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AUTO RACING

NASCAR Championship - Herb Thomas

AAA Racing :

--- Bill Vukovich won the Indianapolis 500

--- Sam Hanks won the season driving championship

Formula One Championship - Alberto Ascari of Italy

24 Hours Of Le Mans :

--- the team of Tony Rolt / Duncan Hamilton won, driving a Jaguar C-Type

Rally Racing :

---the team of Maurice Gatsonides / Peter Worledge won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Ford Zephyr

Drag Racing - The NHRA held its first official race in April on a section of the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds parking lot in Pomona, California .

BASEBALL

won 4 games to 2 over the Brooklyn Dodgers

BASKETBALL

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship :

---Indiana wins 69-68 over Kansas

NBA Finals :

--- Minneapolis Lakers won 4 games to 1 over the New York Knicks

The eighth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1953 , is won by the Soviet Union .

The fifteenth South American Basketball Championship in Montevideo is won by Uruguay .

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

CRICKET

Pakistan becomes the seventh Test playing nation.

CYCLING

Giro D'Italia won by Fausto Coppi of Italy

Tour De France - Louison Bobet of France

of Italy

World Figure Skating Championships :

---Men's champion: Hayes Alan Jenkins , United States

---Women's champion: Tenley Albright , United States

---Pairs champions: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks , Great Britain

FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN )

won 17-16 over the Cleveland Browns

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Collingwood wins the 57th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 11.11 (77) d Geelong 8.17 (65))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Bill Hutchinson ( Essendon )

FOOTBALL ( CANADIAN )

win 12-6 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

FOOTBALL ( SOCCER )

Coronation Cup (football) - Celtic beat Hibernian 2-0 at Hampden Park .

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.

GOLF

Men's Golf

Grand Slam Of Golf results:

#May - The Masters - Ben Hogan

#June - US Open - Ben Hogan

#July - British Open - Ben Hogan

#August - PGA Championship - Walter Burkemo

- $34,002

wins 6 1/2 to 5 1/2 over the British team in world golf.

The US Women's Open - Betsy Rawls

THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Wodalla

Canada - Queen's Plate - Canadiana

France - Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe - La Sorellina

Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Chamier

English Triple Crown Races :

# Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nearula

# Epsom Derby - Pinza

# St. Leger Stakes - Premonition

United States Triple Crown Races :

# Kentucky Derby - Dark Star

# Preakness Stakes - Native Dancer

# Belmont Stakes - Native Dancer

Little Brown Jug for pacers won by Keystoner

Hambletonian for trotters won by Helicopter

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship :

---Pacers: Captain Sandy

ICE HOCKEY

, Detroit Red Wings

, Detroit Red Wings

win 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins

World Hockey Championship

--- Men's champion: Sweden defeated the heavily favoured Soviet Union

--- Canada did not participate in the World Hockey Championship, the government claiming it was not worth the expense.

SNOOKER

beats Walter Donaldson 37-34

TENNIS

Grand Slam In Tennis men's results:

# Australian Open - Ken Rosewall

# French Open - Ken Rosewall

# Wimbledon Championships - Vic Seixas

# US Open - Tony Trabert

Maureen Connolly became the first woman to win the Grand Slam In Tennis . Women's results:

# Australian Open - Maureen Connolly

# French Open - Maureen Connolly

# Wimbledon Championships - Maureen Connolly

# US Open - Maureen Connolly

won 3-2 over the United States in world tennis.

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

Pan Arab Games held in Alexandria, Egypt

BIRTHS

January 10 — Bobby Rahal , American automobile racer

February 9 — Vito Antuofermo , Italian actor and boxer

February 14 — Greg Browning , Australian field hockey player

February 14 — Hans Krankl , Austrian football (soccer) player and coach

March 1 — Jose Higueras , Spanish tennis coach and player

March 11 — Ladislau Bölöni , Romanian football (soccer) player and manager

March 27 — Annemarie Moser-Pröll , Austrian skier

April 13 — Valeri Belyakov , Soviet field hockey player

April 19 — Sara Simeoni , Italian high jumper

July 14 — Harina Kohere , New Zealand field hockey player

July 26 — Piotr Zaev , Soviet boxer

September 12 — Ramesh Patel , New Zealand field hockey player

September 27 — Javier Cabot , Spanish field hockey player

October 1 — Grete Waitz , Norwegian marathon runner

October 9 — Hank Pfister , American tennis player

October 12 — Richard McKinney , American archer

November 5 — Hugo Corro , Argentine boxer

November 7 — Alexander Romankov , Russian fencer

November 20 — Terry Walsh , Australian field hockey striker and coach

November 22 — Matija Ljubek , Croatian canoer (d. 2000 )

DEATHS

March 2 — Jim Lightbody (70), American middle distance runner (b. 1882 )

March 3 — Clyde Milan , Major League Baseball player (1907-1922)

March 3 — James J. Jeffries , world heavyweight boxing champion

March 28 — Jim Thorpe , athlete

April 11 — Kid Nichols , Major League Baseball pitcher (1890-1906)

May 27 — Jesse Burkett , Major League Baseball player (1890-1905)

June 5 — Bill Tilden , tennis player

June 19 — Norman Ross , American swimmer (b. 1896 )

August 11 — Tazio Nuvolari , race car driver