1935

January 1

• First Sugar Bowl and first Orange Bowl. [1]

January 10

• Charlie McGahey cricket (MCC tour of Australia 1901-02 cured his tuberculosis), dies. [1]
• Edwin H Flack English 800/1500m runner (Olympics-gold-1896), dies at age 60. [1]

February 8

• First NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of University of Chicago is first pick (by Eagles); He never plays in the NFL. [1]

February 9

• US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson. [1]
• US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee. [1]

February 26

• New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves. [1]

March 3

• Neville Knox cricketer (bowled in two Tests for England 1907), dies. [1]

March 6

• Frank Bartell (Czechoslovakia), cycles record 80.584 mph in Los Angeles. [1]

March 15

• George Headley completes 270 in cricket versus England at Kingston. [1]

March 31

• Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:07:09). [1]

April 3

• Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44). [1]

April 6

• H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more. [1]

April 8

• Second Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282. [1]

April 9

• Stanley Cup: Montréal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in three games. [1]

April 16

• Babe Ruth's first National League game, for Boston Braves, included a homerun. [1]

April 19

• 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Massachusetts in 2:32:07.4. [1]

April 26

• Frank Boucher is given the NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years. [1]

April 27

• New York Yankees pull a first inning triple-play and beat Philadelphia Athletics 9-8. [1]

May 4

• 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05. [1]

May 5

• Jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8.25". [1]

May 8

• Cincinnati Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th beat Philadelphia Phillies 15-4. [1]

May 11

• 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4. [1]

May 15

• Pittsburgh Pirates beat Philadelphia Phillies 20-5. [1]

May 18

• Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 minutes on debut for Somerset. [1]

May 19

• NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936. [1]

May 24

• First major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Cincinnati Reds 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1). [1]

May 25

• Babe Ruth hits his last three home runs, Boston Braves versus Pittsburgh Pirates. [1]
• Jesse Owens equals or breaks six world records in one hour. [1]

May 30

• Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Philadelphia Phillies. [1]

June 1

• New York Yankees set solo home run record with six beat Boston 7-2. [1]

June 2

• Babe Ruth, one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, ends his Major League playing career after 22 seasons, ten World Series and 714 home runs. [129]

June 13

• James T Braddocks beats Max Baer for heavyweight boxing champ. [1]

June 25

• Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium. [1]

July 2

• Great Britain boxers beat US team in first international Golden Gloves. [1]

July 5

• Chicago Cubs are 10.5 games back in National League, and go on to win the pennant. [1]

July 6

• Helen Wills Moody wins her 7th Wimbeldon championship. [1]

July 8

• American League beats National League 4-1 in third All Star Game (Cleveland). [1]

August 31

• First national skeet championship (Indianapolis). [1]
• Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians, 5-0. [1]

September 3

• Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in ten games. [1]

September 11

• US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year. [1]

October 7

• Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, four games to two in 32nd World Series. [1]

October 15

• NHL's Saint Louis Eagles fold. [1]

October 17

• Pacific Association of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics. [1]

October 21

• Hank Greenberg selected American League Most Valuable Player unanimously. [1]

December 4

• Hylton Philipson cricketer (England keeper in five Tests 1892-95), dies. [1]

December 7

• Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tigers, 18-12 at Hamilton. [1]

December 10

• Oakland Athletics sell Jimmie Foxx to the Boston Red Sox for $150,000. [1]
• Chicago White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Detroit Tigers for $75,000. [1]

December 13

• John Nicolson cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies. [1]

December 14

• Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith versus South Africa, Durban. [1]

December 15

• Detroit Lions win NFL championship. [1]

December 18

• Bradman scores 117 in his first Shield cricket match for South Australia. [1]

December 24

• Bradman scores 233 in 191 minutes, South Africa versus Queensland, 28 fours 1 six. [1]

1936

January 2

• Bradman scores 357 for South Africa versus Victoria, 424 minutes, 40 fours. [1]

January 4

• Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 versus South Africa. [1]

January 6

• Charles A Stoneham president (New York Giants), dies. [1]

January 7

• Howard Francis cricketer (two Tests South Africa versus England 1898-99, 39 runs), dies. [1]
• Tennis champions Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m). [1]

January 10

• Charles Wright cricketer (3 Tests England versus South Africa 1895-96), dies. [1]

January 15

• Henry Forster cricket (Hants and Oxford University, Governor-General of Australia), dies. [1]
• Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants. [1]

January 29

• The U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elects first members in Cooperstown, New York: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson, and Walter Johnson. [1] [129]

January 30

• Victoria need 442 to win against New South Wales, but lose, all out for 415. [1]

February 6

• (to February 16) The IV Olympic Winter Games are held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. [7]

February 8

• First ski jumping tournament, Red Wing Minnesota. [1]
• First successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher versus New York Rangers. [1]

February 14

• US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson. [1]
• US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee. [1]

February 15

• Sonja Henie, Norway, wins third consecutive Olympics figure skating gold. [1]

February 16

• IV Olympic Winter Games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. [1]
• Tommy Ward South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted. [1]

February 18

• NHL record 32 points scored, New York Americans (28) and Montréal Maroons (24). [1]

February 27

• Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 metre free style (1:04.6). [1]

March 2

• Bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes, South Africa versus Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes. [1]

March 3

• Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wickets in 5th Test versus South Africa. [1]

March 9

• Babe Ruth turns down Cincinnati Reds to make a comeback as a player. [1]

March 20

• Durant Clifford Parkin cricketer (Tests for South Africa 1891-92), dies. [1]

March 24

• Red Wings beat Montréal Maroons in 16 minutes and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes), ends 1-0. [1]

March 25

• Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Maroons in NHL longest game (2 hours 56 minutes 30 seconds). [1]

April 3

• Al Carr knocks out Lew Massey on one punch, :07 of the first round (shortest boxing bout with gloves). [1]

April 6

• Third Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285. [1]

April 11

• Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, three games to 1. [1]

April 20

• 40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of Rhode Island in 2:33:40.8. [1]

April 29

• First pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5. [1]

May 2

• 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6. [1]

May 3

• New York Yankees player Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets three hits. [1]

May 8

• Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall; his wife fainted when he returned to the track. [1]

May 16

• 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59. [1]

May 24

• Tony Lazerri two grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching first 7 times safely, New York Yankees beat Athletics 25-2. [1]

June 7

• New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout. [1]

June 9

• Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by one stroke for the US Open. [1]

June 20

• Jesse Owens of the US sets 100 metre record at 10.2. [1]

June 24

• Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit two home runs in one inn, New York Yankees beat Browns 18-4. [1]

July 7

• National League beats American League for their first All Star victory, 4-3 (Boston Braves Field). [1]

July 10

• Philadelphia Phillies Chuck Klein becomes fourth to hit four home runs in a game. [1]

July 16

• New York Giants are 10.5 games back in National League, and go on to win the pennant. [1]

July 22

• Philadelphia Phillies John Moore hits three consecutive home runs. [1]

August 1

• (to August 16) The Games of the XI Olympiad are held in Berlin, Germany. [7]

August 5

• At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his third Olympic medal. [1]

August 9

• Jesse Owens wins fourth gold medal of Berlin Olympics. [1]

August 12

• Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d). [1]

August 14

• First Olympic basketball game (Berlin). [1]

August 16

• Games of the XI Olympiad close in Berlin. [1]

August 25

• Three Braves hit twice in an inning getting two hits each. [1]

September 5

• Boston Red Sox turn a triple-play on the New York Yankees. [1]

September 9

• New York Yankees clinch 8th pennant. [1]

September 11

• Oakland Athletics pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game. [1]

September 13

• Cleveland Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Philadelphia Athletics). [1]

September 28

• Brooklyn and Boston play a penalty free NFL game. [1]

October 2

• Tony Lazzeri becomes the first Yank to hit a world series (World Series #33) grand slam. [1]

October 6

• New York Yankees beat New York Giants four games to two in 33rd World Series. [1]

October 16

• New York Yankees' first baseman Lou Gehrig is voted American League Most Valuable Player. [5]

December 1

• Second Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E). [1]

December 5

• 24th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20. [1]

December 9

• American League OKs night baseball for Saint Louis. [1]
• Australia all out 58 versus England Bradman out for a duck. [1]

December 10

• Robert Abel cricketer (744 runs in 13 Tests for England 1888-1902), dies. [1]

December 13

• Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Green Bay Packers 21-6, move to Washington DC. [1]
• Green Bay Packers win NFL championship. [1]

December 18

• Queensland cricket all out for 49 versus Victoria, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17. [1]

December 21

• Bradman's second consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80. [1]

December 25

• Ron Hamence scores 104 for South Africa versus Queensland before 4,865. [1]