won the pole. Bob Flock scored his first win of the season in the 200-mile Strictly Stock race at Hillsboro's Occoneechee Speedway, giving Oldsmobile its second straight victory. Flock won the race with a gap of 42 seconds from runner-up Gober Sosebee to collect the $2,000.00 first prize. Third place went to Glenn Dunnaway, Fonty Flock took fourth, and Bill Snowden fifth.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–03
Tim Flock was pressuring brother Bob in the late stages, but a broken right-front spindle sent his Oldsmobile to the sidelines with ten laps to go. The younger Flock got credit for seventh in the final rundown. The race was marred by a five-car crash triggered by Sara Christian. Christian spun her Ford after losing the right front wheel in the 38th lap and as she tried to steer her car toward the pit area on the next lap, Felix Wilkes' Lincoln collided with her.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–03
Red Byron, the point leader in the Strictly Stock series, collided with Wilkes's car as he exited turn four. Bob Smith's Olds also crashed in a solo crash. There were no drivers injured in the crash. A crowd of 18,000 watched as Flock averaged 76.8 mph on the low-banked, one-mile dirt oval.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–04
The fourth race of the Strictly Stock season was held September 11 at Langhorne Speedway. Red Byron won the pole. Curtis Turner, the "Blond Blizzard" out of Roanoke, Virginia, out dueled Bob Flock and came home first in the celebrated 200-mile Strictly Stock race at the famed circular Langhorne Speedway before 20,000 spectators. Sara Christian, leading female driver out of Atlanta, finished sixth in a sterling performance. Her effort in the grueling 200-lapper prompted race officials to escort her to victory lane to join winner Turner in the ceremonies.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–04
Turner drove his Oldsmobile into the lead in the 141st lap when Bob Flock went to the pits for a tire change. Turner led the rest of the way to pocket the $2,250.00 first prize. Flock scampered out of the pits and finished second, 20 seconds behind the winner. Third place went to point leader Red Byron as Oldsmobiles finished 1–2–3. Frank Mundy and Bill Blair rounded out the top five, both driving Cadillacs. Forty-five new Strictly Stock automobiles went to the starting post, the most cars to start a race in the 1949 season. Turner averaged 69.403 mph.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–04
Byron and Sosebee earned the front row starting positions in qualifying. Fonty Flock, however, registered the fastest time in "Speed Trials" with an 80.140 fast lap. Fonty challenged Byron and Sosebee at the start, but the engine in his Buick blew after three laps. Sosebee struggled with tire problems and wound up 19th. Len Brown drove a 1947 Ford Convertible in the 200-mile championship chase—the first person to drive an open-top vehicle on the premier NASCAR Stock car tour. Brown managed to come home 28th—earning $25.00 for his day of work. Accidents took out Pepper Cunningham, Walter Minx and Chick DiNatale. Tim Flock was a contender for victory until sidelined by a lost wheel.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–05
The fifth race of the Strictly Stock season was held September 18 at Hamburg Speedway. Young Jack White drove a Lincoln to victory in the 100-mile Strictly Stock race at Hamburg Speedway in an event dominated by Northern drivers. White sailed into the lead when erstwhile leader Glenn Dunaway lost a wheel on his Olds, forcing him out of the race in the 134th lap. With Dunaway out of the way, White was able to hold off Ray Erickson to take the $1,500.00 top prize. Billy Rafter wound up third, Mike Eagen was fourth and Bill Rexford took fifth.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–05
Dunaway, disqualified from victory in the season opener at Charlotte in June, appeared to be headed for an easy win until his misfortune. His 134 laps completed gave him ninth in the final rundown in the field of sixteen cars. A sell-out crowd of 11,733 jammed the wooden grandstands to watch the fifth event of the year in NASCAR's new Strictly Stock division.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–06
The sixth race of the Strictly Stock season was held September 25 at Martinsville Speedway. Curtis Turner won the pole. Red Byron all but wrapped up the 1949 Strictly Stock championship with an overwhelming triumph in the 100-miler at Martinsville Speedway. The 33-year-old veteran out of Atlanta, drove his Oldsmobile into the lead on lap 104 and led the rest of the way. Finishing second, three laps behind Byron, was Lee Petty's Plymouth. Ray Erickson finished third, Clyde Minter fourth, and Bill Blair fifth.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–06
Pole sitter Curtis Turner led the opening 18 laps, but gave way to the hard-charging Fonty Flock, who started fourth. Flock was pacing the field when his Buick lost a right front wheel and crashed into Slick Smith's Hudson. Byron took the lead when Flock departed and was never seriously challenged the rest of the way. Turner faded after leading early and wound up ninth, 29 laps off the pace.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–06
This race has consistently remained on the NASCAR championship calendar, although in 1956 it was changed from 200 to 400 laps after the track was paved and lengthened to 500 laps in 1957. It was known as the Old Dominion 500 until 1982 and has since undergone numerous name changes. The race is now called the Xfinity 500.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–07
The seventh race of the Strictly Stock season was held October 2 at Heidelberg Raceway, near Pittsburgh, PA. In the first Strictly Stock event in Charlotte in June, Lee Petty entered a bulky Buick Roadmaster. The enormous automobile was fast on the straights, but it wobbled like a tank through the turns. Just past the halfway point, Petty rolled the Buick a number of times. After dismounting the mangled mass of metal, the North Carolina speedster vowed never to drive a heavy vehicle in competition again.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–07
In the 100-mile event at Heidelberg Speedway, Petty driving his number 42 lightweight Plymouth, was five full laps ahead of his nearest competitor. "We figured the lighter car would get through the turns better," said Petty. "It would also be easier on the suspension parts. We knew we could win one with the Plymouth." The big triumph at Heidelberg was the largest winning margin of any NASCAR Strictly Stock race in 1949. Dick Linder's Kaiser finished second, but was in no position to challenge the fleet Petty. Bill Rexford finished third, Sam Rice's Chevrolet was fourth with relief driver Glenn Dunanway at the helm.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, 1949–07
Despite finishing 10 laps down from Petty, Sara Christian managed to finish the race in fifth place, the first time a female driver has cracked the top five in a premier NASCAR event and still to this day remains as the highest ever finish recorded by a female driver in the NASCAR Cup Series. Al Bonnell, a driver of open wheel fame, qualified for the pole with a speed of 61.475 mph. However, Bonnell's Olds was the first car out of the race, and was placed at the end of the 23 car field in the final rundown. Bonnell then relieved Don Rogalla and carried his Ford to 10th and the finish. Petty averaged 57.458 mph.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, Wilkes 200
The Wilkes 200, the eighth and final race of the Strictly Stock season, was held October 16 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Kenneth Wagner won the pole. Bob Flock took the lead in the closing stages when mechanical problems kayoed Bill Blair and edged Lee Petty to win the season finale at North Wilkesboro Speedway. It was the eighth and final point race of the year, although two additional non-point events were staged by Sam Nunis at Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway. Red Byron, finishing 16th, was crowned Strictly Stock champion in 1949 by a margin of 117.5 points over Petty.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series, Race summaries, Wilkes 200
Blair, wheeling Sam Rice's Cadallic, started second on the grid and jumped out to lead at the drop of the green flag. The diminutive High Point, NC star led the first 180 laps, but a souring engine robbed him once again of certain victory. Flock's Oldsmobile nipped Petty's Plymouth by a mere 100 yards in the finish. Fonty Flock, Clyde Minter and Herb Thomas rounded out the top five.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series inaugural race
The NASCAR Strictly Stock Series inaugural race was the first stock car race sanctioned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). Held on June 19, 1949 at the Charlotte Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina, the race comprised 200 laps on a 0.75-mile (1.21 km) dirt oval. Bob Flock won the pole position for the race with a top speed of 67.958 mph (109.368 km/h). Glenn Dunaway initially claimed the victory in his 1947 Ford, but was later disqualified because his car had spread rear springs. The win was instead awarded to Jim Roper, driver of a 1949 Lincoln.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series inaugural race, Race organization
The race was run on the same day as competitor NSCRA, operated by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr.'s rival Bruton Smith, held a race in Atlanta. In an attempt to attract drivers from the opposing series, France offered prize money totaling $5,000, with $2,000 going to the race winner. Attendance for the race totaled approximately 13,000, with Houston Lawing, NASCAR's publicity director, stating that over 5,000 fans were not allowed into the stands because the grandstands could not accommodate them. As a result, spectators crossed the track into the infield to watch the race, and state police had to appear to control them.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series inaugural race, Race
Pole position was held by Bob Flock, who led for the first five laps before his engine malfunctioned, and Bill Blair took the lead, which he held for 145 laps until Jim Roper took the lead on lap 151. In the end, Glenn Dunaway won, but officials had expressed suspicion over Dunaway's car remaining steady while entering the rugged turns, and it was eventually discovered that car owner Hubert Westmoreland had spread the car's rear springs, a method commonly used by bootleggers to improve handling.


1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series inaugural race, Race
Roper, who had finished three laps down, was given the victory, while Dunaway was scored as finishing last. Fonty Flock, Red Byron, Sam Rice and Tim Flock closed out the top five, while the top ten consisted of Archie Smith, Sterling Long, Slick Smith, Curtis Turner and Jimmy Thompson. Westmoreland then sued NASCAR for $10,000, but lost after judge Johnson Jay Hayes tossed it out of court.


1949 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1949 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1949 college football season. The Wolfpack were led by sixth-year head coach Beattie Feathers and played their home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Southern Conference.


1949 NCAA Baseball Tournament
The 1949 NCAA Baseball Tournament was the third NCAA-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The tournament was held as the conclusion of the 1949 NCAA baseball season. The College World Series was played at Wichita Municipal Stadium in Wichita, Kansas from June 22 to June 25. The third tournament's champion was the Texas Longhorns, coached by Bibb Falk. The Most Outstanding Player was named for the first time, with the inaugural award going to Tom Hamilton of Texas. This was the first of six championships for the Longhorns through the 2019 season.


1949 NCAA Baseball Tournament, Tournament
The tournament was divided into four regional brackets, Region A, Region B, Region C and Region D, with each region consisting of two teams playing a best-of-three game series. The winner of each bracket advanced to the College World Series. This was the first and only year of this format.


1949 NCAA Baseball Tournament, Tournament, Field
As in previous years, each representative of the eight districts were determined by a mix of selection committees, conference champions, and district playoffs.


1949 NCAA Baseball Tournament, College World Series
Following financial losses in Kalamazoo, Michigan the previous year, the NCAA moved the tournament to Wichita for the 1949 edition. This would be the only year in Wichita, as the 1950 edition would take place in Omaha, Nebraska, as it has every year through 2019.


1949 NCAA Basketball Tournament
The 1949 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 1949, and ended with the championship game on March 26 in Seattle, Washington. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.


1949 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with a 46–36 victory in the final game over Oklahoma A&M, coached by Henry Iba. Alex Groza of Kentucky was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1949 NCAA Basketball Tournament, Locations
The following were the sites selected to host each round of the 1949 tournament:


1949 NCAA Basketball Tournament, Locations, Championship Game
The city of Seattle became the fourth host city, and Hec Edmundson Pavilion the fourth host venue, to host the National Championship game. The arena, on the campus of the University of Washington, broke the six-year streak of Madison Square Garden hosting the National Championship, though for only one year, as the National Championship game would move back once more in 1950. In fact, it was the only arena other than MSG or the Municipal Auditorium to host any tournament games between 1943 and 1950. It would go on to host the first true Final Four in 1952, hosting four more tournaments afterwards, before being succeeded by the Kingdome in 1984 and KeyArena in 1999.


1949 NCAA Cross Country Championships
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1949 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The 1949 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the 11th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States.


1949 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Since the current multi-division format for NCAA championship did not begin until 1973, all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 18 teams and 131 individual runners contested this championship.


1949 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The meet was hosted by Michigan State College on November 28, 1949, at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan. The distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).


1949 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was retained by the host Michigan State Spartans, their third. The individual championship was retained by Robert Black, from Rhode Island, with a time of 20:25.94 after setting the distance record the previous year.


1949 NCAA Golf Championship
The 1949 NCAA Golf Championship was the 11th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States.


1949 NCAA Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Veenker Memorial Golf Course at the Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa.


1949 NCAA Golf Championship
North Texas State won the team title by ten strokes, the Eagles' first NCAA team national title.


1949 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1949 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, and Collier's Magazine.


1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1948–49 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 2nd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 17 and 19, 1949, and concluded with Boston College defeating Dartmouth 4-3. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
This is the first time that a consolation game was played in an NCAA tournament. The practice would continue unabated until it was abolished after the 1989 tournament.


1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
All four teams selected for the tournament had played in the championship the previous season. This has only occurred one other time, in 1975, counting either all tournament entries or only the final four teams. (as of 2016)


1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The teams were selected by a committee based upon both their overall record and the strength of their opponents.


1949 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The eastern and western teams judged as better were seeded as the top regional teams. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.


1949 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1949 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships  were contested in March 1949 at the Bowman Gray Pool at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the 13th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1949 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
After finishing second in 1948, Ohio State once again topped the team standings, claiming their fourth title in five years and their fifth title overall.


1949 NCAA Tennis Championships
The 1949 NCAA Tennis Championships were the 4th annual tournaments to determine the national champions of NCAA men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1949 NCAA Tennis Championships
San Francisco captured the team championship, their first in program history. The Dons finished three points ahead of Rollins, Tulane, and Washington (7–4).


1949 NCAA Tennis Championships, Host site
This year's tournaments were hosted by the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas.


1949 NCAA Tennis Championships, Team scoring
Until 1977, the men's team championship was determined by points awarded based on individual performances in the singles and doubles events.


1949 NCAA Track and Field Championships
The 1949 NCAA Track and Field Championships were contested at the 28th annual NCAA-hosted track meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate track and field events in the United States. This year's meet was hosted by the University of Southern California at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.


1949 NCAA Track and Field Championships
Hosts USC claimed the team national championship, their thirteenth title (and first since winning nine consecutive titles between 1935 and 1943).


1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships
The 1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 19th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Colorado A&M in Fort Collins, Colorado hosted the tournament at their South College Gymnasium.


1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 32 points and having two individual champions.


1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Charles Hetrick of Oklahoma A&M was named the Outstanding Wrestler.


1949 NCAA baseball season
The 1949 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1949. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1949 NCAA Baseball Tournament and 1949 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the third time in 1949, consisted of four remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and was held in Wichita, Kansas at Wichita Municipal Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Texas claimed the championship by sweeping the four game tournament.


1949 NCAA baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1949 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Conference champions had to be chosen, unless all conference champions declined the bid.


1949 NCAA baseball season, NCAA tournament
The 1949 season marked the third NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of eight teams divided into four regions. Each region held a three-game series to determine the four teams that advance to the College World Series, which was held in Wichita, Kansas. The four teams played a double-elimination format, with Texas sweeping the tournament and defeating Wake Forest in the final.


1949 NCAA football rankings
One human poll comprised the 1949 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.


1949 NCAA football rankings, AP Poll
The final AP Poll was released on November 28, at the end of the 1949 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.


1949 NFL Championship Game
The 1949 National Football League Championship Game was the 17th title game for the National Football League (NFL), played on December 18 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. It is remembered for the driving rain that caused the field to become a mud pit. Its paid attendance was 27,980, with only 22,245 in the stadium.


1949 NFL Championship Game
The game featured the Eastern Division champion Philadelphia Eagles (11–1), the defending NFL champions, against the Los Angeles Rams (8–2–2), winners of the Western Division. This was the first NFL title game played in the western United States. The Rams had last appeared in a title game in 1945, a victory and the franchise's final game in Cleveland.


1949 NFL Championship Game
The Eagles were favored by a touchdown, and won 14–0 for their second consecutive shutout in the title game. Running back Steve Van Buren rushed for 196 yards on 31 carries for the Eagles and their defense held the Rams to just 21 yards on the ground.


1949 NFL Championship Game
Philadelphia head coach Earle "Greasy" Neale did not like to fly, so the Eagles traveled to the West Coast by train. On the way west, they stopped in Illinois for a workout at Stagg Field at the University of Chicago on Wednesday morning.


1949 NFL Championship Game, Officials
The NFL added the fifth official, the back judge, in  1947; the line judge arrived in 1965, and the side judge in 1978.


1949 NFL Championship Game, Players' shares
The Eagles players earned $1,090 each and the Rams got $789, about one-third of what was expected with fair weather. Anticipating 70,000 or more in attendance and a large payoff from the gate, the players and owners wanted to postpone the game for a week, but were overridden by Commissioner Bert Bell, reached at home in Philadelphia.


1949 NFL Championship Game, Players' shares
Ticket prices were five dollars between the goal lines and $3.60 elsewhere.


1949 NFL Championship Game, Television
This was the first NFL game which was broadcast on television, although only on the West Coast, under the auspices of Bell. The traditional 60–40 player bonus for playing in a championship game was augmented by $14,000 (presently, $152,277) from the NFL. Although sources are unclear, a source writes the NFL received $20,000 (presently, $217,538) from the broadcasting rights.


1949 NFL Draft
The 1949 National Football League Draft was held on December 21, 1948, at The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. The draft was preceded by a secret  draft meeting held November 15, 1948, at the Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh.


1949 NFL season
The 1949 NFL season was the 30th regular season of the National Football League. Prior to the season, Boston Yanks owner Ted Collins asked the league to fold his team due to financial woes, and give him a new one in New York City. This new team would be called the New York Bulldogs. The franchise, which to this day has still never missed a season in some form, carried on the legacy of the final Ohio League member Dayton Triangles, and its players and assets were moved to New York but not specifically folded. As a result of the move, professional football would not return to Boston until the Patriots began play in 1960.


1949 NFL season
As the regular season came to a close, a merger agreement between the NFL and the All-America Football Conference was announced on December 9. Three AAFC teams joined the NFL in 1950, the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Baltimore Colts.


1949 NFL season
The season ended on December 18 with the NFL Championship Game. In muddy conditions, the visiting Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Los Angeles Rams 14–0, as heavy rain in southern California kept the attendance under 23,000 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Both teams had potent offenses, but were severely limited by the poor field conditions. The management of the Eagles and Rams had favored a postponement for a week, but were overruled by commissioner Bert Bell.


1949 NFL season, Draft
The 1949 NFL Draft was held on December 21, 1948 at Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. With the first pick, the Philadelphia Eagles selected center Chuck Bednarik from the University of Pennsylvania.


1949 NFL season, Division races
In the Eastern Division, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh both had records of 4–1–0 when they met in Week Six. The Eagles won 38–7, and kept the lead for the remainder of the season. In the Western Division, the Rams got off to a 6–0–0 start while the Bears were 3–3–0 at midseason. Though the Bears won all of their remaining games, they never caught up to the Rams, who finished at 8–2–2.


1949 NFL season, Division races
Had the current (post-1972) system of counting ties as half a win and half a loss been in place in 1949, the Rams would have required a playoff with the Bears for the Western Division.


1949 NFL season, Final standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1949 NFL season, NFL Championship Game
Philadelphia 14, Los Angeles 0 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, December 18, 1949.


1949 NFL season, Stadium changes
The New York Bulldogs began play at the Polo Grounds, sharing it with the Giants


1949 NSWRFL season
The 1949 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-second season of Sydney's top-level professional rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Ten teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season which culminated in a grand final between St. George and South Sydney.


1949 NSWRFL season, Season summary
St. George winger Ron Roberts’ 25 tries during 1949 stands in third place behind Les Brennan's 29 in 1954 and Bob Lulham’s 28 in 1947 for the highest number of tries by a player in a debut season.


1949 NSWRFL season, Season summary
The 1949 season was also the last in the NSWRFL for future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Vic Hey.


1949 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
42nd seasonGround: Leichhardt Oval Coach: Athol Smith Captain: Fred de Belin


1949 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
42nd seasonGround: North Sydney OvalCoach: Harry McKinnon Captain: Frank Cottle


1949 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
42nd seasonGround: Redfern OvalCoach: Dave Watson &  Jack Rayner Captain: Jack Rayner


1949 NSWRFL season, Finals
Minor premier South Sydney's loss to St. George in the finals meant that a grand final would be necessary.


1949 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
In a brutal encounter, St George ran in five tries and overcame minor premiers South Sydney 19–12 to claim their second premiership in front of 56,532 people, the second biggest crowd of all time to witness a Sydney club match.


1949 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Souths opened the scoring, with a converted try to Graves after 21 minutes. However the Dragons were led masterfully by their captain, Kangaroos five-eighth, Norman "Johnny" Hawke. Controlling all aspects of the match, Hawke took the game away from Souths who only got back into the contest when he was forced from the field with injury. Also injured was Saints forward George Jardine who played the match with a broken wrist.


1949 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
St. George led 11–5 at half time. Hawke returned to the field after treatment and was later dubbed "Man of the Match" and "the Player’s Player". The Dragons' wingers, season's top try scorer Ron Roberts (25 tries) and newcomer Noel Pidding scored two tries each.


1949 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Each of the grand final winning players received a record bonus of £300 each.


1949 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
St. George 19 Tries: Roberts (2), Pidding (2), McCoyGoals: McCoy, Pidding


1949 NYU Violets football team
The 1949 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1949 college football season.


1949 NYU Violets football team
In their third and final season under head coach Edward "Hook" Mylin, the Violets compiled a 3–4 record and were outscored 181–146.


1949 NYU Violets football team
The team played all of its games at neutral sites or as the visitor.


1949 National Amateur Cup
The 1949 National Amateur Cup in soccer featured 145 entrants (71 eastern and 74 western). Elizabeth of New Jersey won their first national title by defeating the Zenthoefer Furs of St. Louis by a score of 6-1 in the final.


1949 National Challenge Cup
The 1949 National Challenge Cup was the largest soccer tournament in the United States in 1949. The four St. Louis Soccer League teams withdrew from the competition citing "a succession of unpleasant experiences connected with the playing of the National Challenge Cup." The St.L league teams were upset about financial losses totaling $2300 from the previous season's tournament. The announcement of the withdrawal came a week and a half after Brookhattan-Galicia stuck Simpkins with a $1550 airline bill following the 1948 championship game hosted by the Simpkins. The remaining St. Louis representatives were the four amateur Municipal League entrants. With the defending champions out of the running Morgan Strasser stepped in as contenders by winning their way to the final four. Despite losing the first legs in both the semifinal and final the Morgans pulled out 4-3 aggregate wins to become 1949 U.S. champions.


1949 National Invitation Tournament
The 1949 National Invitation Tournament was the 1949 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.


1949 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.


1949 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1949 Nations Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.


1949 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
Italian rider Nello Pagani won the 500 cc race riding a Gilera from Arciso Artesiani and Bill Doran.


1949 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
Despite Dario Ambrosini winning the 250 cc race, a fourth-place finish for Italian Moto Guzzi rider Bruno Ruffo was enough for him to win the 250 cc championship, the only championship in the first season with results close enough to be still in doubt at the final race.


1949 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1949 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1949 college football season. In their second season under head coach George Sauer, the Midshipmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 238 to 151.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 7 Conference in the 1949 college football season. The team was coached by Bill Glassford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season
Stepping up to fill the role of head football coach at Nebraska, Bill Glassford was the fifth to fill the role within the same decade, a period wrought with social change and economic recovery following World War II, and in which the fortunes of Cornhusker football had taken a serious downturn. Nebraska had now put together eight straight losing seasons, prior to which the program had not ever suffered even two consecutive losing seasons. Coach Glassford held over a couple of assistants from the 1948 staff and set to work in his attempt to restore Nebraska football to prominence.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, South Dakota
The Glassford era opened with a win at memorial Stadium, though the foe was lowly South Dakota. The Coyotes had never really threatened Nebraska since their lone win in the 13-game series, from 1899. Still, as the Cornhuskers had now been struggling to succeed for years, the win was nice to get.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Minnesota
The university's yearbook described the Cornhuskers' style of play as "savage", and unlike any performances seen in Memorial Stadium for a decade. Despite the effort, Minnesota extended their domination of Nebraska yet another year, this being their tenth straight win in the series, and improved to 25-4-2 over Nebraska all-time. The Golden Gophers went on to finish the season 7-2 and ranked #8.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
Kansas State, lately a perennial easy-win game for Nebraska, failed to simply roll over as expected when Nebraska came calling in Manhattan. The contest started off suggesting a rout, as the first play of the game was a full-field 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to put the Cornhuskers up immediately. Thereafter, both teams struggled to make any headway until near the end of the first half, when another Cornhusker touchdown was put on the board. The Wildcats fought bravely in the second half but only came up with a single touchdown, which extended their losing streak against Nebraska to seven straight as they fell to 4-27-2 against the Cornhuskers.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Nebraska and Penn State met for only their second game to date, following a 0-20 loss to the Nittany Lions from 1920. Once again in State College, Penn State defeated the Cornhuskers and owned the day except for one 82-yard Nebraska punt return. The Cornhuskers returned to Lincoln winless in both tries of the series. This was the 150th Nebraska football loss in the history of the program.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Nebraska entered the fray with visiting Oklahoma, having won their first conference contest and still 2-2 on the season. The stadium was near capacity to see how the Cornhuskers would fare against the #4 Sooners. Undaunted, Nebraska fought Oklahoma to a first-quarter draw and seemed poised to score when an interception turned the tide. Oklahoma converted the turnover into points and then never looked back, handing the Cornhuskers a demoralizing 0-48 home field defeat. It was the worst-ever loss handed to Nebraska at Memorial Stadium, and the largest margin of defeat since a 0-54 loss to Indiana in 1944.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
It was Oklahoma's seventh straight win over Nebraska, setting a new single-team losing streak record, formerly held by Pittsburgh when the Panthers held Nebraska down six times in a row through the 1939 season. The series lead held by the Cornhuskers slipped to 16-9-3. Oklahoma went on to take the Big 7 title, finished 10-0 on the season, and ended with a #2 ranking by the AP Poll.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Missouri struck first with an early touchdown, but Nebraska fought back and was leading 13-7 by the half. It seemed like the Cornhuskers might have turned the corner and had victory in their grasp as they scored again and led 20-7 by the end of the 3rd quarter. The Tigers brought the battle back at Nebraska to draw within six points, and only four plays later scored again and converted the point after, which ultimately decided the outcome. Missouri had now taken five straight against the Cornhuskers, closing the series to 15-24-3. By the close of the season, Missouri managed a 7-3 record, which was good enough for a #20 ranking by the AP Poll.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Any hope Nebraska had of taking a win from this contest was washed away by the five Cornhusker turnovers lost inside of the Kansas 13-yard line. Nebraska had started with a 7-0 lead before the blunders, fueling a hope for victory before the game got away and Kansas notched their third straight victory in the series. It was another homecoming heartbreak in Lincioln, but the Cornhuskers still held a 40-12-3 edge in the series.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
If not for a brilliant and exciting 70-yard punt return for a Nebraska touchdown in the final quarter, this contest would likely have ended in a scoreless tie. The victory was the fourth in a row for the Cornhuskers in this series, but only the third of the 1949 season. Nebraska improved to 34-8-1 over the Cyclones all-time.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado
The Buffaloes arrived in Lincoln to close out the conference slate for the year, facing a Nebraska team with only two victories all season. Determined to not once again settle for only two wins on the season, Nebraska fought back from an initial 0-7 deficit to pull ahead and keep the lead long enough to end the season with three victories. Nebraska now led Colorado 6-2 in their shared history.


1949 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Although Nebraska ended with a losing record of 4-5, it marked the most wins since the 1941 season, which also ended at 4-5. The 1949 conference record of 3-3 was the first non-losing league season since 1941 as well. Coach Glassford's initial year was still seen as a success under the circumstances, but Nebraskans remained stunned by the decade of the 1940s, which had brought unprecedented disappointments to the football program. Nebraska was now 320-153-31 (.666) overall, and 123-40-11 (.739) against conference opponents. Looking ahead to 1950 and the future, it remained to be seen if Coach Glassford was the one who could bring a brighter future for Nebraska football.


1949 Netherlands Antilles general election
General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 17 March 1949. This was the first parliamentary election in the Netherlands Antilles after the introduction of universal suffrage. At previous elections ten of the fifteen seats in the Estates of Curaçao were elected, with the remaining five appointed by the governor. This time the elections were about 21 seats in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles and no seats were appointed by the governor. The 21 elected seats consisted of eight for Curaçao, eight for Aruba, two for Bonaire and one for each of the three SSS Islands.


1949 Netherlands Antilles general election, Results, Curaçao
Population: 95,195 (31 December 1948)Entitled to vote: 37,688Valid votes: 30,700Invalid votes: 476Seats: 8Average valid votes per seat: 3,837.5


1949 Netherlands Antilles general election, Results, Aruba
Population: 51,110 (31 December 1948)Entitled to vote: 12,819Valid votes: 11,107Seats: 8Average valid votes per seat: 1,388


1949 Netherlands Antilles general election, Results, Bonaire
Population: 4,995 (31 December 1948)Entitled to vote: 2,224Valid votes: 1,752Seats: 2Average valid votes per seat: 876


1949 Netherlands Antilles general election, Results, Saba
Population: 1.125 (31 December 1948)Entitled to vote: 451Valid votes: 385Invalid votes: 15Seats: 1


1949 Netherlands Antilles general election, Results, Sint Eustatius
Population: 921 (31 December 1948)Entitled to vote: 347Valid votes: 266Invalid votes: 15Seats: 1


1949 Netherlands Antilles general election, Results, Sint Maarten
Population: 1,568 (31 December 1948)Entitled to vote: 578Valid votes: n.a. (only one list of candidates)Seats: 1


1949 Netherlands Antilles general election, Aftermath
The new session of the Estates started on 18 April 1949.


1949 Netherlands Antilles general election, Aftermath
At this election women could not only for the first time vote for the parliament, there were also female candidates. None of them however were elected. After M.F. da Costa Gomez gave up his position in the parliament to join the 'College van Algemeen Bestuur' (CAB; early stage of the Council of Ministers), De Lannoy-Elisabeth succeeded him mid 1949 and became the first female member of the parliament in the Netherlands Antilles. Plantz also joined the CAB and was succeeded by Buncamper.


1949 Netherlands Antilles general election, Aftermath
Kroon left the parliament and because Van der Meer turned down the opportunity to succeed him, Isa could become a member of the Estates. At the end of 1949 Arends was succeeded by Amelink and Plantz returned after Buncamper gave up his seat in the parliament.


1949 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1949 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its third season under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the Wolf Pack compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 235 to 212.


1949 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 1948 season 9–2 and lost the 1949 Harbor Bowl against Villanova by 7 to 27.


1949 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1949 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1949 college football season. In its first year under head coach Clarence E. "Chief" Boston, the team compiled a 4–4 record (1–3 against conference opponents), scoring and allowing an equal number of points, 153. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.


1949 New Hampshire Wildcats football team, Schedule
After playing Toledo in three consecutive seasons, 1947–1949, the two programs did not meet again until 2011.


1949 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1949 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1949. Incumbent Republican Alfred E. Driscoll defeated Democratic nominee Elmer H. Wene with 51.54% of the vote.


1949 New Jersey gubernatorial election
For the first time, the governor was elected to a four-year term, as opposed to three years.