1952

January 3

• Australia beats West Indies by one wicket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, last stand 38. [1]

January 5

• Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo three Tests for England three for India), dies. [1]

January 9

• Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title. [1]

January 12

• NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13. [1]

January 16

• US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary. [1]

January 17

• Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Detroit Tigers), dies at age 74. [1]

January 19

• NFL takes control of New York Yankees. [1]
• PGA approves allowing black participants. [1]

January 20

• Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open. [1]

January 24

• First NFL team in Texas, Dallas Texans, formerly New York Yankees. [1]

January 25

• Test debut of Richie Benaud, versus West Indies at the SCG. [1]

January 31

• Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. [1]

February 5

• Reginald Allen, cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Australia vs England 1887), dies. [1]

February 14

• (to February 25) The VI Olympic Winter Games are held in Oslo, Norway. [1]

February 16

• Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pittsburgh Pirates retire his #33. [1]
• Ian Craig makes New South Wales cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (New South Wales record). [1]

February 21

• Dick Button performs first figure skating triple jump in competition. [1]

February 24

• Betty MacKinnon and Sam Snead win LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament. [1]

February 25

• VI Olympic Winter Games close at Oslo, Norway. [1]

February 29

• Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood and Demmy (Great Britain). [1]
• Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Ria Falk and Paul Falk of Germany. [1]
• Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Jacqueline du Bief of France. [1]
• Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button (USA). [1]

March 2

• Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open. [1]

March 9

• Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title. [1]

March 16

• Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. [1]

March 23

• New York Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks; Mosienko scores three times in 21 seconds. [1]

March 26

• 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats Saint Johns 80-63. [1]

March 28

• US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright. [1]
• US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button. [1]

March 30

• Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open. [1]

April 5

• Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title. [1]

April 6

• 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins his second Masters golf tournament, shooting a 286. [1]

April 12

• Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament. [1]

April 15

• Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in four games. [1]

April 19

• 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53. [1]

April 23

• Bob Cain of Saint Louis Browns and Bob Feller of Cleveland Indians each pitch a one-hitter. [1]
• New York Giants' Hoyt Wilhelm wins his first relief game and hits his only homerun. [1]

April 25

• 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3. [1]
• American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter. [1]

April 28

• Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open. [1]
• Saint Louis Browns lend two black minor league players to Hankyu Braves of Japan. [1]

April 30

• Louise Suggs wins LPGA Stockton Golf Open. [1]

May 3

• 78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins in 2:01.6. [1]

May 4

• Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Fresno Golf Open. [1]

May 5

• Ron Necciai of Pittsburgh Pirates' Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits the Welch Minors, four Minors do reach base. [1]

May 13

• Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings. [1]

May 15

• Detroit Tigers' pitcher Virgil Trucks no-hits Washington Senators, 1-0. [1]
• Johnny Longden becomes second jockey to ride 4,000 winners. [1]

May 16

• Alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for England vs South Africa 1892), dies. [1]

May 17

• 78th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4. [1]

May 21

• Brooklyn Dodgers score 15 runs in first inning and beat Cincinnati Reds, 19-1. [1]

May 30

• Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves. [1]

June 5

• Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles for heavyweight boxing title. [1]

June 10

• Chicago White Sox player Sam Mele is 6th to get six RBIs in an inning (4th). [1]

June 19

• Brooklyn Dodgers' Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0. [1]

July 8

• National League beats American League 3-2 (5 innings) in 19th All Star Game (Shibe Park Philadelphia). [1]

July 19

• (to August 3) The Games of the XV Olympiad are held in Helsinki, Finland. [7]

July 26

• Mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer. [1]

August 3

• Games of the XV Olympiad close in Helsinki, Finland. [1]

August 25

• Detroit Tigers' Virgil Trucks second no-hitter of year, beats New York Yankees, 1-0. [1]

August 30

• Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers), drowns. [1]

September 7

• Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434 feet 1 inch (Tennessee). [1]
• Whitey Ford becomes the fifth pitcher to hurl consecutive one hitters. [1]

September 23

• Rocky Marciano knocks out heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 rounds for heavyweight boxing title. [1]

September 26

• New York Yankees clinch pennant #19. [1]

October 7

• New York Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers 4 games to 3 in 49th World Series; New York Yankees tie their own record of four consecutive World Series wins. [1]

November 25

• Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1 record), 27-23 against Chicago Bears. [1]

December 2

• 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB). [1]

December 12

• Dallas Texans (former Boston Yankees) play last game, last original team. [1]

December 14

• R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut versus Pakistan, Calcutta. [1]

December 18

• Ellis W Ryan resigns as Cleveland Indians president. [1]

December 19

• Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket and soccer international for England), dies. [1]

December 28

• Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game. [1]

1953

January 8

• Cleveland Indians bar night games with Cleveland Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts). [1]

January 9

• Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 points in basketball game. [1]

January 10

• NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 27-7. [1]

January 11

• J Edgar Hoover declines six-figure offer to become president of the International Boxing Club. [1]

January 16

• 27th Australian Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (6-3, 6-2). [1]
• 41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (6-0, 6-3, 6-4). [1]

January 18

• Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open. [1]

January 19

• Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary. [1]

January 23

• Bobby Simpson makes first-class debut for New South Wales at age 16 years 357 days. [1]
• NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (later Indianapolis Colts). [1]
• NFL's National and American conferences become Eastern and Western conferences. [1]

January 25

• Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 seconds. [1]

January 31

• New York, Cleveland and Boston retaliate against Bill Veeck, forcing the Cleveland Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues. [1]

February 6

• Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at age 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie. [1]

February 8

• Betty Jameson wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open. [1]

February 10

• Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Jean Westwood and Lawrence Demmy of Great Britain. [1]
• Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer and John Nicks of Great Britain. [1]
• Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright (USA). [1]
• Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins (USA). [1]

February 13

• Oakland Athletics change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium. [1]

February 17

• Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea. [1]

February 20

• August A Busch buys the Saint Louis Cardinals for US$3.75 million. [1]
• US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling. [1]

February 21

• Longest collegiate basketball game (six overtimes); Niagara beats Siena 88-81. [1]

February 28

• Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at age 64. [1]

March 1

• Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open. [1]

March 3

• Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block Saint Louis Browns' attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee. [1]

March 7

• Jackie McGlew scores 255 versus New Zealand at Wellington. [1]

March 8

• Patty Berg wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open. [1]

March 15

• Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. [1]
• West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1. [1]

March 16

• American League rejects Bill Veeck's request to move Saint Louis Browns to Baltimore. [1]

March 18

• 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68. [1]
• National League approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (first shift since 1903). [1]

March 20

• US Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole right to ban radio-TV broadcasts of major league games in their own territory. [1]

March 21

• NBA record 106 fouls and 12 players foul out (Boston Celtics - Syracuse Nationals). [1]

March 22

• Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open. [1]

March 28

• James Francis Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at age 64. [1] [5]
• US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright. [1]
• US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins. [1]

March 29

• Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open. [1]

April 1

• Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings versus India. [1]

April 5

• Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [1]

April 10

• 7th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1. [1]

April 12

• 17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274. [1]
• Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston, Massachusetts. [1]

April 13

• First game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cincinnati Reds 2-0. [1]

April 16

• Jackie Pung wins LPGA Palm Springs Golf Open. [1]
• Philadelphia Phillie's Connie Ryan gets six hits in a game. [1]
• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1. [1]

April 17

• Mickey Mantle hits a 565-foot (172-metre) homerun in Washington DC's Griffith Stadium. [1]

April 19

• Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open. [1]

April 20

• 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51. [1]

April 27

• Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins the term "Pencil neck geek". [1]

April 29

• Joe Adcock is first to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers. [1]

April 30

• Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League. [1]

May 2

• 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02. [1]

May 6

• Cleveland Browns' pitcher Bobo Holloman makes his first major league start, no-hits Philadelphia Athletics, 6-0. [1]

May 7

• Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs and three wickets in three Tests for South Africa), dies. [1]

May 10

• Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open. [1]

May 13

• New York Giants' Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit two homeruns and a triple. [1]

May 15

• Heavyweight Rocky Marciano knocks out Joe Walcott in Chicago, Illinois for heavyweight boxing title. [1]

May 16

• Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row. [1]

May 17

• Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open. [1]
• New York Yankees and Cleveland Browns use record 41 players in a game. [1]

May 18

• Tom Killick, cricketer (at the crease two Tests for England 1929), dies. [1]

May 22

• New York Yankees' player Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, New York Yankees beat Washington Senators 12-4. [1]

May 23

• 79th Preakness: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 1:57.8. [1]

May 25

• Atlanta Braves' pitcher Max Surkont strikes out record eight Cincinnati Reds' players in a row. [1]

May 30

• First major league TV network baseball game-Cleveland Indians 7, Chicago White Sox 2. [1]
• 23rd French Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Vic Seixas (6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2). [1]
• 23rd French Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2, 6-4). [1]

June 5

• Bill Tilden, tennis champ, dies at age 60. [1]

June 14

• New York Yankees sweep Cleveland Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708; win streak at 18 straight. [1]

June 16

• Despite Johnny Mize's 2,000th hit, New York Yankees lose, ending 18-game win streak. [1]

June 18

• Eugene Stephens gets three hits and Boston Red Sox score 17 runs in one inning (7th). [1]

July 9

• Philadelphia Phillies' Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games. [1]

July 14

• National League beats American League 5-1 in 20th All Star Game (Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio). [1]

August 4

• Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in seven runs and wins 15-0. [1]

August 23

• Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443 feet, 3.5 inches). [1]

September 4

• New York Yankees become first team to win five consecutive championships. [1]

September 15

• Boxing's NBA adopts 10-point-must-scoring-system (10 points to round winner). [1]

September 16

• American League approves Saint Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles. [1]

September 27

• Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal. [1]

September 29

• American League approves Baltimore group purchase of Saint Louis Browns for US$2,475,000. [1]

October 2

• Brooklyn Dodgers' Carl Erskine strikes out 14 New York Yankees in the 50th World Series. [1]

October 5

• New York Yankees break own record with 5th consecutive World Series win - Billy Martin's 12 hits set record (World Series #50). [1]

October 28

• Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts five passes (record). [1]

November 3

• "Sacrifice fly" reactivated in baseball (1939). [1]

November 9

• US Supreme Court rules Major League Baseball exempt from anti-trust laws. [1]

November 12

• US district Judge Grim rules NFL can black out TV home games. [1]

December 1

• Boston Red Sox trade M McDermott and Tom Umphlett for Washington Redskins' Jackie Jensen. [1]
• Walter Alston is named Brooklyn Dodgers' manager. [1]

December 2

• Ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played five Tests for England), dies. [1]

December 6

• Cleveland Browns' Lou "Toe" Groza kicks 8 PATs, beating New York Giants 62-14. [1]

December 8

• 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB). [1]

December 9

• Montreal Canadiens (106) and Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty minutes. [1]

December 14

• Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax. [1]

December 22

• Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated Saint Louis Browns. [1]

December 23

• Brooklyn Dodgers; second baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins National League Rookie of Year. [1]

December 27

• Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game. [1]

December 31

• Willie Shoemaker shatters record, riding 485 winners in a year. [1]