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1955 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.^[1]

Overview of the events of 1955 in sports

1955 in sports
Years in sports
←1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 →
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Australian rules football Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1954–55 1955 1955–56 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1954–55 1955–56 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

American football

NFL Championship: theCleveland Browns won 38–14 over theLos Angeles Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Rose Bowl (1954 season):
- TheOhio State Buckeyes win 20–7 over theSouthern California Trojans to win theAP Poll national championship

Association football

England

First Division –Chelsea win the1954–55 title
FA Cup –Newcastle United beatManchester City 3–1

Peru

Sporting Cristal was founded.^[2]

Athletics

March 12 to 16 –Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games inMexico City

Australian rules football

Victorian Football League
- Melbourne wins the 59thVFL Premiership, defeatingCollingwood 8.16 (64) to 5.6 (36)in the Grand Final.
- Brownlow Medal awarded toFred Goldsmith (South Melbourne)
South Australian National Football League
- April 30:West Torrens 9.12 (66) drawsNorwood 8.18 (66) atThebarton Oval. It is the first senior SANFL drawn match sinceWest Adelaide 15.14 (104) drewwith Port Adelaide 16.8 (104) on 24 May 1941.^[3] The intervening 788-game gap^[a] constitutes easily the longest non-occurrence of draws in SANFL history and is twice as long as the V/AFL or VFA record, but has been exceeded three times in the WA(N)FL.^[b]
- October 1: Port Adelaide 15.11 (101) defeats Norwood 5.8 (38) for their second consecutivepremiership
- Magarey Medal awarded toLindsay Head (West Torrens)
West Australian Football League
- October 8:Perth 11.11 (77) defeatEast Fremantle 11.9 (75) for their firstpremiership since 1907 in champion ruckmanMerv McIntosh's final match.
- Sandover Medal awarded toJohn Todd (South Fremantle)

Bandy

Federation of International Bandy inaugurated atStockholm by Finland, Norway, Sweden and the USSR. The Soviet Union now adopts the international rules of the game developed in England in the 19th century.

Baseball

Philadelphia Athletics move to Kansas City, Missouri and become theKansas City Athletics
April 23 –The White Sox tally a franchise record 29 runs atKansas City.Sherm Lollar is 5-for-6 with a pair of home runs and five RBI, while reserve outfielderBob Nieman and infielderWalt Dropo drive in seven runs apiece, andChico Carrasquel hits 5-for-6 with five runs in the 29–6 victory over the Athletics
World Series – October 4 –The Brooklyn Dodgers win 4 games to 3 overthe New York Yankees; Series MVP is pitcherJohnny Podres, Brooklyn

Basketball

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –San Francisco wins 76–73 overLa Salle
NBA Finals –The Syracuse Nationals beatthe Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 3 to win theNBA title
Eurobasket 1955, the ninth European basketball championship, is won byHungary
March 1 –Allen Fieldhouse opens at theUniversity of Kansas as the Jayhawks defeatKansas State
Bayi Basketball Club, officially founded inNingbo,Zhejiang Province.(as predecessor forBayi Rockets, as known well for professional basketball club in China)^[4]
Brose Bamberg was founded inBavaria, Germany.^[5]

Boxing

March 12 to 16 –Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City
September 21 – In New York City,Rocky Marciano knocks out the light-heavyweight championArchie Moore in the 9th round to retain his World Heavyweight Championship belt

Bowling

Nine-pin bowling

Nine-pin bowling World Championships –
- Men's champion: Eberhard Luther,East Germany
- Women's champion: Franciška Erjavec,Yugoslavia
- Men's team champion:East Germany
- Women's team champion:East Germany

Canadian football

Grey Cup –Edmonton Eskimos won 34–19 over theMontreal Alouettes

Cycling

Giro d'Italia won byFiorenzo Magni of Italy
Tour de France –Louison Bobet of France
UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race –Stan Ockers of Belgium

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion:Hayes Alan Jenkins, United States
- Ladies' champion:Tenley Albright, United States
- Pair skating champions:Frances Dafoe &Norris Bowden, Canada
- Ice dancing champions:Jean Westwood &Lawrence Demmy, Great Britain

Golf

Men's professional

Masters Tournament –Cary Middlecoff
U.S. Open –Jack Fleck
British Open –Peter Thomson
PGA Championship –Doug Ford
PGA Tour money leader –Julius Boros – $63,122
Ryder Cup – United States team wins 8–4 over the British team.

Men's amateur

British Amateur –Joe Conrad
U.S. Amateur –Harvie Ward

Women's professional

TheLPGA launches the newLPGA Championship annual tournament.
Women's Western Open –Patty Berg
LPGA Championship –Beverly Hanson
U.S. Women's Open –Fay Crocker
Titleholders Championship –Patty Berg
LPGA Tour money leader –Patty Berg – $16,492

Harness racing

The firstCane Pace is held at Yonkers Raceway.
Little Brown Jug for pacers won byQuick Chief
Cane Pace won byQuick Chief
TheUnited States Trotting Triple Crown races are established.Scott Frost will win the first ever crown.
1. Hambletonian –Scott Frost
2. Yonkers Trot –Scott Frost
3. Kentucky Futurity –Scott Frost
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
- Pacers:Tactician
- Trotters:Battle Cry

Horse racing

August 31 – In one of the most famous match races inthoroughbred racing history,Nashua beatsSwaps at Washington Park racetrack, Swaps only loss in nine starts as a three-year-old. Nashua's owner-breeder,William Woodward, Jr., dreams of owning aDerby winner, and plans to send Nashua to England to train toward that goal but is shot dead by his wife on October 31 before he can proceed.

Steeplechases

Flat races

Australia –Melbourne Cup won byToparoa
Canada –Queen's Plate won byAce Marine
France –Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won byRibot
Ireland –Irish Derby Stakes won byPanaslipper
English Triple Crown Races:
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –Our Babu
2. The Derby –Phil Drake^[6]
3. St. Leger Stakes –Meld
United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby –Swaps
2. Preakness Stakes –Nashua
3. Belmont Stakes –Nashua

Ice hockey

Art Ross Trophy as theNHL's leading scorer during the regular season:Bernie "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion,Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy for theNHL's Most Valuable Player:Ted Kennedy,Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup –Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over theMontreal Canadiens
World Hockey Championship – Men's champion: Canada'sPenticton Vees win 5–0 over theUSSR
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship –University of Michigan Wolverines defeatColorado College Tigers 5–3 inColorado Springs

Motorsport

Main articles:1955 in motorsport andList of 1955 motorsport champions

Rugby league

Rugby union

61stFive Nations Championship series is shared byFrance andWales

Snooker

World Snooker Championship –Fred Davis beatsJohn Pulman 37–34

Tennis

Australia

Australian Men's Singles Championship –Ken Rosewall (Australia) defeatsLew Hoad (Australia) 9–7, 6–4, 6–4
Australian Women's Singles Championship –Beryl Penrose Collier (Australia) defeatsThelma Coyne Long (Australia) 6–4, 6–3

England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship –Tony Trabert (USA) defeatsKurt Nielsen (Denmark) 6–3, 7–5, 6–1
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship –Louise Brough Clapp (USA) defeatsBeverly Baker Fleitz (USA) 7–5, 8–6

France

French Men's Singles Championship –Tony Trabert (USA) defeatsSven Davidson (Sweden) 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
French Women's Singles Championship –Angela Mortimer (Great Britain) defeatsDorothy Head Knode (USA) 2–6, 7–5, 10–8

USA

American Men's Singles Championship –Tony Trabert (USA) defeatsKen Rosewall (USA) 9–7, 6–3, 6–3
American Women's Singles Championship –Doris Hart (USA) defeatsPatricia Ward Hales (Great Britain) 6–4, 6–2

Davis Cup

1955 Davis Cup – Australia 5–0 United States atWest Side Tennis Club (grass) New York City, United States

Volleyball

March 16 to 20 –Volleyball at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City
- Men's Tournament
  - Gold Medal: USA
  - Silver Medal: Mexico
  - Bronze Medal: Brazil
- Women's Tournament
  - Gold Medal: Mexico
  - Silver Medal: USA
  - Bronze Medal: Brazil

Multi-sport events

SecondPan American Games held inMexico City,Mexico^[7]
SecondMediterranean Games held inBarcelona, Spain

Awards

Note

^This excludes the wartime competition of 1942 to 1944.
^The record is 948 WANFL games with no draws between Round 11,1946 and Round 19, 1957 inclusive – largely overlapping this SANFL sequence. There were also 918 WAFL games with no draws between Round 12,2012 and Round 14,2022 inclusive, and 888 WANFL/WAFL games with no draws between Round 4,1974 and Round 5,1984 inclusive

References

^Nite, Norm N. (1992).Rock On Almanac: The First Four Decades of Rock 'n' Roll: A Chronology (2nd ed.). New York: Harper Collins. p. 26.ISBN 0-06-273157-2.
^Arbena, Joseph (1999).Latin American Sport: An Annotated Bibliography, 1988-1998. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 198.ISBN 978-0-313-29611-6.
^Jervis, Lawrie (31 August 1954). "Redlegs, North Have Played Many Draws".News. Adelaide. p. 43.
^White, Jonathan (15 October 2020)."CBA: Bayi Rockets, Chinese basketball's most successful team, to leave league – reports".South China Morning Post.
^"Olympedia – Brose Baskets, Bamberg (GER)".www.olympedia.org. Retrieved20 February 2021.
^"Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica".www.britannica.com. Retrieved3 January 2022.
^"FAQ: What are the Pan American Games?".Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved3 January 2022.

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