Manager Casey Stengel takes the NY Yankees to their 5th victory. This time over the Brooklyn Dodgers
Roy Campanella is named the Most Valuable Player in the National Baseball League for the second time.
Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game
Minneapolis beats New York, 4 games to 1, for NBA championship
Kansas wins NCAA basketball championship
Maureen Connolly and Victor Seixas win Wimbledon
Dark Star, Hank Moreno jockey, won the Kentucky Derby0
Ben Hogan wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament and his 4th US Golf Open
Walter Burkemo wins PGA golf tournament
Johnny Lattner (QB), Notre Dame won the Heisman Trophy
Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago and later Roland Lastarza Tor Maple
Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
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