1956 in sport

Chronology of the sport

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Automobile

Juan Manuel Fangio gains the Championnat of the world of Formula 1 at the wheel of a Ferrari.
Buck Baker gains the championship of the series NASCAR with an entire amount of $29,790 (USD).

Baseball

the New York Yankees gain the World Series vis-a-vis the Brooklyn Dodgers.
the Trophée Cy Young is introduced. The gaining first is Don Newcombe.

Basketball

the Philadelphia Warriors are champions NBA by beating in finales the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 handles with 1.
ACE Villeurbanne champion of France.
the small club of D1 CSM Auboué gains the Coupe de France

Football

November 11th: For its first match qualifier for the World cup 1958, the France beats the Belgium 6-3 , with the Stade of Doves.
December 29th: First retransmission of a match of the Championship of France on line. It is the Rheims-Metz meeting. ORTF pay at the Stage of Rheims the difference between the receipt of the day and the average of the receipts of the club. A perfect example of the so expensive philosophy of the “compensation” for the ORTF… This first remainder without continuations. The park is then estimated at 700.000 television sets in France.

detailed Article : 1956 in football

American football

December 30th: New York Giants champion of NFL. detailed Article: Season NFL 1956

Hockey

the Canadian of Montreal gain the Coupe Stanley 1956
Coupe Magnus: CP Lyon is crowned champion France.
the the USSR gains the championship of the world.
HC Arosa is crowned champion Suisse.

Olympic Games

Olympic Games of summer to Melbourne (Australia) of which the competitions are held between the November 22nd and the December 6th.

Leitartikel : Olympic Games of summer of 1956.

Winter Olympics to Cortina d' Ampezzo (Italy) of which the competitions are held between the January 26th and the February 5th.

Leitartikel : Winter Olympics of 1956.

Rugby with XIII

Albi champion of France.

Rugby with XV

the Wales gains the Tournoi.
FC Doors is champion of France.

Births

January 6th: Cleaves Woodward, player English of Rugby to XV, evolving/moving at the station of center.
January 25th: Johnny Cecotto, pilot motor bike Venezuelan
February 2nd: Jean-François Lamour, French fencer
February 5th: Hector Rebaque, racing driver Mexican of Formula 1, having disputed 41 Grand Prix 1977 with 1981.
March 11th: Willie Banks, American athlete
March 18th: Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier
March 28th: Evelin Jahl, German athlete , Olympic champion of the Throwing the discus to the Plays of Montreal (1976) and of Plays of Moscow (1980), champion of Europe in 1978 with Prague.
May 4th: Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete
May 17th: Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
June 6th: Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
June 11th: Joe Montana, player of US football American
July 13rd: Michael Spinks, American boxer , Olympic champion in the category of the average weights (71 - 75kg) to the Plays of Montreal in 1976, single unconquered professional world champion in the category of the average weights, first and only world champion of a category lower than have defied and have beaten holding it of the title of the heavy trucks when it overcame Larry Holmes, the September 21st 1985.
July 17th: Bryan Trottier, Canadian hockeyor
August 25th: Henri Toivonen, racing driver (rally) Finnish
September 5th: Steve Denton, American tennis player.
September 7th: Byron Stevenson, British footballer (Welsh). († September 6th 2007).
September 14th: Ray Wilkins, English footballer
September 20th: Cyril Nephew, pilot French motor bike
September 29th: Sebastian Coe, Olympic double champion of the 1500 m, leader of the candidature of London for the Olympic Games of 2012
October 16th: Melissa Belote, American swimmer specialist in the Backstroke.
October 18th: Martina Navrátilová, Czech tennis player then American
October 18th: Isabelle Autissier, skipper (veil) French
November 6th: the USSR Freuler, Swiss runner cyclist .
November 23rd: Shane Gould, Australian swimmer
December 5th: Klaus Allofs, German footballer
December 7th: Larry Bird, American basketball player
December 14th: Hanni Wenzel, alpine skier of the Liechtenstein, Olympic champion of slalom and giant slalom to the Plays of Lake Placid in 1980.
December 23rd: Michele Alboreto, pilot Italy N of Formula 1. († April 25th 2001).

Principal deaths

March 21st: Fanny Durack, 66 years, swimmer Australia, Olympic champion of the 100 m freestyle to the Plays of Stockholm in 1912. (° October 27th 1889).
April 15th: Leonard Peterson, 70 years, gymnaste Swedish, Olympic champion with the Plays of London in 1908. (° October 30th 1885).
May 20th: Pierre Allemane, 74 years, international player French of Football. (° January 19th 1882).
May 26th: Michel Lecointre, 29 years, French player of Rugby to XV. (° July 3rd 1926).
June 21st: Paul Lebreton, 86 years, player of Tennis French. (° May 31st 1870).
August 21st: Marcel Cadolle, 70 years, racing cyclist French. (° December 21st 1885).
September 27th: Mildred Didrickson Zaharias, 43 years, American athlete and Golf euse. (° June 26th 1913).
1 {{er}} October: Stan Ockers, 36 years, Belgian racing cyclist , world champion in 1955. (° February 3rd 1920).

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