# The 1940s In: [Learn](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn.md) > [History](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history.md) > [Years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md) > The 1940s 10 dated items, 3 rulebook editions and 20 championship result rows are in the record for the 1940s. ## Years with their own page - [1949](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1949.md) (3 dated items) ## Dated items ### 1940 - **15 February 1940 to 1952**: Y.M.C.A. Hand Ball Rules revised 15 February 1940 with seventeen changes, and the 1952 Y.M.C.A. Handball Rules of a National Y.M.C.A. Handball Committee, which require doubles teams to come from one branch; both known from seller Source: [eBay listing 800803333404: seller photographs of Y.M.C.A. handball rules (revised 15 February 1940) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/800803333404) - **15 February 1940**: The Y.M.C.A.'s national physical education committee issues its Official Handball Rules revised on 15 February 1940, with 17 changes Source: [eBay listing 800803333404: seller photographs of Y.M.C.A. handball rules (revised 15 February 1940) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/800803333404) ### 1942 - **1942**: Official rules handball (1942) Source: [Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)](https://archive.org/details/copyrightrecords) ### 1943 - **1943**: A Calcutta Y.M.C.A. rule book of 1943-44 prints the A.A.U. one-wall rules: a 20 x 34 ft court, 16 ft wall, Spalding No. 131 ball, 21-point game Source: [H. C. Buck, Rules of Games and Sports (YMCA Publishing House, Calcutta, 1943-44 edition)](https://archive.org/details/dli.rmrl.010786) ### 1945 - **21 April 1945**: A glass-enclosed handball court at the Town Club of Chicago hosts the A.A.U. nationals from 21 April 1945; the USHA later credits its president Bob Kendler with inventing the glass court Source: [eBay listing 236990513620: seller photographs of a Converse handball handbook (1946) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/236990513620) ### 1946 - **1946**: The Converse Rubber Company's 1946 Handball Handbook (15 cents) prints the game's history, rules and tables of A.A.U. singles champions 1919-1946 and Y.M.C.A. winners 1925-1946 Source: [eBay listing 236990513620: seller photographs of a Converse handball handbook (1946) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/236990513620) - **1946**: Irish champion Gilmartin, who broke his neck in a motor accident in England during the war, wins a national title again in 1946 Source: [US Handball Association, "History of Handball" (Wayback snapshot of 9 December 2016)](https://web.archive.org/web/20161209005848/https://www.ushandball.org/index.php/about/history-of-handball) ### [1949](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1949.md) - **1949-1960**: The A.A.U. serial 'Official Rules, Handball' (1949 printing; 1955, 1957, 1960 volumes) while the USHA runs its own nationals from 1951: two bodies (H-32, H-101). Source: [US Handball Association, "National Champions" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.ushandball.org/about/national-champions/) - **1949**: Official rules handball : four-wall, one-wall, four-wall handball (1949) Source: [WorldCat, search for AAU official rules handball (seen 28 October 2026)](https://search.worldcat.org/) - **1949**: Official rules handball : four-wall, one-wall, four-wall handball (1949) Source: [WorldCat, search for AAU official rules handball (seen 28 October 2026)](https://search.worldcat.org/) ## Championships held - [AAU national four-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/aau-national-four-wall-championships.md) - [All-Ireland 60x30 Softball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-60x30-softball.md) - [All-Ireland Hardball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-hardball.md) ## Neighboring decades - Previous: [The 1930s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1930s.md) - Next: [The 1950s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1950s.md) - [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md) ## Corrections Found a mistake, or a source we missed? Email perfectshipllc@gmail.com with the subject "History correction: The 1940s (/history/years/1940s/)". Please name the page and, if you can, the source.