1957 in sports

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Years in sports:	1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

Contents 1 Athletics 1.1 Marathon 2 Auto racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cycling 7 Figure skating 8 Football (American) 9 Football (Canadian) 10 Football (soccer) 10.1 England 11 Golf 12 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 13 Harness Racing 14 Ice Hockey 15 Snooker 16 Tennis 17 General sporting events 18 Awards 19 Births 19.1 January 19.2 February 19.3 March 19.4 April 19.5 May 19.6 June 19.7 July 19.8 August 19.9 September 19.10 October 19.11 November 19.12 December 20 Deaths

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Marathon

• August 17 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
  • Men's Winner: Piet Bleeker (NED) 2:32:39

• December 1 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Kurao Hiroshima (JPN) 2:21:40

[edit] Auto racing

• NASCAR Championship - Buck Baker
• Indianapolis 500 - Sam Hanks
• USAC Racing - Jimmy Bryan won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • the team of Ron Flockhart / Ivor Bueb won, driving a Jaguar D-Type
• Rally racing:
  • the team of Erik Carlsson / Mario Pavoni won the Finland Car Rally driving a Saab 93
• Drag racing - George Dahir won the AHRA "Top Fuel" championship at the Nationals

[edit] Baseball

• January 5 - Jackie Robinson retires rather than move across town from the Dodgers to the Giants, to whom he had been traded in December.
• Roy Sievers lead American league with 42 home runs and 114 RBIs, for the last place Washington Senators.
• Cy Young Award: Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves
• World Series: Milwaukee Braves defeat New York Yankees four games to three.
• May 3 - Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
• August 19- Horace Stoneham announces that the Giants are moving from New York to San Francisco, California.
• October 8 - Walter O'Malley announces that the Dodgers are going to move from Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles, California.
• The Winnipeg Goldeyes win the Northern League championship.

[edit] Basketball

• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
  • North Carolina wins 54-53 over Kansas
• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the St. Louis Hawks

• The tenth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1957, is won by the Soviet Union.

[edit] Boxing

• September 23 - Carmen Basilio won the World Middleweight Championship by a 15 round decision over Sugar Ray Robinson.

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Gastone Nencini of Italy
• Tour de France - Jacques Anquetil of France
• World Cycling Championship: Rik Van Steenbergen of Belgium

[edit] Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: David Jenkins, United States
  • Ladies' champion: Carol Heiss, United States
  • Pair skating champions: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul, Canada
  • Ice dancing champions: June Markham & Courtney Jones, Great Britain

[edit] Football (American)

• NFL Championship: Detroit Lions won 59-14 over the Cleveland Browns

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 32-7 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

[edit] Football (soccer)

• European Cup - Real Madrid beat Fiorentina 2-0.

[edit] England

• First Division - Manchester United win the 1956-57 title.
• FA Cup - Aston Villa beat Manchester United 2-1.
• May 15 - Stanley Matthews makes his last England appearance

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Doug Ford
  2. June - US Open - Dick Mayer
  3. July - British Open - Bobby Locke
  4. August - PGA Championship - Lionel Hebert

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Dick Mayer - $65,835
• Ryder Cup: Britain wins 7 1/2 to 4 1/2 over the United States in world team golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Betsy Rawls
• LPGA Championship - Louise Suggs
• Patty Berg: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $16,272.

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Straight Draw
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Lyford Cay
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Oroso
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Ballymoss

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Crepello
  2. Epsom Derby - Crepello
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Ballymoss

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Iron Liege
  2. Preakness Stakes - Bold Ruler
  3. Belmont Stakes - Gallant Man

[edit] Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Torpid
  2. Little Brown Jug - Torpid
  3. Messenger Stakes - Meadow Lands

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Hickory Smoke
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Radiant Venture

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Sweden defeated the Soviet Union

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - Colorado College Tigers defeat University of Michigan Wolverines 13-6 in Colorado Springs, CO

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: John Pulman beats Jackie Rea 39-34

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Ashley Cooper
  2. French Open - Sven Davidson
  3. Wimbledon championships - Lew Hoad
  4. US Open - Malcolm Anderson

• American Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a Wimbledon singles championship.
• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Shirley Fry
  2. French Open - Shirley Bloomer
  3. Wimbledon championships - Althea Gibson
  4. US Open - Althea Gibson

• Davis Cup: Australia won 3-2 over the United States in world tennis.

[edit] General sporting events

• Pan Arab Games held in Beirut, Lebanon

[edit] Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Ted Williams, Major League Baseball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Althea Gibson, Tennis

[edit] Births

[edit] January

• January 1 — Ramaz Shengelia, Soviet soccer player
• January 5 — Karl Allgöwer, German soccer player
• January 6 — Nancy Lopez, American pro golfer
• January 11 — Darryl Dawkins, US basketball player
• January 11 — Bryan Robson, English soccer player and manager
• January 11 — José Reinaldo de Lima, Brazilian soccer player
• January 19 — Steve Sampson, American soccer coach
• January 20 — Enrico Gilardi, Italian basketball player
• January 22 — Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
• January 29 — Manuela Groß, German figure skater
• January 30 — Payne Stewart, US golf player (d. 1999)
• January 31 — Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer
• January 31 — Bojan Križaj, Slovakian alpine skier

[edit] February

• February 1 — Walter Schachner, Austrian soccer player and manager
• February 5 — Craig Wilson, American water polo player
• February 9 — Gordon Strachan, Scottish soccer player and manager
• February 18 — Marita Koch, East-German athlete
• February 26 — Connie Carpenter-Phinney, American cycle racer and speed skater
• February 26 — Joe Mullen, US ice hockey player and manager
• February 26 — Keena Rothhammer, US freestyle swimmer
• February 28 — Jan Ceulemans, Belgian soccer player and manager

[edit] March

• March 6 — Juan Roldán, Argentine boxer
• March 10 — Adolfo Horta, Cuban boxer
• March 12 — Patrick Battiston, French soccer player
• March 21 — Marja Wokke, Dutch marathon runner
• March 22 — Urpo Pikkupeura, Finnish ice speed skater
• March 24 — Roderik Bouwman, Dutch field hockey player
• March 28 — Chris Maddocks, British race walker
• March 31 — Tsendying Damdin, Mongolian judoka

[edit] April

• April 2 — Beth Beglin, American field hockey player
• April 6 — Gail Amundrud, Canadian freestyle swimmer
• April 6 — Coby van Baalen, Dutch equestrian
• April 6 — Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker
• April 6 — Dick Nieuwenhuizen, Dutch water polo player and coach
• April 9 — Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer
• April 12 — María Ángeles Rodríguez, Spanish field hockey player
• April 15 — Evelyn Ashford, US athlete
• April 25 — Theo de Rooy, Dutch cyclist and cycling manager
• April 27 — Eric Bristow, British darts player

[edit] May

• May 5 — Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
• May 7 — Sinjin Smith, American volleyball player
• May 9 — Fulvio Collovati, Italian soccer player
• May 10 — Phil Mahre, American alpine skier
• May 14 — David Westcott, British field hockey player and cricketer
• May 16 — Joan Benoit, American marathon runner
• May 16 — Antonio Maceda, Spanish soccer player
• May 18 — Herbert Bauch, East German boxer
• May 19 — Bill Laimbeer, US basketball player
• May 22 — Jan Jaap Korevaar, Dutch water polo player
• May 27 — Duncan Goodhew, British swimmer
• May 28 — Kirk Gibson, US baseball player

[edit] June

• June 3 — Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
• June 12 — Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• June 13 — Rinat Dasaev, Soviet soccer goalkeeper
• June 16 — Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer player
• June 27 — Gabriella Dorio, Italian athlete
• June 30 — Sterling Marlin, US autocar racer

[edit] July

• July 2 — Paul "Bubli" Chohan, Indian-born field hockey player of Canada
• July 2 — Bret Hart, American wrestler
• July 8 — Christophe Roger-Vasselin, French tennis player
• July 12 — Jozsef Csuhay, Hungarian soccer player
• July 13 — Thierry Boutsen, Belgian race driver
• July 16 — Wlodzimierz Smolarek, Polish soccer player
• July 23 — István Lévai, Hungarian boxer
• July 25 — Steve Podborski, Canadian alpine skier
• July 29 — Nellie Kim, gymnast
• July 30 — Nery Pumpido, Argentinian soccer player

[edit] August

• August 4 — Hilbert van der Duim, Dutch speed skater
• August 4 — John Wark, Scottish soccer player
• August 10 — Imre Kiss, Hungarian soccer goalkeeper
• August 16 — Mark and Michael Evans, Canadian rowers
• August 17 — Robin Cousins, British figure skater
• August 18 — Jan Jalocha, Polish soccer player
• August 20 — Oscar Arizaga, Peruvian soccer player
• August 25 — Paweł Skrzecz, Polish boxer
• August 27 — Bernhard Langer, German golfer
• August 27 — Wiljon Vaandrager, Dutch rower

[edit] September

• September 4 — Gidamis Shahanga, Tanzanian long-distance runner
• September 5 — Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist
• September 6 — Ron Berteling, Dutch ice hockey player and manager
• September 11 — Preben Elkjær Larsen, Danish soccer player
• September 12 — Eleoncio Mercedes, Dominican boxer (d. 1985)
• September 21 — Ulf Ekstrand, Swedish ice speed skater
• September 21 — Sidney Moncrief, US basketball player
• September 22 — Lex Bos, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• September 22 — Mark Johnson, US ice hockey player
• September 22 — Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist
• September 24 — Wolfgang Wolf, German soccer player and manager
• September 26 — Klaus Augenthaler, German soccer player and manager
• September 27 — Harald Schmid, German athlete

[edit] October

• October 4 — Michael Anthony, Guyanese boxer
• October 4 — Robin Wilson, New Zealand field hockey player
• October 7 — Jayne Torvill, British figure skater
• October 8 — Astrid Benöhr, German triathlete
• October 8 — Antonio Cabrini, Italian soccer player
• October 9 — Vitaly Daraselia, Soviet soccer player
• October 10 — Arthur Boileau, Canadian long-distance runner
• October 10 — Robert Cattrall, British field hockey player
• October 13 — Eduardo Malasquez, Peruvian soccer player
• October 16 — Cathy Baker, New Zealand field hockey player
• October 18 — Jane Goulding, New Zealand field hockey player
• October 18 — Payao Pooltarat, Thai boxer (d. 2006)
• October 22 — Dumitru Cipere, Romanian boxer
• October 22 — Hassan Sardar, Pakistani field hockey player
• October 23 — Graham Rix, English soccer player and manager
• October 27 — Glenn Hoddle, English soccer player and manager

[edit] November

• November 5 — Patrick Burrows, Canadian field hockey defender
• November 11 — Vladimir Pleshakov, Soviet field hockey player
• November 14 — Karen Shelton, American field hockey player
• November 20 — Stefan Bellof, racecar driver (d. 1985)
• November 30 — Laura Mulhall, Argentine field hockey goalkeeper

[edit] December

• December 2 — Randy Gardner, US pairs figure skating champion
• December 5 — Patriz Ilg, German athlete
• December 5 — Charlene Morett, American field hockey player
• December 5 — Paul Steele, Canadian rower
• December 9 — Sheryl Johnson, American field hockey player
• December 18 — Fieke Boekhorst, Dutch field hockey player
• December 19 — Kevin McHale, US basketball player
• December 22 — Anders Eklund, Swedish heavyweight boxer
• December 23 — Rob Barel, Dutch triathlete
• December 25 — Guy Vandersmissen, Belgian soccer player
• December 26 — Anne Quist, Dutch rower
• December 31 — Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motor cyclist (d. 2005)

[edit] Deaths

• January 31 — John Marshall (26), Australian freestyle swimmer (b. 1930)
• May — Len Eshmont, American football player with San Francisco 49ers
• June 13 — Irving Baxter (81), American athlete (b. 1876)
• July 3 — Dolf Luque, Major League Baseball player (1914-1935)
• October 22 — Bok de Korver (74), Dutch football (soccer) player (b. 1883)
• December 6 — Maurice Peeters, Dutch track cyclist (b. 1882)
• December 8 — Joep Packbiers (82), Dutch archer (b. 1875)