1957 In Sports
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1956 in sports
,
other events of 1957
,
1958 in sports
and the
list of 'years in sports'
.
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
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.
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.
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
Boxing
September 23
-
Carmen Basilio
won the World Middleweight Championship by a 15 round decision over
Sugar Ray Robinson
.
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
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
David Jenkins
,
United States
Women's champion:
Carol Heiss
,
United States
Pairs champions:
Barbara Wagner
and
Robert Paul
,
Canada
Football
(
American
)
NFL Championship
:
Detroit Lions
won 59-14 over the
Cleveland Browns
Football
(
Australian Rules
)
Victorian Football League
Melbourne
wins the 61st VFL Premiership (Melbourne 17.14 (116) d
Essendon
7.13 (55))
Brownlow Medal
awarded to
Brian Gleeson
(
St Kilda
)
Football
(
Canadian
)
Grey Cup
:
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
won 32-7 over the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Football
(
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Aston Villa
won 2-1 over
Manchester United
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Doug Ford
June
-
US Open
-
Dick Mayer
July
-
British Open
-
Bobby Locke
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.
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
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Crepello
Epsom Derby
-
Crepello
St. Leger Stakes
-
Ballymoss
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Iron Liege
Preakness Stakes
-
Bold Ruler
Belmont Stakes
-
Gallant Man
Harness Racing
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Torpid
Little Brown Jug
-
Torpid
Messenger Stakes
-
Meadow Lands
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Hickory Smoke
Yonkers Trot
Kentucky Futurity
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Radiant Venture
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
Snooker
World Snooker Championship
:
John Pulman
beats
Jackie Rea
39-34
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
men's results:
Australian Open
-
Ashley Cooper
French Open
-
Sven Davidson
Wimbledon championships
-
Lew Hoad
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:
Australian Open
-
Shirley Fry
French Open
-
Shirley Bloomer
Wimbledon championships
-
Althea Gibson
US Open
-
Althea Gibson
Davis Cup
:
Australia
won 3-2 over the
United States
in world tennis.
General sporting events
Births
January 6
-
Nancy Lopez
, golfer
January 22
-
Mike Bossy
,
ice hockey
player
April 9
-
Seve Ballesteros
, golfer
May 7
-
Sinjin Smith
,
volleyball
player
July 29
-
Nelli Kim
,
gymnast
August 27
-
Bernhard Langer
, golfer
Deaths
May
-
Len Eshmont
- football player with
San Francisco 49ers
July 3
-
Dolf Luque
,
Major League Baseball
player (1914-1935)
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