Amateur And Professional Sports Champions Of 1937
Compilation of 1937 champions across sports by AP Feature Service. Highlights include Wilbur Shaw in auto racing, Joseph Medwick and Charley Gehringer as leading hitters and players, War Admiral as Derby winner, and Detroit Red Wings as Stanley Cup holders, with numerous titles in cycling, fencing, swimming, and track and field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Yankees
Yankees
New York Giants
Joe Medwick
St. Louis
Charley Gehringer
Detroit
Fischer
Hubbell
New York
Johnny Allen
Cleveland
Medwick
Gehringer
Mel Ott
Joe DiMaggio
Eason Oilers
Enid
Okla
American Legion
East Lynn
Mass
C. S. Howard
Samuel _ Riddle
Hal Price Headley
Ethel V. Mars
Hirsch Jacobs
Robert McGarvey
Johnny Adams
William J . DuPont
Rosemont
W. J. . Hirsch
William DuPont, Jr
Townsend B. Martin
John Hay Whitney
King Ranch
Dawn
Seabiscuit
E. K. Bryson
Calumet Dirk
Mrs. Mars
Skylarkng
Tiger
Valdiia Farm
Teddy Comet
Pimlico Futurity
Ww. S. Kilmer
Nectayr
Ridge
Dale Hanover
Elbridge T. Gerry
New York City
Chief Counsel
B. C. Mayo
Tarboro
N. C
Donerail
Little Pat
Homer D. Biery
Butler
E. J. Baker
St. Charles
Dominion Grattan
Paul Bowser
Boston
Lee Hanover
Hugh H. Parshall
Urbana
Shirley Hanover
Hanover Shoe Farms
Hanover
Henry Thomas
Detroit Red Wings
National Hockey League
Syracuse
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
Portland
Ore
Sudbury
Ont
Winnipeg Monarchs
Hershey
McGill
Boston Olympics
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Indianapolis
Wilbur Shaw
Bernd Rosemeyer
Germany
George E. T. Eyston
England
College
Illinois
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Southern
Duke
Southeastern
Auburn
Missouri
Yale
California
Texas A.&m
Oregon
Maryland
Tulane
Eastern Intercollegiate Association
A.A.U
Don Lash
Bloomington
Ind
Millrose A. A
Tloward Welch
Cornell
Michigan State
North Carolina
Kansas State
Texas
Joseph Scherens
Belgium
Joseph J. van der Viver
Holland
Eloi Meulenberg
iWorld
Adolph Leoni
Italy
Walter Lohman
Mathias Engel
Mickey Franciose
Montclair
N. J
Gerard Debaets
Dave Blumegart
Denver Safeways
Little Rock
Ark
Flyers
Y.M.C.A
Williamsport
Fenwick High
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Stanford
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri Valley
Oklahoma
A&m
Kentucky
Washington & Lee
Montana
Big Ten
Ilinois
Minnesota
Southwest
Southern Methodist
Carons
Willie Hoppe
Balkline —Hoppe
Jake Schaefer
Balkline
Welker Cochran
San Francisco
Cochran
Ralph Greenleaf
Edgar T. Appelby
Edmund Soussa
Egypt
Eugene Deardorff
Edward C. Roper
Glen Cove
Gene Gagliardi
Mt. Vernon
Virgil Gibbs
Kansas City
Nelson Burton
Dallas
Max Stein
Belleville
Krakow
New York U
Maurice Grasson
Philip Viscidi
Ted Gold
N. Y
Thomas J. Sands
West Point
Joseph Levis
Huffman
Fordham
Villanova
Colorado
Alabama
Tulsa
Rice Institute
Washington Redskins
Calisthenics
George Wheeler
Long Horse
Frank Cumiskey
Edward A. Henning
Frank Wells
Panzer College
Bristol
Benny Lynch
Great Britain
Harry Jeffra
Baltimore
Henry Armstrong
Los Angeles
Lou Ambers
Herkimer
Barney Ross
Freddie Steele
Tacoma
Wash
John” Henry Lewis
Phoenix
Ariz
Joe Louis
A.ay UL
William Speary
Philadelphia
Morris Parker
Newark
Edgar Waring
Joseph Kelly
Johnny Marquez
Ted Cerwise
Timmie Hill
James Robinson
Bucknell
Washington State
Henry Cotton
Robert Sweeny
Ralph Guldahl
Johnny Goodman
Omaha
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
N.C
Jesse Anderson
Scotland
Densmore Shure
Fred Haas
J. S
Princeton
Bruce McCormick
United States
Gene Sarazen
Brookfield Center
Conn
Wilford Wehrle
Racine
Wis
Harry Cooper
C. Ross
Summersville
London
John Revolta
Evanston
Cooper
Byron Nelson
Reading
Belmon
Nelson
Lawson Little
College Conference
Mid-Atlantic
Lee Maxwell
Roger Kelly
Loyola
Washington
Fraser
Creighton
Louisiana State
Vincent D'Antoni
Bob Wolf
Northwestern
Sidney Richardson
Glenn Oatman
Rosser
Little
Marietta
William Welch
H. L. Mendelsohn
Notre Dame
Jack Cooper
Townsend
Douglas C
Fonda
Orange
James Mullen
Jack van Deman
Rutgers
Albany
Marshall Eldredge
East Weymouth
Polo
Westbury
New York A. C
Lawrenceville
Old Westbury
Santa Barbara
Calif
Houston
Tex
Emmett E. Jones
Los Angeles Police
Yale-Harvard
Harvard
Joe
Burk
Penn A.C
Frank Silvio
A.C
Undine Barge Club
Buffalo West Side Club
Buffalo West Side
Lafayette High
Buffalo
James G. Frazer
U. S. Marine Corps
S. Marine Corps
Ivar Ballangrud
Norway
Laila Schov- Nielsen
Marvin Swanson
Madeline Horn
Beaver Dam
Swanson
Dorothy Franey Droson
St. Paul
Lea Freisinger
Dorothy Francy Drolson
Felix Kaaster
Austria
Cecilia Colledge
Maxie Herber
Ernst Baier
Maribel Vinson
Miss Vinson
G. E. B. Hill
Montgomery Wilson
Canada
Veronica Clarke
Ralph McCreath
Toronto
Walding
Don Sperry
Flint
Nich
Roseland Community Gan’ Club
Frank R. Kelly
West Orange
Mich
Viola Siedhoff
Wichita
Kan
Jackie Horton
Providence
R. I
C. P. Boardman, Jr
Augusta
G. C. Parker
Bobby Parker
L. S. Pratt
L. S Pratt
Birger Road
Dartmouth
Emile Allais
France
al Engen
Salt Lake City
Dick Burrane
Warren Chivers
Briggs Body Co
National Screw Co
Lake
Shore A.C
Miami Head
Fla
S.C
Michigan
A.C. Intercollegiate Swimming Association
Franklin and Marshall
Colorado Mines
Utah
Florida
New England
A.A.C
Peter Fick
Irving McCafirey
Lake Shore A.C
Ralph Flanagan
Miami Biltmore Swimming Club
Flanagan
Adolph Kiefer
Ray Kaye
Detroit A.C
Miss Rawls
Patnik
Ohio
Elbert Rool
Detroit A
Majorie Gestring
Ruth Jump
Trenton
N. J. Highlanders
St. Louis Shamrocks
Scotch
American
Kearney
Ruth H Hughes
Aarons
Lasto Bellak
Hungary
Ruth Hughes
Bud Blattner
Don Budge
Oakland
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Henner Henkel
Anna Lizana
Chile
Sarah P. Fabyan
Alice Marble
Robert Riggs
William Gillespie
Haverford
Bill Kiley
Robert Nicholsen
Ohio State
iRocky Mountain
Wayne Gallaher
Colorado College
Brigham Young
Dick Bennion
Ramsay Potts
St. Louis University
Gerin Cameron
Oregon State
Bobby Kamrath
Frank Pritchard
Fale
Lenore
Homestead
Olympic Club
A. C
Tuskegee Institute
St. Louis A. C
Perrin Walker
Atlanta
Jack Weierhauser
Ray Mallel
John Woodruff
Glenn Cunningham
Joe McCluskey
Erio Pentti
Max Beutel
Allan Tolmich
Tolmich
Jack Patterson
David Albritton
Kermit King
William Brown
Baker High School
Louisiana
William HL Sefton
Southern California
Sportsmen's Association
Leos An_geles
James Reynolds
Irving Folwartshay
Rhode Island State
Louis Lewis
New York A.C
Phil Levey
William Reitz
I Pentathlon
Eulace Peacock
Temple
I Marathon
Mel Porter
Millross
Ala
Porter
John A
Kelley
Bob Rankine Preston
John J. Abbate
Cincinnati
Columbia
Morris Fleischer
al Mangin
Lowell
Claire Isieson
Misa Isieson
Gertrude Johnson
Mercury A. C
Cora A. Gaines
Margaret Bergmann
Lulu Hymes
Miss Bergmann
Elizabeth Lindsey
Trose Auerbach
Brooklyn
Rose Cea
F. G. Carroll
Brecksville
Phil Muller
French Lick
Hale Jones
East Alton
Clyde Wells
Bridgeport
Carl Thacker
le Mars
Iowa
Clyde C. Mitchell
A. Hutchison
E. Hefferman
M. Mangioli
Maspeth
R. Bacatell
York
A. Terrazzo
J. Terpak
William Good
Reamstown
D. Mayor
Southwestern
AL & M
Penn State
Colorado State
Iowa State
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