1957 in sports

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See also: 1956 in sports, other events of 1957, 1958 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents

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17 Births

17.1 January-March
17.2 April-June
17.3 July-September
17.4 October-December

18 Deaths

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

European Cup - Real Madrid beat Fiorentina 2-0.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Pan Arab Games held in Beirut, Lebanon

Births

January-March

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 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
February 1 — Walter Schachner, Austrian soccer player and manager
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 28 — Jan Ceulemans, Belgian soccer player and manager
March 6 — Juan Roldán, Argentine boxer
March 10 — Adolfo Horta, Cuban boxer
March 12 — Patrick Battiston, French soccer player
March 24 — Roderik Bouwman, Dutch field hockey player
March 31 — Tsendying Damdin, Mongolian judoka

April-June

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
May 5 — Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
May 7 — Sinjin Smith, 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 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
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

July-September

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
August 4 — Hilbert van der Duim, Dutch speed skater
August 4 — John Wark, Scottish soccer player
August 10 — Imre Kiss, Hungarian soccer goalkeeper
August 17 — Robin Cousins, British figure skater
August 18 — Jan Jalocha, Polish soccer player
August 20 — Oscar Arizaga, Peruvian soccer player
August 27 — Bernhard Langer, German golfer
August 27 — Wiljon Vaandrager, Dutch rower
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 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

October-December

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 — 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
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
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)
December 2 — Randy Gardner, US pairs figure skating champion
December 5 — Patriz Ilg, German athlete
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)

Deaths

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)

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