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1959 in sports
See also:
1958 in sports
,
other events of 1959
,
1960 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 Tennis
15 General sporting events
16 Births
17 Deaths
Auto Racing
Stock car racing
:
Lee Petty[?]
won the inaugural
Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship
-
Lee Petty[?]
Indianapolis 500
-
Rodger Ward[?]
USAC Racing
-
Rodger Ward[?]
Formula One Champion
-
Jack Brabham
of
Australia
24 hours of Le Mans
:
Carroll Shelby[?]
/
Roy Salvadori[?]
won driving an
Aston Martin DBR1
Rally racing
-
Paul Coltelloni[?]
/
P Alexandre[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Citroen ID
Drag racing
:
Chris the "Greek" Karamesines[?]
won the
AHRA[?]
"Top Fuel"
Rodney Singer[?]
won Top Eliminator at the
NHRA
Nationals
Baseball
March 3
- The
San Francisco Giants
officially name their new stadium
Candlestick Park
.
World Series
:
Los Angeles Dodgers
win 4 games to 2 over the
Chicago White Sox
. The Series MVP is
Larry Sherry[?]
, Los Angeles
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
California wins 71-70 over West Virginia
NBA Finals
:
Boston Celtics
win 4 games to 0 over the
Minneapolis Lakers
Boxing
June 26
- in
New York City
,
Ingemar Johansson[?]
scored a 3rd round TKO over
Floyd Patterson
to win the World Heavyweight Championship
Cycling
Tour de France
-
Federico Bahamontes[?]
of
Spain
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
David Jenkins[?]
,
United States
Women's champion:
Carol Heiss[?]
,
United States
Pairs champions:
Barbara Wagner[?]
&
Robert Paul[?]
,
Canada
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Nottingham Forest
won 2-1 over
Luton Town
Football (American)
NFL Championship
:
Baltimore Colts
won 31-16 over the
New York Giants
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
win 21-7 over the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters golf tournament
-
Art Wall, Jr.[?]
June
-
US Open
-
Billy Casper[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Gary Player[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Bob Rosburg[?]
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Art Wall[?]
- $53,168
Ryder Cup
:
United States
8 1/2 to 3 1/2 over
Britain
in world team golf
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Mickey Wright[?]
LPGA Championship
-
Betsy Rawls[?]
Betsy Rawls[?]
: leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour, earning $26,774.
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Macdougal[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
New Providence[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Saint Crespin[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Fidalgo[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Taboun[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Parthia
St. Leger Stakes
-
Cantelo[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Tomy Lee[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Royal Orbit[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Sword Dancer[?]
Harness Racing
Adios Butler
is the first to win the
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Adios Butler
Little Brown Jug
-
Adios Butler
Messenger Stakes
-
Adios Butler
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Diller Hanover[?]
Yonkers Trot
-
John A Hanover[?]
Kentucky Futurity
-
Diller Hanover[?]
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Young Pedro[?]
Ice Hockey
Art Ross Memorial Trophy
as the
NHL
's leading scorer during the regular season:
Dickie Moore[?]
,
Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy
for the
NHL
's Most Valuable Player:
Andy Bathgate[?]
,
New York Rangers
Stanley Cup
:
Montreal Canadiens
win 4 games to 1 over the
Toronto Maple Leafs
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
Belleville McFarlands[?]
from
Canada
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
mens results:
Australian Open
-
Alex Olmedo[?]
French Open
-
Nicola Pietrangeli[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Alex Olmedo[?]
US Open
-
Neale Fraser[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
womens results:
Australian Open
-
Mary Carter-Reitano[?]
French Open
-
Christine Truman[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Maria Bueno[?]
US Open
-
Maria Bueno[?]
Davis Cup
:
Australia
wins 3-2 over the
United States
in world tennis.
General sporting events
Births
February 4
-
Lawrence Taylor[?]
,
American football
star
February 11
-
Corinne Shigemoto[?]
, US judo coach
February 16
-
John McEnroe[?]
,
tennis
player
March 17
-
Danny Ainge[?]
,
basketball
player, coach,
baseball
player
Deaths
War Admiral
- thoroughbred race horse
January 22
-
Michael Hawthorn[?]
,
F1
race driver
September 28
-
Rudolf Caracciola[?]
,
F1
race driver
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