1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, NIT tournament commentary
After the game, the Kentucky state legislature called for the flag over the capitol to be flown at half-staff. The blowout win over Kentucky was even more impressive due to the fact that Kentucky had won the NCAA tournament in 1948, 1949, and would win the tournament again the following year in 1951. A Cinderella Team had now emerged in the tournament. City College then defeated Duquesne 62-52 in the semi-final round. In the title game, the Beavers squared off against top ranked Bradley, who had All-American Paul Unruh and the 5'8" speedster, Gene "Squeaky" Melchiorre. CCNY came out on top 69-61 to win the tournament. Ed Warner of CCNY was awarded Most Valuable Player honors.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament commentary
Things were a lot different during the early years of the tournament than they are today. The 1950 NCAA tournament consisted of an Eastern Regional and a Western Regional, with four teams in each region for a total of 8 teams in the tournament. The term "Final Four" was a misnomer, because the runners-up in each region went to the championship game site to play a consolation game. It wasn't until 1952 that a true Final Four took place in the tournament, when the field had expanded to 16 teams in four brackets.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament commentary
For many years the brackets were assembled strictly by conference champions, geography, and not according to won-lost record, strength of schedule, or Associated Press rank. Until around 1953, teams were invited to play in the NCAA tournament after the NIT tournament had crowned a champion. After CCNY's improbable run to the NIT title, the Beavers were immediately selected to participate in the NCAA tournament. In the first round, City College nipped second ranked Ohio State, 56-55. The Beavers then defeated fifth ranked North Carolina State 78-73 to reach the title game.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament commentary
CCNY again faced top-ranked Bradley and won the tournament, 71-68, to score the only Grand Slam in the history of college basketball. Irwin Dambrot of CCNY was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, and Nat Holman appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. CCNY's victory was voted the most exciting event in the history of college basketball at Madison Square Garden. None of the players on the City College team went on to fame after 1950. There was one player in the tournament, however, who went down in history as one of the greatest basketball players of all time – Bob Cousy of Holy Cross, who played in an opening round game. Cousy was remembered long after most of the CCNY players had been forgotten.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Follow-up commentary
CCNY's double-win in 1950 was not without controversy. The players had taken money from gamblers in the point-shaving scandals during the 1948-1949 season and also during some regular-season games in the 1949-1950 season. No games were fixed during the post-season tournaments. Had the scandal come to light before the 1950 tournaments began, CCNY would not have been invited to participate and a different team would have won the championships. There was also a controversial play in the waning moments of the NCAA Championship game. Gene Melchiorre swiped a CCNY pass and raced downcourt for the potential go-ahead basket.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Follow-up commentary
Irwin Dambrot and the Bradley star collided under the basket. Dambrot came up with the ball, and threw a perfect pass to Norm Mager who made the layup to seal the victory. Many people though that Dambrot had fouled Melchiorre, but no call was made. Had Dambrot been called for a foul, Bradley could have won the game. The "non-call" became infamous throughout the country.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Follow-up commentary
The championship game of each tournament was played within the friendly confines of Madison Square Garden. Shortly thereafter, the NCAA Committee ruled that no team could compete in both tournaments, so there cannot be another double champion. The Final Four of the NIT has remained at Madison Square Garden (or its successor building of the same name), but the NCAA tournament left after the 1961 season until hosting the East Regional Finals in 2014 in its current location. Since the 1950 NCAA Tournament, the Garden has not hosted the National Finals.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Follow-up commentary
For CCNY, there were dark clouds on the horizon following the amazing double victory. The point-shaving scandal sent shock waves throughout college basketball, and most of the City College players were implicated in it. The scandal ended the NBA hopes of the CCNY players, prompted the suspension of the basketball program, and forever tarnished the '49-50 team's legacy. Ed Warner and Alvin Roth played professionally in the Continental Basketball Association. Following the scandal, the school was moved from Division I to Division III and was banned from playing at Madison Square Garden.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Follow-up commentary
As a result of these sanctions, the CCNY basketball program was de–emphasized, and the school has never again appeared in either the NCAA or NIT tournaments. In the 74-year history of the NCAA tournament, CCNY was one of the most unlikely champions, and the school has not reach post-season play again. To this day, CCNY is the only NCAA Basketball Championship team that is no longer a member of Division 1.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Follow-up commentary
Despite the tragedy that befell CCNY in the aftermath of the point-shaving scandal, the 1950 City team is still the most celebrated college basketball team in the history of New York City. On a positive note, every one of the C.C.N.Y. players involved in the scandal eventually went back to school to earn his degree.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Follow-up commentary
In another twist, the NCAA tournament did not have another game at any Madison Square Garden facility from the 1961 tournament until 2014, when its successor, Madison Square Garden IV, hosted the East Regional Finals. This might be related to the point-shaving scandal of 1951 and the existence of gamblers in New York City. In 1996, the Final Four was held outside of New York City at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. After a hiatus of more than half a century, the Big Dance finally returned to the most famous indoor arena in the United States.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Follow-up commentary
Nat Holman stayed on as CCNY coach until 1959, and the school's arena was named the Nat Holman Gymnasium. Holman was 98 years old when he died at the Hebrew Home for the Aged in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, NY, in 1995.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Profile of the players
Irwin Dambrot was a 6-foot-4, 175-pound All-American forward and the only senior in the starting lineup. His free-throw defeated Ohio State 56-55 in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. He also made a game-saving play at the end of the title game against Bradley to earn MVP honors. After the scandal broke, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, ended his basketball career, and enrolled at Columbia University Dental School. He served in the U.S. Air Force Dental Corps and then practiced dentistry in Forest Hills, Queens and Manhattan.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Profile of the players
In 1989, Dambrot went to Kansas City for the 50th anniversary of the NCAA tournament, when all previous MVPs were invited; he met a lot of coaches and was treated royally. In December 2009, a month before his death, Dambrot was on hand in a wheelchair at Madison Square Garden when the Garden cited the double championship as the No. 1 college basketball moment in the game's 75-year history there. He had been living in Mendham, N.J. and died of Parkinson's disease at age 81 on January 21, 2010 and was interred at Locust Hill Cemetery in Dover, New Jersey.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Profile of the players
Norm Mager was a 6-foot-5 senior and the top reserve on the team. He joined the Baltimore Bullets after graduating from CCNY, but his professional basketball career ended when the scandal broke. He became an executive with a janitorial supply company, Perfect Building Maintenance, and retired in 2000 as its president. In 2005, Mager died of cancer at age 78 at a hospital in Boynton Beach, Florida.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Profile of the players
Ed Roman, the team's 6-foot-6-inch center, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to fix the outcome of games at Madison Square Garden. After serving two years in the Army, Roman earned his undergraduate degree in physical education at Seattle University. He returned to New York to do work at City College and New York University toward a master's degree and a doctorate in psychology. He worked in the city public school's system in Queens. Ed Roman died of leukemia at age 57 in 1988 at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Profile of the players
Ed Warner also pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges. He was the only one of the players to go to jail for his crimes when he was sentenced to six months at Rikers Island. He received a prison sentence because he had a record as a juvenile delinquent and was incorrigible and uncontrollable in the courtroom. In the 1960s, he was imprisoned again after pleading guilty to attempting to sell heroin. Warner had worked as a high school basketball referee, but in April 1984 he was partly paralyzed when his automobile was struck from behind in Upper Manhattan. Ed Warner died in Harlem at age 73 in 2002.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Profile of the players
Floyd Layne became basketball coach at CCNY in the 1970s and 1980s. After he left CCNY, he became the head basketball coach at Prospect Heights High School in Brooklyn.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Profile of the players
Alvin Roth was 6'4", weighed 210 pounds and played guard. He was one of the players arrested in the scandal and agreed to serve in the United States Army for a time in exchange for suspending his jail sentence. After discharge, Roth finished City College business school and became an insurance executive in Westchester County, New York.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Profile of the players
Leroy Watkins was a 6-foot-7-inch reserve center who was not involved in the scandal, because he had very little playing time. Nat Holman put Watkins in to jump-center for the opening tipoff against Kentucky in the NIT, and he surprisingly outjumped 7-foot Bill Spivey. Watkins died in 2008.


1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, Profile of the players
Joe Galiber, a substitute player who was not involved in point-shaving, became a state senator and served in this capacity until his death at age 71 in 1995.


1949–50 Cairo League
1949–50 Cairo League, the 28th Cairo League competition, champion was decided by results of Cairo teams in national league with no separate matches for Cairo league competition, Al Ahly won the competition for 16th time.


1949–50 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 1949–50 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Third Division North.


1949–50 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1949–50 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division A.


1949–50 Challenge Cup
The 1949–50 Challenge Cup was the 49th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1949–50 Challenge Cup, Final
Warrington beat Widnes 19-0 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 94,249. This was Warrington’s third Cup Final win in nine Final appearances. In the match Albert Naughton, at centre for Warrington opposed his older brother Johnny, who was in the Widnes second row. This was the second successive Final that the losing side had failed to score. The Warrington scrum-half Gerry Helme won the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.


1949–50 Chester F.C. season
The 1949–50 season was the twelfth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.


1949–50 Chester F.C. season
It was the club's twelfth consecutive season in the Third Division North since its election to the Football League. Alongside competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup.


1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 24th season in the National Hockey League. The Black Hawks finished in sixth, out of the playoffs.


1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season, Off-season
In goal, the Black Hawks acquired long-time Boston Bruins goaltender Frank Brimsek. Brimsek would play in all 70 games for the Hawks, winning 22 of them, earning five shutouts along the way, and posting a 3.49 GAA.


1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
The Black Hawks had finished in fifth place in 1948–49, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the third year in a row. Prior to the season, the NHL announced that they would be adding ten games to the regular season schedule, raising it from 60 games to 70. Despite the extra games added, the Black Hawks would only win one more game than the previous season, and finish in last place in the NHL with 54 points, 13 behind the New York Rangers for the final playoff spot, missing the playoffs for the fourth straight season.


1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
Offensively, the Hawks scoring was spread out, as 22-year-old Metro Prystai led the Hawks with 29 goals, Doug Bentley had a team high 33 assists, and Roy Conacher had a club-best 56 points. Bill Gadsby would be a force on the blueline, leading the way with 10 goals and 35 points, and having a team high 138 penalty minutes. The Hawks scored 203 goals, second highest total in the league, but would allow a league high 244 goals.


1949–50 Chicago Stags season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the fourth and final season for the Chicago Stags of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team ceased operations after the season, and Chicago would be left without an NBA team until 1961.


1949–50 Chicago Stags season, Playoffs, Central Division Semifinals
(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Chicago Stags: Lakers win series 2-0


1949–50 Chicago Stags season, Playoffs, Central Division Semifinals
Last playoff meeting: 1949 Western Division Semifinals (Minneapolis won 2-0)


1949–50 Colchester United F.C. season
The 1949–50 season was Colchester United's eighth season in their history and their eighth and final season in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. The club finished as runner-up to Merthyr Tydfil in the league, but despite this Colchester were elected to the Football League at the end of the campaign with the expansion of the League from 88 to 92 clubs. The club won the Southern League Cup 6–4 on aggregate, while they exited the FA Cup at the fourth qualifying round stage following a 1–0 defeat by Wealdstone.


1949–50 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Layer Road suffered storm damage ahead of the 1949–50 season, and owing to a shortage of steel, re-construction work was not complete as the season commenced. Manager Jimmy Allen strengthened his defence with the signing of Reg Stewart from Sheffield Wednesday and Bill Layton from Bradford Park Avenue, and by Christmas 1949, Colchester had lost just three of their 28 games played, one of which was the 1–0 FA Cup fourth qualifying round defeat to Wealdstone. The game was one of the first FA Cup ties to be broadcast on television, but on this occasion it was the U's who were on the receiving end of a cup shock.


1949–50 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Colchester had topped the table all season until a fixture-congested April, which saw them held to home draws by Torquay United Reserves and Gravesend & Northfleet, while suffering 5–0 and 6–1 defeats at main title rivals Merthyr Tydfil and Gillingham in the space of three days. Between those defeats, the U's had recovered some pride with a 3–0 Southern League Cup final first-leg win over Bath City. Competing in their fourth match in just five days, a weary Colchester side allowed Bath to lead the second-leg 4–1, meaning the tie would go to extra time. Vic Keeble and Dennis Hillman scored in the added 30-minutes, helping Colchester lift the trophy for the second time with their third final appearance in 3 years.


1949–50 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
With Gillingham having defeated Merthyr Tydfil during midweek, all Colchester needed to do in their final fixture was to win at Barry Town to secure the title. However, they were held to a goalless draw and Merthyr Tydfil took the title on goal average. Despite this, Vic Keeble had been the club's top scorer with 46 goals, a record which remains intact. Supplementing this were Fred Cutting's 24 goal haul and Bob Curry's 22, while fellow forward Arthur Turner had spent the majority of the season out injured with cartilage damage.


1949–50 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
On 3 June 1950, only Everton and West Bromwich Albion opposed the expansion of the Football League from 88 to 92 clubs by expanding the Third Division North and South, instead preferring another regional league. Of the applications for Third Division South election, Gillingham polled 44 votes, Colchester 28, Worcester City 11, Chelmsford City 8, Peterborough United 5 and Merthyr Tydfil and Yeovil Town just one vote each. Colchester United were elected to the Football League with a Supporters Club membership of over 16,000 and an average gate of over 8,500.


1949–50 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season
The 1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey team represented the Colorado College in intercollegiate college ice hockey during the 1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season. The head coach was Cheddy Thompson and the team captain was Milo Yalich. The team won the 1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The team's leading scorer was Harry Whitworth, who finished third in the nation with 60 points.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
Colorado College entered the 1949–50 season looking for a bit of redemption after they lost their first three NCAA tournament games over the previous two seasons. With returning senior Milo Yalich named as team captain, the team opened on the road against the Wichita All-Stars before hosting the same team the following week. The first game was a close affair, with the Tigers winning 5–4 but the next three matches were easily won by Cheddy Thompson's team. The Tigers stayed at home until mid-January and used that advantage to win their first 10 games of the season.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
The visiting UBC Thunderbirds spoiled their perfect record, handing the Tigers their first two losses of the year but that series was sandwiched between two weekends against the brand new Denver program that was hopelessly outmatched by Colorado College. CC took all four games against their future rival by a combined score of 50–4. After splitting two games during a trip up to Minnesota the Tigers met their biggest competition in the west, the Michigan Wolverines.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
CC had lost five of their previous six meetings against the Wolverines and hadn't beaten Michigan since 1946. In the first game Michigan shut down the high-powered CC offense, holding the Tigers to a season-low one goal in a 5–1 CC loss. The next day turned out even worse for the Tigers when they were trounced by Michigan 11–1.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
The bitter taste of those two losses remained in the team's mouth for two weeks but once they returned to the ice the team was able to take some of their frustration out on Minnesota, winning two games to end the regular season. While Michigan had the best record by far, Colorado College and North Dakota were in contention for the second western seed. While their two records were very similar (15–6–2 vs. 16–5–1) the series the two played against one another ended in CC's favor and was likely the deciding factor in sending the Tigers back to the NCAA tournament.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
The Tigers welcomed Boston College in the semifinal and, after BC opened the scoring early in the first, Colorado College produced what was then the most lopsided victory in tournament history. The Tigers' Carl Lawrence gave the team its first lead and then proceeded to score four more times before the game was over. Ron Hartwell, Tony Frasca, Chris Ray and Bill MacDonald also hit the net as CC rolled to a 10–3 win, their first tournament victory.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
In the championship game CC faced off against Boston University who were in their first season playing varsity ice hockey and led by the nation's leading scorer Jack Garrity. Once again the Tigers surrendered the first goal and went into the second period down 1–0. CC remained off the score sheet until about midway through the game when they notched two goals in the span of 18 seconds and followed it up with a third just over six minutes later.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
With the game close through two periods there was still hope for both teams but, when Ron Hartwell scored 52 seconds in, the championship appeared to be slipping away from BU. Chris Ray built the lead to 4 before future Hall of Famer Jack Kelley made the score 5–2. After that brief respite the CC offense went on a rampage and scored seven goals in just under 7 minutes of game time with all but one coming from different players. Three more goals were scored before the game ended but the outcome had already been decided and Colorado College skated away with their first national championship.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
CC set numerous records over the course of the season. With their 190 goals coming in only 24 games the team averaged just under 8 goals per game (7.91) which is the best rating in history for an NCAA champion (as of 2018). Colorado College twice broke the record for largest margin of victory in the NCAA tournament, winning 10–3 in their first game (+7) and 13–4 in their second (+9). As of 2018 the championship game has the second-widest margin (1961).


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
The 13 goals CC scored in the championship set a record for most in any tournament game that was broken by Michigan in 1953 and remains a record for a championship game (tied with the 1957 CC team). The 23 goals scored in the tournament was a record that was not broken until the tournament expanded to at last double the number of games for a championship team, but still remains a record for any team in the Frozen Four. The +16 total goal differential is still a record for a single tournament that is shared by Michigan in 1953 and Wisconsin in 1983.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, Standings, Schedule
During the season Colorado College compiled an 18–5–1 record, and was selected for the NCAA tournament for the third consecutive year.


1949–50 Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey season, 1950 national championship, (W2) Colorado College vs. (E2) Boston University
Jim Starrak and Tony Frasca were named to the All-Tournament First Team while Roy Ikola and Ron Hartwell were on the All-Tournament Second Team


1949–50 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1949–50 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17–8 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 5–2 record. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by fourth-year head coach Hugh Greer.


1949–50 Copa México
The Copa México 1949–50 was the 34th staging of the Copa México, the 7th staging in the professional era.


1949–50 Copa México
The competition started on July 9, 1950, and concluded on August 6, 1950, with the final, in which Atlas lifted the trophy for the second time ever with a 3–1 victory over Veracruz.


1949–50 Copa México
This edition was played by 14 teams, in a knock-out stage, in a single match.


1949–50 Copa México, First round
Bye:  Asturias F.C.,  América,  Guadalajara,  Club España,  Tampico and  Veracruz,


1949–50 Copa del Generalísimo
The 1949–50 Copa del Generalísimo was the 48th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.


1949–50 Copa del Generalísimo
The competition began on 27 November 1949 and concluded on 28 May 1950 with the final.


1949–50 Cypriot Cup
The 1949–50 Cypriot Cup was the 13th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 8 clubs entered the competition. It began on 26 February 1950 with the quarterfinals and concluded on 23 April 1950 with the replay final which was held at GSP Stadium. EPA won their 3rd Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Anorthosis 2–1 in the final.


1949–50 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 1949–50 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division.


1949–50 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of three knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay match.


1949–50 Cypriot First Division
Statistics of the Cypriot First Division for the 1949–50 season.


1949–50 Cypriot First Division, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Anorthosis Famagusta FC won the championship.


1949–50 Czechoslovak Extraliga season
The 1949–50 Czechoslovak Extraliga season was the seventh season of the Czechoslovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia. Eight teams participated in the league, and ATK Praha won the championship.


1949–50 DDR-Oberliga
The 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga, playing as the DS-Liga in its first season as the DDR, the German Democratic Republic was only formed after the start of the season, was the inaugural season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.


1949–50 DDR-Oberliga
The league was contested by 14 teams and ZSG Horch Zwickau won the championship. It was the second and last East German championship for Zwickau, having previously won the 1948 edition under the name of SG Planitz.


1949–50 DDR-Oberliga
Heinz Satrapa of ZSG Horch Zwickau was the league's top scorer with 23 goals.


1949–50 DDR-Oberliga, Table
The 1949–50 season was the inaugural season of the league.


1949–50 DDR-Oberliga, Name changes
East German clubs were subject to frequent name changes in this era. The following 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga clubs changed their name during the off-season and in the season.


1949–50 Danish 1st Division, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Kjøbenhavns Boldklub won the championship.


1949–50 Denver Nuggets season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the only season for the original Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association.


1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team finish in first place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 37 wins, 19 losses, and 14 ties for 88 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the Semi-finals before downing the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Finals, also in seven games.


1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Playoffs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;


1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season, Detroit Red Wings 1950 Stanley Cup champions, Players
† Left off the cup, but qualified to be on it.a Played his only NHL game in Finals.b Played his only NHL game in Semi-Finals.


1949–50 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1949–50 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 1st year head coach Harold Kollar, played their home games at Curtis Hall Gym and were members of the Southern division of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC).


1949–50 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1949–50 men's college basketball season. The head coach was Gerry Gerard, coaching his eighth and final season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 15–15.


1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1949–50 season was the 66th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup and the Supplementary Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.


1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League
If the 1948-49 league campaign was a disappointment, this season was to prove a disaster, with just 16 points being won and a 15th-place finish - a distant 31 behind champions Morton. Things might have been worse, however, with only 4 points separating them from relegation to Division C.


1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
Dumbarton lost out in the second round of the Cup to Stirling Albion, after two drawn games.


1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League Cup
With two wins and a draw being taken from their 6 games in the sectional games of the League Cup, Dumbarton finished 3rd of 4 and failed to qualify for the next stage.


1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season, Supplementary Cup
It was a first round exit in the B Division Cup, this time to Stenhousemuir.


1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season, Stirlingshire Cup
Alloa were to prove too strong for Dumbarton in the first round clash of the county cup.


1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season, Benefit Matches
Two 'benefit' matches were played against strong Rangers and Clyde sides, resulting in wins in both cases.


1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
Dumbarton played a reserve team for the first time in many seasons and competed in Division C (South West) finishing 18th and bottom, recording 6 wins and 8 draws from 34 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first team of Stranraer also competed in this league.


1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton were dumped out in the first round by Queen of the South.


1949–50 Dundee F.C. season
The 1949–50 season was the forty-eighth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A, where the club would finish in 6th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup, but would struggle in both competitions, finishing bottom of their group in the League Cup and being knocked out in a 1st round replay against Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Cup.


1949–50 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1949–50 season was the 42nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1949 to 30 June 1950. United finished in seventh place in the Second Division.


1949–50 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 39 competitive matches during the 1949–50 season.


1949–50 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1949–50 Egyptian Premier League
The 1949–50 Egyptian Premier League started in October 1948. Al-Ahly were crowned champions for the second time in total.


1949–50 English National League season
The 1949–50 English National League season was the ninth season of the English National League, the top level ice hockey league in England. Seven teams participated in the league, and the Streatham Royals won the championship.


1949–50 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 1949–50 Eredivisie season was the fourth season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Three teams participated in the league, and Ijsvogels Amsterdam won the championship.


1949–50 European Rugby League Championship
This was the tenth European Championship and was won for the fifth time by England on Points Average. This tournament saw the introduction of the Other Nationalities team, which was made up of players from Scotland and the southern hemisphere who played in the NRFU. The tournament also reverted to the single game round robin format.


1949–50 Everton F.C. season
During the 1949–50 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1949–50 Everton F.C. season, Final League Table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


1949–50 FA Cup
The 1949–50 FA Cup was the 69th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Arsenal won the competition for the third time, beating Liverpool 2–0 in the final at Wembley, through two goals from Reg Lewis.


1949–50 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1949–50 FA Cup, First round proper
At this stage clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 25 non-league clubs having come through the qualifying rounds. Rotherham United, Reading and A.F.C. Bournemouth, as the strongest Third Division finishers in the previous season, were given a bye to the Third Round. To make the number of matches up, non-league Yeovil Town and Bromley were given byes to this round. 34 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 26 November 1949. Three were drawn and went to replays.


1949–50 FA Cup, Second Round Proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 10 December 1949. Six matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week. One of these replays went to a second replay.


1949–50 FA Cup, Third round proper
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage, along with the three strongest finishers from the previous season's Third Division, Rotherham United, Reading and A.F.C. Bournemouth. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 7 January 1950. Nine matches were drawn and went to replays, with one of these going to a second replay.


1949–50 FA Cup, Fourth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 28 January 1950. Six games were drawn and went to replays, which were all played in the following midweek match.


1949–50 FA Cup, Fifth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 11 February 1950. There were three replays in total, each taking place four days later.


1949–50 FA Cup, Sixth Round Proper
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 4 March 1950. There were no replays.


1949–50 FA Cup, Semi-Finals
The semi-final matches were intended to be played on Saturday, 18 March 1950, although the Liverpool–Everton fixture was not played until the week after. The London derby clash of Arsenal–Chelsea went to a replay, with Arsenal eventually winning their tie to meet Liverpool in the final at Wembley.


1949–50 FA Cup, Final
The 1950 FA Cup Final was contested by Arsenal and Liverpool at Wembley. Arsenal won 2–0, with both goals scored by Reg Lewis. Future legendary Liverpool manager Bob Paisley was famously dropped for the final, even after scoring the winning goal against rivals Everton in the semi final.


1949–50 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The FA Cup 1949–50 is the 69th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 25 victorious teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper.


1949–50 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 4th qualifying round
The teams that entered in this round are: Leytonstone, Colchester United, Barnet, Bishop Auckland, Gillingham, Cheltenham Town, Guildford City, Chelmsford City, Gainsborough Trinity, Scunthorpe United, Shrewsbury Town, Scarborough, Stockton, Workington, Dulwich Hamlet, Walthamstow Avenue, Wellington Town, Runcorn, Stalybridge Celtic, Lancaster City, Dartford, Hereford United, Romford and Witton Albion.


1949–50 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1949–50 FA Cup
See 1949–50 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1949–50 FC Basel season
The 1949–50 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 56th season in their existence. It was their fourth season in the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion from the Nationalliga B after the season 1945–46. This season Basel played their home games in the Stadion Schützenmatte in the Bachletten quartier in the southwestern edge of the city of Basel. Jules Düblin was the club's chairman for the fourth successive season.


1949–50 FC Basel season, Overview
Ernst Hufschmid, who had functioned as player-coach the previous two seasons, continued in this function this season. Basel played a total of 41 games in this season. Of these 26 in the Nationalliga A, five in the Swiss Cup and ten were test games. The test games resulted with three victories and seven defeats. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they won 21 games, drew five and lost 15 times. In the 41 games they scored 78 goals and conceded 75.


1949–50 FC Basel season, Overview
There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1949–50 Nationalliga A, the bottom two teams in the table to be relagted. Basel started the season well, winnung six of the first seven games and things continued well. Basel stayed in contention of the championship. But at the end of the season they lost their last two games and finished in second position, two points behind the new champions Servette who won their last two games. Basel won 14 games, drew five and were defeated seven times, they scored 48 goals as they gained their 33 points. Gottlieb Stäuble with 13 goals was the team's best scorer and 8th best league scorer. René Bader was the team's second best goal getter, netting nine times, Paul Stöcklin netted six times.


1949–50 FC Basel season, Overview
Basel started in the 3rd round of the Swiss Cup with an away match against lower tier FC Porrentruy. This was won. In round 4 Basel were drawn away against Grasshopper Club and this too was won. In the round of 16 and the quarter-final Basel played at home and won against Wil and Bellinzona respectively. However Lausanne-Sport won the semi-final and continued to the final and they won the trophy.


1949–50 FC Basel season, Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1949–50. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 28 August 1949 but subsequently left the club after that date.


1949–50 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1949–50 FK Partizan season
The 1949–50 season was the 4th season in FK Partizan's existence. This article shows player statistics and matches that the club played during the 1949–50 season.


1949–50 FK Partizan season, Players
Šoštarić, Kolaković, Čolić, Čajkovski, Jovanović, Jakovetić, Mihajlović, Pajević, Valok, Bobek, Atanacković


1949–50 FK Partizan season, Players
Grčević, Petrović, Drenovac, Lazarević, Senčar, Simonovski, Požega, Marjanović, Radunović, Racić, Vorgić, Hočevar, Bogojevac, Krajišnik, Šijaković, Stipić, Stanković, Popović i Kantardžić.


1949–50 Football League
The 1949–50 season was the 51st completed season of The Football League.


1949–50 Football League, Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1949–50 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.


1949–50 Football League, Final league tables
From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.


1949–50 Football League, First Division
Portsmouth retained the First Division title, finishing level on points with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Sunderland finished a single point behind the leading pair, with Manchester United and Newcastle United completing the top five. Sixth placed Arsenal, the 1948 champions, finished four points off the top of the table but beat Liverpool to win their first postwar FA Cup.


1949–50 Football League, First Division
Manchester City and Birmingham City went down to the Second Division.


1949–50 Fort Wayne Pistons season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the second season for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and ninth overall as a franchise. After missing the playoffs for the first time in 1949 the team made their first NBA playoff berth. After beating Chicago in a tiebreaker game Fort Wayne entered the playoffs as the three seed in the east and defeated their old rivals, the Rochester Royals, in a first round sweep, before the Pistons got swept by the eventual champion Minneapolis Lakers.


1949–50 French Division 1
FC Girondins de Bordeaux won Division 1 season 1949/1950 of the French Association Football League with 51 points.


1949–50 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1950/1951


1949–50 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Nîmes Olympique won the championship.


1949–50 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1949-50 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 48 teams divided en 8 pools, 32 teams were qualified to play the play-offs


1949–50 French Rugby Union Championship
The Championship was won by Castres that beat Racing Paris in the final.


1949–50 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The 1950 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales, France was classified third.


1949–50 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The "Coupe de France" was won by Lourdes that beat the AS Biterroise Cheminots in the final.


1949–50 French Rugby Union Championship, "Last 16"
In bold the clubs qualified for the quarter of finals.


1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1949–50 NCAA college basketball season. Francis "Buddy" O'Grady coached it in his first of three seasons as head coach. The team was an independent and played its home games at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. It finished with a record of 12-12 and had no post-season play.


1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
New head coach O'Grady had been a three-year standout guard on the Hoya teams of 1939-1942. After military service in World War II, he had played professional basketball for three seasons with the Washington Capitols and the Rochester Royals before retiring to coach at Georgetown.


1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Although coaches of the freshman team had assisted the varsity team's head coach from time to time, Georgetown had never had a formal assistant coach on the varsity team until this season, when former Georgetown player Jim "Miggs" Reilly became the Hoyas' first formal assistant coach.


1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The season saw the beginning of annual meetings between rivals Fordham and Georgetown, which would continue through 1979.


1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Guard Tommy O'Keefe played an unprecedented fourth season on the varsity team this year. Freshmen were ineligible for varsity play under National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules at the time, but this had been lifted for four seasons during and just after World War II. The NCAA restored freshman ineligibility in 1947, but when the Georgetown athletic department petitioned the NCAA to recognize O'Keefe's 1946-47 sophomore season at Georgetown as the equivalent of a freshman season prior to the NCAA restoration of freshman ineligibility, the NCAA agreed, allowing O'Keefe to play for Georgetown for a fourth season in 1949-50.


1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
He led the 1949-50 team, scoring in double figures in 21 of its 24 games. Early in the year, he shot 10-for-15 from the field in Georgetown's upset of Penn State, and he had a career-high 23 points in an upset of Rutgers. He finished as the team's leading scorer for the third straight year – the first Georgetown player to lead for three straight seasons in 15 years – and was selected to play on the East team alongside Holy Cross standout Bob Cousy in the East-West All-Star Game.


1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown's January 14, 1950, game against Holy Cross at Worcester Memorial Auditorium in Worcester, Massachusetts, was the Hoyas' first against a team ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Poll. Cousey led the Crusaders to a 77–51 victory over Georgetown.


1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The young, undersized 1949-50 team started with a 10-5 record in its first 15 games, but then struggled, losing seven of its last nine games to finish the year at 12-12. It had no postseason play and was not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll at any time.


1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
O'Keefe ended his Georgetown career with 1,018 points, the first Georgetown player in history to score more than 1,000 points. He would go on to play professional basketball for one season with the Washington Capitols and Baltimore Bullets in 1950-51 and to serve as Georgetown's assistant coach for four seasons from 1956 to 1960 and as head coach for six seasons from 1960 to 1966.


1949–50 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1949–50 schedule and results
It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, and the December 9, 1949, game against the New York Athletic Club therefore counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1949-50. It was not until 1952 after the completion of the 1951-52 season that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.


1949–50 Greek Football Cup
The 1949–50 Greek Football Cup was the 8th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens on 28 May 1950. The match was contested by AEK Athens and Aris, with AEK Athens winning by 4–0.


1949–50 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 8th Greek Cup Final was played at the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.


1949–50 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1949–50 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1949–50 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1949–50 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1949–50 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1949–50 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 39th since its establishment.


1949–50 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1949–50 campaign saw Town finish in their highest position in Division 1 since their 3rd-place finish in the 1935–36 season. They finished in 15th place with just 37 points and most of the highlights of the season were of the negative sort with disappointing thrashings by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United, as well as a 6–0 drubbing by Sunderland in the FA Cup.


1949–50 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1949–50 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
After Arnold Rodgers' goal in the final match of the previous season, some were wondering how Town would cope in Division 1 as they headed into the 1950s. The season didn't start too well with Town only winning 1 of their first 10 matches, that being a 2–1 win over Charlton Athletic, but that run also included a 7–1 defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers.


1949–50 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Town's form would never dramatically improve, which led Town to another relegation battle, but an improvement saw Town finish in the more respectable position of 15th place. This was also the season that Town played 2 matches at Elland Road, the home of rivals Leeds United, because of a fire at Leeds Road after the game against Manchester United.


1949–50 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1949–50 IHL season
The 1949–50 IHL season was the fifth season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Five teams participated in the regular season, and the Chatham Maroons won the Turner Cup.


1949–50 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1949–50 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by third-year head coach Charles Finley and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.


1949–50 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 15–17 overall and 7–9 in conference play.


1949–50 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1949–50 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1949-50 season looked to have solid promise based on the fact that the team had 3 returning starters from a "Final Four" team a year earlier. Unfortunately for the Fighting Illini men's basketball team, the conference season proved to be more difficult than expected. With 5 of the team's 8 losses coming at the hands of conference competition, the Illini, not only placed in a third place tie in the Big Ten, they also missed out on the opportunity to play in a post-season tournament.


1949–50 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Head coach Harry Combes had guided the team a year earlier to a Big Ten championship, a third place finish in the 1949 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and a final AP ranking of No. 4 in the nation. The 1949-50 team compiled an overall record of 14 wins and 8 losses with a conference record of 7 wins and 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain William Erickson, Roy Gatewood and Donald Sunderlage as forwards, Rodney Fletcher, and Burdette Thurlby at guard and Walter Osterkorn and Mack Follmer rotating at the center position.


1949–50 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 9th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1949–50 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 17–5 and a conference record of 7–5, finishing 3rd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.


1949–50 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball season is considered one of the greatest in the school's history. The Sycamore's were led by NAIB All-American Lenny Len Rzeszewski. He led them to the national title game versus East Central Oklahoma and ended the season as the National Champion with a record of 27–8. This season was Indiana State's 4th NAIA Final Four, its 3rd National Title game and its 1st National Championship.


1949–50 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team, Regular season
During the 1949–50 season, Indiana State finished the regular season 20–8, 7–2 in the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference. They won on average by over 10 points per game, dropping a hard fought battle to the national ranked (# 2) Duquesne Dukes on the road.


1949–50 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team, Regular season
They won 4 of 5 during their Christmas vacation road-trip before kicking off the conference schedule.


1949–50 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team, Regular season
They won the NAIA Regional Championship by downing Hanover and Evansville and qualified for the NAIA Tournament.


1949–50 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team, Regular season
Once in Kansas City they ran the table winning their first NAIA National title (after twice finishing 2nd.) Len Rzeszewski received several honors at the end of regular season including the Chuck Taylor Award as the Most Valuable Player of the Year in the NAIA. He was also selected to the NAIA All-American team.


1949–50 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team, Roster
The Sycamores were led by Rzeszewski, the NAIA Player of the Year and his 13.4 average. He was followed by Don McDonald’s 13.2 average. The starting lineup also included Jim Powers, Bob Gilbert and Clarence Walker. The remainder of the roster consisted of Dan Dimich, Bill Jagodzinski, Jim Berger, Jim Hans, and Jerry Kunkel.


1949–50 Indianapolis Olympians season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the first season for the Indianapolis Olympians in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


1949–50 Indianapolis Olympians season, Playoffs, West Division Semifinals
(1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (4) Sheboygan Red Skins: Olympians win series 2-1


1949–50 Indianapolis Olympians season, Playoffs, West Division Semifinals
This was the first playoff meeting between the Olympians and Red Skins.


1949–50 Indianapolis Olympians season, Playoffs, West Division Finals
(1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (2) Anderson Packers: Packers win series 2-1


1949–50 Indianapolis Olympians season, Playoffs, West Division Finals
This was the first playoff meeting between the Olympians and Packers.


1949–50 Inter Milan season
During the 1949–50 season Football Club Internazionale competed in Serie A.


1949–50 Inter Milan season, Summary
The campaign is best remembered by the hat-trick of Amedeo Amadei in Milano derby after Inter started losing 1-4 and won the match with the all-time highest score (6-5) on 6 November 1949.


1949–50 Inter Milan season, Summary
In the summer of 1949 Masseroni transferred in the club several players such as Giovanni Giacomazzi, youngster back from Luparense,  Renato Miglioli from Atalanta and Dutchman winger Faas Wilkes. The club finished 3rd position in league behind Milan and champions Juventus.


1949–50 Inter Milan season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1949–50 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1949-50 NCAA College men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Clay Sutherland, who was in his third season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the Iowa State Armory in Ames, Iowa.


1949–50 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 6–17, 2–10 in Big Seven play to finish in seventh place.


1949–50 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division
The 1949–50 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division was the second season of the Iraq Central FA League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973). The competition started on 25 November 1949, and Al-Haris Al-Maliki won the title for the first time.


1949–50 Iraq FA Basra League
The 1949–50 Iraq FA Basra League was the second season of the Iraq FA Basra League (the top division of football in Basra from 1948 to 1973) organised by the Basra branch of the Iraq Football Association. The tournament began on 19 October 1949, and the regular season ended in November 1949 with Sharikat Naft Al-Basra and Al-Ittihad qualifying for the championship play-off. Sharikat Naft Al-Basra beat Al-Ittihad 5–1 in January 1950 to win the title for the first time.


1949–50 Iraq FA Kirkuk First Division
The 1949–50 Iraq FA Kirkuk First Division was the second season of the Iraq FA Kirkuk League (the top division of football in Kirkuk from 1948 to 1973) organised by the Kirkuk branch of the Iraq Football Association. Unlike the previous season, Kirkuk's teams were split into two divisions from this season with seven teams in the top-flight and eight teams in the second-tier. The First Division started on the weekend of 5–6 November 1949, and Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad retained the league title with five victories and one defeat. The number of teams in the First Division was increased to nine for the 1950–51 season.


1949–50 Iraq FA Kirkuk First Division, League table
The outcome of the Armenian Relief Corps v. Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya match is not available.


1949–50 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1949–50 comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship after a play-off with Glentoran.


1949–50 Israeli League
The 1949–50 season was the first and only edition of the Israeli League. It was the first season after independence in 1948, and the eleventh season of league football in what had been Mandatory Palestine. The season started on 28 May 1949 and ended on 24 June 1950, with the league played on the basis of two points for a win and one for a draw.


1949–50 Israeli League
Originally 14 teams were due to contest the league, the same line-up as the league for the abandoned 1947–48 season. However Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv had disbanded and after failing to play their first three matches, the rest of the club's fixtures were cancelled and the league was contested by 13 clubs.


1949–50 Israeli League
The title was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv. In early March 1950, Maccabi Nes Tziona were ejected from the league after failing to appear at three consecutive matches; all remaining matches in the season were forfeited. The club finished bottom of the league and were relegated.


1949–50 Israeli League
After a season's hiatus, football resumed in 1951, by which time Liga Alef had become the country's top division.


1949–50 Istanbul Football League
The 1949–50 İstanbul Football League season was the 40th season of the league. Beşiktaş JK won the league for the 10th time.


1949–50 Isthmian League
The 1949–50 season was the 35th in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1949–50 Isthmian League
Leytonstone were champions, winning their sixth Isthmian League title. At the end of the season Tufnell Park merged with Edmonton Borough to form Tufnell Park Edmonton.


1949–50 Juventus F.C. season
During the 1949–50 season Juventus Football Club competed in Serie A.


1949–50 Juventus F.C. season, Summary
The team clinched its 8th title despite a colossal 1–7 home defeat against Milan with a superb hat-trick of Swedish striker Gunnar Nordahl. The championship was a reward to chairman Gianni Agnelli who built this team buying Danish players unknown at the time. In the summer he transferred in an Argentinian midfielder Rinaldo Martino from San Lorenzo to boost the club performance.


1949–50 Juventus F.C. season, Summary
In this season, Jesse Carver replaced fellow Englishman William Chalmers as head coach of Juventus, and a less rigid and physically demanding training schedule paid off for Hansen. In the club, Hansen had an irreplaceable partner in another Danish player from the 1948 Olympics team, Karl Aage Præst. Præst was a left winger with electric dribbling skills who scattered opponents through the field and produced precise crosses to Hansen, who netted them thanks to his violent and accurate headers. Juventus won the 1949–50 Serie A championship with Hansen scoring 28 goals in 37 games.


1949–50 Juventus F.C. season, Squad
Source:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1949–50 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1949–50 college men's basketball season.


1949–50 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeast Conference. The head coach was Adolph Rupp and the team played their home games at Alumni Gymnasium for the final season. The Wildcats won SEC regular season and tournament championships. After losing to eventual National Invitation Tournament champion CCNY, Kentucky finished the season with a record of 25–5 (11–2 SEC).


1949–50 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
Charles Newton, a player on this squad, returned to Kentucky as Athletic Director from 1989 to 2000.


1949–50 Klass B season
The 1949–50 Klass B season was the third season of the Klass B, the second level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. 19 teams participated in the league, and HC Spartak Minsk won the championship and was promoted to the Soviet Championship League.


1949–50 La Liga
The 1949–50 La Liga was the 19th season since its establishment. Atlético Madrid conquered their third title.


1949–50 La Liga, Format
Due to the expansion of the league to 16 teams for the next season, the two last qualified teams played the relegation playoffs against the third and fourth qualified teams of the promotion play-offs from Segunda División.


1949–50 La Liga, Relegation play-offs
Gimnástico played their match at Sarrià Stadium and Oviedo at Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid.


1949–50 Lancashire Cup
The 1949–50 Lancashire Cup competition was the 37th Rugby League Lancashire Cup. In the final, Wigan beat Leigh 20-7 to win the trophy. Thirty-five thousand people attended the match, which took place at Wilderspool, Warrington with receipts of £4,751. The attendance was the second-highest to date for the competition (for further information see Rugby league county cups). This was the fourth of Wigan’s record-breaking run of six consecutive Lancashire Cup victories.


1949–50 Lancashire Cup, Background
Overall, 14 teams entered this competition, the same number as in 1948, with Whitehaven being newly elected into the Rugby League at the start of the 1949–50 season, replacing the prior season's junior/amateur club entrant. No junior/amateur club took part during the 1949–50 season. The same pre-war fixture format was retained, with no bye, but one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. The second round contained one bye, but no "blank" fixture. As in the 1948–49 competition, all the first round matches were played on the basis of two legged (home and away) ties, and the remainder of the rounds on straight forward knock-out basis.


1949–50 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1
7 matches (with no bye and one “blank” fixture) involving 14 clubs.


1949–50 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1 – Second Leg
7 matches (with no bye and one “blank” fixture) involving 14 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg.


1949–50 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring: Try = three (3) points; Goal = two (2) points; Drop goal = two (2) points


1949–50 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Tournament bracket
All the first round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis. The first club named in the first round played the first leg at home. The scores shown in the first round are the aggregate score over the two legs.


1949–50 Lancashire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * This was the first Lancashire Cup match to be played by Whitehaven as well as being the first match at this stadium. 2 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 through the 2003 summer season, after which they moved into the new Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained a sports/Rugby League facility, used by the Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club. It had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948, when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 13-10.


1949–50 League Algiers
The 1949–50 League Algiers Football Association season started on September 25, 1949 and ended on May 28, 1950. This is the 28th edition of the championships.


1949–50 League Algiers, Final results, Division Honneur
The Division Honneur is the highest level of League Algiers Football Association, the equivalent of the elite for this league. It consists of twelve clubs who compete in both the title of "Champion of Division Honneur" and that of "Champion of Algiers", since it is the highest degree.


1949–50 League of Ireland
The 1949–50 League of Ireland was the 29th season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland.


1949–50 Liga Meuhedet
Liga Meuhedet (Hebrew: ליגה מיוחדת, lit. Special League) was a temporary second division of Israeli football in the 1949–50 season, the first after Israeli independence. It consisted of five regional division; North, Samaria, Sharon, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and South. There was no promotion or relegation.


1949–50 Liga Meuhedet
There was no league football during the 1950–51 season, and when it resumed in 1951–52, Liga Bet returned as the second tier with the same composition as the aborted 1947–48 Liga Bet, with the top teams from Samaria, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem-South divisions replacing inactive teams.


1949–50 Liverpool F.C. season
The 1949–50 season was the 57th season in Liverpool F.C. 's existence, and ended their season eighth in the table. Liverpool had played the first 19 games of the season unbeaten up to the middle of December and despite losing games after this, still remained top of the league on Good Friday. On Easter Sunday, Liverpool lost 5–1 away to Newcastle and went on to lose three of their last four games, ultimately finishing the season in eighth place, five points off ultimate league winners Portsmouth.


1949–50 Liverpool F.C. season
They also reached the FA Cup Final but lost two-nil to Arsenal.


1949–50 Luxembourg National Division
The 1949–50 Luxembourg National Division was the 36th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1949–50 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 12 teams, and Stade Dudelange won the championship.


1949–50 Macedonian Republic League
The 1949–50 Macedonian Republic League was the 6th since its establishment. Rabotnik Bitola won their first championship title.


1949–50 Maltese Premier League
The 1949–50 Maltese First Division was the 35th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship.


1949–50 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1949–50 season was Manchester United's 48th season in the Football League. They finished fourth in the First Division and reached the Sixth Round Proper of the FA Cup.


1949–50 Manchester United F.C. season
A notable acquisition by the club during this season was 18-year-old goalkeeper Ray Wood, who was signed from Darlington as manager Matt Busby looked to find a younger goalkeeper to provide competition for Jack Crompton and Reg Allen for the 1950s.


1949–50 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1949–50 season was Mansfield Town's 12th season in the Football League and eighth season in the Third Division North, they finished in 8th position with 48 points.


1949–50 Mexican Primera División season
Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1949–50 season.


1949–50 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Veracruz won the championship.


1949–50 Mexican Primera División season, Changes
After this season Asturias, Club España, and Moctezuma retired from the league due to differences with the Federation. Necaxa, an old member and who didn't accept professionalism in 1943, re-joined for next season.


1949–50 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1949–50 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1949–50 season. The team finished the season in a tie for sixth place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 11–11 and 4–8 against conference opponents.


1949–50 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Ernie McCoy was in his second year as the team's head coach. Mack Supronowicz was the team's leading scorer with 278 points in 22 games for an average of 12.6 points per game. Chuck Murray was the team captain.


1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season
The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season was the second season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers repeated as NBA Champions, defeating the Syracuse Nationals in six games in the NBA Finals, making it (to date) the only franchise to win the championship in each of its first two NBA seasons.


1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season was the 41st season in club history. The team placed second in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the semi-finals against New York Rangers four games to one.


1949–50 NBA season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the inaugural season of the National Basketball Association, which was created in 1949 by merger of the 3-year-old BAA and 12-year-old NBL. The postseason tournament (the 1950 NBA Playoffs) at its conclusion, ended with the Minneapolis Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the Syracuse Nationals 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.


1949–50 NBA season
Commonly 1949–50 is counted as the fourth NBA season. It recognizes the three BAA seasons (1946–47, 1947–48 and 1948–49) as part of its own history, sometimes without comment.


1949–50 NBA season, Final standings
In this inaugural NBA season only, the ten surviving teams from 1948-49 BAA season played a heavy schedule of games with each other and a light schedule with the seven NBL participants in the merger that created the league, and vice versa.


1949–50 NBA season, Final standings, Eastern Division
Syracuse played a heavy schedule of 44 games against Western Division teams: on average just over seven games each, same as they played each other (35 to 37 games against five Western rivals). The Western Division teams were generally weaker on the court; none of the teams there won half of its games played outside the division. Yet Syracuse won at the same 80% rate against the East and Central (16–4) as they did against the West (35–9).


1949–50 NBA season, Final standings, Central Division
To define first and third place, the Lakers played one game against the Royals, while the Stags played one against the Pistons, preliminary to the 1950 NBA Playoffs.


1949–50 NBA season, Final standings, Central Division
The five Central Division teams and five Eastern teams beside Syracuse — that is, the ten former BAA teams – uniformly played 68 games: six games in each pairing among themselves (54) and two games each against each of the Western teams and Syracuse (14).


1949–50 NBA season, Final standings, Western Division
The six Western Division teams and Syracuse—that is, the seven NBL participants in the merger—uniformly played two games each against every one of the ten BAA 1949 teams, the East and Central teams except Syracuse (20 games each). They played seven or nine games in each pairing among themselves (at least 42 games).


1949–50 NBA season, Statistics leaders
Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.


1949–50 NCAA men's basketball rankings
The 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of a single human poll – the AP Poll – with weekly editions released between January 5, 1950 and March 7, 1950.


1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1949, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1950 NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 28, 1950, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The City College of New York Beavers won their first NCAA national championship with a 71–68 victory over the Bradley Braves.


1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.


1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season
The 1949–50 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in November 1949 and concluded with the 1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1950 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 3rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 55th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.


1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season
Army, who had been fielding an ice hockey team continually since 1904, elevated the program to major status in 1949.


1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season
Boston University began to sponsor ice hockey as a sport again for this season and was selected as one of the two eastern representatives for the NCAA tournament.


1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season
Denver's ice hockey program was started this year after the university finished construction of the DU Arena.


1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.


1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.


1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


1949–50 NHL season
The 1949–50 NHL season was the 33rd season of the National Hockey League. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the New York Rangers in seven games for the Stanley Cup. It was the Red Wings' fourth championship.


1949–50 NHL season, League business
The NHL decided to increase the number of games played from 60 to 70 games for each team. Each team played every other team 14 times. Goaltenders would no longer have to face a penalty shot if they took a major penalty. A team-mate could serve the penalty in the penalty box.


1949–50 NHL season, League business
In June 1949, the NHL decided to henceforth paint the ice surface white. This was done by adding white paint to the water before freezing. Previously, the ice surface was just frozen water on concrete, which made a dull grey colour. By "whitening" the ice surface, it made seeing and following the puck much easier, especially on the relatively new medium of television.


1949–50 NHL season, Regular season
Detroit, led by the new Production Line of Lindsay, Abel and Howe won the regular season. The Production line led the league in scoring 1–2–3.


1949–50 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
On November 2, 1949, at Chicago Stadium, a rather serious brawl broke out in a game Chicago defeated Montreal 4–1. During the second period, some rinkside fans began to get on Montreal defenceman Ken Reardon, and when one fan grabbed his sweater, Reardon swung his stick and hit one of the rowdies. Leo Gravelle and Billy Reay joined in, and yet another fan climbed over the boards and challenged Reardon, but was forced back to his seat. When the game ended, police arrested Reardon, Reay and Gravelle. Later, the players were cleared when a judge ruled that the fans were the aggressors and overstepped the prerogatives as fans.


1949–50 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
After Chicago defeated Toronto 6–3 on November 27, Conn Smythe told goaltender Turk Broda, "I'm not running a fat man's team!" and said that Broda would not play until he reduced his weight to 190 lb. At the time, Broda weighed almost 200. Al Rollins was purchased from Cleveland of the AHL and Gil Mayer was brought up for good measure. When he reached 189 pounds, Broda went back into the Toronto net and he gained his fourth shutout of the season December 3 and Maple Leaf fans cheered all of his 22 saves.


1949–50 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
After the Red Wings clobbered Chicago 9–2 on February 8, writer Lew Walter tried to interview Chicago coach Charlie Conacher. Conacher exploded in anger, criticized Walter's past stories and punched Walter, knocking him down to the floor. Walter announced that he would seek a warrant for Conacher's arrest. NHL president Clarence Campbell took a dim view of Conacher's actions and fined him $200. Conacher then phoned Walter and apologized, saying he regretted what had taken place.


1949–50 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
Montreal fans began to boo Bill Durnan, like they had in 1947–48, despite the fact he was the league's best goalkeeper, and in an interview, he stated he was going to retire at the end of the season. In reality, Durnan had been cut a number of times during the season, and at one point, had to take penicillin. It caused a high fever and he missed some action. Despite this, he recorded eight shutouts and won the Vezina Trophy for the sixth time in his seven-year career.


1949–50 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
Ken Reardon got himself into trouble when he made a statement to a magazine suggesting retribution to Cal Gardner, stating: "I'm going to make sure that Gardner gets 14 stitches in his mouth. I may have to wait a long time, but I'll get even." On March 1, 1950, Clarence Campbell made Reardon post a $1,000 bond to make sure he did not carry out his threat. When the season ended, Reardon was refunded the $1,000, since he did not hurt Gardner as he said he would.


1949–50 NHL season, Playoffs, Semifinals
Detroit defeated Toronto in seven games to advance to the Finals; while New York defeated Montreal in five games to also advance to the Finals.


1949–50 NHL season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
Two games were played in Toronto, with the rest in Detroit, as the circus had taken over Madison Square Garden in New York.


1949–50 NHL season, Awards
This was the last season that the O'Brien Cup was awarded to the Stanley Cup runner up – in this season, the New York Rangers – as it went into retirement for the second and final time at season's end. (It was not awarded between 1917 and 1921)


1949–50 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes


1949–50 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts


1949–50 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1949–50 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1949–50 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1949–50 (listed with their last team):


1949–50 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1949–50 National Football League was the 19th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.


1949–50 National Football League (Ireland)
Cavan beat Meath in the home final, to get revenge for defeat in the 1949 All-Ireland Final. For the first time, New York received a bye to the final, where they defeated the "home" champions.


1949–50 National Football League (Ireland), Format
Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reaches the home semi-finals. The winner of the home final plays New York in the NFL final.


1949–50 National Hurling League
The 1949–50 National Hurling League was the 19th season of the National Hurling League.


1949–50 National Hurling League, National Hurling League
The National Hurling League saw a major restructuring for the 1949-50 season. Division 1 and Division 2 were combined to form one division of four groups.


1949–50 National Hurling League, National Hurling League
Tipperary came into the season as defending champions of the 1948-49 season.


1949–50 National Hurling League, National Hurling League
On 24 September 1950, Tipperary won the title after a 1-12 to 3-4 win over New York in the final. It was their 3rd league title overall and their second in succession.


1949–50 Nationalliga A, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Servette FC Genève won the championship.


1949–50 Nationalliga A season
The 1949–50 Nationalliga A season was the 12th season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. Eight teams participated in the league, and HC Davos won the championship.


1949–50 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Budapest Honvéd FC won the championship.


1949–50 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1949–1950 was contested by 60 teams participating in six divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, two southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. SV Limburgia won this year's championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Maurits, Ajax, sc Heerenveen and Enschedese Boys.


1949–50 Netherlands Football League Championship
At the end of this season, the KNVB re-aligned the current system of Regional Divisions into 5 new Divisions for 1950–51, to be called Eerste Klasse A-E.


1949–50 New York Knicks season
The 1949–50 New York Knicks season was the fourth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished in second place in the Eastern Division, posting a 40–28 record and advancing to the NBA Playoffs. New York won its first round series against the Washington Capitols, 2–0, to make it to the Eastern Division Finals. There, the team was defeated two games to one by the Syracuse Nationals.


1949–50 New York Rangers season
The 1949–50 New York Rangers season saw the Rangers finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 28 wins, 31 losses, and 11 ties for 67 points. They upset the Montreal Canadiens in five games in the Semi-finals before losing a close seven-game Stanley Cup Finals to the Detroit Red Wings. The team reached double-overtime of the seventh game of the Finals before Detroit's Pete Babando scored to give the Red Wings the Cup. The Rangers would not win another playoff series again until 1971.


1949–50 New York Rangers season
Also of note during this season was that the Rangers were forced to use Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, the home ice of the Toronto Maple Leafs, as their "home ice" during the Stanley Cup Finals, as the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus was then at Madison Square Garden. Garden management found that they could make more money having the circus at the Garden instead of the Rangers. Moreover, at the time, arenas could not be configured to host a circus and a hockey game on the same day, thus forcing the shift in venue.


1949–50 New York Rangers season
The Rangers would not reach the Stanley Cup Finals again until 1972.


1949–50 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
It was the Rangers' first appearance in the Final since their Stanley Cup victory in 1940. Two games were played in Toronto as the circus had taken over Madison Square Garden in New York. New York's Don Raleigh scored two overtime winners and Detroit's Pete Babando scored the Cup-winning goal in overtime of game seven, the first time ever in which the stanley cup was won in extra frames in game seven. Detroit won the Cup without Gordie Howe, who was injured in the first game of the playoffs. As Stanley Cup runner-up, the Rangers would be awarded the O'Brien Cup, the last team to win the trophy, at one time the National Hockey Association championship trophy, which was retired after the season.


1949–50 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.


1949–50 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1949–50 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season. The club finished in a re-election place, but since the division was being expanded by two clubs they were re-elected without a vote.


1949–50 Newport County A.F.C. season, League table
Note: As the division was being expanded by two clubs, Newport County and Millwall were re-elected without a vote.


1949–50 Northern Football League
The 1949–50 Northern Football League season was the 52nd in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.


1949–50 Northern Football League, Clubs
The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.


1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1949–50 Rugby Football League season was the 55th season of rugby league football. First placed Wigan successfully defended a challenge from second placed Huddersfield in the play-off final to claim the Rugby Football League Championship. The Challenge Cup winners were Warrington who beat Widnes 19-0 in the final. Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Leigh 20–7 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Bradford beat Huddersfield 11–4 to win the Yorkshire County Cup. Crowds peaked in 1949-50 with a record 69.8 million paying to watch rugby league matches.


1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season, Championship
This season the Rugby Football League Championship was determined by a final.


1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season, Championship, Play-offs
The top four finishing teams entered a play-off series which culminated in a final between Wigan and Huddersfield, but not before Wigan had to re-play and defeat Halifax, with whom they drew in their first play-off match. Wigan won the final, claiming their seventh Rugby Football League Championship.


1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
Warrington beat Widnes 19-0 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 94,249. This was Warrington’s third Cup Final win in nine Final appearances. In the match Albert Naughton, at centre for Warrington opposed his older brother Johnny, who was in the Widnes second row. This was the second successive Final that the losing side had failed to score. The Warrington scrum-half Gerry Helme won the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.


1949–50 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season
The 1949–50 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season was the 11th season of ice hockey in Norway. Eight team participated in the league, and Gamlebyen won the championship.


1949–50 Norwegian Main League
The 1949–1950 Hovedserien was the 6th completed season of top division football in Norway.


1949–50 Norwegian Main League, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Fram Larvik won the championship.


1949–50 OB I bajnoksag season
The 1949–50 OB I bajnokság season was the 13th season of the OB I bajnokság, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Four teams participated in the league and Meteor Mallerd won the championship.


1949–50 Oberliga
The 1949–50 Oberliga  was the fifth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany. The league operated in six regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest (north and south) and West. The five league champions and runners-up as well as the third and fourth placed teams in the West and South and the third placed team in the Southwest and North entered the 1950 German football championship which was won by VfB Stuttgart. It was VfB Stuttgart's first-ever national championship.


1949–50 Oberliga
The 1949–50 season was the last with clubs from East Berlin in the Oberliga, with VfB Pankow and Union Oberschöneweide leaving the league at the end of the season, thereby ending unified German league football for the next four decades. Union Oberschöneweide was replaced by the West Berlin club Union 06 Berlin, formed by former Oberschöneweide players who had moved to the West.


1949–50 Oberliga
For the Oberliga Südwest, covering the whole of the French occupation zone in Germany, it was the last season of the league  being divided into two regional divisions, north and south. The clubs from the southern division re-joined the Southern German Football Association at the end of seasons with two clubs entering the Oberliga Süd for the following season, three clubs the 2. Oberliga Süd and the rest being relegated to the Amateurligas.


1949–50 Oberliga
A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga, the inaugural season of the league, was won by ZSG Horch Zwickau.


1949–50 Oberliga, Oberliga Nord
The 1949–50 season saw three new clubs promoted to the league, Hannover 96, Harburger TB and VfB Oldenburg, while Holstein Kiel was re-admitted after initially having been forcibly relegated during the previous season. The league's top scorer was Adolf Vetter of VfL Osnabrück with 28 goals, the third consecutive time he finished as top scorer.


1949–50 Oberliga, Oberliga Berlin
The 1949–50 season saw three new clubs promoted to the league, Hertha BSC Berlin, VfB Britz and Tasmania 1900 Berlin. The league's top scorer was Heinz Rogge of Union Oberschöneweide with 29 goals.


1949–50 Oberliga, Oberliga West
The 1949–50 season saw four new clubs promoted to the league, 1. FC Köln, Arminia Bielefeld, FV Duisburg 08 and Duisburger SV. The league's top scorer was Alfred Preißler of Borussia Dortmund with 24 goals.


1949–50 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest, Northern group
The 1949–50 season saw four new clubs promoted to the league, VfR Kaiserslautern, ASV Landau, VfR Kirn and FV Engers. The league's top scorers were Werner Baßler and Ottmar Walter of 1. FC Kaiserslautern with 45 goals each, the highest total for the Oberliga's in 1949–50.


1949–50 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest, Southern group
The 1949–50 season saw five new clubs promoted to the league, FV Kuppenheim, FV Lahr, SV Trossingen SV Hechingen and TV Ebingen. The division was disbanded at the end of the season.


1949–50 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest, Final
The winners of the two regional divisions of the Oberliga Südwest played a final to determine the league champion who was also directly qualified for the German championship:


1949–50 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest, Final
The runners-up of the two divisions determined the club who would face the loser of the championship final for the second place in the German championship:


1949–50 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest, Final
The third-placed teams of the two divisions determined the club who would face the loser of the second-place final for the third place in the German championship:


1949–50 Oberliga, Oberliga Süd
The 1949–50 season saw two new clubs promoted to the league, SpVgg Fürth and Jahn Regensburg. The league's top scorer was Horst Schade of SpVgg Fürth with 21 goals.


1949–50 Oberliga, German championship
The 1950 German football championship was contested by the eight qualified Oberliga teams and won by VfB Stuttgart, defeating Kickers Offenbach in the final. It was the last edition with sixteen clubs in the championship playing a knock-out format. From 1951 onwards the finals were played with eight clubs and in group stages.


1949–50 Oberliga (ice hockey) season
The 1949-50 Oberliga season was the second season of the Oberliga, the top level of ice hockey in Germany. Eight teams participated in the league, and SC Riessersee won the championship.


1949–50 Panhellenic Championship
The 1949–50 Panhellenic Championship was not held, due to increased obligations of the Greek national team to qualify and participate in the Mediterranean Cup. Only the Athenian, Piraeus' and Macedonian championships were held, in which AEK Athens, Olympiacos and PAOK, respectively finished first. The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.


1949–50 Philadelphia Warriors season
The 1949–50 Philadelphia Warriors season was the fourth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


1949–50 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
The 1949–50 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 15th season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. Four teams participated in the final round, and KTH Krynica won the championship.


1949–50 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1949–50 season was Port Vale's 38th season of football in the English Football League, and their fifth full season in the Third Division South. It was the last season to be played at The Old Recreation Ground – despite numerous clashes with the authorities over the construction of the new stadium. The sale of Ronnie Allen raised a massive £20,000.


1949–50 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
The pre-season saw the arrival of experienced full-back Lol Hamlett from Bolton Wanderers, and young keeper Ray King from Leyton Orient (brother of George). On his arrival King stated that The Old Recreation Ground was like 'some shanty town out west' and compared the dressing room to 'a dungeon', despite which somehow he 'felt completely at home'. The playing staff now stood at 59 amateurs and 27 full-time professionals.


1949–50 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
The season opened with a 1–0 win over Bristol Rovers, which was followed by a 1–0 reverse to Southend United at Roots Hall three days later. This loss was thanks to an own goal from Garth Butler, who put the ball into his own net despite being some distance from any Southend players. A seven match unbeaten run followed, built upon a defence that leaked just five goals, King and Hamlett settling in well.


1949–50 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
Bad news off the field returned however, when Stoke-on-Trent City Council rejected the club's application to move two stands from The Old Rec to the new stadium. As a result, the club set up a 100,000 Shilling Fund to build the two stands from scratch. On the pitch results began to turn against the "Valiants", and so striker Cliff Pinchbeck was signed from Brighton & Hove Albion for a £3,500 fee. Pinchbeck marked his debut with a hat-trick over Millwall, receiving a standing ovation from his new fans.


1949–50 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
More off-field stadium troubles came when the Regional Officer of the Minister of Works refused a licence for the stadium on unspecified grounds. Club officials were forced to travel to London to discuss the matter with the minister, eventually convincing him to change his mind. The home match with Newport County on 15 October was notable as the first Vale match to offer a matchday programme.


1949–50 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
A successful Christmas period took Vale into sixth place by mid-February. George King was then sold to Barrow for a four-figure fee, after which Pinchbeck was the only regular scorer. Six games without a win followed, ending the club's hopes of opening the new stadium in the Second Division. The Shilling Fund had only raised 17,738 shillings, and so Ronnie Allen was sold to top-flight West Bromwich Albion for a massive £20,000, smashing the club's transfer record. Allen went on to play for England, whilst the fee went towards the new ground. Back to the league, the Vale were seventh at the start of April, but six defeats in their final eight games saw them tumble down the table.


1949–50 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division South
They finished in thirteenth place with 41 points. The defence was the third strongest in the division, however only Watford scored fewer goals. Pinchbeck was the only goalscorer of any consistency.