1956 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1957 ,
1958 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- January 5 - Jackie Robinson retires rather than move across town from the Dodgers to the Giants , to whom he had been traded in December.
- Roy Sievers lead American league with 42 home runs and 114 RBIs, for the last place Washington Senators .
- , Milwaukee Braves
- defeat New York Yankees four games to three.
- May 3 - Walter O'Malley , the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers , agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York , to Los Angeles, California .
- August 19 - Horace Stoneham announces that the Giants are moving from New York to San Francisco, California .
- October 8 - Walter O'Malley announces that the Dodgers are going to move from Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles, California .
- The Winnipeg Goldeyes win the Northern League championship.
Men's Golf
- - $65,835
- wins 7 1/2 to 4 1/2 over the United States in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- January 1 — Ramaz Shengelia , Soviet soccer player
- January 5 — Karl Allgöwer , German soccer player
- January 6 — Nancy Lopez , American pro golfer
- January 11 — Darryl Dawkins , US basketball player
- January 11 — Bryan Robson , English soccer player and manager
- January 20 — Enrico Gilardi , Italian basketball player
- January 22 — Mike Bossy , ice hockey player
- January 29 — Manuela Groß , German figure skater
- January 30 — Payne Stewart , US golf player (d. 1999 )
- January 31 — Shirley Babashoff , American swimmer
- January 31 — Bojan Križaj , Slovakian alpine skier
- February 1 — Walter Schachner , Austrian soccer player and manager
- February 9 — Gordon Strachan , Scottish soccer player and manager
- February 18 — Marita Koch , East-German athlete
- February 26 — Joe Mullen , US ice hockey player and manager
- February 28 — Jan Ceulemans , Belgian soccer player and manager
- March 6 — Juan Roldán , Argentine boxer
- March 10 — Adolfo Horta , Cuban boxer
- March 12 — Patrick Battiston , French soccer player
- March 24 — Roderik Bouwman , Dutch field hockey player
- April 6 — Dick Nieuwenhuizen , Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Seve Ballesteros , Spanish golfer
- April 12 — María Ángeles Rodríguez , Spanish field hockey player
- April 15 — Evelyn Ashford , US athlete
- April 25 — Theo De Rooy , Dutch cyclist and cycling manager
- April 27 — Eric Bristow , British darts player
- May 5 — Aad Van Mil , Dutch water polo player
- May 7 — Sinjin Smith , volleyball player
- May 9 — Fulvio Collovati , Italian soccer player
- May 10 — Phil Mahre , American alpine skier
- May 14 — David Westcott , British field hockey player and cricketer
- May 16 — Joan Benoit , American marathon runner
- May 16 — Antonio Maceda , Spanish soccer player
- May 19 — Bill Laimbeer , US basketball player
- May 22 — Jan Jaap Korevaar , Dutch water polo player
- May 27 — Duncan Goodhew , British swimmer
- May 28 — Kirk Gibson , US baseball player
- June 3 — Horst-Ulrich Hänel , German field hockey player
- June 12 — Javed Miandad , Pakistani cricketer and coach
- June 13 — Rinat Dasaev , Soviet soccer goalkeeper
- June 16 — Adri Van Tiggelen , Dutch soccer player
- June 27 — Gabriella Dorio , Italian athlete
- June 30 — Sterling Marlin , US autocar racer
- July 2 — Paul "Bubli" Chohan , Indian-born field hockey player of Canada
- July 2 — Bret Hart , American wrestler
- July 8 — Christophe Roger-Vasselin , French tennis player
- July 12 — Jozsef Csuhay , Hungarian soccer player
- July 13 — Thierry Boutsen , Belgian race driver
- July 16 — Wlodzimierz Smolarek , Polish soccer player
- July 23 — István Lévai , Hungarian boxer
- July 25 — Steve Podborski , Canadian alpine skier
- July 29 — Nellie Kim , gymnast
- July 30 — Nery Pumpido , Argentinian soccer player
- August 4 — Hilbert Van Der Duim , Dutch speed skater
- August 4 — John Wark , Scottish soccer player
- August 10 — Imre Kiss , Hungarian soccer goalkeeper
- August 17 — Robin Cousins , British figure skater
- August 18 — Jan Jalocha , Polish soccer player
- August 20 — Oscar Arizaga , Peruvian soccer player
- August 27 — Bernhard Langer , German golfer
- September 5 — Peter Winnen , Dutch cyclist
- September 6 — Ron Berteling , Dutch ice hockey player and manager
- September 11 — Preben Elkjær Larsen , Danish soccer player
- September 21 — Sidney Moncrief , US basketball player
- September 22 — Mark Johnson , US ice hockey player
- September 22 — Giuseppe Saronni , Italian cyclist
- September 24 — Wolfgang Wolf , German soccer player and manager
- September 26 — Klaus Augenthaler , German soccer player and manager
- September 27 — Harald Schmid , German athlete
- October 4 — Robin Wilson , New Zealand field hockey player
- October 7 — Jayne Torvill , British figure skater
- October 8 — Astrid Benöhr , German triathlete
- October 8 — Antonio Cabrini , Italian soccer player
- October 9 — Vitaly Daraselia , Soviet soccer player
- October 10 — Robert Cattrall , British field hockey player
- October 13 — Eduardo Malasquez , Peruvian soccer player
- October 16 — Cathy Baker , New Zealand field hockey player
- October 18 — Jane Goulding , New Zealand field hockey player
- October 22 — Hassan Sardar , Pakistani field hockey player
- October 23 — Graham Rix , English soccer player and manager
- October 27 — Glenn Hoddle , English soccer player and manager
- November 5 — Patrick Burrows , Canadian field hockey defender
- November 11 — Vladimir Pleshakov , Soviet field hockey player
- November 14 — Karen Shelton , American field hockey player
- November 20 — Stefan Bellof , racecar driver (d. 1985 )
- December 2 — Randy Gardner , US pairs figure skating champion
- December 5 — Patriz Ilg , German athlete
- December 9 — Sheryl Johnson , American field hockey player
- December 18 — Fieke Boekhorst , Dutch field hockey player
- December 19 — Kevin McHale , US basketball player
- December 22 — Anders Eklund , Swedish heavyweight boxer
- December 23 — Rob Barel , Dutch triathlete
- December 25 — Guy Vandersmissen , Belgian soccer player
- December 31 — Fabrizio Meoni , Italian motor cyclist (d. 2005 )
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