- January 20
- Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open. [1]
- January 26
- Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as president of Milwaukee Braves. [1]
- January 27
- Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open. [1]
- February 3
- Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open. [1]
- February 10
- Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open. [1]
- February 11
- NHL Players Association forms (New York City, New York); Detroit Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president. [1]
- February 14
- Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites. [1]
- February 17
- Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open. [1]
- February 20
- Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 versus England, 13 wickets for match. [1]
- February 21
- Fort Worth Dodgers and Los Angeles Cubs "trade" minor league franchises. [1]
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- February 22
- Jockey Ted Atkinson records his 3,500th win. [1]
- February 25
- US Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust-exempt professional sport. [1]
- February 28
- Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory. [1]
- March 3
- Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open. [1]
- World Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham and Courtney Jones (Great Britain). [1]
- World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul (Canada). [1]
- World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss (USA). [1]
- World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins (USA). [1]
- March 10
- Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy. [1]
- March 16
- Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. [1]
- Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating New York Rangers 14-1. [1]
- March 19
- Cleveland Indians reject Boston Red Sox' offer of US$1 million for Herb Score. [1]
- March 23
- 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 (three overtimes). [1]
- March 25
- NBA modifies the free-throw rule. [1]
- March 28
- First American National Curling Championship is held. [1]
- April 7
- 21st Golf Masters Championship: Doug Ford wins, shooting a 283. [1]
- April 12
- Jim Spalding sets a 2088-pin nine-game bowling record. [1]
- April 13
- 11th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Saint Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3. [1]
- April 14
- Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship. [1]
- Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open. [1]
- April 16
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1. [1]
- April 20
- 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05. [1]
- New York Yankees' Bill Skowron becomes third player to hit a ball out of Fenway Park. [1]
- April 21
- Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [1]
- April 22
- All National League teams integrate, John Irwin Kennedy is first black on Philadelphia Phillies. [1]
- April 24
- Chicago Cubs' pitchers walk National League record nine Cincinnati Reds in 5th inning. [1]
- April 28
- Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open. [1]
- May 4
- 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2. [1]
- May 5
- Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open. [1]
- May 7
- Cleveland Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit in the face by a line drive off Gil McDougald. [1]
- May 12
- Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open. [1]
- Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri. [129]
- May 16
- New York Yankees involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade. [1]
- May 18
- 83rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold Ruler wins in 1:56.2. [1]
- May 22
- Boston Red Sox set American League record by smashing four homeruns in 6th inning in 11-0 win. [1]
- May 26
- Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open. [1]
- May 28
- National League approves Brooklyn Dodgers' and New York Giants' move to west coast. [1]
- May 29
- New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast. [1]
- May 30
- Real Madrid wins second Europe Cup 1 in Madrid, Spain. [1]
- Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai versus England at Edgbaston. [1]
- June 5
- New York narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes. [1]
- June 12
- Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850kg (6,270 pounds). [1]
- June 13
- Ted Williams becomes first American League member to have two three-home run games in a season. [1]
- June 15
- New York Yankees trade Billy Martin and Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran. [1]
- June 16
- Chicago White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits two home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6. [1]
- July 9
- American League beats National League 6-5 in 24th All Star Game (Busch Stadium, Saint Louis). [1]
- July 19
- Don Bowden becomes first American to break 4 minute mile (3:58.7). [1]
- July 26
- Mickey Mantle hits career home run number 200. [1]
- July 28
- Chicago White Sox' James Landis struck out five times in a game. [1]
- August 1
- Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 metres (445 feet 10 inches). [1]
- August 18
- Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252 feet 4.5 inches). [1]
- Juan Manuel Fangio wins his last auto World Championship at age 46. [1]
- August 19
- New York Giants vote to move their franchise to San Francisco in 1958. [1]
- August 20
- Chicago White Sox' Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators 6-0. [1]
- September 2
- Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores six runs in one game. [1]
- September 3
- Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out. [1]
- September 8
- Mal Anderson and Althea Gibson win tennis' US Open. [1]
- September 15
- San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game. [1]
- September 24
- Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0. [1]
- September 29
- New York Giants play and lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pittsburgh Pirates). [1]
- October 2
- New York Yankees appear in their 26th World Series (World Series #54). [1]
- October 8
- Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles. [1]
- October 10
- Milwaukee Braves beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 54th World Series. [1]
- October 19
- Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal Canadiens, becomes first NHL player to score 500 goals. [1]
- November 10
- NFL record crowd (102,368), San Francisco 49ers versus Los Angeles Rams in Los Angeles, California. [1]
- November 22
- Mickey Mantle beats Ted Williams by one vote for baseball's Most Valuable Player. [1]
- December 3
- 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (Half Back). [1]
- December 7
- Tony Kubek of the New York Yankees selected as American League Rookie of the Year. [1]
- December 23
- Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout and Bobby Simpson versus South Africa. [1]
- December 28
- CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on. [1]
- December 29
- Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game. [1]
- Tom Richmond, cricket player (Notts leg-spinner took 2-86 in England Test), dies. [1]
- December 30
- New York Giants win NFL championship. [1]
- December 31
- Amateur Athletic Union awards Bobby Morrow the James Sullivan Memorial Trophy. [1]
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