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1951 in sports
See also:
1950 in sports
,
other events of 1951
,
1952 in sports
and the
list of 'years in sports'
.
Table of contents
1 Auto Racing
2 Baseball
3 Basketball
4 Boxing
5 Cycling
6 Figure Skating
7 Football (Soccer)
8 Football (American)
9 Canadian Football League
10 Golf
11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing
12 Harness Racing
13 Ice Hockey
14 Tennis
15 General sporting events
16 Births
17 Deaths
Auto Racing
NASCAR Championship
-
Herb Thomas[?]
AAA Racing
:
Tony Bettenhausen[?]
won the series championship
Lee Wallard[?]
won the
Indianapolis 500
Formula One Championship
-
Juan Manuel Fangio
of
Argentina
24 hours of Le Mans
:
Louis Rosier[?]
/
Jean-Louis Rosier[?]
won driving a
Talbot-Lago[?]
Rally racing
:
Marcel Becquart[?]
/
H. Secret[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Hotchkiss[?]
Drag racing
-
NHRA
founded by
Wally Parks[?]
Baseball
World Series
:
New York Yankees
win 4 games to 2 over the
New York Giants
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
Kentucky wins 68-58 over Kansas St.
NBA Finals
:
Rochester Royals
won 4 games to 3 over the
New York Knicks
Boxing
July 18
,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
-
Jersey Joe Walcott
knocks out
Ezzard Charles[?]
in round 7.
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Fiorenzo Magni[?]
of
Italy
Tour de France
-
Hugo Koblet[?]
of
Switzerland
World Cycling Championship
:
Ferdi Kubler[?]
of
Switzerland
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Dick Button[?]
,
United States
Women's champion:
Jeanette Altwegg[?]
,
Great Britain
Pairs champions:
Ria Baran[?]
&
Paul Falk[?]
,
Germany
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Newcastle United
won 2-0 over
Blackpool
Football (American)
January 14
- The
National Football League
has its first
Pro Bowl[?]
Game (
Los Angeles, California
).
NFL Championship
:
Los Angeles Rams
won 24-17 over the
Cleveland Browns
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Ottawa Rough Riders
won 21-14 over the
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Ben Hogan
June
-
US Open
-
Ben Hogan
July
-
British Open
-
Max Faulkner[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Sam Snead
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Lloyd Mangrum[?]
- $26,089
Ryder Cup
:
United States
team wins 9 1/2 to 2 1/2 over the
British
team in world golf.
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Betsy Rawls[?]
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
July 14
-
Citation[?]
won his 32nd race, the
Hollywood Gold Cup[?]
, becoming the first equine millionaire.
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Delat[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Major Factor[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Tantième[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Fraise du Bois[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Ki Ming[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Arctic Prince[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Talma[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Count Turf[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Bold[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Counterpoint
Harness Racing
Tar Heel[?]
, a
standardbred
horse driven by
Del Cameron[?]
, produced the first two-minute mile in
harness racing
history.
Little Brown Jug
for pacers won by
Tar Heel[?]
Hambletonian
for trotters won by
Mainliner[?]
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Vedette[?]
Trotters:
Gay Belwin[?]
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:
Milt Schmidt[?]
,
Boston Bruins
Stanley Cup
:
Toronto Maple Leafs
win 4 games to 1 over the
Montreal Canadiens
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
Canada
's
Lethbridge Maple Leafs[?]
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
mens results:
Australian Open
-
Dick Savitt[?]
French Open
-
Jaroslav Drobny[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Dick Savitt[?]
US Open
-
Frank Sedgman[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
womens results:
Australian Open
-
Nancy Wynne Bolton[?]
French Open
-
Shirley Fry[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Doris Hart[?]
US Open
-
Maureen Connolly
Davis Cup
:
Australia
wins 3-2 over the
United States
in world tennis.
General sporting events
February 25
- The first
Pan American Games[?]
are held, in
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
Fred Davis[?]
won the World Professional Snooker Championship
Births
March 4
-
Kenny Dalglish
footballer and football manager
April 29
-
Dale Earnhardt
,
stock car racer
(+
2001
)
October 6
-
Manfred Winkelhock
,
auto racing
driver
Deaths
February 25
-
Smokey Joe Williams
,
baseball
star
March 25
-
Eddie Collins[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (106-1930)
July 9
-
Harry Heilmann[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (1914-1932)
August 26
-
Bill Barilko[?]
,
Toronto Maple Leafs
ice hockey player, plane crash
December 5
-
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson
,
Major League Baseball
player (1908-1920)
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