1951 in sports, the Glossary
1951 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.[1]
Table of Contents
227 relations: AC Milan, Alexandria, American football, AP poll, Arctic Prince, Argentina, Art Ross Trophy, Association football, Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games, Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres, Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres, Atlético Madrid, Australian rules football, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Baseball, Basketball, Belmont Stakes, Ben Hogan, Bernie Smith, Betsy Rawls, Bill Barilko, Billy Maxwell, Blackpool F.C., Bobby Thomson, Bold (horse), Boston Bruins, Boxing, Brooklyn Dodgers, Brown University, Brownlow Medal, Buenos Aires, Canadian football, Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham Gold Cup, Citation (horse), Cleveland Browns, Coaches Poll, College football, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Count Turf, Counterpoint, Cycle sport, Del Cameron, Detroit Red Wings, Dick Button, Dick Chapman, Dick Kazmaier, Dick Savitt, Doris Hart, ... Expand index (177 more) »
AC Milan
(), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy.
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Alexandria
Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.
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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
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AP poll
The Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball.
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Arctic Prince
Arctic Prince (1948–1969) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who was trained in England during a brief racing career which lasted from 1950 to 1951 and consisted of only five races.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
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Art Ross Trophy
The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the National Hockey League (NHL) player who leads the league in points at the end of the regular season.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games
The Athletics Competition at the 1951 Pan American Games was held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.
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Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 6 March.
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Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 3 and 4 March.
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Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 28 February and 1 March.
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Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in Spanish-speaking countries and commonly referred to at the international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga.
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Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field.
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Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
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Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
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Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American professional golfer who is generally considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
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Bernie Smith
Bernard Keith Smith (19 December 1927 – 21 April 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who represented in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s and 1950s.
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Betsy Rawls
Elizabeth Earle Rawls (May 4, 1928 – October 21, 2023) was an American professional golfer who played on LPGA Tour.
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Bill Barilko
William "Bashin' Bill" Barilko (March 25, 1927 –) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League career for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Billy Maxwell
Billy Joe Maxwell (July 23, 1929 – September 20, 2021) was an American professional golfer.
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Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
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Bobby Thomson
Robert Brown Thomson (October 25, 1923 – August 16, 2010) was a Scottish-born American professional baseball player, nicknamed "the Staten Island Scot".
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Bold (horse)
Bold (1948–1952) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best remembered for winning the 1951 Preakness Stakes and for being killed when struck by lightning at the age of four while pastured at his Upperville, Virginia farm.
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Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston.
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Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.
Brooklyn Dodgers
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays, next year in 1884 becoming a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890.
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Brown University
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Brownlow Medal
The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as Charlie), is awarded to the fairest and best player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the four officiating field umpires after each game.
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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.
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Canadian football, or simply football (in Canada), is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field long and wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone.
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Champion Hurdle
| The Champion Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older.
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Cheltenham Gold Cup
| The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of about 3 miles 2½ furlongs (3 miles 2 furlongs and 70 yards, or 5,294 m), and during its running there are 22 fences to be jumped.
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Citation (horse)
Citation (April 11, 1945 – August 8, 1970) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the eighth winner of the American Triple Crown.
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Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland.
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Coaches Poll
The Coaches Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football, Division I college basketball, and Division I college baseball teams.
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College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
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Count Turf
Count Turf (April 27, 1948 – October 18, 1966) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1951 Kentucky Derby. His grandsire Reigh Count won the 1928 Kentucky Derby and his sire Count Fleet won the 1943 Kentucky Derby and went on to win the Triple Crown. The only other father/son/grandson combination to win the Kentucky Derby was Pensive, Ponder, and Needles.
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Counterpoint
In music, counterpoint is a method of composition in which two or more musical lines (or voices) are simultaneously played which are harmonically correlated yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour.
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Cycle sport
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles.
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Del Cameron
Adelbert "Del" Cameron (1920-1979) was an American harness racing driver.
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Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit.
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Dick Button
Richard Totten Button (born July 18, 1929) is an American former figure skater and skating analyst.
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Dick Chapman
Richard Davol Chapman (March 23, 1911 – November 15, 1978) was an American amateur golfer.
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Dick Kazmaier
Richard William Kazmaier Jr. (November 23, 1930 – August 1, 2013) was an American businessman and naval lieutenant.
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Dick Savitt
Richard Savitt (March 4, 1927 – January 6, 2023) was an American tennis player.
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Doris Hart
Doris Hart (June 20, 1925 – May 29, 2015) was an American tennis player who was active in the 1940s and first half of the 1950s.
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Epsom Derby
The Derby Stakes, also known as the Derby or the Epsom Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies.
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Eric Sturgess
Eric William Sturgess (10 May 1920 – 14 January 2004) was a South African male tennis player and winner of six Grand Slam doubles titles.
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The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition.
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EuroBasket 1951
The 1951 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1951, was the seventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
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Ezzard Charles
Ezzard Mack Charles (July 7, 1921 – May 28, 1975), known as the Cincinnati Cobra, was an American professional boxer and world heavyweight champion, reigning from 1949 to 1951.
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Figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice.
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Fiorenzo Magni
Fiorenzo Magni (7 December 1920 – 19 October 2012) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.
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Frank Sedgman
Francis Arthur Sedgman (born 29 October 1927) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player.
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Fred Buttsworth
Frederick James Buttsworth (29 May 1927 – 11 May 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played for West Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and briefly for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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Fred Davis (snooker player)
Fred Davis (14 August 1913 – 16 April 1998) was an English professional player of snooker and English billiards.
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture.
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The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
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Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Gordie Howe
Gordon Howe (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.
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Hambletonian Stakes
The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race for three-year-old trotting horses, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the "Father of the American Trotter." The first in the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters, the Hambletonian is currently held at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on the first Saturday in August.
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Harness racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace).
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Hart Memorial Trophy
The Hart Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Hart Trophy, is an annual award for the most valuable player to his team in the National Hockey League (NHL), voted by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.
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Hjalmar Andersen
Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen (12 March 1923 – 27 March 2013) was a speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway.
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Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes
The Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of miles on the dirt held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in May.
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Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.
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Hugo Koblet
Hugo Koblet (21 March 1925 – 6 November 1964) was a Swiss champion cyclist.
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.
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Inter Dominion
The Inter Dominion is a harness racing competition that has been contested since 1936 in Australia and New Zealand.
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Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team (Foireann rugbaí náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the men's representative national team for the island of Ireland in rugby union.
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Irish Derby
| The Irish Derby (Irish: Dearbaí na hÉireann) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.
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Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný (12 October 1921 – 13 September 2001) was a world No. 1 amateur tennis and ice hockey champion.
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Jeannette Altwegg
Jeannette Eleanor Wirz CBE (née Altwegg; 8 September 1930 – 18 June 2021) was a British figure skater who competed in ladies' singles.
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Jersey Joe Walcott
Arnold Raymond Cream (January 31, 1914 – February 25, 1994), best known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1930 to 1953.
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Joe DiMaggio
Joseph Paul DiMaggio (born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio;; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "The Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees.
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John Marriott is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Norwood in the SANFL.
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Kansas State Wildcats
The Kansas State Wildcats (variously "Kansas State", "K-State", or "KSU") are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Kansas State University.
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Ken McGregor
Kenneth Bruce McGregor (2 June 1929 – 1 December 2007) was an Australian tennis player from Adelaide who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Championships in 1952.
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Kentucky Wildcats
The Kentucky Wildcats are the men's and women's intercollegiate athletic squads of the University of Kentucky (UK), a founding member of the Southeastern Conference.
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Ki Ming
Ki Ming (1948–1957) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic 2000 Guineas in 1951.
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King's Plate
The King's Plate (known as the Queen's Plate from 1860 to 1901 and 1952 to 2022) is Canada's oldest thoroughbred horse race and the oldest continuously run race in North America, having been founded in 1860.
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Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball.
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Lethbridge Maple Leafs
The Lethbridge Maple Leafs were, at times, a senior, intermediate, and junior ice hockey team that operated out of Lethbridge, Alberta.
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Little Brown Jug (horse race)
The Little Brown Jug is a harness race for three-year-old pacing standardbred horses hosted by the Delaware County Agricultural Society since 1946 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds racetrack in Delaware, Ohio.
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Lloyd Mangrum
Lloyd Eugene Mangrum (August 1, 1914 – November 17, 1973) was an American professional golfer.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.
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LPGA
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers.
Magarey Medal
The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires.
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Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and contested between the all-stars from the American League (AL) and National League (NL).
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Mal Whitfield
Malvin Greston Whitfield (October 11, 1924 – November 19, 2015) was an American athlete, goodwill ambassador, and airman. Nicknamed "Marvelous Mal", he was the Olympic champion in the 800 meters at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, and a member of the 1948 gold medal team in the 4 × 400 meters relay.
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Mann Cup
The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's box lacrosse champions of Canada.
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Maureen Connolly
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker (née Connolly; September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s.
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Max Faulkner
Herbert Gustavus Max Faulkner, OBE (29 July 1916 – 26 February 2005) was an English professional golfer who won the Open Championship in 1951.
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Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse.
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Milt Schmidt
Milton Conrad Schmidt (March 5, 1918 – January 4, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, coach and general manager, mostly for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), where he was a member of the Kraut Line.
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Minto Cup
The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior men's box lacrosse team of Canada.
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Motorsport
Motorsport(s) or motor sport(s) are sporting events, competitions and related activities that primarily involve the use of automobiles, motorcycles, motorboats and powered aircraft.
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Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.
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Nancye Wynne Bolton
Nancye Wynne Bolton (née Wynne; 2 December 1916 – 9 November 2001) was a tennis player from Australia.
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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey, LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
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National League (baseball)
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league.
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New Delhi
New Delhi (ISO: Naī Dillī), is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).
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New York Giants (baseball)
The New York Giants were a Major League Baseball team in the National League that began play in the season as the New York Gothams and became known as the Giants in.
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New York Yanks
The New York Yanks were an American football team that played in the National Football League under that name in the 1950 and 1951 seasons.
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Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.
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Norm Van Brocklin
Norman Mack Van Brocklin (March 15, 1926 – May 2, 1983), nicknamed "the Dutchman", was an American football player, coach and executive.
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The North Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Roosters, is an Australian rules football club affiliated with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and SANFL Women's League (SANFLW).
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Norwood Football Club, nicknamed the Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club competing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in the state of South Australia.
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OGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice, commonly referred to as OGC Nice or simply Nice, is a French professional football club based in Nice.
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Oklahoma Sooners
The Oklahoma Sooners are the athletic teams that represent the University of Oklahoma, located in Norman.
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Ottawa Rough Riders
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876.
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Pat O'Sullivan
Patricia B. O'Sullivan Lucey (September 1, 1926 – November 6, 2019) was an American amateur golfer.
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Patty Berg
Patricia Jane Berg (February 13, 1918 – September 10, 2006) was an American professional golfer.
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Paul Falk
Paul Falk (21 December 1921 – 20 May 2017) was a German pair skater.
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PGA Tour
The PGA Tour (stylized as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in North America.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia.
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Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
| The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older.
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Randolph Turpin
Randolph Adolphus Turpin (7 June 1928 – 17 May 1966), better known as Randy Turpin, was a British boxer active in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Ria Baran
Ria Baran (2 November 1922 in Dortmund, Germany – 12 November 1986) was a German pair skater.
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
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Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
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Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for the better part of four decades (having won PGA of America and Senior PGA Tour events over six decades) and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
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Sandover Medal
The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League.
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Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Shirley Fry
Shirley June Fry Irvin (née Fry; June 30, 1927 – July 13, 2021) was an American tennis player.
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Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)
In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was a walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL) pennant.
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Silver Fame
Silver Fame (foaled 1939) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1951 Cheltenham Gold Cup.
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Snooker
Snooker (pronounced) is a cue sport played on a rectangular billiards table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side.
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The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL (or S-A-N-F-L), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia.
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South Fremantle Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Fremantle, Western Australia.
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Soviet Union men's national basketball team
The Soviet Union men's national basketball team (r) was the national basketball team that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions.
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Speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates.
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Sport of athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.
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Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal, otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,, Michael Cox, The Athletic, 16 March 2023 is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon.
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St Leger Stakes
| The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.
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Standardbred
The Standardbred is an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing where they compete at either a trot or pace.
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Sugar Ray Robinson
Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989), better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965.
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Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.
Talma (horse)
Talma, also known as Talma II, (1948 – after 1969) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes.
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Tantieme
Tantième (1947–1966) was a French Thoroughbred horse racing champion and prominent sire who twice won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, France's most prestigious horse race.
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Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).
The Amateur Championship
The Amateur Championship (sometimes referred to as the British Amateur or British Amateur Championship outside the UK) is a golf tournament which has been held annually in the United Kingdom since 1885 except during the two World Wars, and in 1949 and 2019 when Ireland hosted the championship.
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Thelma Coyne Long
Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long (née Coyne; 14 October 1918 – 13 April 2015) was an Australian tennis player and one of the female players who dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s to the 1950s.
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Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto.
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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, (commonly referred to as simply Tottenham,,, or Spurs), is a professional football club based in Tottenham, North London, England.
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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, often shortened to Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for Thoroughbreds, often restricted to three-year-olds.
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U.S. Amateur
The United States Amateur Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Amateur, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers.
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Vic Seixas
Elias Victor Seixas Jr. (Los Angeles Times. August 30, 1923 – July 5, 2024) was an American tennis player.
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Walk-off home run
In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game.
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Walter Donaldson (snooker player)
Walter Weir Wilson Donaldson (2 February 1907 – 24 May 1973) was a Scottish professional snooker and billiards player.
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The West Australian Football League (WAFL "waffle" or "W-A-F-L") is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia.
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The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia.
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White City Stadium (Sydney)
White City Tennis Club circa 1923 White City Stadium at the White City Tennis Club was a tennis venue in Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, Australia.
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World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men
The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1893.
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Yomiuri Giants
The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League.
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1. FC Kaiserslautern
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The 1950 college football season was the 82nd season of intercollegiate football in the United States.
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1950–51 European Rugby League Championship
This was the eleventh European Championships and was won for the third time by France on points difference.
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1950–51 FA Cup
The 1950–51 FA Cup was the 70th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup.
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The 1950–51 season was the 52nd completed season of The Football League.
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1950–51 French Division 1
OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1950/1951 of the French Association Football League with 41 points.
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The 1950–51 season was the 71st season of competitive football in England.
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1950–51 La Liga
The 1950–51 La Liga season was the 20th edition of the Spanish football top division.
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1950–51 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1950–51 Montreal Canadiens season was the 42nd in franchise history.
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1950–51 New York Knicks season
The 1950–51 New York Knicks season was the fifth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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The 1950–51 Rugby Football League season was the 56th season of rugby league football.
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1950–51 Primeira Divisão
Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1950–51 season.
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1950–51 Rochester Royals season
The 1950–51 Rochester Royals season was the third season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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1950–51 Serie A
The 1950–51 Serie A season was won by Milan.
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1950–51 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1950–51 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup.
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1951 Asian Games
The 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951.
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1951 Australian Championships – Men's singles
Fourth-seeded Dick Savitt defeated Ken McGregor 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1951 Australian Championships.
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1951 Australian Championships – Women's singles
First-seeded Nancye Bolton defeated Thelma Long 6–1, 7–5 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1951 Australian Championships.
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1951 Davis Cup
The 1951 Davis Cup was the 40th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis.
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1951 Five Nations Championship
The 1951 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship.
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1951 France rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand
The 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand was the first ever tour of Australasia by any French sports team in history.
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1951 French Championships – Men's singles
Jaroslav Drobný defeated Eric Sturgess 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1951 French Championships.
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1951 French Championships – Women's singles
Third-seeded Shirley Fry defeated Doris Hart 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1951 French Championships.
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The 1951 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the West Germany in 1950–51.
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1951 Giro d'Italia
The 1951 Giro d'Italia was the 34th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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1951 Grand National
The 1951 Grand National was the 105th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 7 April 1951.
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1951 Ice Hockey World Championships
The 1951 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 18th World Championship and the 29th European Championship in ice hockey for international teams.
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1951 Japan Series
The 1951 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1951 season.
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1951 Kentucky Derby
The 1951 Kentucky Derby was the 77th running of the Kentucky Derby.
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1951 Masters Tournament
The 1951 Masters Tournament was the 15th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
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1951 Mediterranean Games
The 1951 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the I Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Alexandria 1951, were the 1st Mediterranean Games.
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1951 NBA Finals
The 1951 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1951 NBA Playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association 1950–51 season.
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1951 NCAA basketball tournament
The 1951 NCAA basketball tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball.
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1951 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament
The 1951 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1950–51 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 4th such tournament in NCAA history.
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1951 New York Yankees season
The 1951 New York Yankees season was the 49th season for the team.
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1951 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1951 New Zealand rugby league season was the 44th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.
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1951 NFL Championship Game
The 1951 NFL Championship Game was the National Football League's 19th championship game, played December 23 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.
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1951 NSWRFL season
The 1951 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-fourth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first.
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1951 Open Championship
The 1951 Open Championship was the 80th Open Championship, held 4–6 July at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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1951 Pan American Games
The 1951 Pan American Games, officially known as I Pan American Games (I Juegos Panamericanos) and commonly known as Buenos Aires 1951, were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between February 25 and March 9, 1951.
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1951 PGA Championship
The 1951 PGA Championship was the 33rd PGA Championship, held June 27 to July 3 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh.
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1951 Preakness Stakes
The 1951 Preakness Stakes was the 76th running of the $110,245 Preakness Stakes horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds.
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1951 Pro Bowl
The 1951 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's inaugural Pro Bowl which featured the league's outstanding performers from the 1950 season.
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1951 Ryder Cup
The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held November 2–4, 1951 at Course No.
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1951 SANFL season
The 1951 South Australian National Football League season was the 72nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
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1951 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1951 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens.
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1951 Sugar Bowl
The 1951 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1951.
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1951 Titleholders Championship
The 1951 Titleholders Championship was contested from March 15–18 at Augusta Country Club.
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1951 Tour de France
The 1951 Tour de France was the 38th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 4 to 29 July.
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1951 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
Fourth-seeded Maureen Connolly defeated Shirley Fry 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1951 U.S. National Championships.
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1951 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1951 U.S. Open was the 51st U.S. Open, held June 14–16 at the South Course of Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit.
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1951 U.S. Women's Open
The 1951 U.S. Women's Open was the sixth U.S. Women's Open, held September 13–16 at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.
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1951 VFL grand final
The 1951 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 1951.
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1951 VFL season
The 1951 VFL season was the 55th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1951 WANFL season
The 1951 WANFL season was the 67th season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia.
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1951 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles
In the 1951 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles tennis competition, Dick Savitt defeated Ken McGregor in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the title.
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1951 Women's Western Open
The 1951 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, which was the 22nd edition of the event.
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1951 World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
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1951 World Series
The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers on the legendary home run by Bobby Thomson (the Shot Heard 'Round the World).
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1951 World Snooker Championship
The 1951 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament.
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1951–52 European Rugby League Championship
The 1951–52 European Rugby League Championship was played from September 1951 to April 1952 and featured six games in which the Wales, France, Other Nationalities and England rugby league teams each played each other once.
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The 1951–52 Rugby Football League season was the 57th season of rugby league football.
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2000 Guineas Stakes
The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.
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39th Grey Cup
The 39th Grey Cup was the Canadian Football League's championship game of the 1951 season, played on November 24, 1951.
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