North American sport in 1945
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Source: the site's league, college, national-team and racing records; the Universal Index for the live table · as of 20 Oct 2026
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1860s
nflNFL Championship
mlbWorld Series
nhlStanley Cup
cfbCollege football national title
mbbNCAA men's basketball championship
The year, month by month
Jan to Feb: nothing in this view
March
- BasketballNCAA men's basketball championshipOklahoma A&M
- Season
- 1945
- Date
- 27 Mar
- Note
- NCAA Tour/Helms Champ (split or shared title: 2 rows this year)
- BasketballNCAA men's basketball championshipIowa
- Season
- 1945
- Date
- 31 Mar
- Note
- P-P Champ (split or shared title: 2 rows this year)
April
- Ice hockeyStanley CupToronto Maple Leafs
- Season
- 1945
- Date
- 22 Apr
- Note
- Stanley Cup Champions
May: nothing in this view
June
- Horse racingKentucky DerbyHoop Jr.
- Season
- 1945
- Venue
- Churchill Downs
- Date
- 9 Jun
- Horse racingPreakness StakesPolynesian
- Season
- 1945
- Venue
- Pimlico Race Course
- Date
- 16 Jun
- Horse racingBelmont StakesPavot
- Season
- 1945
- Venue
- Belmont Park
- Date
- 23 Jun
Jul to Sep: nothing in this view
October
- BaseballWorld SeriesDetroit Tigers
- Season
- 1945
- Date
- 10 Oct
- Note
- World Series Champions
November: nothing in this view
December
- FootballCollege football national titleArmy
- Season
- 1945
- Date
- 1 Dec
- Note
- National Champions
- FootballGrey CupToronto Argonautsdef. Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 35–0
- Season
- 1945
- Runner-up
- Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Venue
- Varsity Stadium, Toronto
- Date
- 1 Dec
- FootballNFL ChampionshipCleveland Rams
- Season
- 1945
- Date
- 16 Dec
- Note
- NFL Champions
The year in perspective
Champions crowned
- Football3
- Horse racing3
- Basketball2
- Baseball1
- Ice hockey1
Not tracked yet
- College football: no result or not-held entry for 1871, 1901, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1938, 1950, 1953, 1967, 1985
- USA women's basketball: five nations_elo_events rows dated 11 to 17 Mar 2026 are left out; they are the San Juan qualifying group's fixtures, which the USA did not play.
- nations_elo_events holds no hockey-w rows for United States since 2025-10-01: USA women's hockey has no match-based windows
- nations_elo_events holds no hockey-w rows for Canada since 2025-10-01: Canada women's hockey has no match-based windows
- Researched rows adjusted or left off because a date is not sourced: chockey-2526-conf left off: start not sourced; chockey-2627-conf left off: start not sourced; chockey-2526-final folded into the block that contains it
- Not tracked yet: Olympic and World Cup tournaments of other sports have no lane (the World Baseball Classic and the Olympic Games sit on the world lane)