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1952 in sports
See also:
1951 in sports
,
other events of 1952
,
1953 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 Skiing
15 Tennis
16 General sporting events
17 Births
18 Deaths
Auto Racing
NASCAR Championship
-
Tim Flock[?]
AAA Racing
:
Troy Ruttman[?]
won the
Indianapolis 500
Chuck Stevenson[?]
won the season championship
Formula One Championship
-
Alberto Ascari
of
Italy
24 hours of Le Mans
:
Hermann Lang[?]
/
Fritz Reiss[?]
won, driving a
Mercedes 300SL
Rally racing
:
Sydney Allard[?]
/
George Warburton[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving an
Allard J2[?]
Drag racing
- In cities and towns across
North America
, drag racing begins to move from the streets to organized events usually at abandoned airport strips.
Baseball
World Series
:
New York Yankees
win 4 games to 3 over the
Brooklyn Dodgers
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
Kansas wins 80-63 over St. John's
NBA Finals
:
Minneapolis Lakers
won 4 games to 3 over the
Syracuse Nationals
Boxing
September 23
at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
,
Rocky Marciano
knocked out
Jersey Joe Walcott
in the 13th round to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Fausto Coppi[?]
of
Italy
Tour de France
-
Fausto Coppi[?]
of
Italy
World Cycling Championship
:
Heinz Müller[?]
of
Germany
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Dick Button[?]
,
United States
Women's champion:
Jacqueline du Bief[?]
,
France
Pairs champions:
Ria Falk[?]
&
Paul Falk[?]
,
Germany
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Newcastle United
win 1-0 over
Arsenal
Football (American)
NFL Championship
:
Detroit Lions
win 17-7 over the
Cleveland Browns
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Toronto Argonauts
win 21-11 over the
Edmonton Eskimos
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Sam Snead
June
-
US Open
-
Julius Boros[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Bobby Locke[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Jim Turnesa[?]
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Julius Boros[?]
- $37,033
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Louise Suggs[?]
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Dalray[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Epigram[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Nuccio[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Thirteen of Diamonds[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Thunderhead[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Tulyar[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Tulyar[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Hill Gail[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Blue Man[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
One Count[?]
Harness Racing
Little Brown Jug
for pacers won by
Meadow Rice[?]
Hambletonian
for trotters won by
Sharp Note[?]
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Avian Derby[?]
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
:
Detroit Red Wings
win 4 games to 0 over the
Montreal Canadiens
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
Canada
defeated the
United States
Skiing
Alpine Skiing
The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
Downhill:
Zeno Colo[?]
,
Italy
Slalom:
Othmar Schneider[?]
,
Austria
Giant Slalom:
Stein Eriksen[?]
,
Norway
The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
Downhill:
Trude Jochum-Beiser[?]
,
Austria
Slalom:
Andrea Mead Lawrence[?]
,
United States
Giant Slalom:
Andrea Mead Lawrence[?]
,
United States
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
mens results:
Australian Open
-
Ken McGregor[?]
French Open
-
Jaroslav Drobny[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Frank Sedgman[?]
US Open
-
Frank Sedgman[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
womens results:
Australian Open
-
Thelma Long[?]
French Open
-
Doris Hart[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Maureen Connolly
US Open
-
Maureen Connolly
Davis Cup
:
Australia
wins 4-1 over the
United States
in world tennis.
General sporting events
Fred Davis[?]
retained the World Professional Snooker Championship
February 14
,
1952
Winter Olympic Games
open in
Oslo, Norway
May 20
-
Roger Milla[?]
,
Cameroon
soccer
star
July 19
to
August 3
- The
Summer Olympic Games
are held in
Helsinki
,
Finland
.
July 27
–
Emil Zatopek[?]
wins marathon in Helsinki Olympic games
Births
January 11
-
Ben Crenshaw[?]
,
golfer
March 22
-
Bob Costas
, sports announcer
March 29
-
Teofilo Stevenson
,
boxer
August 3
-
Osvaldo Ardiles
,
Argentinian
footballer
Deaths
July 3
-
Fred Tenney[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (1894-1911)
August 30
-
Arky Vaughan[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (1932-1948)
March 30
-
Deacon Phillippe[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (1899-1911)
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