1957 in sports

See also: 1956 in sports, other events of 1957, 1958 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Auto racing

• NASCAR Championship - Buck Baker
• Indianapolis 500 - Sam Hanks
• USAC Racing - Jimmy Bryan won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • the team of Ron Flockhart / Ivor Bueb won, driving a Jaguar D-Type
• Rally racing:
  • the team of Erik Carlsson / Mario Pavoni won the Finland Car Rally driving a Saab 93
• Drag racing - George Dahir won the AHRA "Top Fuel" championship at the Nationals

Baseball

• January 5 - Jackie Robinson retires rather than move across town from the Dodgers to the Giants, to whom he had been traded in December.
• Roy Sievers lead American league with 42 home runs and 114 RBIs, for the last place Washington Senators.
• Cy Young Award: Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves
• World Series: Milwaukee Braves defeat New York Yankees four games to three.
• May 3 - Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
• August 19- Horace Stoneham announces that the Giants are moving from New York to San Francisco, California.
• October 8 - Walter O'Malley announces that the Dodgers are going to move from Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles, California.
• The Winnipeg Goldeyes win the Northern League championship.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
  • North Carolina wins 54-53 over Kansas
• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the St. Louis Hawks

• The tenth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1957, is won by the Soviet Union.

Boxing

• September 23 - Carmen Basilio won the World Middleweight Championship by a 15 round decision over Sugar Ray Robinson.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Gastone Nencini of Italy
• Tour de France - Jacques Anquetil of France
• World Cycling Championship: Rik Van Steenbergen of Belgium

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: David Jenkins, United States
  • Women's champion: Carol Heiss, United States
  • Pairs champions: Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul, Canada

Football (American)

• NFL Championship: Detroit Lions won 59-14 over the Cleveland Browns

Football (Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League
  • Melbourne wins the 61st VFL Premiership (Melbourne 17.14 (116) d Essendon 7.13 (55))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Brian Gleeson (St Kilda)

Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 32-7 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Football (soccer)

• European Cup - Real Madrid beat Fiorentina 2-0.

England

• First Division - Manchester United win the 1956-57 title.
• FA Cup - Aston Villa beat Manchester United 2-1.
• May 15 - Stanley Matthews makes his last England appearance

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Doug Ford
  2. June - US Open - Dick Mayer
  3. July - British Open - Bobby Locke
  4. August - PGA Championship - Lionel Hebert

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Dick Mayer - $65,835
• Ryder Cup: Britain wins 7 1/2 to 4 1/2 over the United States in world team golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Betsy Rawls
• LPGA Championship - Louise Suggs
• Patty Berg: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $16,272.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Straight Draw
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Lyford Cay
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Oroso
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Ballymoss

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Crepello
  2. Epsom Derby - Crepello
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Ballymoss

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Iron Liege
  2. Preakness Stakes - Bold Ruler
  3. Belmont Stakes - Gallant Man

Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Torpid
  2. Little Brown Jug - Torpid
  3. Messenger Stakes - Meadow Lands

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Hickory Smoke
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Radiant Venture

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Sweden defeated the Soviet Union

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: John Pulman beats Jackie Rea 39-34

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Ashley Cooper
  2. French Open - Sven Davidson
  3. Wimbledon championships - Lew Hoad
  4. US Open - Malcolm Anderson

• American Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a Wimbledon singles championship.
• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Shirley Fry
  2. French Open - Shirley Bloomer
  3. Wimbledon championships - Althea Gibson
  4. US Open - Althea Gibson

• Davis Cup: Australia won 3-2 over the United States in world tennis.

Births

January-March

• January 1 — Ramaz Shengelia, Soviet soccer player
• January 5 — Karl Allgöwer, German soccer player
• January 6 — Nancy Lopez, American pro golfer
• January 11 — Darryl Dawkins, US basketball player
• January 11 — Bryan Robson, English soccer player and manager
• January 22 — Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
• January 29 — Manuela Gross, German figure skater
• January 30 — Payne Stewart, US golf player (d. 1999)
• January 31 — Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer
• January 31 — Bojan Križaj, Slovakian alpine skier
• February 1 — Walter Schachner, Austrian soccer player and manager
• February 9 — Gordon Strachan, Scottish soccer player and manager
• February 18 — Marita Koch, East-German athlete
• February 26 — Joe Mullen, US ice hockey player and manager
• February 28 — Jan Ceulemans, Belgian soccer player and manager
• March 10 — Adolfo Horta, Cuban boxer
• March 12 — Patrick Battiston, French soccer player
• March 24 — Roderik Bouwman, Dutch field hockey player

April-June

• April 6 — Dick Nieuwenhuizen, Dutch water polo player
• April 9 — Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer
• April 15 — Evelyn Ashford, US athlete
• April 25 — Theo de Rooy, Dutch cyclist and cycling manager
• May 5 — Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
• May 7 — Sinjin Smith, volleyball player
• May 9 — Fulvio Collovati, Italian soccer player
• May 16 — Joan Benoit, US-amerikanische Marathonläuferin
• May 16 — Antonio Maceda, Spanish soccer player
• May 19 — Bill Laimbeer, US basketball player
• May 22 — Jan Jaap Korevaar, Dutch water polo player
• May 27 — Duncan Goodhew, British swimmer
• May 28 — Kirk Gibson, US baseball player
• June 3 — Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
• June 12 — Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• June 13 — Rinat Dasaev, Soviet soccer goalkeeper
• June 16 — Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer player
• June 27 — Gabriella Dorio, Italian athlete
• June 30 — Sterling Marlin, US autocar racer

July-September

• July 2 — Paul "Bubli" Chohan, Indian-born field hockey player of Canada
• July 2 — Bret Hart, American wrestler
• July 12 — Jozsef Csuhay, Hungarian soccer player
• July 13 — Thierry Boutsen, Belgian race driver
• July 16 — Wlodzimierz Smolarek, Polish soccer player
• July 25 — Steve Podborski, Canadian alpine skier
• July 29 — Nelli Kim, gymnast
• July 30 — Nery Pumpido, Argentinian soccer player
• August 4 — Hilbert van der Duim, Dutch speed skater
• August 4 — John Wark, Scottish soccer player
• August 10 — Imre Kiss, Hungarian soccer goalkeeper
• August 17 — Robin Cousins, British figure skater
• August 18 — Jan Jalocha, Polish soccer player
• August 20 — Oscar Arizaga, Peruvian soccer player
• August 27 — Bernhard Langer, German golfer
• September 5 — Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist
• September 6 — Ron Berteling, Dutch ice hockey player and manager
• September 11 — Preben Elkjær Larsen, Danish soccer player
• September 21 — Sidney Moncrief, US basketball player
• September 22 — Mark Johnson, US ice hockey player
• September 22 — Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist
• September 24 — Wolfgang Wolf, German soccer player and manager
• September 26 — Klaus Augenthaler, German soccer player and manager
• September 27 — Harald Schmid, German athlete

October-December

• October 4 — Robin Wilson, New Zealand field hockey player
• October 7 — Jayne Torvill, British figure skater
• October 8 — Astrid Benöhr, German triathlete
• October 8 — Antonio Cabrini, Italian soccer player
• October 9 — Vitaly Daraselia, Soviet soccer player
• October 10 — Robert Cattrall, British field hockey player
• October 13 — Eduardo Malasquez, Peruvian soccer player
• October 16 — Cathy Baker, New Zealand field hockey player
• October 18 — Jane Goulding, New Zealand field hockey player
• October 22 — Hassan Sardar, Pakistani field hockey player
• October 23 — Graham Rix, English soccer player and manager
• October 27 — Glenn Hoddle, English soccer player and manager
• November 5 — Patrick Burrows, Canadian field hockey defender
• November 11 — Vladimir Pleshakov, Soviet field hockey player
• November 14 — Karen Shelton, American field hockey player
• November 20 — Stefan Bellof, racecar driver (d. 1985)
• December 2 — Randy Gardner, US pairs figure skating champion
• December 18 — Fieke Boekhorst, Dutch field hockey player
• December 19 — Kevin McHale, US basketball player
• December 22 — Anders Eklund, Swedish heavyweight boxer
• December 23 — Rob Barel, Dutch triathlete
• December 25 — Guy Vandersmissen, Belgian soccer player
• December 31 — Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motor cyclist (d. 2005)

Deaths

• May - Len Eshmont - football player with San Francisco 49ers
• July 3 - Dolf Luque, Major League Baseball player (1914-1935)