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1953 in sports

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1953 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[[American football]]

  • NFL Championship: the Detroit Lions won 17–16 over the Cleveland Browns at Briggs Stadium

[[Association football]]

England

  • First Division – Arsenal win the 1952–53 title.
  • FA Cup – Blackpool beat Bolton Wanderers 4–3 in what is known as "The Matthews Final", although it is Stan Mortensen who scores a winning hat-trick for Blackpool.
  • England lose 6–3 to Hungary at Wembley Stadium their first ever loss to a team from Continental Europe at home. Scotland
  • Coronation Cup (football) – Celtic beat Hibernian 2–0 at Hampden Park. Spain
  • La Liga won by Barcelona F.C. Italy
  • Serie A won by F.C. Internazionale Milano West Germany
  • German football championship won by 1. FC Kaiserslautern France
  • French Division 1 won by Stade de Reims Portugal
  • Primeira Liga won by Sporting C.P.

[[Australian rules football]]

  • Victorian Football League
    • 23 May: Fitzroy, against a brilliant Footscray defence, kick the lowest VFL/AFL score since 1899, 1.0 (6) to 10.6 (66). Fitzroy seemed doomed to the first 0.0 (0) score in VFL history until Allan Ruthven scored a goal with ten minutes to go.
    • 4 July: Geelong beats Collingwood’s previous record of 20 consecutive wins, beating 12.14 (86) to 13.7 (85).
    • 1 August: Collingwood ends a run of 26 unbeaten games (including a draw with ) by Geelong, beating them 10.15 (75) to 7.13 (55)
    • 26 September: Collingwood wins the 57th VFL Premiership, beating Geelong 11.11 (77) to 8.17 (65)
    • Brownlow Medal awarded to Bill Hutchison (Essendon)
  • South Australian National Football League:
    • 3 October: West Torrens wins the last of its four SANFL premierships, beating Port Adelaide 9.13 (67) to 8.12 (60)
    • Magarey Medal won by Jim Deane (South Adelaide)
  • Western Australian National Football League:
    • 8 August: Bernie Naylor kicks a WANFL record 23 goals against , including twelve in one quarter.
    • 10 October: win their second consecutive premiership and seventh overall, beating 18.12 (120) to 8.13 (61)
    • Sandover Medal awarded to Merv McIntosh (Perth)

[[Baseball]]

[[Basketball]]

[[Boxing]]

  • September 24 in New York City – Rocky Marciano retains his World Heavyweight title with a TKO over Roland La Starza in the 11th round.
  • October in New York City – Bobo Olson scored a 15-round decision over Randy Turpin to win the World Middleweight Championship

[[Bowling]]

Nine-pin bowling

  • Nine-pin bowling World Championships –
    • Men's champion: Alfred Beierl, Austria
    • Women's champion: Jelena Šincek, Yugoslavia
    • Men's team champion: Yugoslavia
    • Women's team champion: Austria

[[Canadian football]]

  • Grey Cup – Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 12–6 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

[[Cricket]]

England

  • County Championship – Surrey
  • Minor Counties Championship – Berkshire
  • Most runs – Bill Edrich 2557 @ 47.35 (HS 211)
  • Most wickets – Bruce Dooland 172 @ 16.58 (BB 7–19)
  • Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Keith Miller, Neil Harvey, Johnny Wardle, Willie Watson, Tony Lock Australia
  • Sheffield Shield – South Australia
  • Most runs – Neil Harvey 1659 @ 63.80 (HS 205)
  • Most wickets – Hugh Tayfield 70 @ 27.91 (BB 7–71)
  • South Africa make their first tour of Australia since 1931–32, and tie the five-Test series two-all with one draw India
  • Ranji Trophy – Holkar New Zealand
  • Plunket Shield – Otago
  • Following their Australian tour, South Africa tour New Zealand, winning a two-Test series one-nil with one draw South Africa
  • Currie Cup – not contested West Indies
  • India make their first tour of the West Indies, losing a five-test series 0–1 with four draws.

[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]

[[Figure skating]]

  • World Figure Skating Championships –
    • Men's champion: Hayes Alan Jenkins, United States
    • Ladies’ champion: Tenley Albright, United States
    • Pair skating champions: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks, Great Britain
    • Ice dancing champions: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy, Great Britain

[[Golf]]

Men's professional

[[Harness racing]]

  • Little Brown Jug for pacers won by Keystoner
  • Hambletonian for trotters won by Helicopter
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Captain Sandy

[[Horse racing]]

Steeplechases

  • Cheltenham Gold Cup – Knock Hard
  • Grand National – Early Mist Hurdle races
  • Champion Hurdle – Sir Ken Flat races
  • Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Wodalla
  • Canada – Queen's Plate won by Canadiana
  • France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by La Sorellina
  • Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Chamier
  • English Triple Crown Races:
    1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Nearula
    2. The Derby – Pinza
    3. St. Leger Stakes – Premonition
  • United States Triple Crown Races:
    1. Kentucky Derby – Dark Star
    2. Preakness Stakes – Native Dancer
    3. Belmont Stakes – Native Dancer

[[Ice hockey]]

  • World Hockey Championship
    • Men's champion: Sweden defeated West Germany and Switzerland.
    • Canada did not participate in the World Hockey Championship, the government claiming it was not worth the expense.
  • Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins
  • Art Ross 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
  • NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – University of Michigan Wolverines defeat University of Minnesota Golden Gophers 7–3 in Colorado Springs, CO
  • HC Kometa Brno was founded in South Moravian Region, Czechoslovakia, present day of Czech Republic.

[[Motorsport]]

Main article: 1953 in motorsport, List of 1953 motorsport champions

[[Rugby league]]

[[Rugby union]]

[[Snooker]]

[[Tennis]]

Australia

[[Multi-sport event]]s

Awards

  • Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Ben Hogan, PGA golf
  • Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Maureen Connolly, Tennis

References

References

  1. It merged [[Woodville Football Club. with Woodville]] after the 1990 season, and the new club won flags in 1993, 2006 and 2011
  2. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59677789 Naylor gets his second “Fiver”]
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20040121162316/http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~falcons/history/memorylane.html A Trip Down Memory Lane]
  4. "Epsom Derby {{!}} History, Winners, & Facts {{!}} Britannica".
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