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Depression took a toll on the sport industry. Majority of people in the sport community got a major salary cut and their was much talk of winter game cancellation due to shortage of money
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Against Hitler, in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin,Germany; Jesse Owens had won 4 gold medals in: 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and 4 by 100 meter relay
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A boxing rematch USA vs. Germany, Joe Louis and Max Schmeling. The match took place in New York City at the Yankee Stadium as a pre-world war 2 match. Louis wanted the rematch against schmeling to avenge his loss and did so with schmeling's surrendering
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The Olympic games were scheduled on September of 1940 but was then rescheduled to the being cancelled due to World War 2, as well as the 1944 games being cancelled due to the war
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approximately 347 Professional athletes had joined the armed forces for there country in World War 2
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A major impact was made for racism in baseball when the Brooklyn Dodgers recruited Jackie Robinson to play as a first baseman, he was the 1st African-American player to play in the major league for baseball
