1955 in sports

1955 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

NFL Championship: the Cleveland Browns won 38Ã¢ÂÂ14 over the Los Angeles Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Rose Bowl (1954 season):
The Ohio State Buckeyes win 20Ã¢ÂÂ7 over the Southern California Trojans to win the AP Poll national championship

Victorian Football League
Melbourne wins the 59th VFL Premiership, defeating Collingwood 8.16 (64) to 5.6 (36) in the Grand Final.
Brownlow Medal awarded to Fred Goldsmith (South Melbourne)
South Australian National Football League
April 30: West Torrens 9.12 (66) draws Norwood 8.18 (66) at Thebarton Oval. It is the first senior SANFL drawn match since West Adelaide 15.14 (104) drew with Port Adelaide 16.8 (104) on 24 May 1941. The intervening 788-game gap constitutes easily the longest non-occurrence of draws in SANFL history and is twice as long as the V/AFL or VFA record, but has been exceeded three times in the WA(N)FL.
October 1: Port Adelaide 15.11 (101) defeats Norwood 5.8 (38) for their second consecutive premiership
Magarey Medal awarded to Lindsay Head (West Torrens)
West Australian Football League
October 8: Perth 11.11 (77) defeat East Fremantle 11.9 (75) for their first premiership since 1907 in champion ruckman Merv McIntosh's final match.
Sandover Medal awarded to John Todd ()

Federation of International Bandy inaugurated at Stockholm by Finland, Norway, Sweden and the USSR. The Soviet Union now adopts the international rules of the game developed in England in the 19th century.

Philadelphia Athletics move to Kansas City, Missouri and become the Kansas City Athletics
April 23 Ã¢ÂÂ The White Sox tally a franchise record 29 runs at Kansas City. Sherm Lollar is 5-for-6 with a pair of home runs and five RBI, while reserve outfielder Bob Nieman and infielder Walt Dropo drive in seven runs apiece, and Chico Carrasquel hits 5-for-6 with five runs in the 29Ã¢ÂÂ6 victory over the Athletics
World Series Ã¢ÂÂ October 4 Ã¢ÂÂ The Brooklyn Dodgers win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees; Series MVP is pitcher Johnny Podres, Brooklyn

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Ã¢ÂÂ San Francisco wins 76Ã¢ÂÂ73 over La Salle
NBA Finals Ã¢ÂÂ The Syracuse Nationals beat the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 3 to win the NBA title
Eurobasket 1955, the ninth European basketball championship, is won by Hungary
March 1 Ã¢ÂÂ Allen Fieldhouse opens at the University of Kansas as the Jayhawks defeat Kansas State
Bayi Basketball Club, officially founded in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.(as predecessor for Bayi Rockets, as known well for professional basketball club in China)
Brose Bamberg was founded in Bavaria, Germany.

March 12 to 16 Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City
September 21 Ã¢ÂÂ In New York City, Rocky Marciano knocks out the light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore in the 9th round to retain his World Heavyweight Championship belt

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

August 31 Ã¢ÂÂ In one of the most famous match races in thoroughbred racing history, Nashua beats Swaps at Washington Park racetrack, Swaps only loss in nine starts as a three-year-old. Nashua's owner-breeder, William Woodward, Jr., dreams of owning a Derby winner, and plans to send Nashua to England to train toward that goal but is shot dead by his wife on October 31 before he can proceed.

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