1958 in sports

Encyclopedia : 1 : 19 : 195 : 1958 in sports

See also: 1957 in sports, other events of 1958, 1959 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Men's all-around champion: Boris Shakhlin, USSR
Women's all-around champion: Larissa Latynina, USSR
*Team competition champions: men's - USSR; women's - USSR

NASCAR Championship - Lee Petty
Indianapolis 500 - Jimmy Bryan
USAC Racing - Tony Bettenhausen won the season championship
Formula One Championship - Mike Hawthorn of Great Britain
February 23 - Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Olivier Gendebien / Phil Hill won, driving a Ferrari 250TR
Rally racing - the team of Guy Monraisse / Jacques Feret won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Renault

January 29: The Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella suffers a broken neck in an early morning auto accident on Long Island. His spinal column is nearly severed and his legs are permanently paralyzed.

January 30: Commissioner Ford Frick announces that players and coaches, rather than the fans, will vote for the All-Star teams.

April 15: San Francisco Giants pitcher Rubén Gómez won baseball's first regular season game on the West Coast. He started the first game in San Francisco history, beating Don Drysdale and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers in an 8-0 shutout at Seals Stadium. The two teams moved from New York after the 1957 season.

World Series: New York Yankees win 4 games to 3 over the Milwaukee Braves. The Series MVP is pitcher Bob Turley of New York.

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
Kentucky wins 84-72 over Seattle

NBA Finals:
St. Louis Hawks win 4 games to 2 over the Boston Celtics

World Basketball Championships (Men) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* Gold: United States of America
* Silver: Brazil
* Bronze: Philippines

December 10 - Light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore is knocked down three times in the first round and once more in the fifth round by Yvon Durelle but Moore held on to come back to knock out Durelle in the 11th round.

Tour de France - Charly Gaul of Luxembourg

World Figure Skating Championships:
Men's champion: David Jenkins, United States
Women's champion: Carol Heiss, United States
*Pairs champions: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul, Canada

NFL Championship: December 28 the Baltimore Colts won 23-17 over the New York Giants in overtime. The game is later called the "Greatest game ever played".

Victorian Football League
* Collingwood wins the 62nd VFL Premiership (Collingwood 12.10 (82) d Melbourne 9.10 (64))
* Brownlow Medal not awarded to Neil Roberts (St Kilda)

Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers win 35-28 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1958 World Cup held in Sweden. Brazil beat Sweden 5-2 in the final.

Europe

European Cup - Real Madrid beat AC Milan 3-2.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup - FC Barcelona beat London XI 8-2 on aggregate.

England

February 6, Munich air disaster: 7 Manchester United players are killed, Duncan Edwards later died of his injuries.
First Division - Wolverhampton Wanderers win the 1957-58 title.
FA Cup - Bolton Wanderers beat Manchester United 2-0.

Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf results:
#April 6 - The Masters golf tournament - Arnold Palmer
#June - US Open - Tommy Bolt
#July - British Open - Bobby Locke
#August - PGA Championship - Dow Finsterwald

PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Arnold Palmer - $42,608
Women's Golf
US Women's Open - Mickey Wright
LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright
Beverly Hanson: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $12,629.

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Baystone
Canada - Queen's Plate - Caledon Beau
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Ballymoss
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Sindon

English Triple Crown Races:
#Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Pall Mall
#Epsom Derby - Hard Ridden
#St. Leger Stakes - Alcide

Tim Tam, who had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, fractured a sesamoid bone and lost his chance for the Triple Crown when he hobbled across the finish line in second place at the Belmont Stakes.
United States Triple Crown Races:
#Kentucky Derby - Tim Tam
#Preakness Stakes - Tim Tam
#Belmont Stakes - Cavan

United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
#Cane Pace - Raider Frost
#Little Brown Jug - Shadow Wave
#Messenger Stakes - O'Brien Hanover

United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
#Hambletonian - Emily's Pride
#Yonkers Trot - Spunky Hanover
#Kentucky Futurity - Emily's Pride

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
*Pacers: Free Hall

January 18 - Willie O'Ree makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. He is the first African-Canadian to play in the National Hockey League.

Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Dickie Moore, Montreal Canadiens

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

Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4-2 over the Boston Bruins

World Hockey Championship
* Men's champion: Whitby Dunlops from Canada defeat the Soviet Union

FIS World Championships - Women:
Downhill: Lucille Wheeler (Canada)
Giant Slalom: Lucille Wheeler (Canada)
Slalom: Inge Bjoernbakken (Norway)
Combined: Frieda Dänzer (Switzerland)

FIS World Championships - Men:
Downhill: Toni Sailer (Austria)
Giant Slalom: Toni Sailer (Austria)
Slalom: Josl Rieder (Austria)
Combined: Toni Sailer (Austria)

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
#Australian Open - Ashley Cooper
#French Open - Mervyn Rose
#Wimbledon championships - Ashley Cooper
#US Open - Ashley Cooper

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
#Australian Open - Angela Mortimer
#French Open - Zsuzsi Kormoczy
#Wimbledon championships - Althea Gibson
#US Open - Althea Gibson

Davis Cup: United States wins 3-2 over Australia in world tennis.

Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan
British Empire & Commonwealth Games held in Cardiff, United Kingdom
The international petanque federation is founded in Marseille

Births

January

January 7 — Massimo Biason, Italian rally driver
January 10 — Gary Cook, UK athlete
January 13 — Ricardo Acuña, Chilean tennis player
January 18 — Brenda Phillips, Zimbabwean field hockey player
January 22 — Jorge Ruiz, Argentine field hockey player and coach
January 24 — Frank Ullrich, German biathlete

February

February 2 — Sandy Lyle, Scottish golf player
February 11 — Regina Maršíková, Czechoslovakian tennis player.
February 12 — George Carnoutsos, New Zealand field hockey player
February 16 — Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
February 17 — Sergei Baltacha, Ukrainian football (soccer) player
February 20 — Det de Beus, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
February 25 — Peter Drost, Dutch freestyle swimmer
February 28 — Dean Crawford, Canadian rower

March

March 2 — Kevin Curren, South African tennis player
March 2 — Ian Woosnam, Welsh golf player
March 4 — Wouly de Bie, Dutch water polo player
March 8 — Andreas Maurer, German tennis player
March 21 — Marlies Göhr, German athlete
March 24 — Fernando Luna, Spanish tennis player
March 25 — Harriet Metcalf, American rower
March 26 — Elio de Angelis, Italian racecar driver

April

April 1 — Tom van 't Hek, Dutch field hockey player and coach
April 3 — Annemarie Sanders, Dutch equestrian
April 4 — Greg Foster, US athlete
April 5 — Johan Kriek, South Africa-born tennis player from the United States
April 11 — Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian athlete
April 13 — Irene Hendriks, Dutch field hockey player
April 28 — Husmukh Bhikha, New Zealand field hockey player
April 29 — Carlos Roca, Spanish field hockey player

May

May 3 — Hansje Bunschoten, Dutch freestyle swimmer
May 6 — Johan Aantjes, Dutch water polo player and coach
May 9 — Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
May 19 — Bruce MacPherson, Canadian field hockey player

June

June 6 — Rudi Fink, East German boxer
June 11 — Ellen Bontje, Dutch equestrian
June 12 — Jillian Smith, New Zealand field hockey player
June 14 — Eric Heiden, US speed skater
June 14 — Tony Mmoh, Nigerian tennis player
June 15 — Wade Boggs, American baseball player
June 16 — Pierre Berbizier, French rugby union player
June 27 — Eric Fromm, American tennis player
June 29 — Rosa Mota, Portuguese marathon runner

July

July 6 — Mark Benson, cricket umpire
July 25 — Karl-Heinz Forster, German football player
July 28 — Terry Fox, Canadian athlete
July 29 — Diane Moyer, US field hockey player
July 30 — Daley Thompson, British decathlete

August

August 1 — Vickey Dixon, British field hockey international
August 4 — Mary Decker, US athlete
August 9 — Nduka Odizor, Nigerian tennis player
August 16 — José Luis Clerc, Argentine tennis player
August 18 — Didier Auriol, French rally driver
August 25 — Pierre Délèze, Swiss middle distance runner
August 28 — Scott Hamilton, American ice skater
August 31 — Serge Blanco, French rugby union player

September

September 14 — Alain Fabiani, French volleyball player
September 16 — Orel Hershiser, US baseball player
September 18 — Henk Elzerman, Dutch freestyle swimmer
September 19 — Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
September 21 — Jay Triano, Canadian basketball player and coach
September 24 — Barbara Clark, Canadian freestyle swimmer
September 27 — Neil Adams, British judoka
September 29 — Ron Jans, Dutch football (soccer) player and coach

October

October 4 — Francesco Damiani, Italian boxer
October 9 — Mike Singletary, US American football player
October 10 — Pietro Generali, Italian basketball player
October 18 — Thomas Hearns, American boxer
October 20 — Aletta van Manen, Dutch field hockey defender
October 24 — Chip Hooper, American tennis player
October 25 — Kornelia Ender, German swimmer
October 30 — Paulino Monsalve, Spanish field hockey player
October 31 — Jeannie Longo, French cyclist

November

November 20 — Peter Miskimmin, New Zealand field hockey player
November 24 — Rick Davis, American soccer midfielder
November 26 — Mikhail Linge, Soviet athlete (d. 1994)
November 28 — Kriss Akabusi, British athlete

December

December 15 — Rabah Madjer, Algerian football player
December 24 — Sophie von Weiler, Dutch field hockey forward
December 25 — Rickey Henderson, US baseball player
December 27 — Morten Stig Christensen, Danish handball player

Deaths

February 6 – Geoff Bent (25), English football (soccer) player
February 6 – Roger Byrne (28), English football (soccer) player
February 6 – Eddie Colman (21), English football (soccer) player
February 6 – Mark Jones (24), English football (soccer) player
February 6 – David Pegg (22), Irish football (soccer) player
February 6 – Tommy Taylor (26), English football (soccer) player
February 6 – Liam Whelan (22), Irish football (soccer) player
February 21 – Duncan Edwards (21), English football (soccer) player
September 13 – Russell Mockridge (30), Australian racing cyclist (b. 1928)

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.