1954 in sports explained
1954 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Artistic gymnastics
FIFA World Cup
England
Spain
Italy
West Germany
France
Portugal
Other events
Baseball
Boxing
- September 17 in New York City, Rocky Marciano retained his World Heavyweight title with an 8th-round knockout of Ezzard Charles
- December 12 – death of Ed Sanders (24), American heavyweight soon after a fight with Willie James in which he lost consciousness
- The BC Lions started play in the Western Interprovincial Football Union as the ninth professional team.
- After the 1954 season, the Ontario Rugby Football Union stops challenging for the Grey Cup, permanently establishing that trophy as one to be awarded only to professional teams.
- These changes result in the Grey Cup being an East vs. West competition. Although the Canadian Football League was not technically founded until 1958, 1954 is often referred to as the start of the "modern era" of Canadian professional football. It is also considered to be the year the CFL was founded in substance if not in name.
- In the Grey Cup, the Edmonton Eskimos win 26–25 over the Montreal Alouettes.
- The Canadian Intermediate-Senior championship was awarded to the Winnipeg Rams. The team consisted of http://www.wilds.mb.ca/rich Rich Kolisnyk (quarterback), Mel Kotch, Bob Jones, Tom Brisson, Bill Ritchie, Len Sigurdson, Walt Van Wynsberg, Lorne Miller, Gerry Duguid, Harry Makin, Art Makin, Jerry Lavitt, John Thorney, Bill Barrett, Jim Thorney, Al McBride, Bill Senyk, Bob Bouchard, Ray Charambura, Nick Miller, Dick Hebertson, Ron Stephenson, Al Passman, Mort Corrin, Bill Yee, Norm Lampe, Dede Brown, Joe Sawchuk, Art Brockhill, Lew Miles, Ken Freeman, Bill Thomas, Ron Cooke, Pete Sawchuk, Harry Snider, Harold Neufeld and their mascot Ken Kolisnyk.
Figure skating
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
Steeplechases
Hurdle races
Flat races
See main article: 1954 in motorsport and List of 1954 motorsport champions.
Australia
England
France
USA
Davis Cup
Awards
Notes and References
- Web site: Epsom Derby History, Winners, & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 3 January 2022 . en.
- News: Baker . Andrew . 100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era. . independent.co.uk . 1995-08-20. 2009-09-25 .
- News: England beats France to win rugby crown . The Milwaukee Journal . 9 . 1954-11-13 . 2009-12-25.
- Web site: Our Games Commonwealth Games Federation . thecgf.com . 4 January 2022 . en . 4 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220104004327/https://thecgf.com/games . dead .