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What was the world like when Washington Commanders won in 1942?

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What was the world like when Washington Commanders won in 1942?

Washington Commanders won this NFL Championship (pre–Super Bowl) in the 1942 season. This is an older edition; 1991 is the most recent verified title season in this archive.
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CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON1942SEASON 1942

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THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS WIN IT ALL.

NFL Championship (pre–Super Bowl) — 14–6 over Chicago Bears.

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BEYOND THE SCOREBOARD…

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The calendar reads 1942. Here is who arrived, who left, what launched, what people watched, and how the world worked.

Wait, That Happened?

The Atanasoff–Berry Computer is completed.

John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built a special-purpose electronic machine that introduced important binary, regenerative-memory and electronic-calculation ideas.
Source: The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) is completed | Timeline of Computer History ↗
How we’re counting thisHistorians distinguish among first electronic, digital, programmable and general-purpose computers; the ABC was special-purpose and not fully programmable.

Remembered

The world said goodbye to Carole Lombard.

The screwball-comedy star died in a plane crash at 33.
Source: Carole Lombard ↗

Born

Muhammad Ali entered the world.

The future heavyweight champion and cultural icon was born on January 17.
Source: Muhammad Ali ↗

Movies

How Green Was My Valley took the top Oscar

At the 1942 ceremony honoring 1941 films, *How Green Was My Valley* won Outstanding Motion Picture.
Source: The 14th Academy Awards ↗
How do you count “winning it all”?

We count the top championship named for the selected competition—not conference, division, playoff appearance, or consolation titles. Season labels stay separate from the date the trophy was actually clinched.

  • NFL defaults to Super Bowls; pre-Super Bowl league titles are identified separately when included.
  • Relocations follow the franchise unless a league’s official record book separates the history.
  • FBS selectors, split titles, claims, vacancies, and co-champions are labeled rather than flattened.

Result checked 2026-08-28. View Playoff Results: 1940s ↗

Overall season champion: Super Bowl winner from the 1966 season onward, plus NFL/AFL champions before the Super Bowl existed. A 1966–69 NFL/AFL league-final win that was followed by a Super Bowl loss is not treated as “won it all.” The archive includes every recognized title attributed to the current franchise under this policy.