1950s Sports Moments - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
1953 Baseball franchise that became first to win 5 consecutive World Series New York Yankees
71%
1958 As a 17-year old this Footballer scores a hat-trick in the Semi Final and 2 in the Final to win his first FIFA World Cup Pelé
71%
1954 This country wins it's first FIFA World Cup West Germany
71%
1952 Country that wins a 6th Gold Medal in Men's Ice Hockey at the Winter Olympics Canada
67%
1954 The NBA introduces a shot clock of how many seconds? 24
63%
1956 This Heavyweight boxer retires undefeated at 49-0 Rocky Marciano
58%
1952 Nazar Mohammad becomes the first player to score a Test century for this country Pakistan
54%
1955 Country that wins the Davis Cup 5-0 Australia
50%
1957 This F1 Driver wins his 5th Championship, all in the 1950s Juan Manuel Fangio
50%
1959 Footballer wins his second Ballon D'or award Alfredo Di Stéfano
46%
1952 The 1952 Summer Olympics is hosted in this city Helsinki
46%
1954 Middle-distance runner that becomes the first to run a sub-4-minute mile Roger Bannister
46%
1954 Canadian Ice Hockey player nicknamed 'Mr Hockey' wins his fourth Art Ross Trophy in a row Gordie Howe
42%
1956 English Footballer becomes the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or Stanley Matthews
38%
1953 Golfer who became the first to win a Triple Crown Ben Hogan
33%
1952 Long-distance runner that wins gold medals in the 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon Emil Zátopek
33%
1950 Giuseppe Farina wins the inaugural FIA World Championship driving for which team? Alfa Romeo
29%
1951 Baseball catcher wins his first (AL) MVP award Yogi Berra
29%
1956 Boxer becomes Heavyweight champion at the age of 21 Floyd Patterson
25%
1957 The first African-American woman to win the US Nationals (later US Open) Althea Gibson
17%
1950 These Basketball players become the first African-Americans to play in the NBA Earl Lloyd / Chuck Cooper / Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton
17%
1958 The first Black player to play in the NHL Willie O'Ree
13%
1956 The first High Jumper to clear 7 ft Charles Dumas
4%
1953 Marathon runner that sets a world record with the first run under 2 hours 20 minutes Jim Peters
0%
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