1954

January 1

• Rose and Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts. [1]

January 9

• Bert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game. [1]

January 17

• NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9. [1]
• Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister). [1]

January 20

• Fred Root, cricketer (England pace bowler in three Tests vs Australia 1926), dies. [1]
• Warren Bardsley, cricketer (41 Tests for Australia, 2469 runs), dies. [1]

January 23

• Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games). [1]

January 24

• BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter. [1]
• Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open. [1]

February 2

• Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 points in basketball game. [1]

February 3

• Jeen van den Berg win Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32). [1]

February 10

• Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy (Great Britain). [1]
• Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden (Canada). [1]
• Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch (Germany). [1]
• Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins (USA). [1]

February 13

• Frank Selvey scores 100 points (basketball) for Furman beating Newberry 149-95. [1]

February 14

• Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open. [1]

February 20

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

February 28

• Patty Berg/Pete Cooper win LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament. [1]

March 1

• Ted Williams fractures collarbone in first game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War. [1]

March 7

• Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open. [1]
• Russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition. [1]

March 8

• Herb McKinley sets 1/4 mile record of 6.8 seconds in Melbourne, Australia. [1]
• Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies. [1]

March 13

• Atlanta Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron. [1]

March 14

• Atlanta Braves' Henry Aaron homers in his first exhibition game. [1]
• Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. [1]
• NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32-game road losing streak. [1]

March 18

• Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies. [1]

March 19

• First color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello versus Troy in Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USA. [1]
• US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright. [1]
• US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins. [1]
• Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings versus England. [1]

March 20

• 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76. [1]

March 28

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

March 30

• Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers versus England at Kingston. [1]

April 3

• Don Perry climbs a 20-foot rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record). [1]

April 4

• Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open. [1]

April 6

• NHL's Montreal Canadiens score three goals in 56 seconds in playoff game against Detroit Red Wings. [1]

April 11

• Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open. [1]

April 12

• 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead beats Ben Hogan to win his third Masters tournament, shooting a 289. [1]
• 8th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3. [1]

April 13

• Baltimore Orioles' first game, lose to Detroit Tigers in Detroit 3-0. [1]
• Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's first game. [1]

April 15

• Baltimore Orioles' first game in Baltimore; they beat Chicago White Sox 3-1. [1]
• New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow. [1]

April 16

• NHL Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3. [1]

April 18

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

April 19

• 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39. Seven-time winner of the Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th. [1]

April 22

• NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock and six team-foul rule. [1]

April 23

• Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits first of his 755 homers. [1]

May 1

• 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03. [1]

May 2

• Stan Musial hits five homeruns in a doubleheader. [1]

May 6

• Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes (3:59:04). [1] [5]

May 8

• First shot-put over 60 feet (18.29 metre)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, California, USA. [1]

May 10

• George Hirst, cricketer (36,323 first-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies. [1]

May 13

• Robin Roberts gives up a homerun then retires the next 27 men in a row. [1]

May 16

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

May 22

• 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4. [1]

May 23

• H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in four Tests for England), dies. [1]

May 30

• Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs. [1]
• Emile Zatopek runs world record 5km (13:57.2). [1]

June 12

• Milwaukee Braves' Jim Wilson no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0. [1]

June 30

• New York Yankees' pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting three batters in one inning. [1]

July 4

• West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern. [1]

July 12

• Major League Baseball Players Association founded. [1]

July 13

• Pitcher Dean Stone gets credit for American League win, although he didn't retire a batter; he threw out Shoendienst trying to steal home. American League beats National League 11-9 in 21st All Star Game. [1]

July 18

• Saint Louis Cardinals, losing 8-1 to Philadelphia Phillies begin stalling in 5th; they forefeit game. [1]

July 20

• Tennis Champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident. [1]

July 31

• Milwaukee Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hours, one double). [1]

August 5

• Boxing Hall of Fame's first election selects 24 modern and 15 pioneers. [1]

August 10

• Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins. [1]

August 16

• Sports Illustrated publishes its first issue. [1]

September 4

• Peter B Cortese of the US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 pounds; 22 pounds over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania. [1]

September 6

• New York Yankees use a record ten pinch hitters. [1]

September 8

• With a 3-2 count, Philadelphia Phillies' Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks. [1]

September 12

• Cleveland Indians sweep New York Yankees at Municipal Stadium; largest American League crowd (86,563). [1]

September 17

• Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano knocks out Ezzard Charles in eight rounds. [1]

September 18

• Cleveland Indians clinch American League pennant, beat Detroit Tigers (3-2). [1]

September 20

• Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy. [1]

September 22

• Brooklyn Dodgers' Karl Spooner strikes out 15 New York Giants' players in his first game. [1]

September 24

• New York Yankees tie a record: three of their pinch hitters strike out in one inning. [1]

September 29

• Willie Mays makes his famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460-foot drive. [1]

October 2

• New York Giants sweep Cleveland Indians, in 51st World Series. [1]

October 17

• Philadelphia Eagles' Adrian Burk passes for seven touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-21). [1]

October 20

• Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 1939, 1940), dies at age 51. [1]

November 4

• Philadelphia Athletics move to Kansas City. [1]

November 8

• American League approves Philadelphia Athletics' move to Kansas City. [1]

November 18

• New York Yankees trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Baltimore Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18-player deal. [1]

December 1

• New York Yankees send Miller, Segrist, Leppert and two minors to Baltimore Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley and Del Guercio (completing 18-player deal). [1]

December 2

• Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws. [1]

December 10

• Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium. [1]

December 15

• Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons. [1]

December 26

• Cleveland Browns beat Detroit Lions 56-10 in NFL championship game. [1]

December 28

• 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2). [1]

December 30

• First use of 24-second shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester versus Boston). [1]