Decade

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

A year gets a page when the record holds at least 3 dated items for it.

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)
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)

1942: Official rules handball (1942) Source: Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)

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)

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)

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)
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)

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)
1949: Official rules handball : four-wall, one-wall, four-wall handball (1949) Source: WorldCat, search for AAU official rules handball (seen 28 October 2026)
1949: Official rules handball : four-wall, one-wall, four-wall handball (1949) Source: WorldCat, search for AAU official rules handball (seen 28 October 2026)