1952 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

* NFL Championship: the Detroit Lions won 17–7 over the

Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (A ...

at Cleveland Stadium * Sugar Bowl (1951 season): ** The

Tennessee Volunteers The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the 20 male and female varsity intercollegiate athletics programs that represent the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers compete in Division I of the National Collegi ...

lose 28–13 to the

Maryland Terrapins The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 19 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divis ...

; still awarded the national championship by the AP and

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. The football version of the poll has been known officiall ...

* 1952 college football season: ** The

Michigan State Spartans The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic teams that represent Michigan State University. The school's athletic program includes 23 varsity sports teams. Their mascot is a Spartan warrior named Sparty, and the school colors are green and wh ...

win the college football national championship (don't play in a bowl game the following January)

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

England * First Division – Manchester United win the 1951–52 title. *

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

– Newcastle United beat Arsenal 1–0. Spain *

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

won by

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

. Italy *

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...

won by Juventus. Germany * German football championship won by

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB S ...

. France * French Division 1 won by OGC Nice. Portugal * Primeira Liga won by Sporting C.P.

Australian rules football

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

* June 14: In an effort to promote the code outside its traditional strongholds in the southern and western states, the League holds a “National Day Round” of matches in selected interstate and country venues:

Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...

, Euroa,

Yallourn Yallourn, Victoria was a company town in Victoria, Australia built between the 1920s and 1950s to house employees of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, who operated the nearby Yallourn Power Station complex. However, expansion of th ...

, Sydney,

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

and Hobart. Despite flooding rains, attendances were high enough to deem the venture a success though it was never repeated. * Geelong wins the 56th VFL Premiership by defeating Collingwood 13.8 (86) to 5.10 (40) in the 1952 VFL Grand Final *

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by t ...

awarded to Roy Wright ( Richmond) and Bill Hutchison ( Essendon)

South Australian National Football League 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. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as t ...

* October 4:

North Adelaide North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands. History Surveyor-General Colonel William Light of the colo ...

beat Norwood 23.15 (153) to 6.9 (45) in the most one-sided SANFL Grand Final until 2004. *

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. The award was created by Will ...

awarded to Len Fitzgerald ( Sturt) Western Australian National Football League * October 11: win their sixth premiership beating 12.19 (91) to 10.10 (70) *

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. The award was donated by Alfred Sandover M.B.E., a prominent Perth hardware merchant and b ...

awarded to Steve Marsh (South Fremantle)

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

* January 31 – The Hall of Fame elects two new members –

Harry Heilmann Harry Edwin Heilmann (August 3, 1894 – July 9, 1951), nicknamed "Slug", was an American baseball player and radio announcer. He played professional baseball for 19 years between 1913 and 1932, including 17 seasons in Major League Baseball with ...

, with 203 votes, and Paul Waner with 195. Waner, a .333 career hitter, rapped out 3,152 hits and struck out just 376 times in 9,459 career at–bats. Heilmann was similarly skilled with the bat, winning four batting titles with the Tigers and finishing his career with a .342 average *

World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner of the World ...

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New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of ...

win 4 games to 3 over the Brooklyn Dodgers

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 h ...

* NCAA Men's Basketball Championship – **

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...

wins 80–63 over St. John's NBA Finals *

Minneapolis Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers franchise has a long and storied history, predating the formation of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Founded in 1947, the Lakers are one of the NBA's most famous and successful franchises. As of summer 2012, th ...

win four games to three over the New York Knicks Spain * Saski Baskonia was founded in Vitoria Gasteiz on December 3.

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

* June 25 at

Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It is the home field of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, and New York City FC of Major League Soccer. Opened in April 2009, the stadium replaced the orig ...

Joey Maxim Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli (March 28, 1922 – June 2, 2001) was an American professional boxer. He was a World Light Heavyweight Champion. He took the ring-name Joey Maxim from the Maxim gun, the world's first self-acting machine gun, based ...

defeats

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. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is often regard ...

by knockout to retain his world light heavyweight title. This is the only knockout Robinson would ever suffer. * August 11 – death in a road accident of Dave Sands (26), Australian Aborigine middleweight rated third in the world at the time * September 23 at

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...

Rocky Marciano Rocco Francis Marchegiano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969; ), better known as Rocky Marciano (, ), was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955, and held the world heavyweight title from 1952 to 1956. He is the onl ...

knocked out

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. He held the NYSAC, NBA, and ''The Ring'' heavyweight titles from 1951 to 1952 ...

in the 13th round to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

Canadian football Canadian football () is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area ( ...

* Grey Cup –

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

win 21–11 over the Edmonton Eskimos

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

Events * 16 October–18 October,

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

plays its first Test match, against

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. India won by an innings and 70 runs.

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

County Championship The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...

– Surrey * Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire * Most runs –

Len Hutton Sir Leonard Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was an English cricketer. He played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1934 to 1955 and for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955. '' Wisden Cricke ...

2567 @ 61.11 (HS 189) * Most wickets –

Johnny Wardle Johnny Wardle (8 January 1923 – 23 July 1985) was an English spin bowling cricketer whose Test Match career lasted between 1948 and 1957. His Test bowling average of 20.39 is the lowest in Test cricket by any recognised spin bowler since ...

172 @ 19.27 (BB 7–49) *

Wisden Cricketers of the Year The ''Wisden'' Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season". The award began in 1889 with the naming ...

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Fred Trueman Frederick Sewards Trueman, (6 February 1931 – 1 July 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He had professional status and later became an author and broadcaster. Acknowled ...

, Harold Gimblett,

Tom Graveney Thomas William Graveney (16 June 1927 – 3 November 2015) was an English first-class cricketer, representing his country in 79 Test matches and scoring over 4,800 runs. In a career lasting from 1948 to 1972, he became the 15th player to scor ...

David Sheppard David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool (6 March 1929 – 5 March 2005) was a Church of England Bishop of Liverpool who played cricket for Sussex and England in his youth. Sheppard remains the only ordained minister to have played T ...

Stuart Surridge Stuart Surridge (3 September 1917 – 13 April 1992) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Surrey. Though not known to be a remarkable batsman or bowler, Surridge became one of the most successful team captains in the history of Cou ...

make a fourth tour of England, and lose the four-Test series three games to nil Australia * Sheffield Shield –

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* Most runs – Lindsay Hassett 855 @ 61.07 (HS 229) * Most wickets – Bill Johnston 54 @ 20.62 (BB 7–114) * The West Indies make a second tour of Australia, losing as in the first four Tests to one India * Ranji Trophy –

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-m ...

make a second tour of India, drawing the five-test series with one victory each and three draws New Zealand *

Plunket Shield New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009–10 season it has been known by its original name of the Plunket Shield. History The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octob ...

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Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...

South Africa *

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...

– Transvaal

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from t ...

* Giro d'Italia won by

Fausto Coppi Angelo Fausto Coppi (; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the Second World War. His successes earned him the title ''Il Campionissimo'' ("Champion of Champions ...

of Italy *

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

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of Italy *

UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race The UCI Road World Championships Elite Men's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner is considered the ''World Cycling Champion'' (or ''World Road Cycling Champion'') and earns the right to we ...

– Heinz Müller of Germany

Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

* Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

, Finland ** Gold Medal: India ** Silver Medal: The Netherlands ** Bronze Medal: Great Britain

Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...

– ** Men's champion:

Dick Button Richard Totten Button (born July 18, 1929) is an American former figure skater and skating analyst. He is a two-time Olympic champion (1948, 1952) and five-time consecutive World champion (1948–1952). He is also the only non-European man to h ...

, United States ** Ladies’ champion:

Jacqueline du Bief Jacqueline du Bief (born 4 December 1930) is a French retired figure skater who competed mainly in single skating. She is the 1952 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1952 World champion, a three-time European medalist, and a six-time French nationa ...

, France ** Pair skating champions: Ria Falk & Paul Falk, Germany ** Ice dancing champions: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy, Great Britain * In this year,

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

introduced as part of the World Figure Skating Championships. * American defending champion

becomes first figure-skater to land a triple jump in

competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indiv ...

; performs a triple loop in the Olympic free skate in Oslo

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

Men's professional * Masters Tournament –

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* U.S. Open –

Julius Boros Julius Nicholas Boros (March 3, 1920 – May 28, 1994) was an American professional golfer noted for his effortless-looking swing and strong record on difficult golf courses, particularly at the U.S. Open. Early years Born in Fairfield, Connecti ...

PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. It is one of the four men's major championships ...

– Jim Turnesa * British Open –

Bobby Locke Arthur D'Arcy "Bobby" Locke (20 November 1917 – 9 March 1987) was a South African professional golfer. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won The Open Championship four times and 15 PGA Tour events in total ...

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also ...

money leader –

– $37,033 Men's amateur *

British Amateur 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 19 ...

– Harvie Ward * U.S. Amateur – Jack Westland Women's professional * 1952 Women's Western Open, Women's Western Open – Betsy Rawls * 1952 U.S. Women's Open, U.S. Women's Open – Louise Suggs * 1952 Titleholders Championship, Titleholders Championship – Babe Zaharias * LPGA Tour money leader – Betsy Rawls – $14,505

Harness racing

* Little Brown Jug (horse racing), Little Brown Jug for pacers won by Meadow Rice * Hambletonian Stakes, Hambletonian for trotters won by Sharp Note * Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship – ** Pacers: Avian Derby

Horse racing

Steeplechases * Cheltenham Gold Cup – Mont Tremblant (horse), Mont Tremblant * 1952 Grand National, Grand National – Teal (horse), Teal Hurdle races * 1952 Champion Hurdle, Champion Hurdle – Sir Ken (horse), Sir Ken Flat races * Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Dalray * Canada – Queen's Plate won by Epigram (horse), Epigram * France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Nuccio (horse), Nuccio * Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Thirteen of Diamonds * Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, English Triple Crown Races: *# 2000 Guineas Stakes – Thunderhead (horse), Thunderhead *# Epsom Derby, The Derby – Tulyar *# St. Leger Stakes – Tulyar * Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, United States Triple Crown Races: *# 1952 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby – Hill Gail *# Preakness Stakes – Blue Man (horse), Blue Man *# Belmont Stakes – One Count

Ice hockey

* Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics, World Hockey Championship ** Men's champion: Canada defeated the United States * 1952 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup – 1951-52 Detroit Red Wings season, Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 0 over 1951-52 Montreal Canadiens season, the Montreal Canadiens * Art Ross Trophy as the National Hockey League, NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings * Hart Memorial Trophy – for the National Hockey League, NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings * 1952 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament, NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – Michigan Wolverines defeat Colorado College Tigers 4–1 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado * November 1 – ''Hockey Night in Canada'' makes its television debut on CBC Television, CBC. It is the oldest sports-related TV program still airing.

Motorsport

Professional wrestling

* WWE is founded by Roderick James "Jess" McMahon and Toots Mondt, Joseph Raymond "Toots" Mondt.

Rugby league

*1952–53 European Rugby League Championship / 1951–52 European Rugby League Championship *1952 New Zealand rugby league season *1952 NSWRFL season *1952–53 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season

Rugby union

* 58th 1952 Five Nations Championship, Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales national rugby union team, Wales who complete the Grand Slam (rugby union), Grand Slam

Skiing

* Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics, Alpine skiing * Men's Olympic gold medals: ** Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill, Downhill: Zeno Colò, Italy ** Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom, Slalom: Othmar Schneider, Austria ** Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom, Giant Slalom: Stein Eriksen, Norway ** Women's Olympic gold medals: ** Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill, Downhill: Trude Jochum-Beiser, Austria ** Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom, Slalom: Andrea Mead Lawrence, United States ** Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom, Giant Slalom: Andrea Mead Lawrence, United States

Snooker

* Schism in snooker means ''two'' world championships are held: ** 1952 World Snooker Championship, World Snooker Championship (World Professional Match-play Championship): Fred Davis (snooker player), Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson (snooker player), Walter Donaldson 38–35 ** 1952 World Snooker Championship, World Snooker Championship (Billiards Association and Control Council, BACC event): Horace Lindrum beats Clark McConachy 94–49

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships * World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men, Men's All-round Champion – Hjalmar Andersen (Norway)

Tennis

Australia * 1952 Australian Championships – Men's singles, Australian Men's Singles Championship – Ken McGregor (Australia) defeats Frank Sedgman (Australia) 7–5, 12–10, 2–6, 6–2 * 1952 Australian Championships – Women's singles, Australian Women's Singles Championship – Thelma Coyne Long (Australia) defeats Helen Angwin (Australia) 6–2, 6–3 England * 1952 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Frank Sedgman (Australia) defeats Jaroslav Drobný (Egypt) 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 * 1952 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA) defeats Louise Brough Clapp (USA) 6–4, 6–3 France * 1952 French Championships – Men's singles, French Men's Singles Championship – Jaroslav Drobný (Egypt) defeats Frank Sedgman (Australia) 6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–4 * 1952 French Championships – Women's singles, French Women's Singles Championship – Doris Hart (USA) defeats Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) 6–4, 6–4 USA * 1952 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles, American Men's Singles Championship – Frank Sedgman (Australia) defeats Gardnar Mulloy (USA) 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 * 1952 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles, American Women's Singles Championship – Maureen Connolly (USA) defeats Doris Hart (USA) 6–3, 7–5 Davis Cup * 1952 Davis Cup – 4–1 at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre (grass) Adelaide, Australia

Volleyball

* 1952 FIVB Men's World Championship, Men's World Championship in Moscow, Soviet Union ** Gold Medal: Soviet Union ** Silver Medal: Czechoslovakia ** Bronze Medal: Bulgaria

Olympic Games

* 1952 Summer Olympics takes place in

, Finland ** United States wins the most medals (76), and the most gold medals (40). ** Emil Zátopek wins marathon. * 1952 Winter Olympics takes place in Oslo, Norway ** Norway wins the most medals (16), and the most gold medals (7).

Awards

* Associated Press Athlete of the Year#List of award winners, Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Bob Mathias, Track and field * Associated Press Athlete of the Year#List of award winners, Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Maureen Connolly, Tennis

Notes

Awarded retrospectively by the VFL 1989 VFL season, in 1989.

References

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