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Events
Sixth European Championships, held from August 19 to August 24 in Stockholm, Sweden
May 29 — Asian Games Marathon, Tokyo, Japan
August 24 — European Championships Marathon, Stockholm, Sweden
December 7 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
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:
NBA Finals:
World Basketball Championships (Men)
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:
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".
College football: Louisiana State University wins their first recognized national championship in the poll era. See 1958 LSU Tigers football team. Iowa wins the Football Writers Association of America national championship. See 1958 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
Victorian Football League
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 3-6 - The Masters golf tournament - Arnold Palmer
- June 12-14 - US Open - Tommy Bolt
- June 30-July 4 - British Open - Bobby Locke
- August 20 - 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:
- 2,000 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:
- May 3 - 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:
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
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - University of Denver Pioneers defeat University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux 6-2 in Minneapolis, MN
Men's FIS World Championships:
Women's FIS World Championships:
June 29 — US swimmer Nancy Ramey sets the first official world record in the women's 200m butterfly at a meet in Los Angeles, California, clocking 2:40.5.
September 13 — Tineke Lagerberg from the Netherlands takes over the world record in the women's 200m butterfly during a meet in Naarden, the Netherlands: 2:38.9.
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.
The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Columbia defeats British challenger Sceptre, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, 4 races to 0; it's the first Cup series held in the era of the 12-metre yacht
Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan
British Empire & Commonwealth Games held in Cardiff, United Kingdom
The international petanque federation is founded in Marseille
Awards
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Herb Elliott, Track and field
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Althea Gibson, Tennis
Births
January
January 1 — Türgüt Aykaç, Turkish boxer
January 2 — Colomán Trabado, Spanish middle distance runner
January 7 — Massimo Biason, Italian rally driver
January 10 — Garry Cook, British athlete
January 10 — Anatoly Pisarenko, Soviet weightlifter
January 11 — Sylvia Brunner, Swiss ice speed skater
January 11 — Antonio Prieto, Spanish long-distance runner
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 23 — Vasiliy Grishchenkov, Soviet triple jumper
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 13 — Niculina Vasile, Romanian high jumper
February 14 — Heinz Steinberger, Austrian ice speed skater
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 21 — Vladimir Kotov, Belarusian long-distance runner
February 25 — Peter Drost, Dutch freestyle swimmer
February 25 — Kurt Rambis, American basketball player
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 10 — Domingo Ramón, Spanish long-distance runner
March 17 — José Manuel Abascal, Spanish athlete
March 18 — Aleksandr Kharlov, Soviet hurdler
March 20 — Detlef Kästner, East German boxer
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
March 28 — Bart Conner, American gymnast
March 28 — Jos Lammertink, Dutch cyclist
April
April 1 — Tom van 't Hek, Dutch field hockey player and coach
April 1 — Hwang Jung-Oh, South Korean judoka
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 9 — Gregg Tafralis, American shot putter
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 1 — Nadezhda Vinogradova, Soviet heptathlete
May 3 — Hansje Bunschoten, Dutch freestyle swimmer
May 6 — Johan Aantjes, Dutch water polo player and coach
May 9 — Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
May 11 — Peter Antonie, Australian rower
May 17 — Juan Martínez, Cuban discus thrower
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 14 — Masami Yoshida, Japanese javelin thrower
June 15 — Wade Boggs, American baseball player
June 16 — Pierre Berbizier, French rugby union player
June 16 — Ulrike Tauber, East German medley and butterfly swimmer
June 27 — Eric Fromm, American tennis player
June 29 — Rosa Mota, Portuguese marathon runner
July
July 1 — Božo Vuletić, Montenegrin water polo player
July 6 — Mark Benson, English cricket umpire
July 14 — Jan Wohlschlag, American high jumper
July 18 — Joan Hansen, American long-distance runner
July 25 — Karl-Heinz Förster, German football player
July 26 — Ramona Neubert, East German heptathlete
July 28 — Terry Fox, Canadian athlete
July 29 — Diane Moyer, US field hockey player
July 30 — Aleksey Demyanyuk, Soviet high jumper
July 30 — Orlando Pizzolato, Italian long-distance runner
July 30 — Daley Thompson, British decathlete
August
August 4 — Mary Decker, US athlete
August 8 — Yuriy Dumchev, Russian discus thrower
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 26 — Viktor Demyanenko, Soviet boxer
August 28 — Scott Hamilton, American ice skater
August 31 — Serge Blanco, French rugby union player
September
September 6 — Soraya Telles, Brazilian middle distance runner
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 6 — Kevin Doherty, Canadian judoka
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 1 — Alberto Cova, Italian long-distance runner
December 2 — Ezio Gamba, Italian judoka
December 4 — Renata Kokowska, Polish long-distance runner
December 9 — Jean-Noël Fagot, French ice speed skater
December 15 — Eddy Annys, Belgian high jumper
December 15 — Rabah Madjer, Algerian football player
December 16 — Marti ten Kate, Dutch long-distance runner
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)Further Information
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