American Decades

Important Events in Sports, 1950–1959

On February 7, Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enters spring training as baseball's highest-paid player, with a $125,000 contract.
From April to May, American sports continue to desegregate when the Boston Celtics of the NBA draft the league's first African American player, Charles Cooper in the second round, and the American Bowling Congress ends its white-male-only policy.
On April 23, the Minneapolis Lakers defeat Syracuse Nationals in the first National Basketball Association (NBA) championship.
On June 11, Ben Hogan completes a courageous comeback from a near-fatal auto accident to win the U.S. Open and earns "golfer of the year" honors.
On July 11, Red Schoendienst of the St. Louis Cardinals goes five for five and hits the game winning home run in the fourteenth inning in the All-Star baseball game. The National League beats the American League 4-3.
On August 8,...

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