1941

Baseball

 * The New York Yankees won the 1941 World Series, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by 4 games to 1.


 * Ted Williams’ season batting average is .406. It is the last time any major leaguer will hit over .400.


 * 1941 in baseball

Basketball

 * The ninth South American Basketball Championship in Mendoza is won by Argentina.

Football (Australian Rules)

 * Victorian Football League
 * Melbourne wins the 45th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 19.13 (127) d Essendon 13.20 (98))
 * Brownlow Medal awarded to Norman Ware (Footscray)

American Football

 * Minnesota Golden Gophers National college football champions.
 * Chicago Bears 37-9 New York Giants for the NFL championship.
 * Columbus Bullies win the American Football League championship with a record of 5-1-2.

Births

 * January 19 &mdash; Alan Patterson, New Zealand field hockey player
 * January 30 &mdash; Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
 * May 1 &mdash; Brian Glencross, Australian field hockey player and coach
 * June 4 &mdash; Geoff Shipton, Australian sprint freestyle swimmer
 * July 2 &mdash; Wendell Mottley, Trinidad and Tobago athlete
 * August 4 &mdash; Kaija Mustonen, Finnish ice speed skater
 * August 10 &mdash; Anita Lonsborough, British swimmer
 * October 14 &mdash; Ilona Silai, Romanian middle distance runner
 * December 4 &mdash; Marty Riessen, American tennis player

Deaths

 * March 18 &mdash; Henri Cornet (56), French cycling champion (b. 1884)
 * April 21 &mdash; Fritz Manteuffel (66), German gymnast (b. 1875)
 * May 26 &mdash; Karl Neukirch (76), German gymnast (b. 1864)