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1954 in sports
See also:
1953 in sports
,
other events of 1954
,
1955 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
-
Lee Petty[?]
AAA Racing
:
Bill Vukovich[?]
won the
Indianapolis 500
Jimmy Bryan[?]
won the season championship
Formula One Championship
-
Juan Manuel Fangio
of
Argentina
24 hours of Le Mans
: the team of
Froilán González[?]
/
Maurice Trintignant[?]
won, driving a
Ferrari 375
Rally racing
- the team of
Louis Chiron[?]
/
C Basadonna[?]
win the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Lancia
Drag racing
- The
NHRA
expands, sanctioning other drag strip operators in the
United States
.
Baseball
World Series
:
New York Giants
win 4 games to 0 over the
Cleveland Indians
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
La Salle wins 92-76 over Bradley
NBA Finals
:
Minneapolis Lakers[?]
win 4-3 over the
Syracuse Nationals[?]
Boxing
September 17
in
New York City
,
Rocky Marciano
retained his World Heavyweight title with an 8th round knockout of
Ezzard Charles[?]
Cycling
Tour de France
-
Louison Bobet[?]
of
France
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Hayes Alan Jenkins[?]
,
United States
Women's champion:
Gundi Busch[?]
,
Germany
Pairs champions:
Frances Dafoe[?]
&
Norris Bowden[?]
,
Canada
Football (
Soccer
)
West Germany
wins
Football World Cup
in
Switzerland
England - FA Cup
:
West Bromwich Albion
won 3-2 over
Preston North End[?]
Football (American)
NFL Championship
:
Cleveland Browns
win 56-10 over the
Detroit Lions
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Edmonton Eskimos
won 26-25 over the
Montreal Alouettes
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters golf tournament
-
Sam Snead
June
-
US Open
-
Ed Furgol[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Peter Thomson[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Chick Harbert[?]
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Bob Toski[?]
- $65,820
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Babe Zaharias[?]
Patty Berg[?]
: leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour, earning $16,011.
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Rising Fast[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Collisteo[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Sica Boy[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Zarathustra[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Darius[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Never Say Die[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Never Say Die[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Determine[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Hasty Road[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
High Gun[?]
Harness Racing
Little Brown Jug
for pacers won by
Adios Harry[?]
Hambletonian
for yrotters won by
Newport Dream[?]
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Tennessee Sky[?]
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:
Al Rollins[?]
,
Chicago Blackhawks
Stanley Cup
:
Detroit Red Wings
win 4 games to 3 over the
Montreal Canadiens
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
USSR
wins 7-2 over
Canada
's
East York Lyndhursts[?]
.
Skiing
ISF World Championships[?]
:
Men's combined champion:
Stein Eriksen[?]
,
Norway
Women's combined champion:
Ida Schöpfer[?]
,
Austria
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
mens results:
Australian Open
-
Mervyn Rose[?]
French Open
-
Tony Trabert[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Jaroslav Drobny[?]
US Open
-
Vic Seixas[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
womens results:
Australian Open
-
Thelma Long[?]
French Open
-
Maureen Connolly
Wimbledon championships
-
Maureen Connolly
US Open
-
Doris Hart[?]
Davis Cup
:
United States
wins 3-2 over
Australia
in world tennis.
General sporting events
Fred Davis[?]
retained the World Professional Snooker Championship
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
held in
Vancouver, British Columbia
May 6
-
Roger Bannister
becomes the first person to run a sub four minute mile.
Births
February 19
-
Socrates
,
football
player
April 7
-
Tony Dorsett[?]
, American football star
April 17
-
Riccardo Patrese
, Italian racing driver
October 1
-
Martin Strel
, Slovene ultra marathon swimmer
Deaths
July 29
-
Coen de Koning
, Dutch speed skater
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