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1957 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

• NFL Championship: theDetroit Lions won 59–14 over theCleveland Browns at Briggs Stadium
• 1957 college football season:
  • TheAuburn Tigers are voted national champions by theAP Poll; do not play in a bowl game on January 1, 1958, due to sanctions

• European Cup –Real Madrid beatFiorentina 2–0.

• First Division –Manchester United win the1956–57 title.
• FA Cup –Aston Villa beatManchester United 2–1.
• May 15 –Stanley Matthews makes his lastEngland appearance.

• February 8 – TheConfederation of African Football is founded inKhartoum.

• June 1 –East Perth kick a score of 3.30 (48) in wet conditions againstSwan Districts’ 5.11 (41). It is the most inaccurate score in senior Australian Rules football history with 27 more behinds than goals.^[1]
• August 17 – By beatingEssendon by 21 points,Hawthorn secure their first finals position in seniorVFL football, which they joinedin 1925. It is the longest finals absence in major Australian sporting history.
• August 31 – Hawthorn beatCarlton 10.11 (71) to 6.12 (48) in their first senior VFLfinal. It is the first time Hawthorn had finished above the Blues in their 33 years in the League.
• September 7 –West Perth 12.10 (82) draw withSouth Fremantle 13.4 (82) for the first senior WANFL drawn match since June 29, 1946, when the Cardinals drew withSwan Districts.^[2] The 948-game gap between constitutes the longest non-occurrence of draws in a major Australian Rules competition.^[3]
• September 21 –Melbourne 17.14 (116) beat Essendon 7.13 (55)in the VFL Grand Final. It is their third successivepremiership, a feat not equalled until theBrisbane Lionsin 2003.
• September 28 –Port Adelaide win their fourth successiveSANFL premiership, beatingNorwood 15.15 (105) to 13.16 (94).
• October 12 –East Fremantle beatEast Perth 10.18 (78) to 9.8 (62) inthe WANFL Grand Final for their eighteenth seniorWANFL premiership, though their first since the unbeaten season of 1946.

• 1957 Bandy World Championship is held in Finland and won by Soviet Union.

• January 5 –Jackie Robinson retires rather than move across town from theDodgers to theGiants, to whom he had been traded in December.
• Roy Sievers lead American league with 42 home runs and 114 RBIs, for the last placeWashington Senators.
• Cy Young Award –Warren Spahn,Milwaukee Braves
• World Series –Milwaukee Braves defeatthe New York Yankees four games to three.
• May 3 –Walter O'Malley, the owner of theBrooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team fromBrooklyn, New York, toLos Angeles, California.
• August 19-Horace Stoneham announces that theGiants are moving fromNew York toSan Francisco, California.
• October 8 –Walter O'Malley announces that theDodgers are going to move fromBrooklyn, New York, toLos Angeles, California.
• TheWinnipeg Goldeyes win theNorthern League championship.

• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
  • North Carolina wins 54–53 overKansas
• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 overthe St. Louis Hawks
• The tenth European basketball championship,Eurobasket 1957, is won by theSoviet Union.
• Spanish professional basketball league,Liga Espanola de Baloncesto (Spain Basketball League), a first game held on March 31.(as predecessor forLiga ACB)^{[citation needed]}

• September 23 –Carmen Basilio won the World Middleweight Championship by a 15-round decision overSugar Ray Robinson.

Nine-pin bowling

• Nine-pin bowling World Championships –
  • Men's champion: Ion Micoroiu,Romania
  • Women's champion: Gertrude Schmidka,Austria
  • Men's team champion:Yugoslavia
  • Women's team champion:Austria

• Grey Cup –Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 32–7 over theWinnipeg Blue Bombers

• Giro d'Italia won byGastone Nencini of Italy
• Tour de France –Jacques Anquetil of France
• UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race –Rik Van Steenbergen of Belgium

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion:David Jenkins, United States
  • Ladies' champion:Carol Heiss, United States
  • Pair skating champions:Barbara Wagner &Robert Paul, Canada
  • Ice dancing champions:June Markham &Courtney Jones, Great Britain

Men's professional

• Masters Tournament –Doug Ford
• U.S. Open –Dick Mayer
• British Open –Bobby Locke
• PGA Championship –Lionel Hebert
• PGA Tour money leader –Dick Mayer – $65,835
• Ryder Cup – Britain wins 7½ to 4½ over the United States in team golf.

Men's amateur

• British Amateur –Reid Jack
• U.S. Amateur –Hillman Robbins

Women's professional

• Women's Western Open –Patty Berg
• LPGA Championship –Louise Suggs
• U.S. Women's Open –Betsy Rawls
• Titleholders Championship –Patty Berg
• LPGA Tour money leader –Patty Berg – $16,272

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace –Torpid
  2. Little Brown Jug –Torpid
  3. Messenger Stakes –Meadow Lands
• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian –Hickory Smoke
  2. Yonkers Trot – Hoot Song
  3. Kentucky Futurity – Cassin Hanover
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers:Radiant Venture

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup –Linwell
• Grand National –Sundew

Flat races

• Australia –Melbourne Cup won byStraight Draw
• Canada –Queen's Plate won byLyford Cay
• France –Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won byOroso
• Ireland –Irish Derby Stakes won byBallymoss
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –Crepello
  2. The Derby –Crepello^[4]
  3. St. Leger Stakes –Ballymoss
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. May 4 –Kentucky Derby –Iron Liege
  2. Preakness Stakes –Bold Ruler
  3. Belmont Stakes –Gallant Man

• Art Ross Trophy as theNHL's leading scorer during the regular season:Gordie Howe,Detroit Red Wings
• Hart Memorial Trophy for theNHL's Most Valuable Player:Gordie Howe,Detroit Red Wings
• Stanley Cup –Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 1 over theBoston Bruins
• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Sweden defeated the Soviet Union
• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship –Colorado College Tigers defeatUniversity of Michigan Wolverines 13–6 inColorado Springs, Colorado

• 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France
• 1957 New Zealand rugby league season
• 1957 NSWRFL season
• 1956–57 Northern Rugby Football League season /1957–58 Northern Rugby Football League season
• 1957 Rugby League World Cup

• 63rdFive Nations Championship series is won byEngland who complete theGrand Slam

• World Snooker Championship –John Pulman beatsJackie Rea 39-34

• January 31 – death in a road accident ofJohn Marshall (26), Australian Olympic freestyle swimmer

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship –Ashley Cooper (Australia) defeatsNeale Fraser (Australia) 6–3, 9–11, 6–4, 6–2
• Australian Women's Singles Championship –Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) defeatsAlthea Gibson (USA) 6–3, 6–4

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship –Lew Hoad (Australia) defeatsAshley Cooper (Australia) 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship –Althea Gibson (USA) defeatsDarlene Hard (USA) 6–3, 6–2

France

• French Men's Singles Championship –Sven Davidson (Sweden) defeatsHerbert Flam (USA) 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
• French Women's Singles Championship –Shirley Bloomer (Great Britain) defeatsDorothy Head Knode 6–1, 6–3

USA

• American Men's Singles Championship –Malcolm Anderson (Australia) defeatsAshley Cooper (Australia) 10–8, 7–5, 6–4
• American Women's Singles Championship –Althea Gibson (USA) defeatsLouise Brough (USA) 6–3, 6–2

Events

• Althea Gibson becomes the first black player to win a Wimbledon singles championship

Davis Cup

• 1957 Davis Cup – Australia 3–2 United States atKooyong Stadium (grass)Melbourne, Australia

• Pan Arab Games held inBeirut, Lebanon

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year –Ted Williams,Major League Baseball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year –Althea Gibson,Tennis

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