1952 in sports

See also: 1951 in sports, other events of 1952, 1953 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents

1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Figure Skating 7 Football (Soccer) 8 Football (American) 9 Canadian Football League 10 Golf 11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 12 Harness Racing 13 Ice Hockey 14 Skiing 15 Tennis 16 General sporting events 17 Births 18 Deaths

Auto Racing

• NASCAR Championship - Tim Flock
• AAA Racing:
  • Troy Ruttman won the Indianapolis 500
  • Chuck Stevenson won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Alberto Ascari of Italy
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • Hermann Lang / Fritz Reiss won, driving a Mercedes 300SL
• Rally racing:
  • Sydney Allard / George Warburton won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Allard J2
• Drag racing - In cities and towns across North America, drag racing begins to move from the streets to organized events usually at abandoned airport strips.

Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees win 4 games to 3 over the Brooklyn Dodgers

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Kansas wins 80-63 over St. John's

• NBA Finals:
  • Minneapolis Lakers won 4 games to 3 over the Syracuse Nationals

Boxing

• September 23 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rocky Marciano knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott in the 13th round to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Fausto Coppi of Italy
• Tour de France - Fausto Coppi of Italy
• World Cycling Championship: Heinz Müller of Germany

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Dick Button, United States
  • Women's champion: Jacqueline du Bief, France
  • Pairs champions: Ria Falk & Paul Falk, Germany

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Newcastle United win 1-0 over Arsenal

Football (American)

• NFL Championship: Detroit Lions win 17-7 over the Cleveland Browns

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts win 21-11 over the Edmonton Eskimos

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Sam Snead
  2. June - US Open - Julius Boros
  3. July - British Open - Bobby Locke
  4. August - PGA Championship - Jim Turnesa

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Julius Boros - $37,033

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Louise Suggs

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Dalray
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Epigram
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Nuccio
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Thirteen of Diamonds

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Thunderhead
  2. Epsom Derby - Tulyar
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Tulyar

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Hill Gail
  2. Preakness Stakes - Blue Man
  3. Belmont Stakes - One Count

Harness Racing

• Little Brown Jug for pacers won by Meadow Rice
• Hambletonian for trotters won by Sharp Note

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Avian Derby

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings

• Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings

• Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 0 over the Montreal Canadiens

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Canada defeated the United States

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
• The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
  • Downhill: Zeno Colo, Italy
  • Slalom: Othmar Schneider, Austria
  • Giant Slalom: Stein Eriksen, Norway

  • The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
  • Downhill: Trude Jochum-Beiser, Austria
  • Slalom: Andrea Mead Lawrence, United States
  • Giant Slalom: Andrea Mead Lawrence, United States

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis mens results:
  1. Australian Open - Ken McGregor
  2. French Open - Jaroslav Drobny
  3. Wimbledon championships - Frank Sedgman
  4. US Open - Frank Sedgman

• Grand Slam in tennis womens results:
  1. Australian Open - Thelma Long
  2. French Open - Doris Hart
  3. Wimbledon championships - Maureen Connolly
  4. US Open - Maureen Connolly

• Davis Cup: Australia wins 4-1 over the United States in world tennis.

General sporting events

• Fred Davis retained the World Professional Snooker Championship
• February 14, 1952 Winter Olympic Games open in Oslo, Norway
• May 20 - Roger Milla, Cameroon soccer star
• July 19 to August 3 - The Summer Olympic Games are held in Helsinki, Finland.
• July 27 – Emil Zatopek wins marathon in Helsinki Olympic games

Births

• January 11 - Ben Crenshaw, golfer
• March 22 - Bob Costas, sports announcer
• March 29 - Teofilo Stevenson, boxer
• August 3 - Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian footballerer

Deaths

• July 3 - Fred Tenney, Major League Baseball player (1894-1911)
• August 30 - Arky Vaughan, Major League Baseball player (1932-1948)
• March 30 - Deacon Phillippe, Major League Baseball player (1899-1911)