1953 IN SPORTS

==Athletics

Contents

England

Awards

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

=Marathon===

★ September 12 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands

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★ Men's Winner: Jim Peters (ENG) 2:19:22

★ December 6 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan

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★ Men's Winner: Hideo Hamamura (JPN) 2:27:26
==Auto Racing==

★ NASCAR Championship - Herb Thomas

★ AAA Racing:

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★ Bill Vukovich won the Indianapolis 500

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★ Sam Hanks won the season driving championship

★ Formula One Championship - Alberto Ascari of Italy

★ 24 hours of Le Mans:

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★ the team of Tony Rolt / Duncan Hamilton won, driving a Jaguar C-Type

★ Rally racing:

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★ the team of Maurice Gatsonides /Peter Worledge won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Ford Zephyr

★ Drag racing - The NHRA held its first official race in April on a section of the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds parking lot in Pomona, California.

★ World Sportscar Championship:

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★ Inaugural season

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★ Ferrari wins constructor's championship after 3 victories in the season.
==Baseball==

★ World Series: New York Yankees won 4 games to 2 over the Brooklyn Dodgers
==Basketball==

★ NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:

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★ Indiana wins 69-68 over Kansas

★ NBA Finals|NBA Finals:

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★ Minneapolis Lakers won 4 games to 1 over the New York Knicks

★ The eighth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1953, is won by the Soviet Union.

★ The fifteenth South American Basketball Championship in Montevideo is won by Uruguay.
==Boxing==

★ September 24 in New York City - Rocky Marciano retains his World Heavyweight title with a TKO over Roland La Starza in the 11th round.

★ October in New York City - ''Bobo Olson'' scored a 15 round decision over Randy Turpin to win the World Middleweight Championship
==Cricket==

★ Pakistan becomes the seventh Test cricket playing nation.
==Cycling==

★ Giro d'Italia won by Fausto Coppi of Italy

★ Tour de France - Louison Bobet of France

★ World Cycling Championship: Fausto Coppi of Italy
==Figure skating==

★ World Figure Skating Championships:

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★ Men's champion: Hayes Alan Jenkins, United States

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★ Ladies' champion: Tenley Albright, United States

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★ Pair skating champions: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks, Great Britain

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★ Ice dancing champions: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy, Great Britain
==Football (American)==

★ NFL Championship: Detroit Lions won 17-16 over the Cleveland Browns
==Football (Australian rules football)==

★ Victorian Football League

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★ Collingwood wins the 57th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 11.11 (77) d Geelong 8.17 (65))

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★ Brownlow Medal awarded to Bill Hutchinson (Essendon)
==Football (Canadian)==

★ Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 12-6 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
==Football (Soccer)==

★ Coronation Cup (football) - Celtic beat Hibernian 2-0 at Hampden Park.

England

★ First Division - Arsenal win the 1952-53 title.

★ FA Cup - Blackpool beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3 in what is known as "The Matthews Final", although it is Stan Mortensen who scores a winning hat-trick for Blackpool.

★ England lose 6-3 to Hungary at Wembley Stadium their first ever loss to a team from Continental Europe at home.
==Golf==
Men's Golf

★ Grand Slam of golf results:

★ #May - The Masters - Ben Hogan

★ #June - US Open - Ben Hogan

★ #July - British Open - Ben Hogan

★ #August - PGA Championship - Walter Burkemo

★ PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Lew Worsham - $34,002

★ Ryder Cup: United States wins 6 1/2 to 5 1/2 over the British team in world golf.
Women's Golf

★ The US Women's Open - Betsy Rawls
==Thoroughbred Horse Racing==

★ Australia - Melbourne Cup - Wodalla

★ Canada - Queen's Plate - Canadiana

★ France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - La Sorellina

★ Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Chamier

★ English Triple Crown Races:

★ #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nearula

★ #Epsom Derby - Pinza

★ #St. Leger Stakes - Premonition

★ United States Triple Crown Races:

★ #Kentucky Derby - Dark Star

★ #Preakness Stakes - Native Dancer

★ #Belmont Stakes - Native Dancer
==Harness Racing==

★ Little Brown Jug for pacers won by Keystoner

★ Hambletonian for trotters won by Helicopter

★ Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:

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★ Pacers: Captain Sandy
==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

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★ Men's champion: Sweden defeated the heavily favoured Soviet Union

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★ Canada did not participate in the World Hockey Championship, the government claiming it was not worth the expense.

★ NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - University of Michigan Wolverines defeat University of Minnesota Golden Gophers 7-3 in Colorado Springs, CO
==Snooker==

★ World Snooker Championship: Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 37-34
==Tennis==

★ Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

★ #Australian Open - Ken Rosewall

★ #French Open - Ken Rosewall

★ #Wimbledon championships - Vic Seixas

★ #US Open - Tony Trabert

★ Maureen Connolly became the first woman to win the Grand Slam in tennis. Women's results:

★ #Australian Open - Maureen Connolly

★ #French Open - Maureen Connolly

★ #Wimbledon championships - Maureen Connolly

★ #US Open - Maureen Connolly

★ Davis Cup: Australia won 3-2 over the United States in world tennis.
==General sporting events==

★ Pan Arab Games held in Alexandria, Egypt

Awards

★ Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Ben Hogan, PGA golf

★ Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Maureen Connolly, Tennis

Births

January

★ January 5 — Vassily Solomin, Soviet boxer

★ January 10 — Bobby Rahal, American automobile racer

★ January 29 — Juan Paredes, Mexican boxer

February

★ February 9 — Vito Antuofermo, Italian actor and boxer

★ February 14 — Greg Browning, Australian field hockey player

★ February 14 — Hans Krankl, Austrian football (soccer) player and coach

★ February 17 — Pertti Karppinen, Finnish rower

March

★ March 1 — Jose Higueras, Spanish tennis coach and player

★ March 11 — Ladislau Bölöni, Romanian football (soccer) player and manager

★ March 13 — Stephanie Berto, Canadian track and field athlete

★ March 14 — Tim McKee, American medley and backstroke swimmer

★ March 15 — Randall Goff, Australian water polo player

★ March 27 — Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austrian skier

★ March 27 — Herman Ponsteen, Dutch track cyclist

April

★ April 2 — Janet Nutter, Canadian diver

★ April 13 — Valeri Belyakov, Soviet field hockey player

★ April 18 — Bernt Johansson, Swedish road bicycle racer

★ April 18 — Vladimir Kolev, Bulgarian boxer

★ April 19 — Sara Simeoni, Italian high jumper

★ April 27 — Bruce Robertson, Canadian freestyle and butterfly swimmer

May

★ May 16 — Pierre Hermans, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper

★ May 19 — Shavarsh Karapetyan, Soviet Armenian finswimmer

★ May 22 — Sylvia Filipsson, Swedish ice speed skater

June

★ June 6 — Jerzy Rybicki, Polish boxer

★ June 8 — Ad Tak, Dutch cyclist

★ June 23 — Filbert Bayi, Tanzanian middle-distance runner

★ June 28 — Jamtsying Davaajav, Mongolian wrestler

July

★ July 14 — Harina Kohere, New Zealand field hockey player

★ July 19 — John Murphy, American backstroke and freestyle swimmer

★ July 26 — Piotr Zaev, Soviet boxer

August

★ August 2 — Peter-Michael Kolbe, German rower

★ August 4 — Alie te Riet, Dutch breaststroke swimmer

★ August 6 — Reg Plummer, Canadian field hockey player

★ August 11 — Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer

★ August 18 — Patrick Cowdell, English boxer

September

★ September 12 — Ramesh Patel, New Zealand field hockey player

★ September 14 — Judy Playfair, Australian breaststroke swimmer

★ September 27 — Javier Cabot, Spanish field hockey player

October

★ October 1 — Grete Waitz, Norwegian marathon runner

★ October 9 — Hank Pfister, American tennis player

★ October 12 — Richard McKinney, American archer

★ October 27 — Adri van Houwelingen, Dutch road bicycle racer

★ October 28 — Clay Evans, Canadian medley swimmer

November

★ November 3 — Jürgen Straub, East German middle distance runner

★ November 5 — Hugo Corro, Argentine boxer

★ November 7 — Alexander Romankov, Russian fencer

★ November 11 — Martín Mondragón, Mexican long-distance runner

★ November 20 — Terry Walsh, Australian field hockey striker and coach

★ November 22 — Matija Ljubek, Croatian canoer (d. 2000)

December

★ December 15 — Gary MacDonald, Canadian freestyle swimmer

★ December 20 — Ralph Evans, British boxer

★ December 25 — Karl-Heinz Krüger, East German boxer

Deaths

★ March 2 — Jim Lightbody (70), American middle distance runner (b. 1882)

★ March 3 — Clyde Milan, Major League Baseball player (1907-1922)

★ March 3 — James J. Jeffries, world heavyweight boxing champion

★ March 28 — Jim Thorpe, athlete

★ April 11 — Kid Nichols, Major League Baseball pitcher (1890-1906)

★ May 27 — Jesse Burkett, Major League Baseball player (1890-1905)

★ June 5 — Bill Tilden, tennis player

★ June 19 — Norman Ross, American swimmer (b. 1896)

★ August 11 — Tazio Nuvolari, race car driver

★ October 5 — Piet de Brouwer (73), Dutch archer (d. 1953)

★ December 2 — Reginald Baker (69), Australian athlete, sports promoter and film actor (b. 1884)